We’re Like Lobsters… and that’s good!
We’re like lobsters…
(stick with me – this helps with Imposter Syndrome)
Like the gorgeous scarlet and magenta crustacean, we grow and develop a hard, protective shell over and over again.
At each stage of our internal growth, we swell and expand from within, and the outer shell of habits and systems just doesn’t fit us anymore.
We shed our shell.
We then walk around exposed, vulnerable, and need a bit of shelter while a new shell forms to protect us.
With each stage of growth, we’re like the lobster, shedding our protective structures, feeling vulnerable in the limbo stage.
With each stage, we’re left a bit tender and exposed, but also capable of stretching and growing in new ways.
As we grow into our next phase, we always ALWAYS end up with new, stable, protective structures for ourselves.
Each new phase brings a stable period in which we can develop a relative sense of ease, grace, confidence, and balance.
For the success-oriented women, especially in sales of any kind, creating the protective structures for your next stage of growth, free of Imposter Syndrome’s hold is important.
PS: Over the years I’ve been in a lot of visible leadership positions, including as a kind of well-being and personal development spokesperson, because of my film Super Size Me, and books like Radical Alignment and Women, Food, and Desire.
The pressure and scrutiny was intense. Almost unbearable at times. These days, I use my health coaching experience, artist practices, and positive psychology training to help other leaders, emerging women leaders, entrepreneurs, public figures, and philanthropists.
If you think some conversation with me might possibly be helpful, you should reach out. People come to me for all sorts of reasons including:
how to navigate challenges,
make big decisions,
surface values,
get unstuck,
feel less isolated,
find meaning, and
improve work and family relationships.
If you're curious, don't be shy. We will just talk. And I'm fun and nice to talk to. I promise.
