05/06/2026
There was a time in my life where I truly felt like I disappeared.
Not just physically after my injury… but from myself.
I didn’t know who I was anymore. I couldn’t connect the way I used to. I couldn’t find my footing, my voice, my sense of direction. Everything I had identified with was gone, and I was left trying to figure out how to exist in a way that felt real again.
And then years later, I found myself there again in a completely different way.
After closing my nonprofit, after pouring everything I had into something I believed in, I was left with nothing. No money, no support, no sense of where I belonged. I felt like I lost my place in the world all over again.
And what I’ve come to understand over time is that this feeling isn’t as rare as we think it is.
It doesn’t always come from something dramatic.
Sometimes it comes from giving so much of yourself for so long that one day you realize you’re no longer there.
You’re showing up, you’re doing what needs to be done, you’re holding everything together… but something feels off. You don’t quite recognize yourself anymore.
That’s the moment I care about.
Because that’s where everything can begin again.
Not by doing more or trying to become someone new, but by slowly, honestly, coming back to yourself.
That’s the work I do now.
Helping people reconnect with who they are in the middle of their real lives, not outside of them when everything is perfect or when there’s more time.
Right here, right now, as life is actually happening.
Coaching, mind and body, with Laura. Schedule at AwakeningsHealth.com or 919.935.9832.
