Hi friends,
This week I did something I don’t recommend. I opened a notes app and listed every program I have ever created.
Then I kept going.
One-on-one coaching for weight loss. The Mind Body Marriage course. Retreats. Couples retreats, well, almost, because of COVID. The six-week program. Transform. Inner Circle. Energy. IMPACT. On Call for You. JumpStart. A GLP-1 program. A CME platform. Family Reset. The perimenopause reset. The nutrition certification. More one-on-one coaching. Miraval. Cruises. Retreats at my house. Kids strength training. Beginner strength. Total strength. Muscles and Mindset.
That’s a lot of doors for one person to open.
So I finally asked myself the question I had been avoiding: why?
Why do I keep starting over? Why do I keep building new rooms instead of staying in the ones I already have? Maybe I don’t have to know. Maybe I just like trying new things. Maybe I don’t love the status quo. Maybe I believe this work can reach every human being, and each new idea is just me trying one more way in.
But when I strip away the bells and whistles, the workout plans, the meal plans, the nervous system tools, the mindset prompts, and the calendars, I can see what every single one of those programs was really trying to give people.
Connection.
To ourselves first. And then to the people we love, and to the people who really see us.
So maybe I only have one program. Maybe it’s helping you connect with yourself, however that needs to happen for you. It might look like a barbell, a walk around the block, a conversation with your kid in the car, a therapist’s office, or a quiet cup of coffee before anyone else wakes up. Whatever course that looks like.
I’ve come to believe we are all signing up for the same thing, just dressed in different flavors. Some of us come in for strength. Some come in for weight. Some come in because a marriage feels like a roommate arrangement, or because a body started sending messages we could no longer ignore.
Underneath it all, most of us are asking the same question: where did I go, and can I find my way back to me? I believe that it is this return that allows us to honor our true individual gifts. The ones that we were meant to know about, use, and celebrate.
I’m still figuring out what I want to be when I grow up. I’m pretty sure I’m not finished. But I know that the thread running through all of it is this: helping people come home to themselves.
So here’s my question for you, and I genuinely want the answer. When you picture feeling connected to yourself, what does that look like in your real life?
Hit reply and tell me. I want to read them.
Ali