It's Time You Started Taking Your Own Advice
Laurie Reynoldson
Podcaster | Coach | Speaker | Founder of the School of Midlife?. Empowering high-achieving midlife women in transition with the tools, mindset + direction to make midlife their best life.
I've been having a similar conversation with a lot of my coaching clients lately. A couple of them have been laid off. Others aren't feeling the way they expected to feel when they earned the latest promotion. They're all at a crossroads.
So, I ask them all the same question:
"You know how you’ve always told your daughters they can be anything? That they can live the life of their dreams?
"DO YOU ALSO BELIEVE THAT FOR YOURSELF?"
In case you need it, here’s your friendly reminder that you, too, can be anything. That you can live the life of your dreams.
But first, you must figure out what you want in life. And when I say "you," I mean YOU. Not what you've been conditioned to want. Not what your parents or spouse or friends have told you to want.
To live your dream life, you have to know what that looks like. To become the person you've always imagined you'd be, you need to know who she is.
Here’s the thing: one of the biggest struggles for midlife women is figuring out what they want in life.
Don't believe me? Ask a midlife woman in your life where she wants to go for dinner, or what she wants to do for her birthday. More than likely, she'll defer the questions to the group.
Because she doesn't want to put anyone out or make anyone uncomfortable.
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Because she wants everyone to have a good time.
Because she doesn't want to be in the spotlight.
And why is that? Because as women, we've been conditioned to put everyone else's needs ahead of our own. We've grown accustomed to pleasing people and making peace. Hell, some of us don't even recognize ourselves anymore; let alone know what we want.
It's time to change that. It's time to get crystal-clear on what you want. That means knowing:
What lights YOUR soul on fire.
What it is that YOU love to do.
What energizes YOU.
????What you're doing when YOU lose track of time.
What YOU want.
And then start doing MORE of ALL of THAT.
It's time you started taking your own advice. Starting now.
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1 年This is so true Laurie Reynoldson!! If YOU still believe in what you tell your daughters, then all hope is not lost! You can still become anything you want! Chase that dream Chase that career Chase that goal Chase that milestone Be what you want to be!