Superhero

I've been struggling.

There's no shame in it. I'm human.

I am a self-professed emotional eater. I have been all my life. Growing up, I was taught that you eat when you are happy, sad, celebrating, bored, and STRESSED. I have been under a tremendous amount of stress due to my brother's brain tumor and impending surgery, homeschooling and trying to work through the struggles my son is having, my husband's business and the current economy, the unfortunate end of a friendship, trying to be everything to all people, burning the candle at both ends.

Being a coach is SO important to me. It is important because I have seen too many things in my many years as a nurse that could have been prevented with a proper diet and exercise. I LOVE to teach people. It's my nature. It's what I do as a nurse. I have always been that nurse that took the new nurses under her wing. I've been the mama.

However, being a coach brings a certain level of responsibility. I know that. I know that people hold me to a different standard. I know that people look up to me. I appreciate it, but I don't deserve it. I am no different than any of you.

One of my coaches hit the bullseye when she told me that she thinks of me as a superhero. Wow. A superhero. In a cartoon world, it sounds nice. In reality, it's pressure that I can't live up to.

I'm here to tell you that I am NOT a superhero. I'm an ordinary woman with typical life issues. I have to take one day at a time just like you do. I mess up. I climb back up. I'm surrounded by caring people to hold me up.

I'm human. There's no shame in it.