It was a time where everyone was #livingmybestlife and I was just trying to find mine.

It all started in the summer/fall of 2014. I had recently called off my engagement six weeks before my wedding and within the same month my step father who had been in my life since I was 4 years old unexpectedly passed away. To say I was a mess was an understatement. I shut down and began moving through the motions of life without truly living.

That Christmas my sister got me a gift certification to a double play. Which was a session with a Naturopath and a Energy Goddess (I still don’t know her exact title) At the time I saw it as therapy that I didn’t “need” or “want” So that certificate went unused for almost 2 years.

After 2 years of just going through the everyday motions of life. Going to work, going home, going back to work and in the process losing my identity, my mom finally stepped in. My mom is someone who you don’t really say no to. So when she said I needed to book an appointment and she was going to drive me to ensure I went. She in fact did and sat patiently in the waiting room while I had my session.

That session was the shift I needed to get myself and my life back on track. Through that session I discovered some food intolerances that were causing some recent weight gain and health issues I had been having. I also started to realize that through my previous relationship, I had lost myself. I had become who someone else wanted me to be, and was living a life that on paper looked perfect but I was anything but happy.

Social media had really started to take off and everyone around me was sharing their engagement announcements, marriages, buying their dream homes, having kids, pursuing their ideal careers and using the #livingmybestlife. At the same time, I was in the rock bottom chapter of my life. I felt like a failure, I felt behind, I felt as though my life was over and I was 25 years old. I could’ve stayed in this state of just going through the motions, but that wasn’t me. I had my family rallying behind me and I knew that although my plan didn’t work out there was reason it happened the way it did. I chose to take my rock bottom chapter and learn from it. Yes, my fairytale plan didn’t work out, but I knew one day it would all make sense and in the meantime I needed to trust the process and let life happen.

I started really diving into who I was and what I wanted in my life. I stumbled across manifestation, read many blogs, and spent many hours on Pinterest along with some workbooks and exercises I started discovering me again. The me I was as a kid before the world told me how to be and more importantly who not to be. I started my fitness journey to focus on my health which also helped my confidence and with this new added awareness I was also figuring out what I really wanted from life. What I wanted in my relationships, with my career, my environment, I was taking control of my finances and looking at the areas of my life that were most important to me that I wasn’t making a priority.

This process took many years, I went through several exercises and spent many hours journaling and talking to life coaches. Most of these experiences are what I go through with my clients now! Each journey is different but the ultimate goal is to identify what Living My Best Life looks like for YOU, and then doing the work to make it your reality!

My story is my story and I went through many hardships to get to where I am today, but I took a lost women in 2014 who felt like she had failed. She felt like her life was over and that her “plan” didn’t work out and never would. Fast forward almost 10 years, through several failed relationships, countless mistakes that turned into lessons, a few job changes, 2 big moves, some new friends and some friends that I had to let go of, a lot of self doubt, A LOT of questioning myself and the path I was on, many tear filled meltdowns, and too many laughs count… I finally let go and STOPPED planning. I let life happen and you know what? When you relinquish control and start just living your life, saying yes to new experiences, and letting life guide you down your path its amazing what sneaks up on you! Now in 2023 - I’m married, we own our home, we have two adorable snuggly rescue pups and a baby on the way. I quit my 9-5 that was stealing my joy and started my own business where I get to create my own schedule, decide what clients and projects I want to work on or partner with. I get to work from the comfort of my own home, often from bed or snuggled into the couch. In 2014 this was the dream. And in 2023 its reality. It may not have happened on my timeline, but looking back it happened just the way it was meant too.

I tell you my story not to brag, but to hopefully give you some hope. To inspire you to figure out what your dream life looks like, then encourage you to do the work. To take the risks, to figure out who you are, what the mark you want to leave this world with and start to live life on your own terms! This life can be amazing, but you have to do the inner work to get there.

As a Self Discovery Coach, I am here to guide you. To help you find the answers within yourself. Only you know what you truly want and I can help you figure out the plan to get there. I’m always a message away!

If you take one thing from this post, I hope its to - Have Faith. No matter what you believe in, trust that everything you want is coming, it may not be on your timeline, the road may include some ups and downs, but enjoy the ride because each experience is an important lesson for you to learn. Everything you’re going through is preparing you for what you asked for. So have faith that its all working out the way its meant too.

Xo Meg