Why we need to love every version of ourselves.

This year I got some pro shots done for my website, right before I went in for the most invasive procedure of my life - a shoulder reconstruction. How are the two related I hear you ask...

Well, you see while I was in recovery I fell into a bit of a dark place. My workflow dried up (thanks NZ economy), my sleep was next to impossible (try sleeping upright, you'll see what I mean), and with only one arm and no inspiration, the girl that featured in all of these really inspiring pictures felt like a long lost distant memory. 

I was in a really quiet season, which coincided with winter, and in retrospect, that was quite a beautifully aligned thing. I had so many moments of despair and frustration - clawing at the restrictions that were weighing down on me and trying to remove them (one handed), but eventually life just showed me the best thing I could do was to accept it. To lean into the introspection, to stop pushing, forcing and clinging, and to let go. 

The second I did this, I got my mojo back. I woke up one day and decided I wanted to do this thing, and I wanted to do it my way.

So I threw myself back into my brand, my business, and my passion for helping women. My outlook got brighter as the days started to get longer, and one day my hair even got redder.

I was ready.

You have take your time with your struggle - don't push it away or try to pretend you can go back. There is only forward, there is only now. "Then" doesn't feel the same anymore - and perhaps that's why I look at those beautiful pictures now and I think, "who's that?!" - because she's not me anymore...and this version is the upgrade.

Who are you right now? Who do you want to be? Are you chasing something that doesn't feel like you any more? What would happen if you let go of that image, and just let yourself be who you are right now. (Even if it's not pretty or post-worthy). All versions of you are happening for a reason. I think its so you can become HER.

I can help you to navigate this process, with a coaching methodology that honours every version of you, even the darker ones. Because they all have something to teach you, you just need to know how to listen.