A controversial thought
Want to hear a controversial thought?
Here it is… 🤫
I think my chronic pain condition is the greatest gift the universe ever gave me.
Not because it’s been fun to deal with pain flareups and medical interventions.
Not because I like canceling things last minute and not being able to explain why without going into my full medical history.
And not because I enjoyed taking medical leaves from all three jobs I had after business school.
Listen, it’s been plenty of grief too. :P
But here’s the gift my chronic pain condition gave me:
When I was living a life I didn’t want to be living…
It flared up again and again and again until I could not possibly ignore it.
And it forced me to make a change.
Without the physical pain as a barrier, I could have chugged along being kind of stressed and kind of unhappy and kind of unfulfilled for a very long time.
I have a high pain tolerance. I’m used to working hard and grinding and getting things done.
And I would have kept working hard and grinding without looking up until I was 65 years old…
If my chronic pain hadn’t stopped me in my tracks and made me reconsider everything.
Listen, it is NOT fun when all the alarms go off at once.
But I am so, so lucky to HAVE an early warning system that sends me loud, un-ignorable alarms when something isn’t right.
Because if that alarm is too quiet…
Or I’m too good at ignoring it…
It can stay there beeping in the background for years…
And I’ll lose years living a life I don’t want…
Never realizing that the life I DID want was only a few months of problem-solving away.
So what is YOUR early warning system telling you?
Whether yours is as loud and immediate as mine…
Pain. Fatigue. Nausea. A total inability to focus.
Or quiet, subtle, and dangerously easy to ignore…
A headache every couple days. Trouble falling asleep. A little too much to drink or eat. A quiet desire to run away humming in the background.
Listen to your early warning system.
Because the longer you ignore it, the louder and louder it gets — until you can’t ignore it anymore.
And I know it’s scary to open the can of worms that your early warning system is pointing to.
When you even consider shaking things up, your brain is going to explode with questions:
How can I possibly make all the other pieces fit??
I have to make money, and I have to fulfill my obligations, and I don’t want to take a risk, and what if I fail, and what will people think, and I don’t really know what I want anyway, and what if I’m wrong, and…
Every single one of those questions is figure-out-able.
You can make every single piece fit — and build a better picture than the one you’re in right now.
And you don’t have to do it alone.
Let me help you take the whirlwind in your mind and break it down piece by piece.
We’ll solve one question at a time.
We’ll test every assumption so that you know you’re making the right decisions.
We’ll structure small but robust experiments so you never have to take a bigger leap than you’re comfortable with.
I’ll pull you back from the rabbit-holes and keep you focused and on track.
And I’ll cheerlead you every step of the way — because I’m SO excited for where you’re going :)
Come talk to me, and let’s get started today.
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