Intimacy is more than sex.
Intimacy is a safe place to be transparent, vulnerable and seen.
Let me connect the dots for you on this and what it means to me (and business)…
Years ago when I started my business, I would have said that the impact I wanted to make was teaching women how to make more money.
I still love doing this. Without the knowledge of how to make money, in this society, we can feel totally trapped, which is definitely antithetical to being Unstoppable.)
Now however, my answer to this question has evolved.
The impact I want to make now goes beyond the money.
Now it is to create the ability for smart, driven, powerful woman to stand in their authority, unapologetically, embracing intimacy in every relationship they have (from partner to their mom to their bestie), the confidence to be seen and received in the fullness of who they are and what they desire.
In a sense, this is freedom. This is wholeness.
Playing small, settling, tolerating, compromising, people pleasing, all play a part in creating an invisible ceiling in our lives that keeps us from reaching our goals, making the money we want to make AND experiencing deep, ecstatic intimacy.
I’ll come back to that in a moment :)
When I started my business I was focused on the idea that money equals freedom. The reality is quite different. (You can make a lot of money and still feel trapped… in debt, in unhappy relationships, in guilt… you get it.)
Intimacy with myself, with others, with God/Source/Spirit… this is where real freedom comes from.
Not having to hide, shrink or dilute my desires on any level. This is freedom.
No settling. No hiding. No small life.
To some degree, money does make reaching my desires and not settling easier. But truly, it’s who I had to become to make that money, the internal growth that had to happen, that was the game changer.
I’m curious…
Do you shy away from true intimacy?
Where are you not safe to be transparent?
Where are you not safe to be vulnerable?
Where are you not safe to be seen?
When we have to hide, on any level, we lose our power, strength and confidence.
Let me say it like this…
You want to make 7 figures in your business, is that big enough? Nah…
Let’s go with this: you want to bring home 7 figures from your business, profit!
Who do you share this with that will believe in you, see the possibilities with you, partner emotionally with your vision and may even be willing to put some skin in the game?
Can you even believe it for yourself?
Or did you immediately shut down the thought of this being a reality?
Will you allow yourself to even desire it? Or does the playing small, hiding, settling happen inside YOU, before it ever makes it out to those around you?
How intimate are you willing to be with yourself for your own desires?
Who can you share this with that will champion the desire with you? A partner? Can they see it to the point of supporting you with an investment, with long hours, with nights out networking, or will they only ‘dream a little dream’ with you but not really intimately join you in the journey?
Can you see the true freedom found in intimacy?
Have you put a ceiling on yourself? Are you allowing someone else to place a ceiling on you? A ceiling of being transparent, vulnerable and truly seen for who you are and what you desire?
Now when my desire for intimacy with myself, God or others starts to diminish it is an indicator (like the needle on the gas tank) telling me something is wrong.
I’ve gone into smallness, scarcity, lack, ‘not enoughness.’
I see the needle dropping long before I see the outcome… an alarm happens in my soul and I know something has to change immediately.
This is what I want for you. An uncompromised commitment to yourself, which requires intimacy, deep connection and complete surrender to all of who you are.