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Lessons learned from a broken bracelet
I have a friendship-type bracelet that I never take off. Until today that is.
It's from the show The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and it says what Midge's bristly manager barks as a pep talk before she takes the stage: "Titsup."
I didn't get it at a Taylor Swift concert, obviously. I got it at a market two years ago when I started my coaching biz, to give me the same pep talk.
It has the added bonus of self-selecting my tribe.
Many who notice nod knowingly as fans of the show. And others laugh because it's the first time they've heard it, and they think it's pretty cool.
This morning, I woke to find all the beads scattered between the sheets. I was devastated. (I mean, I've had it for 2 years, but still!)
'No problem,' I consoled myself, 'I'll restring it.' Except I couldn't find the "I."
If any of the colored beads were missing, that'd be an easy fix, but the "I"? That was pretty necessary. I combed through the sheets, the bathroom rug, the other bathroom rug. Nothing. I was officially bummed.
But I couldn't let it ruin my day. So I put the beads I had and the broken string in a bowl and stopped the negative self-talk of 'Why didn't you restring that? You bought the elastic months ago!' I know the downward spiral staircase that kind of admonishment puts me on.
Then I, in the inspirational words of Elsa, Let it go, Let it go...
I made coffee, meditated, journaled, replied to social media comments and then, before I walked out the door, I scratched my back and felt it. A small, hard circle stuck to my shoulder blade.
The "I."
‘How funny,’ I giggled. 'How poignant,' I mused.
Perhaps the pep talk I needed today was not one of courage, but of individuality. In a sea of "experts" it's easy to forget that there's only one who truly knows what's right for "I" (that's not proper English, but I'm making a point).
Every step of growth invites fear and doubt. I can listen to others, but I need to listen to myself more. Things get weird in my head when I don't.
"I" also represents what my new, intimate group coaching program, The Inner Compass Collective, is all about. The four directions of the compass, our inner GPS, are: insight, intuition, inner authority, and identity.
It will be in the classroom soon at the premium tier. You can learn more about it here.
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