Let Me Tell You A Story:
Friends! This time last year I was pretty crabby. I was defensive and touchy, tired all the time, quick to irritation and just plain didn't feel very well. I guess I was depressed? And I was making poor decisions for myself. I was doing what I was thinking of as self care but was actually more akin to self sabotage. I fed my general meh-ness with crappy food, nighttime cocktails, lots of time in front of the television. I bought bigger, baggier clothes...put away any ambition and just existed through each day. I wasn't really unhappy per se or I didn't think I was at any rate. I was just sort of numb and existing.
Then I arranged for a box at the Lizzo concert at The Armory with a small army of my Goddesses (see previous post regarding my new business venture). At the risk of embarrassing her, I found myself close to tears as I stood back and watched one specific Goddess dance to the music. She was dressed with her own style. She danced with enthusiasm and confidence. She looked so very at home in her own skin. My inside voice was screaming to me - "YOU USED TO BE LIKE THAT!" Before the night was even over, I had whisper/yelled in her ear "I don't know what you do! But I want to hire you! When can we meet?" The next thing I knew, I was crying my way through a pile of Kleenex in a coffee shop with the wonderful Mary Langfield. A little more than 3 months later, during the month that I'm traditionally the most stir-crazy, most "don't care"....I'm instead sitting in a coffee shop on a Saturday afternoon listening to good music, drinking good tea and planning the next steps of my world domination!
What happened in between was so simple but so powerful! I have no intention of giving away Mary's secrets in a facebook post but I'd like to publicly thank her for the work that she has put into "righting my ship". I know she'll humbly tell me that I did all of the hard work and she's not wrong! I had to be in the right place to do the work. She's not a miracle worker! But Mary has spent hours every week of the last 3 months sitting with me. (both literally and figuratively). Holding space with me. Listening to me. REALLY listening to me. Jumping up and down and excitedly cheering with me! Poking me for not keeping up with my homework...I couldn't possibly think of a better coach.
Mary and I are going to do amazing things together in the future. I'm absolutely convinced of that!
But for now - I put a testimonial on her page - but I also wanted to sing her praises loud and proud on my page as well.
And I've posted about this before too....but I'm going to do it now more pointedly. If you've made it this far through this novel - - if you are at all like I was, if you are worn out, beat up, deep-in-your-soul exhausted...consider spending some time and money investing in your own future health and happiness! Two ideas for you - - 1) visit Mary Langfield and consider working with her. I promise you won't regret it!2) consider meeting me in Mexico in a few weeks for her retreat (there's still limited space available! C'mon! Let's do it!) .
Present Moment Retreat