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Who am I?
Hi, I am Lizzy, Your Inner Connection Coach.
I am a naturally curious, energetic, and passionate human who believes everyone deserves to live a life that is meaningful, joyful, and fulfilling to them.
I love to ask big and small life questions.
I love hearing about what other people are passionate about and what makes them feel ALIVE.
I live by the quotes ‘Knowledge is power. Self-knowledge is the most powerful kind’ and 'Curiosity breeds awareness. Awareness breeds change.'
What brought me to coaching?
I am passionate about life and truly living. We have one life, so you have to live! But it has taken a bit of time for me to really in mine, find my joy, and the path and direction that was true to me.
I once thought my life was not my own to live and I was terrified of living. I felt invisible and tried to carve out a life that was “right” where I could hide and be safe…. yet I felt completely disconnected from myself, and the world around me. I was suffering terribly with binge eating disorder, and my relationship with my body caused me so much pain and shame.
I remember thinking “this can’t be it. This can’t be my life”. There has to be more than this.
A miscarriage at 23 woke me up and it just hit me, “if I don’t do something now my life will go by and I will never have truly lived”. So, I set about my journey to put myself at the forefront of my life and began my 10-year therapy journey. On that journey I confronted the voice that said I don’t deserve and am unworthy, I let go of the fear of getting it “wrong”, I navigated deep shame, and a lot of change (I got divorced, came out, met Bethany and fell in love, excelled in my career).
But about 8 years into that journey I still felt disconnected from myself and the world around me. Something was still missing from my life. My relationship with myself, my confidence, and my body still would go UP and DOWN, and those waves were getting harder and harder to manage. I struggled with boundaries, I was pushing harder and harder to get it all "right," and I felt like I was getting smaller and smaller in the workplace. I battled with these two parts of myself - the ambitious, driven, "I can take on the world" part, and the vulnerable, frightened, exhausted part of me. I felt ashamed of the latter part of me, and felt like there was no room for her in the "real world". I was confused, and frightened, and I started to feel lost and helpless.
And then, I stumbled across menstrual cycle awareness and the world of embodiment, two missing pieces of my puzzle. Menstrual cycle awareness and embodiment practices opened up a connection to myself and my body that didn’t focus on my past or changing my mindset but was about my relationship with myself and my body in the here and now.
I finally had a way in with myself, and I quickly began to integrate this work into my therapy, my work-life, relationships, and my career. The leaps I had were two-fold. I did not have to get rid of parts of myself to do my job, or show up in relationships. I was no longer getting blindsided by my inner critic, or catastrophic dives in energy, and I began to find a way to sustain a connection with myself that meant I could finally stay with the momentum I had worked so hard to build. There was a lot of grief, hurt, and anger that I didn't learn this earlier in life, but also so much joy and happiness as I started to be able to be in my body, understand and listen to my body, and learn what it felt like to be truly in my life.
That thing that had been missing all this time… that thing was ME. I had been missing from my life and my body, and I was finally returning home. When I started to feel the difference I knew this was the work I wanted to bring to the world.
I have found acceptance and joy, love and compassion, and a fire within me that always existed. I’ve developed a deep connection and relationship with myself and discovered a way of BEING that to me, is priceless, and continues to propel me forward in life.
And so, I now help women & people with menstrual cycles who know they have so much to give the world, but also battle these different parts of themselves, to come home to their bodies, and learn how to manage the different parts of themselves and their life - so they can live out their ambition and make the impact in the world they want, without having to sacrifice their your body, mental and emotional health, or livelihood.
What I am going to be sharing on my blog?
I am going to be sharing my story and what I believe it takes to come home to yourself so that you can live out your ambitions and dreams. There will be themes of embodiment, self-love, navigating change, how to show up for yourself, leadership, relationships, and how to unlock those barriers that are holding you back from truly connecting with the real you. We have one life, it is time to start living yours.
Why Inner Connection Coach?
Because it starts with you.
Because the connection and relationship you have with yourself is where the magic happens.
Because once you connect deeply with yourself, you can connect deeply with this world.
Because once you connect with your true self YOU become the driver of your life, and your
choices and you make decisions that are right for you. You live your direction.
It starts with you.
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