I feel the need for a heart to heart around the common theme of hiding – shielding the world of our true selves. Let me explain…
It doesn’t matter if you are a coach, healer, artist, author, consultant, mom, wife or daughter, many of us are hiding behind our labels.
And more importantly, we don’t even know that we are doing it.
Maybe this sounds familiar…
After doing some soul searching, you’ve decided that the perfect path for you and your future is to share your healing gifts with others. You go through certification, pass the exam, and are ready to hit the ground running.
Your energy and enthusiasm oozes from your soul.
You put yourself out there, excited to watch the clients roll in and then–Bang – absolutely nothing happens. People aren’t interested in what you have to offer and with each ‘no’ you become less and less confident.
However, you are by no means ready to throw in the towel, so you begin putting on a facade, especially when people ask you how business is going. Your response –“Things are going great!”
Maybe then you decide to invest in some additional high-end training.
In fact after you don’t see results from the first one, you may decide to try many others. However, eventually you realize that many of these programs are teaching the same thing–only labeled differently.
So now what’s the issue? Maybe you begin thinking that something is wrong with you.
However, you keep the facade going. Whether you are meeting someone face to face or updating your profile on social media, you are putting stuff out there that is all ‘rainbows’ and ‘sunshine’, right? I mean you are a healer for goodness sakes–everything needs appear perfect!
Has this happened to you?
Labels are everywhere.
And most often, we put the labels on ourselves.
If you are a mom, you like to portray a June Cleaver type parenting style. If you are a coach, you must have your shit together just like Tony Robbins. And if you are a healer or spiritual guide, you need to live life like Eckhart Tolle or Deepak Chopra.
Ridiculous, right? But so many people I talk to are doing just this – portraying their life so it fits into a mold.
Right now I’m here to give you permission to STOP!
Each one of us (including myself) are human. We have human experiences each and everyday, even the mentors we look up to.
It is okay to be you – even on Facebook.
It is okay to share your struggles along with your successes! In fact, people will relate with you on a much deeper level when you do. More importantly, you can peel away the facade and share with the world the real YOU – the good, the bad and even the sometimes ugly!
Go ahead and shine, we are waiting.
