Ever notice how when we're pushed to our limits, or even when we step just a little outside of our comfort zone, we can reveal strengths, abilities, and capacity that feel like a truer version of ourselves?
If we have access to these qualities when we're pushed, it means we also have access to them the rest of the time too. These are our inner angels, waiting to be carved free.
My approach to coaching, mentoring, and to my own personal and professional growth, is to focus on identifying and accepting our untapped strengths and abilities, and confronting the resistance that stops us from fully trusting them, keeping us stuck and playing small.
I don't create great leaders. I help creative, compassionate, high-performing people overcome the need prove themselves or to control or micro-manage, and to learn to identify and trust their innate leadership qualities.
I don't help entrepreneurs, creators, and senior managers become driven and tenacious in the face of risk and uncertainty. I help them cut through the noise, distractions, and doubt, to stay connected with their vision and with the fire they already have burning inside.
I don't support engineers and digital artists to feel more appreciated, valued, and be given new opportunities at work. I help them grow their self-awareness and emotional intelligence so that they have agency by knowing and being able to advocate for what they really need to do their best work.
I don't make diverse teams more productive and collaborative. I guide them to appreciate the value in their collective and individual strengths, and to embrace the power of constructive and non-judgemental disagreement.
So, what qualities, strengths, and abilities does the angel represent for you and/or your team?
What needs to change for you to carve your angels free in 2025?