http://rscoachandstrategist.com/what-to-do-when-life-pulls-the-rug-out-from-under-you/Woohoo! Welcome to the kick-off episode of the Coming Out Gold Podcast. I am so excited I can hardly stand it! To get things started I want to share with you a bit of my backstory so you know what brought me to this point. In 2009 I was returning home from Wednesday night church like a good Jesus girl where I had been taking a class on marriage. I pulled into the garage at our family home and entered our living room. The first thing I saw was my husband standing with his packed bags telling me he was leaving. The oxygen left the room. In an instant, my 20-year marriage was done and I found myself tossed into a tsunami of grief I thought I would not survive. I mean, this was not part of my plan and I am a planner so you better believe I had a plan. I had mapped out all our years and nowhere was this wahala part of my narrative. So when I speak to you about walking through fire, trust that I am speaking from some smoke-filled experience. May I ask you a question? Have you ever had the rug just pulled out from under you in a way you didn’t expect? Maybe it was a relationship ending, or a job loss, or an unexpected illness. Honestly, I don’t know that anyone gets through the journey on this crazy planet we call earth without experiencing this kind of moment. But what I have learned in my journey through the fire is who I am. Really. Down beneath the pain and wounds and circumstances I have walked through. As I emerged from the fire what I have learned - and continue to learn - is who I was created to be before the world told me who I should be. As my eyes have become open to the damage living a life built on someone else’s expectations and dreams creates, I have felt a passion begin to burn inside me to help women step free from these lies. To help women stop playing small to do what “they” say we “should” - whoever “they” are. I want every single woman on this planet to stop being “should” on, to stop living a life built on someone else’s dreams. I want women to wake up every day full of energy and excitement to bring their unique gifts to the table instead of spending their days simply trying to survive or being okay with “good enough”. My goal is to shine a light on your greatness so you can define who you are and what you want. This is about getting clear on your most authentic identity because when you know who you were created to be, you know what to do. And once you know this, there is no stopping you, Lovie. This is about finding your purpose, about being a change-maker, solving problems, and choosing to build your life in the way you want it to look. You deserve to establish core values through which you make choices. You deserve to decide how you will spend every single day of your one beautiful life. And whatever you decide is right for you, you have the authority and agency to chase it with every ounce of heart inside you. And I will be here to encourage you, to challenge some old thought patterns that aren’t serving you, to hold space for you to dream your own big dreams. Bless, but too many women have forgotten how to dream big. Thank you so much for joining me on today’s episode of the Coming Out Gold Podcast. I am so thankful for you. And if you have enjoyed this episode, I would love for you to leave it a review.  It really helps!   Head HERE to the blog version of the episode to download an image to share on your social media platforms  Follow us on:  Instagram: @Coming-Out-Gold-Podcast  Facebook: @Coming-Out-Gold-Podcast  Podcast edited by: That Podcast Lady  Royalty-free music from Pixaby.com