After a lifetime of being all things to all people, is it possible to live from who you are instead of for other people’s expectations?
You can break down the walls and rediscover/reclaim the wholeness that’s your birthright.
You’ve spent your life accommodating the needs of people you love — and that’s been fulfilling. But in the midst of all that busyness, you — the real you — has gotten lost. Now when you look in the mirror, all you see are other people’s expectations and the commitments you’ve made to them.
You feel like a chameleon, constantly changing who you are and what you do to fit in with others’ expectations. It’s overwhelming, dizzying, and you’re exhausted from constantly being off balance — but your search for answers comes up empty and hopeless.
The demands of society and life have forced you to compartmentalize yourself. Different aspects of who you are get let out of their compartments at different times, depending upon the situation. Some aspects may be so vulnerable that they never see the light of day.
At the center, everyone is whole. It is possible to break down the compartment walls and rediscover/reclaim the wholeness that’s your birthright. You can make choices from that still, quiet center of yourself that knows what’s right, instead of from the dizzying array of other people’s expectations and your ideas about their expectations. You do not have to do what others want just because it’s “easy” and “not really any trouble” and “they need you.”
Hi. I’m Jon Hansen. I spent 27 years teaching high school English and Humanities to gifted kids. Many of the most gifted were young women, very bright girls who lived in worlds of deep intensity. I often found that my role with them was as a guide, helping them connect their amazing minds with their equally amazing, but often unrealized, hearts.
When I recognized the same intensity, gifts, and even more painful disconnectedness in many of the adult women I know, including my wife Ellen and many of our friends, I knew that I was being called to a new phase of work and life, bringing my voice and vision out of the classroom. I now work with women like these — like you? — to help them reconnect with and heal their inner gifted girl, and to reclaim their wholeness and power.
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