If you do not know who you are, the world will tell you who you are. 

And If you lead from a place of who you think you should be instead of who you truly are, it will take a toll on you and those around you. 

There is immense effort put into editing instead of owning your multiplicities, leaving you exhausted and confused. 

You also give up your power and give up what is most sacred in you when you do not make room for embracing the beautiful multiplicities in you and in all of us when you filter yourself. 

But when you begin to unpack the burdens you carry that impact how you show up in the world, you can embrace all of your multiplicities instead of trying to fit into a mold of what you think the world wants you to be.

It can take a lot of effort sorting through the noise and the baggage you carry to figure out who you are and to embrace all of your identities.

My guest today hit a wall in her own life and found the power of embracing all of her multiplicities instead of trying to fit into a mold that never really fit her. 

Reverend Sarah Heath is an ordained United Methodist clergywoman. Originally from Canada, Sarah attended Duke Divinity School where she earned her Master of Divinity degree in 2005.Sarah currently serves as church consultant and one on one life coach helping people through transitions in faith and in life.

She is the host and creator of the podcasts Making Spaces and Sonderlust, and co-host of Your Favorite Aunts and REVcovery She is also the author of two books What's Your Story? Seeing your Life Through God's Eyes and The Authenticity Challenge.

Sarah’s work challenges people to tell their story, invite everyone to the table, find restoration instead of demolition, and connect the spiritual within the ordinary.

Listen to the full episode to hear:

• The red flags that Sarah overlooked that spinned eventually into total burnout
• How Sarah reevaluated her relationship to embracing and nurturing her own desires and needs
• Why the experience of being lead pastor left Sarah feeling othered and how she is building community now
• How Sarah is redefining what it means for her to be a pastor while owning her multiplicity

Learn more about Rev. Sarah Heath:

• RevSarahHeath.com
• Instagram: @RevSarahHeath
• Making Spaces Podcast
• Sonderlust Podcast
• REVCovery Podcast
• Your Favorite Aunts Podcast
• What's Your Story? Seeing your Life Through God's Eyes
• The Authenticity Challenge

Learn more about Rebecca:

• rebeccaching.com
• Work With Rebecca
• Sign up for the weekly Unburdened Leader Email

Resources:

• Enneagram Types
• Jen Hatmaker
• The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel Van Der Kolk
• "This Must Be the Place," Sure Sure
• Ted Lasso
• The Expanse
• Christmas Vacation
• Brené Brown
• Glennon Doyle