I Haven't Arrived...You Haven't Either

Remember those Hair Club for Men commercials where the guy would say, "I'm not just the president, I'm also a client" ?

That's been my reality lately.  

You don't become a doctor and suddenly no longer need medical care. You don't graduate from college, get your dream job and know exactly how to work in your chosen field. So, why do we think that achieving something means there's nothing left to learn or no more need for development or hard work? 

I'm not just a coach. I'm also my #1 client. 

One of the things I've gravitated towards is experienced, wise people who want to help develop and empower me to be my own best resource. That's what I love about my primary care provider, my naturopath and yes, my life coach. 

Because the reality is: they aren't always accessible. But my own resources? My God-given strengths? Those are always right at my fingertips. I just need to know how to find them and use them.

That is what Bloom Studio is all about. Yes, I'm here to help get you out of survival mode, to get you unstuck and to help you find your identity and purpose. But I'm not here to do the work for you or give you a magic pill. 

My job is to help you discover where you're stuck and what you need to get unstuck then to become a resource to yourself. 

So lately, I've been coaching myself a lot. It has been a LONG time since I've set out to do a new thing and I might have the training, the calling, the resources to do this particular new thing, but the reality is: it is still new. New things are unsettling. There's a lot of "I don't know" and lots of starts and stops. It doesn't matter what the new thing is, they just leave you feeling a little kookoo wondering:

• What am I doing?

• How did I get here?

• Where am I going?

• Is this even working?

• Am I crazy for starting this?

If you've thought these things, you're not alone. You are, in fact, part of a huge club with millions of members. But here's the thing: it's not the questioning that matters. It's what you do with the answer. 

Are you going to freak out? Change your mind because it seems too big? Decide you don't have time, money or whatever resource feels too valuable to give up? Maybe you feel like burying your head in the sand and pretending like you never had this idea in the first place! 

That's okay. It's understandable. But it's not going to get you where you want to go. 

So, here's your chance. Lean in to these uneasy feelings of new. Can you imagine if grape juice or flour-water decided fermentation was too much work, too scary, too new? If that happened, we'd miss out on wine and sourdough!