I was definitely not Queer. Coming out to my husband sounded more like “um, I think I’m attracted to a woman and I don't know what it means...” I couldn’t say “I’m queer” out loud for almost a year.
A mask is nothing more than a persona, or a way of being in the world that hides what’s underneath. In this case, what's underneath is our tender, luminous, expansive authentic self. There are many reasons we become disconnected from our Authentic Self, or our true identity and some key ways we can begin to take it off.
And funny enough, many of my clients first submit coaching applications that say things like: I’m lost. I’m stuck. I don’t know what I want, but it's not this. etc. What strikes me is that 99% of the time within the very first coaching call, we discover that in fact, they do know what they desire. It’s just buried under the old programming, the fears of what others think and the stories of their worth.
Read MoreI genuinely believe if we cannot cultivate a deep well of joy within ourselves, we will be overtaken by media, by life, by family dramas and disappointments, by obstacles and pain. Can you be with the realities of this world, feeling fully the gaps between where you are now and where you want to be, and still have joy?
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