Meet Victoria-
I am a successful businesswoman, entrepreneur, world traveler, and mom of two amazing sons.
I was the one who “had it all together”- yet I was secretly hiding deep feelings of grief and sadness about letting my kids go.
How I went through it
During my son’s senior year, it became a running joke with friends and family that I was suddenly “The Cryer”...I cried at all the “lasts”...the last prom, the last sports banquet, the last concert (and don’t even get me started about graduation). I felt ashamed, like something was wrong with me. The intensity was not something I could have ever imagined. (I even asked my sister to fly home with me after dropping my son at college because I was sure I was going to completely lose it on the plane.)
I know how it feels to feel like you’re falling apart...
And to be an expert at hiding it
Then, I found life coaching.
I learned how to manage my brain and process what felt like waves of emotions as my sons moved on to their next chapters. And I dropped the “should-shame”, because there isn’t any “right” way to let go.
I started looking at myself with curiosity and love and I realized that healing starts when you stop hiding and talk to somebody about what you’re going through. I found a friend in my coach.
So, take those tissues, it’s OK to be “the Cryer”. (Just be sure to take enough for you and all the other moms...because there’s a whole lot of mothers who’ve been hiding their grief and confusion).