Most of my clients are very familiar with the coaching world. They’ve hired coaches for many things – finances, organization, fitness, relationships, business and even love. They are tirelessly committed to their betterment and growth.

But they are equally tired of feeling like they have to always show up as the “perfect client”. So much so, that some of the women I work with have admitted to feeling a bit of performance anxiety when we first start working together.

They’re worried I’ll think they’re not committed enough, not doing enough, not taking swift enough action, or that they’ll somehow be fired for being a “bad” client.

What my clients are really saying to me is, “Is it okay for me to just be tired, overwhelmed, disorganized, chaotic and imperfect sometimes? Can I just not have everything figured out and pulled together for once?”

To which I always reply, “Absolutely. That’s what this coaching container is all about. You being fully – more than ever before – YOU. And not just the highlight reel version of you, either. I mean the light, the shadow, the bold and the timid. All of you is welcome here.”

Because that fear they are giving voice to – the fear of not being enough – is something we can all relate to.

It’s part of what drives us into the ground, compulsively doing, pushing, forcing, until we’re exhausted, with nothing left to give or offer, completely depleted and devoid of inspiration and joy.

If we give in to that fear of not being enough, it will succeed in holding us back from ever having what we really want in life, be it vitality, energy, health, love, wealth, sisterhood, career, community…

At the same time, this fear can propel us into our greatness – our real greatness, not just the veneer we may think we need to present to the world – when we know how to harness the power that lives inside of it. That is a priceless skill to have.

My experience has shown me that you will need all of who you are – even the parts of yourself that you’ve hidden away – to be able to move forward in the direction of your dreams. Everything you want lies just outside of your comfort zone, and as such, your fears are going to be waiting for you when you decide to step out of how you’ve always done things and what you’ve always known.

Just choosing to take a step into the mystery of something you’ve never done before is already proof that you are far more than you’ve given yourself credit for. You are brave. You are daring. And you are extraordinary, even before you’ve succeeded or mastered the newness that you seek.

The beauty of holding an unflinching container for my clients to be as messy, scared, discombobulated, exhausted and intense as they need to be is that they begin to see that all of who they are is beautiful, too. And that this journey of awakening, healing, acceptance and reclamation is what is leading each of them to a level of freedom, vitality and joy unlike anything they’ve known before.

I invite all of my clients to be as afraid as they need to be – but to not allow their fears to stop them. Our fears have so much to tell us about where we’re stuck, the things we’ve misinterpreted or misunderstood, the lies we’ve been told (and believed), and the deeper TRUTHS that live underneath all of that.

When you choose to be bold and brave, and to step outside of how you’ve always done things into something bigger, better, and more aligned with who you really are, your world opens up. Your health improves. Your energy rises. And you transcend the reality that you used to live in – where pain, struggle and suffering are a choice, and a thing of the past.

This is when Transcendent Health becomes yours.

It’s available to you. All you have to do is choose it.

With love and courage,

Alicia

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