A bit about how I came to this work...
I am...
Harmony Adventure Bliss Fire Devotion
Now that I look back, I can see that I've been on this path my whole life. But I can pinpoint several moments that my heart cracked open.
The first was in the back parking lot of the office I was working at. I was enrolled in an 8-week Awakening class, way outside my comfort zone, and I was practicing presence. Everything felt brighter, more vibrant, more real. It was like I could taste the wind and smell the colors. My heart felt so. full. Just in this single moment - lit up and enveloped in love and wonder and mirth.
The second was a year later, as I was struggling with the idea of leaving said office job. I was well off the trail in a random Baltimore city park, lying in the leaves and sobbing. I had gone down to part time, but every Monday when I went into work and sat down at my desk, within minutes I was filled with a totally encompassing and irrational rage. The feeling was very foreign and very upsetting. So after weeks of this I was sobbing in the leaves trying to figure out if quitting my job was the right decision. It seemed totally crazy to quit with nothing lined up to replace it, and my logical sensibilities took issue with that.
I was so utterly distraught that I prayed (for the first time ever) for guidance. The question in my head was "Why do I have to be so emotional?!" It was immediately answered with a calm and solid "What's wrong with being emotional?" I felt suddenly clear. Ah! The heart had wisdom, too! It wasn't just this worthless nuisance to be logic-ed over. It had inherent value, and my heart was telling me, in no uncertain terms, that it was time to go.
I quit the next day, completely calm, unfazed that I didn't quite know what I was going to do next.
Six months later, my heart called again, and I enrolled in an extremely rigorous coach training program, along with two more advanced classes at my spiritual school.
Over the course of that year, it was amazing how the coursework in both disciplines were actually totally integrated. It was like learning about a diamond by approaching it from all it's different facets. Approaching the same core truths from multiple directions.
And my being kept shifting as my heart kept opening even further.
Since then both my life and my coaching practice have continued to evolve. I spent months coming to terms with the fact that I might just be a spiritual coach. (That was a hard one for my personality to accept.)
Every year now I look back and notice just how much more cracked open I've become. Holy crap, what a year! Open open open. Man, I thought my heart was already open! Every one. I doubt it will ever stop.
But I've become super present to the magic that can happen when you open up to your heart. And for now, anyway, I'm called to help others open theirs.
Through coaching, personally guided 1:1 meditations, and whatever else may choose to come through, I help my clients transform their lives by opening their hearts.
Because I truly believe that we are all here to work our love in the world.
Are you called to step up and join me?