Our Deepest Fear Is Not That We Are Inadequate

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

The women I coach often come to me because they want a big life. In fact, they’ve likely enjoyed a big life until they became a mother, and now it seems in jeopardy.

Or, conversely, they’ve been playing small for so long that becoming a mother made them realize that they want more for themselves and their children.

And often, the women want to lean into everything, their business, their marriage, their passions, motherhood, and they don’t want to sacrifice or allow one pursuit to come at the expense of another. But because there aren’t many role models, and society is telling them they must choose, they don’t trust their instincts. They don’t know how to make it happen or risk going for what they want.

We start with shoring up their foundation because sometimes it takes time to build the vision for what a big life means, uncover what they really want, but a foundation will help them no matter what they decide.

Big is subjective, after all. Is a big family 5 or 8? Is a big salary $100k or $1M? Is a big…