Life Coach and Your Self Esteem
The Old Cinderella Story
You know the story. Wealthy, loving, widowed dad meets gold-digging woman. Dad marries women and brings her and her two less than lovely daughters to live in manor. Dad dies and leaves less than loving step-mother in charge of all three daughters. Step-mother is jealous of natural daughter's inner and outer beauty and treats her like a servant. One day the prince plans a ball that he wants all young women in the kingdom to attend and at which he will choose a princess. Step-mother will not provide clothes for the natural daughter and locks her in the house the night of the ball.
Along comes Cinderella's Fairy God Mother and with her Magic Wand, provides Cindy with a beautiful dress, glass slippers and turns a pumpkin into a pumpkin coach. You certainly know the rest.
The Real Scoop
Imagine this story as a metaphor for change and self esteem. Growing up as she did – criticized, belittled, unloved – Cinderella wore her old raggedy self and felt unworthy of fulfilling her real purpose here on Earth (OK. OK. It is a bit pre-feminism to think her real purpose is to marry the Prince. But play along.)
Along comes her Fairy God Mother, waves her Magic Wand and outfits her in the accouterments of real self esteem - enough to make her beauty recognizable to her real purpose.
That Fairy Godmother just waved her magic wand. You can create magic with a life coach but you will have to do some work. If you are willing, the results will be the same as Cinderella's. You will be transformed!
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This dream will never happen to me. I am very unhappy. I cannot keep living like this. I have always wanted to be in the spotlight, but it will never happen. I am told I am pretty and beautiful, but what difference does it make? None at all. I have been to several psychiatrists, but none can help. I wish I was dead. Yes I am full of anger a ton of other feelings. There is no hope for me. I have been treated exactly like Cinderalla(by her stepmother). I have my blood mother.
ReplyDeleteHello Julia,
ReplyDeleteI am sad that you feel so badly about yourself. I remember when I did too. The joy of loving myself is more profound because I didn't know what it felt like for so many years. There is hope. I know there is. I have watched others blossom also so I know it's not just me. I'd like to suggest a tool you can find on my site to begin to deal with the anger. I'd also like to suggest you join the community on my site and begin to write the assignments (free) and make some friends there. Because I come from a place of little hope myself and now have a great life - the first 37 years where pretty sucky but now I'm 67 and the last 30 have been good. Doesn't mean I haven't had hard things but I haven't had a bunch of negativity and abuse of any kind - I know it can be done.
Sending hope,
Maia