When clients work with me, I give them the opportunity to dig within themselves and unlock and unleash something that is for them, that is unique and dynamic to them. 

There have been times in my life–in new social situations, as a young executive– when I forced myself to behave in a way that was inauthentic.

I tried to become someone I wasn’t because I thought that would help me succeed. I allowed my voice to be made smaller and my presence a little less flashy. Women who I looked to for support or who offered to mentor me often had an agenda of their own and they encouraged me to:

• Take up less space- Be small, fit in and don’t make a mess.

• Speak quietly- Conduct polite conversation in agreeable tones and cede knowledge to those who have legacy places at the table.

• Act more like a man- FFS, this one boils my blood. It’s absolute, patriarchal, misogynistic bullshit.

• Downplay my authentic self- Don’t be who you are, be who we want you to be.

I didn’t know how to speak up for myself or who to reach out to for nontraditional mentorship, coaching and guidance. I was afraid that by asking I would be admitting that I was an imposter, unqualified or undeserving of my achievements. And honestly; that I was weak.

It took me a very long time to crawl out of the hole I shoved myself into and to own that I’m a less conventional than what’s “normal”. It took me a very long time to own that I’m less conventional than what’s “expected”. 

But now, I know that my timeline was… okay

In fact, it’s more than okay. 

When I finally breathed my true self into my work and my interactions with those around me in the various roles I was playing at (instead of living as), my ability to get things done exploded.

Once I let go of the stale/male/pale way of doing things, I felt better in my own skin.  I became, unapologetically, me.  

This is what sparked my coaching journey. 

This is what Uproar does every day: it brings you opportunities to discover and amplify the things that make you, you.  To choose you above everything else.  To say Hell Yes.  To lead and live with confidence because of the things that make you a glitterbomb, not in spite of them.

And most importantly, to feel heard, seen, supported, and supercharged.

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