Many of my clients tell me that they haven't been able to truly heal painful parts of their past because they've been taught to basically sweep it under the rug.

Ignore it. Focus on the positive. Forget the past and embrace the present.

It doesn't work that way.

A scene from Disney's The Lion King comes to mind.

Simba, the young lion prince is running away from painful memories - lies told to him by his evil uncle that made Simba feel like HE was responsible for his father's death, when really the uncle was to blame.

Simba meets the wise shaman Rafiki, who whacks him over the head with his staff and then says, "What does it matter? It's in the past?"

Well, it MATTERS because he just HIT him, and Simba's got the lump on his head to prove it. Not OK. Don't do it again.

It may be in the past, but it still HURTS.

Rafiki was wrong.

Your past matters. And until you DEAL with it, it still hurts.

And it can cause you to sabotage yourself - both in life and your business.

Bessel van der Kolk, trauma specialist and author of The Body Keeps the Score, says that trauma comes back as a REACTION, not a memory. 

How do those reactions manifest in your life?

Getting ticked off at a demanding client?

Blaming others for screw ups that you ALSO had a part in?

Being unable to truly celebrate a success because you're waiting for "the other shoe to drop," or telling yourself it was just a fluke?

The first step in my signature Magnetic Confidence Formula is to make peace with your past.

Not dwell on in. Not be defined by it. But to stop fighting and hiding it.

Accept it as a part of you.

HEAL it so you can USE those lessons to help others. 

And so you can stop reacting, stop doubting yourself, and stop sabotaging yourself.

So you can develop the confidence to go after your dreams, to be fulfilled, to be at peace.

When Simba finally made peace with his past - when he replaced the lie of being responsible for his father's death with the truth of his uncle's actions - he was able to defeat his uncle and take his place as the rightful king of Pride Rock.

He was able to fulfill his purpose.

And so can you.

What's your Pride Rock?

What's your rightful place on it?

And what do you have to heal in order to take that rightful place and fulfill YOUR purpose?

If you're ready to heal those pieces,  click here to get on my calendar and see if the Confidence & Authenticity Private Mentorship is for you.