Michelle Aubrey
As a natural-born leader, I was easily able to engage with most teams, groups of people, friends, and colleagues. I was great at handling everything on my own, and more often than not, I would be excellent at delegating tasks and controlling a situation so that there was unity and success.
The cost of this, however, was that I never got to create an authentic connection and partnership; two things I desperately wanted. I created the facade that I had everything handled. I never needed anything from anyone and as a result, I had trained the people closest to me to believe I didn't need them to be a leader with me, to reach out and check in on me. I never let them see my wounds or pain, and as a high-performing leader, I felt alone, regardless of how many people I was surrounded by.
I was missing out on love, joy, and purpose, and the world was missing out on my leadership. I was constantly trying to prove to people that I belonged because the truth was, I felt like there was something inherently wrong with me, as if God had made some kind of mistake in the creation laboratory but felt sorry for me, so he let me go and play with the other normal humans.
I never considered myself to be a powerful leader until I started working with my own coach. The day I was asked the question, "Over your dead body...what?" and I told my coach, "that no person should live a life without revealing their superpower and using it to better this planet," that was when I knew I was a coach for business owners and entrepreneurs. Coaching them to "Have it All"; the success, satisfaction, relationships, deep inner knowing of themselves, and the skill set to compound their transformation.
