GOT GUTSY?
Kimberly Hoppe-Brenner
Marriage Coach, FM Coaching & Counseling LLC | I help couples resolve conflict, regain trust, and save their marriage.
I thought of myself as a strong, liberated and powerful woman, of course I did, I was living the 70’s surrounded by Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem. I ditched by bra and took on a sort of dominatrix attitude towards men.? I thought I was powerful. When I look back at that time I wasn’t powerful; I wasn’t being myself, I was following the pack and avoiding being me, still afraid of not fitting in and buying in to what the woman’s movement was selling.
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I want to be totally transparent. Even though from an observer’s point of view I was on fire, my internal world did not feel strong, liberated or powerful. I doubted myself, questioned if my decisions were the right ones; I was confused about what to do and did a lot of avoiding. If someone didn’t like me I’d abandon what I wanted just so they wouldn’t be mad at me. I remember the first time someone got in my face and disagreed with me, I almost peed my pants. So I avoided even more. I shut off my internal world and focused on proving that I had my shit together all the while trying to not make waves, be polite and give everyone else what they wanted. In other words I was a pretender, a fraud. I was exhausted and disgusted with myself. Crying was my outlet for my anger. But I knew I was mostly mad at myself.
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Over the years I spend thousands and thousands of dollars to gain insight into who I was and what I wanted. I learned, practiced and then taught what I learned to be me, to heal and resolve the “me” that acted powerful but wasn’t.? I found a painless way to become authentic, both in deed and thought.?
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The journey is not a quick one, which is why I felt I needed to create a coaching program for other women who were looking to get gutsy. There is no short cut. You will be transforming a past that has shaped you and it’s important not to take short cuts or you could skip some of you important steps.
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What I can tell you is that I don’t recognize myself from that girl who lived her life avoiding, the one pretending to be powerful. This girl is now a woman who is living her life on her own terms from the inside out. Aware of her own power, not afraid of saying no or setting limits. Not afraid if someone gets angry with me. It’s the most liberated I have felt. The 70’s gave women permission to be liberated; don’t you think it’s time we gave ourselves permission to take advantage of it?
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Are you ready to Get Gutsy?????? [email protected]
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