Are You Enough?

Is there an area of your life that isn’t quite up to par in your books? Perhaps your relationship, career, and family are awesome but your not happy with how you look or feel these days. Or maybe you’re rocking the gym feeling fit and looking hot, you’re on the fast track in your career but dammit, you’re still single despite going on a million dates. Or maybe you’re with the love of your life, have great kids but you just can’t find a career you’re passionate about.

Why does this happen?  How can you be so accomplished in so many other areas of your life but have one that is your Achilles heel? No matter what you do you stay stuck, feel frustrated and wonder what’s wrong with you.

We all have different areas of our life that will bring up “our stuff”. And by “stuff” I mean our feelings of worth, confidence, and competence; our feelings around success and failure; our relationships with people, money and our self.

We’ll question whether we’re good enough, smart enough, committed enough, strong enough, determined enough, pretty enough, or fit enough – and sometimes, despite amazing evidence in our life, we’ll believe that voice in our head that says “No, you’re not enough.”

And it’s a powerful voice; it’s strong enough to stop you in your tracks. It can make you do crazy things like stop chasing your dreams or pursuing your own goals. You start living your life by default comforted by your routine of the known.  If this is you, I have a quote for you:

“It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.” ~ Alan Cohen

So, what if I said to you, “You are enough.”

What if I said, “You are right where you are meant to be, this is how you’re supposed to learn, this is how you grow” would anything change for you?  Would you be able to surrender to the experience and immerse yourself in the lessons? Would you be able to shift your own voice from “I can’t, I won’t” to “I can and I will”?

That’s what I’m doing. I’m focusing on my Achilles heel. I’m ready. Are you?

** Thanks to Pam Slim for inspiring this post. Pam was a presenter at Andrea J Lee’s “Wealthy Thought Leader” conference and in her presentation she told us that “we are enough.” I believe her.