That movie was the Wizard of Oz.
I was going through a time in my life where I was uninspired and bored with what was going on around me. I felt useless. And aimless. Then despondent.
My self-esteem plummeted.
Time passed and eventually, I got the motivation to go see this movie with my Mom…
but at the time, I was feeling bored, hopeless and useless – which was deadly.
When I saw this movie, the Wizard of Oz, I felt what it meant to make the journey to find my calling within the context of a purpose driven life and I knew in that instant that that’s what I wanted to do with my life. The Wizard of Oz deals with very important topics of belief, truth and the integration of one’s whole self.
I knew I wanted to go on this same journey to find my calling, just like Dorothy did on the Yellow Brick Road. She followed her curiosity down that yellow brick road to find what was missing to create a better life. She traveled to the end of the rainbow, to the gate of wisdom and happiness, where dreams come true.
When a tornado rips through Kansas, Dorothy and her dog, Toto, are whisked away in their house to the magical land of Oz. They follow the Yellow Brick Road to meet the Wizard, and en route Dorothy and Toto meet a Scarecrow who needs a brain, a Tin Man who needs a heart, and a Cowardly Lion who needs courage. This is the classic Hero’s Journey. They are seeking truth, love and wisdom….and to become whole again.
The theme of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is integration of heart, mind and body to be whole. The Scarecrow, The Tin Man and the Lion seek wisdom, heart and courage respectively. They are seeing to integrate qualities they believe they are lacking.
I knew then, that my gift was to find myself, become a whole person and become the person I was born to be. Then to guide others to find their whole selves and become who they were born to be.
I kept watching that movie, and I kept getting re-inspired, and I kept remembering why I was working so hard, and I kept just believing, like, “If she could do it, I could do it.”
Life from there didn’t go perfectly. I didn’t get into my dream career at the beginning. In fact, I had 5 different careers before I landed in my true calling.
Every single career opportunity I’ve had in my life is because I’ve been brave enough to say “This is what I want to do” and then tell everybody about it and not give in to defeat and discouragement.
In hindsight, this was a perfect choice, but crazy enough… I almost didn’t make these changes.
I remember looking at myself in the mirror. I wasn’t going to change direction, talked myself out of it, and I felt this feeling. The feeling was telling me: You have to go forward. You have what it takes. You have enough courage.
Five career moves later…. I became a transformational coach and launched my own courses.
