We feel motivated, inspired, and even educated with new information and insight from a personal development book, and once we finish the book (or even just the first few chapters), we forget what we read and move on to the next book or whatever fire we need to put out in our life. Now, before you beat yourself up about that, know this is all too common!

Especially with the pandemic, we’re distracted with life.

Your empowerment begins with not only reading and understanding the concepts that resonate with you, but doing the internal work necessary, many times BEFORE you even take action on big things.

Chelsea Moller USA

I had developed severe anxiety and the daily activities I once loved no longer were easy to accomplish. I felt like I wanted to do so much more every day but could barely get through the day without feeling like I was enough. My career was helping people feel good about their bodies but I could not push myself. At my breaking point I realized I was no longer helping myself succeed but rather holding myself back from growing. I relied on too many people to determine my own happiness.

The only hesitations I had about taking this class came with self-doubt and fear of disappointing myself. If I didn’t take this time to work on me then why would I add more stress? However, I realized I am most important in my life and it’s time to take charge of my own happiness.

I would recommend this to women in my life that go through the motions and ignore the reality of their emotions they’re facing daily at home, work, in relationships, and with themselves.

Before I started this class, I was feeling like something was “off”, that I was living my life simply going through the motions. Being a recent empty nester and being well into middle age I knew that this new stage could be something wonderful, but I just wasn’t feeling it.

Now I feel like I am living more purposefully and am paying attention to my feelings. I realize that I am experiencing grief over the changes in my life — children moving away, getting older, etc. I also realize that I hadn’t given myself a chance to grieve the things left behind and instead had been numbing with alcohol and online shopping.

I really enjoyed listening to the other wonderful women come together and share their stories. Andrea was an insightful leader. She listened so well to each person and came back with great advice which applied not only to the woman sharing but also to the topic at hand for the week.

After taking the class, I feel much more present in my life. I have learned to pause rather than numb. I have learned that I am wonderful just the way I am.

Heather Chauvin on Everyday Habits and Life Balance

Andrea Blakeslee
UNITED KINGDOM

This work has cracked me open and helped me rediscover my courage, strength, faith and values. I’m so grateful for this foundation and the ability to incorporate it into my everyday life.

Through this work, I am now opening up more in my relationships, professionally and personally, and at the same time, I have set clear boundaries. I’m incorporating more fun and creativity in my days, and trusting my intuition. Andrea’s support and the tools I have received around this work in courage have given me the confidence I needed to move out of fear and step into courage.

Deb Owen BLOOMINGTON, IN

Melissa Hauer UK

Before I signed up for the class I felt lost. Somewhere in life I lost my ability to trust my instincts and know my decisions were the right ones for me.

I feel much more confident now. I feel like I know myself better and I am happier with myself. I also realized that I needed to set boundaries with some people in my life. I’ve looked to them for approval way too often and I am scared to disappoint any of them. From small decisions to big decisions and this needed to end. Although boundaries are never easy, I now have the tools to have the conversations and feel good about it and about myself.

Not setting those boundaries creates a lot of worry, guilt and indecisiveness in my life that leads to lashing out on people I care about and perfectionism. Now I can change all that.
My favorite part of the class were the weekly calls. Getting to interact directly with Andrea is very valuable.

I feel a sense of calmness in my life. I know who I am and what my values are. I no longer doubt my decisions; big or small.

Thank you so much for the gift of the course you offer women! It has been life changing for me!

Rachel Abraham New York

I believed I didn’t deserve the good things in my life, and so I was constantly self-sabotaging myself. I was stuck in a vicious cycle of trying to be a high-achiever, then believing I didn’t deserve the thing once I got it, then trying to be a high-achiever in another area to make up for it…make sense? I needed, and was READY FOR a straightforward, ACTION plan for my life.

I knew it was time, and it was safe, to dive into specific issues… body image, comparison, self-sabotage (I didn’t even know there was a name for this), worthiness, and shame.

Feeling like my body was directly tied to my worthiness.
Feeling like I was only one who experienced my particular sort of shame
Feeling guilty for taking a break and slowing down sometimes. Like, feeling lazy for just wanting to watch some Netflix and eat a few cookies here and there.
Feeling scared to take risks, because my inner critic shot them down pretty quickly

The community, the safe space, the sense of acceptance, naming and identifying my inner critic. I just felt less alone. I was scared to talk to some of my friends about my deepest secrets, because I was scared that I’d be judged or shunned. The online group gave me a chance to test the waters. I got to share my story with a group of supportive, like-minded strangers, which then gave me the confidence to be more open and honest with the people closest to me.

I’m feeling different, for. SURE. I’m feeling less alone. I’m feeling kinder to myself, more at peace, and more confident. I’m way less intimidated around certain people than I used to be. That’s like…. kind of really an amazing feeling. Instead of my inner critic telling me that I’m not good enough for them, it’s instead telling me that I am just as good as they are, and just as deserving to share my ideas. Granted, she’s telling me this with shaking knees and a trembling voice, but she’s telling it to me.