A story, a hug, and a storytelling invite generous and hardworking helpers can use to confidently navigate life’s transitions.
Don’t want to read the story? Skip to Your HUG and a Storytelling Prompt!
Does any of this sound familiar?
“I just feel like a part of me no longer fits with my life.”
“I’m grieving…everything (climate change, my kid graduating kindergarten, divorce, loss of a friend, the body I once had…)”
“I’m exhausted and can’t keep up with everything and everyone. Where will I find the time?”
“Is this it?” – a small voice inside of you
If so, you might be in – or close to – a time of change in your life. Take heart, beautiful, generous soul, you can learn to navigate them with grace and ease. Here’s an example of life’s transitions on my side of the fence
Example of Life’s Transitions
For a solid decade, this people pleaser, helper and connector’s life burned to the ground. It wasn’t pretty. Think: depression, divorce, mid-life awakening, unemployment. I didn’t ever have a plan. I didn’t feel like I had it figured out, or that everything would be okay. Because I don’t own a crystal ball.
What did happen?
At first, I was doing all I could just for my kids (re: divorce transition). At some point, I decided that I ALSO wanted to feel better. That I deserved to feel good, too. What did I do?
I leaned into teachers. Support. Crying. I opened to accepting my challenges, like codependency. My burning and learning lead me to a completely unexpected place of joy, calm, confidence, and purpose. During the first pandemic shutdown.
Yes, I found Joy during the pandemic shutdown.
I looked back. I could see the thousands of steps (and missteps) that made up my journey to joy.
In time, as I molted from published author to keynote speaker and certified life coach, I developed and tested the Goldfish Authentic Leadership system.
What is that? Think of it like learning to lead yourself, from the inside. There are 5 lies we learn that block us from becoming the calm, Authentic Leaders we need to be in life’s transitions. I have used it for other helpers with so much transformational success!
How can you start to calmly navigate life’s transitions?
A quiz. yes, a quiz to help you deal with life’s transitions?!!?
YEP! The Authentic Leadership Quiz shows you where you might have things blocking you from creating more joy, confidence, and ease in life’s transitions. This quiz will help illuminate your next best move towards more joy for you!
If you don’t want to do the quiz? Skip for Your HUG and a Storytelling Prompt!
Your Hug
Just like your loved one may have hugged you before school when you were little, here’s my hug to generous, hardworking You this week: Hug yourself or look at yourself in the mirror and say…
I embrace life’s transitions and take care of myself, one day at a time.
#HerStory Prompt
Now, it’s your turn! Here’s your #HerStory journal prompt. Not only is it fun, it will help you improve your psychological flexibility, self-awareness, emotional intelligence, positive intelligence, resilience, mindfulness, and self-worth! Boom, baby!
Write to Rewire for Joy
Part 1 of the magic of Rewiring and Rewriting your story towards Joy is to write your story – one paragraph at a time.
Write for at least 3 minutes about…
…a recent time you received unexpected news.
- Set the scene. Who were you with? What were you doing? Set the scene from your 5 senses.
- Describe the action. What was said or what happened?
- Deliver the stakes. Why was this important? Why did you care?
- Your action. What did you do? What was your body’s reaction? What was your mind saying? Describe any emotions and how they felt in your body (no need to name them if you don’t know)
- Now look back at your story. What did you learn from it? How did you grow? Can you let any longstanding negative energy go? Can you forgive yourself and others?
- What did you learn about your strengths and quirks, or what kind of support, boundaries, or self care you need? What are you grateful for?
Hug: Rewire
Part 2 of the magic is to forgive and accept what happened. Yes, this is the hard part.
Say it with me “I forgive myself for all I did and didn’t know. I tried my best.” envision letting go of all that did or didn’t happen. And if you know you didn’t try your best, you can make a promise to keep trying your best in the future.
If you want to share your voice and words, please email me at ho***@he*********.com or pop by our Joyfully Ever After Facebook Group! I look forward to hearing your story 🙂
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Who am I?
Hello beautiful! I’m Heidi Esther, certified life coach, professional relationship builder, and keynote speaker. It’s lovely to meet you!
I coach and inspire busy, generous warriors-for-good to embrace their unique brilliance while joyfully living from a full cup.
If you’d like a to investigate transforming your life, let’s chat.
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