Why Coaching Has Won Over My Heart
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Everything I ever want is on the other side of fear. As I begin to write this post, my eyes have already started to fill with tears. I wouldn't be where I am today if I would have never made the decision to begin coaching. The crazy thing is that I never thought I would be who I am today because of coaching.
My continual growth from coaching and being encouraged to step outside my comfort zone has made me feel like I am on cloud 9 each and every single day. I get up excited and happy and healthy. I go to bed the same way. I remember always being scared to just be me around people. I always attempted to be like someone else...especially the girls that I considered popular. Suppressing who I was set me back because if I wasn't being me I wasn't ever able to grow. Attempting to be everyone and anyone besides myself got me in a state of sadness and thinking I did not have a purpose in life. With all this comes lack of confidence and no self love - how could I love myself when I didn't even know her? I was constantly disconnected from myself. It led me to dwell in the past and never looking forward to the future because I figured I would just "screw it up".
I decided to start coaching when I came across a social media post that caught my eye. I told myself "I want to be like that girl". It was my mimicking mind set that led me to start coaching in the first place. But boy was I ever shocked at what happened after I started coaching. I wasn't asked to be like someone else in fact I was asked to discover myself. I thought "Shit, I don't even know who I am". In that very moment, I realized what I had been doing my entire freakin' life. The people I admire, I admire them a lot and I got caught in the trap of wanting to be exactly like them. Of course, I only admired people who had similar core values and/or interests as me but I had become disconnected from myself.
I started coaching to help others but ended up helping myself (and continue to help myself) as well. Self love is something I actually have now and belief in what I can do and achieve is part of my life. Believing in myself was probably one of the hardest hurdles I have ever had to overcome. I would have bet on everyone else besides myself but that's not the case anymore. The every day personal development and support and love from my team is something that I cannot even explain - there are no words. Coaching also made me realize how healthy I am compared to many others and it's something that I don't take for granted anymore. I wake up every day appreciative that I can work out and have the choices to be able to choose the healthy food I want for the day. I love sushi and I remember never wanting to tell anyone because I didn't want the "eww" reaction. Now, I have zero problem telling people I love sushi or anything else I love. Coaching has given me a bigger purpose in life. I have the ability to help change another person's life for the better and that in itself is so rewarding. I now look forward to the future and making plans without thinking that I am just going to "screw everything up" instead I believe I will be the one who "makes it all work". The changes from coaching have helped me in all areas of life - work and relationship (boyfriend and family). I am the best possible me that I can be for all of my relationships. This part time job doesn't feel like a part time job. I work but the work is something that I am in love with doing. One of my favourite parts is being able to hear from my customers and hearing how their lives have changed simply because they decided they needed a change and I was able to be the one who they chose to help them. I am actually excited for the future for the first time in a long time (maybe ever). I am excited to continue to help people with their health & fitness goals but equally excited to continue to grow our team and show others how saying "yes" to a business opportunity can be so much more than imagined. Who would you be if you had nothing to fear?
