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Safety or Sanity? I Choose the Latter.

 

I go by the job title of Coach. When people ask me what this means, I tell them that I’m paid to listen to people and to ask them questions, to help them work out what they want in life.

This is true, except not entirely… in reality, I build profound, long-lasting, magical relationships with others, and our work very often changes the course of their lives. My clients confide in me at the deepest level, they share their secrets and fears, and breathe life in to their dreams. Often in our work, they speak truths out loud for the very first time; together we experience what it’s truly like to be human.

Though I do listen and ask questions, I do so much more than that. I’m deeply attuned to my intuition and it leads everything I do, especially in this work. I can channel messages from somewhere else, be it other worlds, or the wider system. I’m so tuned in to energy that I can read people’s feelings, often naming stuff before they do, and I have dreams and visions that on some level predict the future.

All of this is how I do my work, but when people ask, I tell them, “I’m a Coach.”

So I keep myself small, I say less of what I am, and often do less than what I can. I do the work, but not always my work. I work tentatively, and think too carefully about whom I let in.

Too long have I denied the most exquisite part of my magic — the things that make me uniquely me, my power in the world and my greatest gift to it.

It’s safe this way. I’m shielded from prying eyes, free from judgment and from having to explain myself. I’m also sheltered from the pain of my expansion, protected from the sharp edges of my truth. If I don’t live to my potential, then maybe I won’t have to admit to myself that this is who I am; I won’t have to deal with all of the complexity that may bring.

But I don’t want to live small anymore.

Because it’s dangerous this way too. I’m in danger of fading, at risk of losing sight of my purpose, of driving myself to indifference, of starving my spirit. I’m at risk of forgetting what I’ve always truly known: who I am and why I’m here. In danger of driving myself mad through denying the very essence of me.

I can fend off my power, push it away, swallow it down for some time, but I know it will rise up of its own accord, and if I don’t let it out, it will collapse me.

So I have to choose: safety or sanity? And so do you.

I know you live a big life, full of rich experiences, ripe with joy, alive with growth. You’re happy, successful, and on so many levels, deeply fulfilled.

And yet you’re not quite satiated. You know this is because deep down, you’re also keeping your true self hidden, concealing your potency and power from the rest of the world. You too are hiding your greatest gifts, the special things that make you uniquely you, whatever they may be.

Maybe this isn’t even conscious; perhaps you don’t even know your strength, for you’ve tucked it away so tightly that no one, not even you, can find it. Perhaps you’ve wrapped your gifts firmly and buried them deep to keep them safe — secretly under lock and key, they are protected. You’re afraid to touch them, lest they break or tarnish, even scared that someone may take them away.

But you don’t want to live small anymore either.

And so it’s time for you to choose too: safety or sanity?

I choose sanity.

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At heart, Laura Beckingham is a conversationalist and creator, who adores spaciousness and spirit and believes in ‘magic’. She uses these inherent skills in her work as a coach and consultant, with individuals, teams and organizations. Her passion is working with people who have a growing belief that there is something ‘more’ to life; she helps them make sense of this and find the courage to go after it. Laura really believes that we can integrate more meaning, depth and spirituality into everyday life without completely upending it, and she cares deeply about supporting more of us to live this way. When she isn’t working, you’ll find her playing on the beach with people she loves, or running through the woods, taking pictures of the trees. You can connect with Laura on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.

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