Step Into Your Starring Role

Got a career move you want to make, but something’s holding you back?  Want to change paths, start a new business or vie for that promotion, but you can’t shake that voice inside saying “who, me?
 
Who IS that voice, anyway?
 
It’s the voice of the Imposter Complex.  But you don’t have to let her run the show any more, because lucky for you, Tanya Geisler’s Step Into Your Starring Role program is open for registration until March 30th, and as a graduate of the program I’m proud to be an affiliate and be able to share it with you.
 
Here’s why:
 
I’d had inner urgings to run my own business and be my own boss for a long time, and in the Fall of 2009, the timing finally seemed right.  My business degree and personal determination had already helped me build up two small businesses (owned by other folks; one from the low six-figures to multiple seven-figures, and other from five figures to six), so I knew I could do it…but what kind of business did I want to create?  What would I offer that would be of service & value to others?
 
I started out that Fall doing event planning and entrepreneurial business consulting, but felt pulled in another direction. Just over a year earlier, as those of you who’ve been with me since the beginning know, I had lost my sweet, kindhearted mother to suicide, and losing her compelled me to try and figure out how I could somehow help others live happy, healthy, fulfilling and joyful lives.
 
So, brushing the dust off my minor degree in psychology, I read dozens and dozens (and dozens) of books and articles, studied and participated in loads of live and online programs, and soaked up everything I could about how to live a vital, healthy and satisfying life…and about how to create an online business presence, so that I could share with a wider audience all the things I was learning and the services I was going to be offering.
 
Then I produced & hosted a local TV series called Optimal Living, an online telesymposium called Do What You Love, and I joined Toastmasters (an organization devoted to helping people hone their public speaking skills) where I was honoured to receive the club’s ‘Speaker of the Year‘ award for my talks on how to your life to the fullest.
 
I seemed to be gaining some momentum.
 
Then in February of last year, I joined Tanya Geisler and her colleague, Michelle Ward, in New York City for the culminating live event in a multi-week program of theirs that I was participating in.  There, I was thrilled and humbled to be described by communication maven Alexandra Franzen as ‘the love child of Carl Sagan and Martha Beck‘ after delivering a talk that explained why enjoying your life – whatever that really means to you – is what you must do…and how you can.  (The talk was based on A Quantum Leap: The Dreamsmith Guide to Creating a Life You Love, which I wrote in 2012…get your free copy here).

 
By some accounts, it may have appeared that I was finally stepping into my starring role…yet oddly, through all those apparent ‘successes’, I was enormously anxious and tense.  I had developed coaching programs and packages to help people create a life they loved, but I was lackadaisical in my marketing efforts and there was an ever-present undercurrent of uncertainty and insecurity in what I was doing that wouldn’t go away.
 
Step Into Your Starring RoleThen along came Tanya’s newest program, Step Into Your Starring Role…and doing the work, with the benefit of Tanya’s guidance and the support of the incredible group of participants she had gathered, changed everything.
 
Here’s the thing: Tanya’s not one to tell you what you should do, or guide you down a path that’s not your own.  One of her many specialities is listening, intuiting and asking ever-so-insightful-and-poignant questions that have the uncanny knack of leaving you answering your own questions….questions that you were certain you did not know the answer to.
 
Tanya, a masterful CTI-certified life coach, captivating TEDx speaker and authority on the Imposter Complex, developed this twelve-week program to move you from self-doubt to self-actualization, and now – as a graduate of her program – I’m both honoured and proud to be an affiliate for her, and share about my experience of her six-step process for shushing those inner naysayers and stepping into your starring role.
 
Stepping Into Your Starring Role *might* involve actually being in the spotlight…but if it doesn’t, that’s ok too.
 
For years I had the sense (belief?) that truly ‘finding my passion’ or ‘following my bliss’ implicitly involved some form of ‘stepping into the spotlight’, ‘taking centre stage’, or otherwise being someone who was on the front lines, directing the production, teaching, coaching, leading and/or guiding, and absolutely NOT someone who provided behind-the-scenes support to others.
 
After going through Tanya’s program (and through extra reflection on her ever-so-insightful-and-poignant questions), I finally allowed myself to recognize that for me, I feel most rewarded, competent, and at ease when I’m ‘starring’ in a SUPPORTING role, collaboratively helping others bring their business dreams to life…which sometimes does involve doing some of the behind-the-scenes work.  The things I really like to do are ‘making something out of nothing’, organizing thoughts, ideas, numbers and paperwork, restoring order, and laying out plans for making things happen.  And when it comes to helping people bring life into their life, I love to CONNECT them to the resources, tools, wisdom and guidance they need to help their life be better.
 
THOSE are my ‘starring roles’; they’re the ones where not only do I shine, but they’re also the ones where I feel like I’m shining, inside.
 
It’s really been a huge realization for me, which has prompted me to make some career adjustments as I further restructure the services I offer, so that my work and my life lines up with all that I’ve discovered about myself (stay tuned for more on the new products & services in the coming weeks and months.)
 
When I’m in my Starring Role, life feels right. I feel good; on my game; in my element; at the same time, I feel competent, at ease, and on purpose.
 
Are YOU ready to feel that way too?
 
The Step Into Your Starring Role program – regardless of what kind of roles you shine in – is designed to legitimately quiet that nagging little voice that tells you you’re not worthy, not experienced enough, not skilled enough.
 
Tanya and I both want you to know how important it is to listen to, honour and respect the things that bring you ease, peace, invigoration and fulfillment; to understand exactly why and how you are equipped to do what you want to do; and to truly GET that you deserve to be happy and fulfilled in whatever ways make sense for you.
 
If your dreams have been hampered by indecision, uncertainty, or the insidious Imposter Complex, Tanya Geisler is the expert on the subject, and if you’re anything at all like me, this program will deliver the clarity and confidence you need in order to Step Into Your Starring Role.
 
Tanya is also practicing what she preaches (in line with Module 4’s ‘Assembling Your Cast‘) by reaching out to select colleagues and graduates of her program to help her share the word about this action-oriented program, and she’s done it in a win-win way: it’s a word-of-mouth referral by which you get to hear about & participate in a program you might not have otherwise found out about, and if you decide to register through my affiliate links, I get a commission for my time and efforts in helping to fill her program with supportive, brilliant, motivated women who are ready to step into their starring role.
 
Are you ready to Step Into YOUR Starring Role?  If so, Tanya’s the one to help usher you in.  If you’re ready to shine, sign up today because registration closes on March 30th.
 
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