Growing up, I always had this feeling I was meant for "more" and knew I wanted my own business.

Even with that dream in mind, I spent my twenties bouncing between degrees, courses and careers trying to find my way and create the life and business I dreamed of. 

No matter what I did or how hard I worked, I felt like something was missing in me and that I was never good enough.

For anyone else, I could build their business and support them to achieve success, yet for me, I'd hold myself back or self sabotage. I was riddled with self-doubt and knew I was capable of so much more, I just couldn't make it happen.

Despite the nagging feeling that something wasn't right, I kept pushing on. 

That was until I turned 30 and my life completely fell apart. 

With the death of my brother, the end of my engagement and endless COVID lockdowns, decades of repressed trauma and stuffed-down feelings and emotions uncontrollably poured out of me. 

I was on a roller coaster of anxiety and depression with OCD so out of control that I found myself on more than one occasion, sobbing and cleaning my lawn while having an anxiety attack I couldn’t pull myself out. I barely left the house, I struggled to sleep at night, the weight piled on, my bulimia was back and I didn’t want to live.

My turning point came when I tried to book a session with a psychiatrist. The appointment was months away and I honestly didn't think I'd make it until then. 

So as I stood there, questioning what the f*ck I was going to do, a little voice popped into my head.

“If it’s your thoughts that are driving you crazy, why don’t you just change your thoughts?”. 

That thought saved me and from there I worked tirelessly to "change my thoughts". I saw a psychologist and councillor, did Tony Robbins events, online courses, read countless books, listened to podcasts and journaled until my hand ached.

All of it helped but it often felt like things weren’t sticking and it was one step forward and two steps backwards.

It wasn’t until I started to consciously work on my nervous system, processing my emotions and reprogramming my subconscious mind that things shifted dramatically and I felt lasting improvements.

My thinking became clearer, I could allow emotions to move through me instead of being drowned by them, my depression lifted and my anxiety became manageable. My sleep improved, I could experience positive feelings and my will to live returned. 

I also started to get an idea of who I actually was and what I wanted to do with my life. I cleared out the old beliefs, doubts and fears that previously held me back from starting my own business and I found the "more" I'd been searching for: coaching and working with others to move through their challenges and manifest their dream business and life while becoming the best version of themselves. 

From my own experience and all I’ve learned so far, I truly believe that when we work with our mind, body and soul, anything is possible. Also that we are capable of far more than we could ever realise. 

We can free ourselves of the chains of the past, heal our hearts, unlock our full potential and reclaim our personal power as we step into the lives we were born to live with more passion and purpose than we've ever felt before.

If I can do it, so can you because what's possible for one, is possible for all. 

Yohanna