My growth journey took a big turn, back in 2010, when I became a first-time mom. I remember holding my newborn son, looking into his tiny face, feeling the gravity of being responsible for a human life.

I wondered to myself, "What do I need to teach this precious child, so that he can be a happy, healthy, functional person?" I immediately felt something inside me say, "You have to lead by example."

It was in those moments that I felt myself begin to awaken and take stock of my life. Despite having reached the prescribed benchmarks of success - diploma, college degrees, career, house, car, dog, husband, baby - I knew there was something missing. It turned out - that something was ME! By focusing my attention, for so many years, on what other people told my I should do, I was overriding what I actually wanted, and not listening to my own intuition.

I tell people that I hit the "TNT button" and blew up the little brick house that was my life. I then began sifting through the rubble - assessing each brick to determine if it was something I wanted to place back in my new foundation, or if I wanted to replace it with a new brick. I

Little by little, I started becoming the self, the mother, the friend, the lover, the creator, the messy, sweet, feisty, tender human I was always meant to be, and there's not a single day that goes by where I regret making those changes. I am exactly who I'm meant to be, and I continue to learn and grow and evolve all the time.

And now I get to help others do the same.