In 7 Days I’ll be Homeless And Life Coach Training Won’t Change That
(REVEAL PART 1)
In 7 Days I’ll be Homeless And Life Coach Training Won’t Change That
All the life coach training in the world won’t protect me from having to face transitions with courage. My friends and fam’ know that this is a scary place for me. Having a home is what makes me feel grounded. I’m a June baby, Cancer sign all the way. If we’ve ever traveled together, you know. I try to take my home with me everywhere I go. I need a little shell that is my own, to curl up, decorate in “beach theme” and create from where I feel safe and inspired.
What do you do when you have no choice, but to live totally out of your comfort zone?
This Isn’t my First Time Being Homeless
Homelessness seems to be a trend in my life.
I’ve been homeless 3 times, which I can remember.
Every single time I have lost (or have chosen to leave) the home that I have known, a huge shift occurred in my life. We’re talking shifts, that in turn, altered my destiny and introduced me to miracles. Yeah, no joke!
Have you ever had an incredibly emotional and devastating period in your life and when you reflect back you understand how it had to happen, so you could experience the most alive and connected feelings of love for your life beyond what you ever knew was possible?
That was a long-winded question.
But seriously, have you?
I want to hear YOUR story.
In some ways homelessness for me is a sign that a miracle is about to happen. I believe your perspective on any challenge can alter your experience in a very beautiful way. Your perspective can you give you the life you dream of and the feelings you desire, in this moment right now.
My First Experience Being Homeless
I was 6 years old and my mom was hiding from my dad.
They were both strung out on drugs and she was finally ready to leave and take back control of her life.
My mom, little sister and I were living in our car and in and out of hotel rooms. Her boyfriend at the time was helping her hide us.
I didn’t like her boyfriend, he wouldn’t let me jump on the hotel bed.
Isn’t that what you do in hotels?
I’m 28 and it’s STILL my favorite thing to do when I check into a hotel.
By the way, I will be 89 and most definitely the first thing I will do when I check into a hotel is check out the spring on that mattress.
I felt energies when I was a child and was even more vocal with my senses then I am now.
My mom and I were NOT on very good terms. She didn’t like that every time he came over I would bang on his leg or chest and scream “DEVIL, DEVIL, DEVIL”.
I didn’t like hiding from my daddy either, so I tip toed out of the hotel one night and called him from a payphone to tell him where we were hiding.
Raise your hand if you’re a daddy’s girl (blushing).
He was homeless too. He hid us at my Aunts house.
I remember I loved all the trees in the center of her apartment complex. I chose one to call my own and I would climb it everyday and relax, hidden in the leaves, with my books. I had never had a room of my own, but I imagined this was what it would feel like. In some ways that tree became my very own home.
And I was damn good at climbing trees and none of the other kids could get up that bad boy.
This was the moment in time when things got too painful for my parents to continue using drugs.
Life got worse before it got better, but eventually hide and seek wasn’t fun for anyone anymore. Mom and dad found the N.A community and took a turn down the road of recovery.
We went from drug deals and holding “please help” signs on the side of the freeway, to a recovering community holding hands and chanting.
“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference”
I think that is when my unofficial life coach training began.
Transitioning Your Way Toward A Purpose Driven Life
There were 2 other major shifts that occurred after homelessness and before officially choosing to become a life coach, study life coach training tools and techniques and open my own virtual world wide life coach training program for young aspiring coaches.
1. Leaving my dads house at 17 to find peace, freedom and the space to make choices in line with the vision I had for my life.
At 17 I learned that everything I need is already inside of me and I can choose to create the life I want. All it took is a strong belief in my own potential and massive, courageous action. I worked 3 jobs and rented my FIRST apt, I decorated it in everything “beach theme” I could find at Walmart. I have always loved the water and nautical decor.
I finally had the space to decide who I wanted to be and how I wanted to live and I would never go back to having it any other way.
2. Paying my own way to college and pursuing my dream of being on Broadway, but losing my dorm room, I was left on the streets of New York City.
New York City taught me that it’s okay to ask for help and every experience is created to align you with your unique purpose. I packed up my dorm, was supported by good friends and found a room for a steal in Harlem. If you are curious, I decorated both my dorm and Harlem pad in beach colors, of course!
Every time I’ve been homeless a part of me has connected to an inner power that has allowed me to play big, defy limitations (most judged were not possible at my age) and own my light.
Experiences like this and connection to my inner power is what led me to:
- Perform on Broadway
- Life coach training
- A total career transition
- Step into a business, relationship and life I am totally and deeply in love and gratitude with
- Create a life coach training program that was missing vital aspects that new coaches need to be successful, faster
In 7 days I’ll be Homeless, Again
Only this time, I’m so freaking excited about it I can barely stand it.
I’m also determined to create a new way of dealing with uncertainty and transition that includes:
Total peace of mind and excitement for being out of my comfort zone while staying present and patient
VS
Freaking out, overtaken by fear, waiting for the time when I got it all under control to breathe
That would be a waste of like 2 months or more of my life, no thanks.
Our lease for our current apartment is up on March 31st and we don’t have a move in date to our new home yet. AHHH!
So next Monday we will officially be homeless.
I Want To Tell You Some Very Exciting News
I have a few announcements I’ve been waiting to reveal and details about how I’ve been creating miracles in my life, that I know will change your life as much as these tools and strategies have changed mine. I can’t hold it in anymore.
I can’t wait to let you in on my secrets and share a few processes with you that you can use to navigate smoothly through your personal transitions.
Life coach training won’t change the fact that you will face moments of challenge, transition and change in your life.
Luckily, training as a life coach HAS taught me something way more valuable then avoiding change; like really simple ways to take what some might call stressful, scary and challenging and experience it as a transformational, game changer, empowering way of living.
You can choose to create from a new perspective of excitement and hope, I understand that now.
I don’t know where I’ll be living next Monday, but I do know I’ll be sharing space with you on my Facebook and Twitter everyday as I invite patience to my life on the meditation pillow and share powerful intentions you can choose to live in perfect mind and body health. Meditation and powerful intentions are going to keep me grounded during this time of transition. I have a very special morning ritual I’ve created to hold safe space and actively create my life to refrain from going on auto pilot.
AND
Next Monday, I’ll be revealing for the very first time some very exciting and life altering experiences you can expect to share with me over the next year.
My theme of “community” for 2013 is playing out strong in soo many beautiful ways.
Next week I’ll be writing you, totally homeless, in transition to a new physical community and inspired by a community of women on a 9 month traveling adventure I have chosen to go on this year.
My hunky man and I will be traveling around location free until our new physical community is ready and next week I’m going to tell you how all of this came to be.
Where will I live? Who will I meet? What am I up to? How have I used visualization and manifesting to have and achieve what some might judge to be “the impossible”?
I’ll be sharing all the juicy “tales” here next week.
This time decorating in beach theme won’t be necessary. You’ll find out the behind the scenes details why, next Monday.
Until then Invite to YOUR life and in every way you possibly can, step into your power, party with purpose and inspire like a pro!
“At every moment of our life there will have been things that might have happened, but did not. There are magic moments that go unnoticed and then, suddenly, the hand of fate changes our universe.
-Paulo Coelho
By The Riverr Piedra I sat And Wept
Always on purpose,
Jeannine
What transition or change are you going through right now and how will you stay present and patient through the process? We ALL need your tools. Please share.
Share your best practices in the comments below. (Especially if you have a good meditation or intention you’d LOVE to recommend)
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