Reinvention has been a way of life for me.
I went through mid-life crisis at 26 years old. I was the VP and CFO of a small full-service brokerage firm and felt completely unfulfilled. I had career success, but inside I felt like a fraud. My personal life was a mess. My biggest fear was that people would find out I didn’t really know what I was doing and that my life was a sham.
From the outside, it looked like I had it all together:
a great job, a two-bedroom flat in a nice neighborhood, money in the bank and a fancy sports-car. But on the inside, I was full of insecurities and doubt.
I knew something needed to change.
That inner work led to finding my passion.
While earning a living as an actress and model, I received an opportunity to become a spokesperson for an International automotive company and accidentally found my thing. I loved traveling, meeting new people and I LOVED being a speaker! About six-months after getting the job, I was chosen to get training to become a trainer. I started teaching others how to do what I was doing. That is how my career as a public speaker and a trainer came into being.
Things were going very well in my career but I was still playing it safe and keeping myself small. I knew that I was capable of so much more and suspected that I was in my own way. Then…
I met my coach and life went from good to great!
I wanted a “do over”.
I quit my job, packed up my car and moved to Los Angeles.
I didn’t know what I was going to do or how I was going to earn a living. The only thing I knew was that instead of living my life for everyone else, I was finally going to live my life for myself.
For years I had been trying to prove to others that I was good enough. Trying to live up to the expectations of my family and the world. I had set out to prove that even though I was young, black and female I was as smart as the men who dominated the financial industry. Now I was going to find out who I was without the expectations of others.
I began an inner journey.
I started taking yoga, meditating and learning how to slow down and breathe. I was realizing that I didn’t have to go through life at a break neck pace and started doing things just because I wanted to and not because I needed to excel and prove anything.
Through working with my coach, I found the courage and confidence to step onto a bigger stage and play at a higher level.
I was seeing opportunities and going after them in the face of fear. Staying in action even when there were no visible signs of progress. I was truly trusting my gut and following my intuition. I learned to get comfortable with being uncomfortable.
My heart expanded in a way I never expected and left me more open than ever. I found I was connecting with people in a much deeper way and allowing them to really “see” me which allowed me to truly see them.
This ignited a desire in me to create a space for others to experience the kind of transformation I had.
The Little Training Company was born!
Through workshops, training programs and individual and group coaching, the Little Training Company has helped hundreds of people reinvent themselves and live life on their own terms.
If you’re ready to step into the life you were born to live, we’re here to guide you on your way. As Dan Rather used to say every night when he signed off of the news, “Courage always
