Ready to Crack? Uncovering the Real You after a long winter

I was having coffee with a friend, talking about “spring” here in Wyoming, where snow can fly as late as June. We know the tulips will eventually come up, but there are moments of doubt that they’ll actually survive this year. We wonder about the tulips and when we’ll see the ground again. We wonder when to pack away the boots and when to plant new seeds. There will be time for all of that, but in this seasonal transition, it’s easy to lose faith. There are dark days—we all have them. Days when it seems the snow will never melt and we’ll never see green again. Days when we are slogging through a job we hate or struggling through a rough patch in our marriage. Times when we feel buried under grief at the loss of a loved one or stuck in a “why am I here?” or “what next?” holding pattern. During the seemingly never-ending winter, seeds don’t give up. They wait.Things are happening under the soil, friends. Even when we can’t see it, those bulbs and seeds are getting ready. They’re starting to burst open and push out roots, push up shoots through the weight of the earth. What’s gestating within you? What’s getting ready to send out shoots and later blooms? Trust that it will happen. Then when the sun comes around more (and it always does), your seeds warm up. Spring rains or the water from a tending hand help them along. Things start to happen not just under the soil, but inside. So in these times of confusion and seeming stagnation know that something is happening within you right now. Your job is to trust that things will grow at their own time—and to nurture them along. Are you feeling the stirrings of shoots coming out? Are you feeling something uncomfortable inside, maybe a part of you getting ready to break out but not quite there yet? Keep opening to the sun wherever you find it. Water your soul. Make space. Your real self will come out into the world. Hope. Trust. Know it will come. What’s arising from within the Real You? If you’re ready to nurture the new life and beauty germinating within your, boundaries are like the fertilizer to help you outcompete the weeds––the things that often keep us from revealing the most authentic version of ourselves. Boundaries are a way to nurture the REAL You.If you are ready to flourish this season The Real You 101 starts in just over a week. Join us here. The Real You 101: Healthy Boundaries in a Demanding World  is 6-week program covering 5 critical boundaries necessary for health, solid relationships, success, and personal fulfillment. You’ll learn how to stand in your center, know yourself, trust your voice, and act on it—not just in theory, but in your real, messy, everyday life. Let the garden of your life begin. I’m certain summer is coming.