My coaching colleague Tim Kelley has a great quote about life purpose. He says, “Your life purpose is the thing that you have struggled with the most in your own life.” At the time I heard Tim speak, I was still pondering what I really wanted in my second career. I was working but just didn’t feel passionate about what I was doing. At the same time, I was also managing the Six Figure Moms Club in San Diego but I didn’t often mention my work in this area. People would always ask but I would just smile and say, “Oh, that’s not what I do. It’s a fun way for me to give back to the world.” Well, the universe has a way of consistently reminding us what we’re here for. Six Figure Moms became my clients. They became my friends. They inspired me. Some even became my support network and then I finally got the point. I was supposed to do something more than I was doing because this could REALLY help executive women like me.

Even though the topic kept showing up and loudly knocking on my door, it still took me awhile to step up to the plate. I guess I never saw myself as a women’s advocate. Why? I guess subconsciously I always felt if you were a women’s advocate, then you had to be a man’s enemy and I love men. Clearly, I didn’t fully understand the issues with women in the workplace until I had my daughter and started navigating the bumpy road of trying to balance everything. I get it now though, loud and clear. So Life Purpose, I’m on to you and I’m all signed up. My biggest life struggle has been the transition from corporate ladder climber to becoming a parent and creating a career that fits my life. I used to be guilty of living a life that fit my career but that chapter is over.

In Field of Dreams, Kevin Costner showed us, “If you build it, they will come”. I’ve built it; we’ll see what happens next. I hope you all will join me and comment loudly on my blog posts!