I am…Contagious Vulnerability!

Who am I?

Why am I here?

Why did my soul choose this particular moment in time to incarnate and what is my soul’s purpose in this lifetime?

What barriers am I putting up that are blocking my receiving the abundance (of love, of success, of impact, of…) that is all around me always?

What are my unique gifts?

How can I use these gifts and the insights and wisdom gleaned from my life experiences for the greatest good of the greatest number of my fellow beings?

How do I make this one precious life matter?

I’ve been asking these questions my whole life and oftentimes feel like I have far more questions than I do answers, that I am more lost than found. I’ve also spent my whole life feeling like I don’t fit in, that I’m not like other people, that I wish I could just turn off my overly active brain and be “normal” to put an end the constant identity and purpose struggle. Maybe some of you can relate to this? :)

Over the past three years, it’s felt like my whole world has fallen apart — that all the things I knew or thought I knew — about myself and my life (who I am, who I love, what I do, how I make money, what matters to me…)— suddenly fell away, leaving me feeling completely adrift, floating (sometimes drowning!) in a sea of questions and uncertainty. A super uncomfortable place to be!

I’ve spent this period going deep inwards, being more than doing and curiously exploring myself and my purpose in the world — really hard for a woman raised by a family of perfectionistic, super-optimizing people-pleasers who were so busy doing that we rarely stopped to contemplate the larger questions of life!

But with time and practice (lots and lots of practice!), I’ve learned to swim and dance in the unknown rather than be paralyzed by the not knowing. A wise conscious millennial in my extended social network once said that sometimes things have to totally fall apart for them to fall into place. This is starting to ring true for me.

Lately, I’ve been spending a lot of time getting curious about identity and labels. Just last night I was engaged in a conversation with a beautiful and soulful young woman blessed with myriad superpowers…