First, thank you for being part of so many of my journeys on Facebook-- being a mom, a military wife, a community volunteer, a children's ministry worker, a home business owner, a fitness junkie, a friend, a coach, and so much more! I love sharing my life with such amazing people!!
Second, I am sorry. There has been a part of my journey that I have not shared. And rather than be fake or inauthentic, I just kept it off of Facebook for the most part. Since moving to Virginia year ago, I've been in a season of intense personal growth and discovery to get vulnerable and really face how I was feeling deep inside.
I knew I had to stop avoiding and masking my feelings with busyness and perfectionism, and to address the internal struggles of feeling like my worth was dependent upon my accomplishments.
Virginia has been my safe coccoon, where I could start over and refocus not on every thing could do, but focus on what I needed to be for myself, and in turn my marriage, family, community and career. It has not been an easy journey, in fact it has been really really hard to do the uncomfortable work of self-reflection and growth. I have prayed, studied, meditated, read countless books, practiced yoga, listened to podcasts, gone to counseling, journaled intensely, been coached, and have grown more in the past year than in the past few decades.
My capacity to feel and love myself and others is beyond anything have every experienced, but that was a hard battle to win!! Just like the butterfly's wings get stronger as they free themselves from the shelter that no longer serves them. All this to say, I am ready to share that journey now, to emerge from the cocoon a beautiful butterfly and help others find that same freedom to soar!! Stayed tuned for what is next!!
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