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I was supposed to be a lawyer. I was in the 3rd semester of my paralegal program. Being a paralegal was how I would pay my way through law school.

It all made sense. I mapped it all out at the kitchen table with my dad about 18 months earlier.

While in school, I was approached by a teacher to do an internship in the DA’s office. I jumped at the chance. The icing on the cake was that I wouldn't have to do a research paper by doing the internship. I was super excited about both.

I asked my teacher every time I saw him. "When will the internship start?” His response was always "I'm working on it." Weeks went by. But the internship never happened.

I was in trouble because the semester was almost over, and now I had to do the research paper, and I was weeks behind in research. I had no idea where to begin.

On top of that, we were learning how to research law and precedents.

I knew I needed help. Even worse, I knew I had to ask for it. I remember having the conversation with myself.

I had made a mistake by waiting so long for the internship. I knew I had to say I don't know where to begin with researching in the law library. I had to say “I don't know what I’m doing.”

But that would mean people would see that “I didn't have my shit together.” That I didn't have everything figured out. That would mean my plan had failed.

We all face moments like these in our lives. These moments where we start to think “ Maybe I’m just not cut out for this.”

Maybe you're at a place in your life or business (because how you do life is how you do your business) where you feel overwhelmed, like I did that day in the law library.

But here's the truth..

In those moments, when you're feeling all the feels, you are at a threshold. A portal, really. You sense it. You feel it on some level even if it's not fully in your awareness yet.

The overwhelm is trying to protect you. Not necessarily from something bad happening, but because your brain can’t predict what will happen if you step through the portal. And because of the inability to predict, those feelings are designed to shut you down. To stop you.

All those years ago in Paralegal school...

I fell for it.

I didn't realize what was happening in my body. I just thought:
“ I wasnt smart enough.”
“ I wouldn't ever be able to figure this out.”
“ I should know how to do this by now.”
“ If I can't figure this out, how will I ever be a lawyer?”

So, I quit school. 1.25 quarters away from being a paralegal.

Looking back, if I had the tools to translate what my body was trying to tell me, I would have chosen differently.

When you're aware of the language that your body speaks, how it uses your feelings to speak, you begin to understand what’s really happening. What’s stopping you. Where the portals are.
Then, you make choices differently.

You start a new conversation based on curiosity, not prediction. You learn to trust the not knowing. You lean into the thresholds.

Nothing ever goes according to plan. What sets you apart from everybody else is what you're going to do about that when the plan hits the fan?

This is what we do when we work together 1:1. You learn the language that your body uses to shut you down and turn it into forward movement and momentum.

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