Let’s Talk Mental Health
My journey with mental health started back in 2017 with Erika Anderson Coaching - she was my life coach - let me give you some back story on why I needed a life coach - I was at a crossroads in my professional life. Hard to believe I did anything before podcasting (wink)
I was working for a remodeling company that I loved fiercely - it was a pretty rad job - I worked with my 2 best friends at the time and I was getting to create roles, develop workflows, build spreadsheets, and work with incredible humans who were doing big things, from the crows view it was a dream job…but it wasnt the dream job for me. I had made it as high as I was going to make it as it was a small firm and room from growth was not something that was available to them, and well since I can’t sit still long enough to cook pasta, lord knows the 3 years I had worked my way through 3 different roles there was my max. I had also just turned 30 and was having some issues about not achieving enough, saving enough, and just overall failing at life. It was around that time discovered spin class, and oh my lanta I was HOOKED. The cycle studio became my home away from home and I started to get some confidence back that I had lost along the way after growing and birthing a human and all the fun things a womens body goes through during that season. The opportunity to become the spin studios general manager became available at the same time I was interviewing to go back to work at a company I had been with previously before the remodeling company. I knew I had to leave my current role, I was miserable and was making those around me miserable - you know the whole misery loves company thing - well I was throwing a frickin party for misery. I was in one of those funks where everything is miserable - I was even sitting sad - sulking basically - it was pathetic now that I look back on it. I was so torn on what to do - leave this company that I love, that I have poured my heart into, leave working with my best friends…who does that?? Do I go work at a cycle studio - when I don’t look like a fitness model? Do I go back to work for a company that I knew was a safe bet, and would feel a bit like going home?
My husband at the time, wasn’t really understanding the emotional torn that I was feeling and I wasnt using my words to communicate all that I was feeling properly.
Enter Erika I had met her through a non profit organization we were both a part of at the time and I had heard her talk about life coaching, read her blog, followed her on social media just reading and watching. After reading one of her blog posts I decided I needed help. I reached out to Erika and worked with her over the course of 7 months. During that time I decided to leave the remodeling company and go back to the company I had worked for previously and that turned out to be one of the best decisions of my life.
While working with Erika we talked a lot about different topics/issues and there are certain what we called “rooms” we didn’t enter. Those “rooms” were full of big issues that I needed to dive deeper into, and it would be best to work with a counselor on a regular basis to really dive into these harder topics and work through them.
These “rooms” were big things, like my marriage at the time, relationships like my family and friends, and motherhood.
Seeking help with a medical professional is not something that was talked about when I was younger. If you are like me and think that you don’t “deserve” to talk to a counselor, I strongly encourage you to at least try, I promise it will be eye-opening and worth every minute.
