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Written by Tina Sibley in August 2020

DARING YOURSELF TO BE WHO YOU TRULY ARE:

Being the person you truly are in this day and age is actually quite difficult.

For a start. We're all programmed from a very early age.

We're programmed by our parents, our wider family, our teachers and even by the other kids at school.

Then we're programmed by our bosses, our work colleagues, our peer group and even by our close friends.

We're programmed through the relationships we have - good and bad.

We're programmed by the things we read, the courses we buy and follow and the people we hang out with.

And it's oh so easy to lose ourselves in all of this programming.

From a young age, I was considered to be 'a bright child' so I was groomed for university and a 'professional' career.

Only thing is - I didn't want to go to university.

My first choice of career was that I wanted to be a spy - a kind of female James Bond, having lots of global adventures.

The next best thing was some kind of job that involved travel - so at one time I fancied being an 'air hostess' (as they were called back then). But I was put off that because I was told I was better than that. Damn! I would have LOVED that!

Then I fancied being a holiday rep - beach in the summer, ski-ing in the winter. I could live with that. But again - no! My parent and teachers were very firmly against that.

So I got pushed into a career in a bank - or building society as it was then.

I hated it.

I kept changing companies, roles, jobs because I hated them all.

I eventually went self-employed but was still working in the corporate arena. And I still hated it.

I discovered coaching and NLP - around 20 years ago and was encourage to have big goals and dreams. Especially in the entrepreneurial sense.

I got closer.

I had become a trainer and coach in corporate land, and continued that trend becoming a speaker in my self-employment. I enjoyed my time teaching others about speaking and overcoming the fear of it.

I enjoyed taking my business online.

But I STILL hadn't fully connected with WHO I REALLY WAS.

It was only when I came to live in Spain 4 years ago, that the person hidden deep inside began to emerge.

She started to become more apparent the more travelling I did - especially during my trip to Canada.

But it was my trip to South America and my journey on the Inca Trail where my true soul would no longer be silenced and suppressed.

When I came back, I became more and more restless.

It was in the silence of the lockdown where that voice shouted the loudest.

I AM NOT AN INDOOR PERSON.

I BELONG OUTSIDE

I AM AN ADVENTURER

I'M A FREE SPIRIT

I WANT TO TEST MY LIMITS AND BOUNDARIES

I WANT TO HELP OTHERS BUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY

I WANT TO HAVE FUN

I WANT TO INSPIRE OTHERS TO LIVE FULL OUT

I WILL NO LONGER BE SOMEONE I'M NOT

So I did something that terrified me.

I walked away from the person that up til then I had believed I was.

I walked away from the businesses that I had spent a lot of time and money creating.

I decided to start again - taking along the parts of me that were in alignment with who I truly am and leaving the rest behind.

Now, for the first time, I feel complete.

ALL the areas of my life are in alignment with WHO I truly am inside.

My work, my social life, the people I spend time with and the things I do are in alignment with this rebellious but loving person, this person who isn't afraid of hard work, but who needs to have fun. The person who can work for a while indoors as long as she gets her time outside in nature. The person who now has an incredible life, but wants more.

And the person who wants more for you too.

Are YOU being who you truly are? 

Are following your own path - or the path chosen for you by others?

DARE YOURSELF TO BE YOU - WARTS AND ALL.

It's truly liberating.

Love and hugs <3

#Atrévete!