Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

<p>I was reflecting a lot on my life when I grew up in the ‘hood with so little, and when I lived out of my car for 7 years as a climbing guide and how my life was so simple and I <strong>made</strong> hardly anything and <strong>bought</strong> hardly anything and I was so so so <strong>content</strong>. </p><p> </p><p>And <strong>while</strong> I was content, I admit that while I had <strong>confidence</strong> in many areas - guiding and my dreams and purpose and my power as a wild woman living in the mountains…I had a lot of doubt if I had what it took to create a <strong>different</strong> kind of abundance. </p><p> </p><p>I knew I was good at <strong>academics</strong>; I knew I was good at <strong>guiding</strong>; but…what IF…let’s just say what IF I could figure out how to earn enough money to (gasp!) have <strong>more</strong> than enough?</p><p> </p><p>My mama had taught me a mindset that I’d always have enough if I used my money for the right things. So I actually was good on “enough,” it seemed. I never went…hungry.</p><p> </p><p>But…I wanted - <strong>needed</strong> - <strong>more</strong> than enough. I wanted to be able to pay for emergencies if they happened, to take my mom and dad on well-earned vacations; live debt-free, hook up friends with abundant cheese and wine. Own land. I mean - we didn’t own anything ever - we always rented and got moved from place to place. I longed to own <strong>something</strong>, <strong>somewhere</strong>, that no one could make me leave.</p><p> </p><p>So after getting cancer twice, I think of this life coaching thing, right? I want people to be able to live a life of no regrets <strong>without</strong> having to get a cancer diagnosis.</p><p> </p><p>Not that many people were coaching then, and two people I really respected from my guiding world were doing it and it sounded right.</p><p> </p><p>And I was a confident woman…I thought, “I can do this.” And I did. I started to earn money. Started to get busy. Started to gain traction, be interviewed on podcasts befor