Today was an amazing day. I want to share that being a part of this community is huge for me. Whenever I have the gift of listening to Tony and Dean, it brings me strength and also brings out my passion. The passion to follow my dreams and to let go of what no longer serves who I am. I grew up in a family that my goals and dreams, my voice was always "squashed out" "Laughed at" and I was always made to feel like my voice didn't matter. It wasn't until I turned 52 and some events snowballed in my life. My mom had passed away in 2012, my father in 2020. In 2018, I was due to start a new position on February 5th, my father had lost the house we grew up in, he told each of us to come make sure we had our things out of the house or we could lose them. I went over to pick up what I had left there. It wasn't much. Pictures, ornaments I had painted my mom, and a trunk filled with old towels and curtains from my grandmother. Long story short, I went to pick them up as he requested when I got there and started collecting my things, he literally pressed himself on top of me and started to elbow me in the kidneys, hitting me in the face with his phone. My husband reached for his phone when he brought his hand up and took the phone to distract him, tossing it behind him. I took my items and left the house. He did not dispute that they were mine but rather wanted my eldest sister to look through my stuff in case there was anything she might want.... I know that sounds insane. I ended up going to the ER and also the PD to file paperwork as the bruising was bad, and the threats he made on social media were that bad. It was then that I looked up and said, God, I get it, I am not meant to fix anything, I have tried all these years, I get it now, it isn't mine to fix. Why I share all of this is because, I was always negated. I was made to feel that what I had to share was not worth it, that people would laugh, that I could not possibly think that being a wedding planner, or metaphysical coach was real, or that why would anyone listen to me. It sadly wasn't till many years later when I started following Tony, Dean and his amazing team that my value and self-worth lifted and as I started to come out of my shell, out of the darkness and shared with a few people I felt safe with that I realized my joy, my passion, my worth. I have received comments on how my voice has helped others, that my voice touches people and makes a difference. At first, it was hard to hear that people truly felt that way. But the more and more I have listened to Tony & Dean the more and more my courage and voice become louder. Today's speakers really helped me to understand that the power you give your voice and the power you give yourself to share and to follow your dreams somehow makes the fear and doubts go away. You can't experience fear and doubt when you bring joy and gratitude to the world. It took me a while to realize that I could wipe out all the negative feelings and focus on the positive, life changing feelings GRATITUDE is huge and with this gratitude brings joy and with the joy comes momentum, and in the momentum comes an energy that wants to help me grow my dreams, makes me empowered to move forward in the joy in the gratitude and find ways to make my dreams a reality. Understanding this, has shifted me in a beautiful way. It is a joy to let go of what no longer (if ever) served my heart and step into the light and joy of what does. Thank you Tony and Dean.

I'm curious who else is here besides me that's a professional coach! Are you already using AI? Is there something you're hoping to learn how to integrate into your business to help? I'm just coming off of maternity leave and am excited to see what the pro's are going to teach in these days that I can use in my coaching business as I hop back into work.