Mia’s Journey From “Not Good Enough” to Owning Her Power
🤔 The Challenge: Trapped by the “Not Good Enough” Narrative
Mia (name changed for privacy) had built a life that looked successful on paper: a six-figure corporate job, a loving adult child, and a decent work-life balance.
Yet, she felt profoundly unfulfilled.
Her soul was calling for a new direction, to start her own business. But she was paralysed by deep-seated issues:
- The Shadow of Comparison: As a child, constant comparison by her parents instilled a belief that she was “not good enough” and that others were inherently more intelligent.
- The Perfectionism Trap: She had “decades-long unhealthy patterns of being too much in her head,” constantly doubting her own substance. The fear of failure and disappointing herself prevented her from making an imperfect, yet necessary, start.
- External Overwhelm: Mia was emotionally drained by circumstances outside her control, such as global politics and world events, which amplified her feeling of helplessness.
- The “All or Nothing” Mindset: She felt immense pressure to make a dramatic “jump” and quit her job, which felt too large and intimidating to execute.
Mia knew she needed to change her trajectory, but her inner critic kept her stuck in a cycle of overthinking and inaction.
✅ The Solution: Embracing Baby Steps and Grounded Healing
Over the course of 12 months, our coaching work with Mia focused on shifting her focus from outward performance to inward resilience.
- Redefining Healing: We reframed healing not as achieving permanent perfection, but as developing the skill of emotional regulation: “real healing is all about how quickly you resort to your original grounded state.” This took the pressure off “fixing” herself completely.
- Shifting the Pace: We moved away from the daunting “jump” she initially envisioned. Mia learned to honor her own capacity, choosing to take slow, consistent, and gentle baby steps. This allowed her to start without the high-stakes pressure of immediately quitting her secure job.
- The Power of Focus: Mia systematically learned to claim her power back. This involved consciously shifting her energy and focus away from uncontrollable external circumstances (politics, war) and channeling it into things within her control: her business, her passion, and her internal state.
✨ The Results: A Legacy Built on Consistency and Self-Trust
Mia’s transformation wasn’t a sudden, dramatic change, but a profound and sustainable shift that unlocked her business potential:
- Business Launched: Mia successfully started her own business on the side of her full-time, six-figure job, protecting her financial security while pursuing her passion.
- Substantial, Gentle Progress: By taking slow and consistent actions, she is now making substantial progress toward her goal, proving that “legacies are built” on sustainable efforts, not rushed burnout.
- Healthy Coping Mechanisms: While she still experiences “off days” (she is human, after all), Mia now possesses healthy, reliable mechanisms to manage her emotions and return to a grounded state quickly.
- Unshakeable Self-Trust: Most importantly, Mia now trusts her own substance and capacity. She has moved from a place of chronic self-doubt to one where she claims her power and directs her focus with intention.
“Mia now knows that she doesn’t need to be perfect to start. She just needs to show up and focus on her own lane. Her business is now growing, gently and powerfully.”
✨ Begin Your Own Expansion
If Mia’s story resonates with you… if you’re done being trapped in overthinking, perfectionism, or “I’ll start someday”… then it’s time to begin our work together.
Here’s how we can work together: https://dipanshurawal.com/work-with-me/
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