The longer version

May 7, 2009 - A day that I will forever remember. For the first time in my life I was told “You are born into greatness. The fact that you are here, is enough.”  It was at that point when I realized I held a limiting belief that kept me from living the life I was created to live. That day in May was the start of my transformation.

And yet, I always knew.

I remember when I was younger searching and wondering what it is I am meant to do. As a young girl, I KNEW I had a purpose. I was meant for something wonderful. I also remember searching and seeking, never to find what this “thing” was.

I could feel that I was meant to HELP OTHERS, I just didn’t know how.

Everything started to change after being told that I’m enough. With the courage to finally start believing it, I decided to take what I learned and go on a 3 month experiment.

I joke and say I quit after 2 months but that's because my life was already changing.  That's when it started to click.

For years I had allowed myself to believe I'm not good enough and that belief, left unchecked, took me down a spiral of negative experiences.  As soon as I started exploring my thoughts and changing my mindset, everything shifted.

A new found power was born within and I knew I had to share these messages with others.  My business was born nearly 14 years ago in September of 2009.

Why Mission: Lead with Love?

As soon as I realized there was a different way to live my life, I started reading everything I could get my hands on to support my new journey.  Soon after, I found myself devouring a book my Marianne Williamson.  Within the introduction of her book, A Return to Love, a few passages landed so deeply that they became the cornerstone for my work.

"Love is what we were born with.  Fear is what we have learned here.  The spiritual journey is the relinquishment - or unlearning - of fear and the acceptance of love back into our hearts.  It (love) is our ultimate reality and our purpose on earth.  To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life."

"Love is the intuitive knowledge of our hearts."

"Love isn't material. It's energy.  It's the feeling in a room, a situation, a person.  It has nothing at all to do with the physical world, but it can be expressed nonetheless.  We experience it as kindness, giving, mercy, compassion, peace, joy, acceptance, non-judgment, joining and intimacy."

As soon as I read these words and others, I knew I wanted to be an extension of love, kindness, compassion and grace. There are too many places in our world where we aren't seeing these things emulated and it's important to me to bring them forward in a bigger way.

As a coach, speaker and author, I want others to know they are worthy and are enough and when they are in my space I want them to feel safe and at peace.

I also very quickly realized that I needed to first extend this love to myself in order to walk the talk.  Combine this with my forever love of our Great Mother Earth and my mission was born - lead with love for self, others, earth.

 

A Few Personal Tidbits

• I have a dog that I ABSOLUTELY adore {I'm one of those dog moms now}
• I believe deeply in compassion, kindness, forgiveness and love
• I am a forever student and have been certified in MANY things {yoga, nutrition, modern mystic, meditation, life coach, climate leader, etc.}
• I do my best to be zero waste - meaning I focus on creating less trash
• I don't enjoy shopping but I love dressing up
• I love seeing the "light" in other people and watching the light bulb turn on
• I'm a two time author and wrote my first book while in Bali for a month
• I met my husband while we were both volunteering

To learn more, please contact me. I truly look forward to connecting.