That quirky thing you don’t want anyone to know about you

December 12th, 2014

Let me tell you something about myself:

I’m kinda quiet. A little bit intense. You could say I’m a shy introvert.

I’ve been told more than once that I seem aloof.

Sometimes I can’t think of anything to say.

When I work with girls I tell them that when I was their age I would go for days without speaking, and Check it out…now I’m a public speaking coach.

That makes them gasp.

Lots of people assume I’m a vegetarian, but in fact I’m a voracious meat-eater.

I’m getting through this winter with a bike and a bus pass and a FOB that lets me drive any car in the Boulder/Denver CarShare fleet. And I get all tingly with excitement when I figure out how to get from one place to another on two wheels or ten, (but not 4).

I have a cold frame where I grow greens in the winter, and two nights ago the glass got smashed when one of my deck chairs flew off the deck and landed smack dab in the middle of the cold frame glass. Grrr.

Mostly I’m gluten-free these days, but I still won’t make a pie crust without the gluten. Simply not worth it.

Sometimes I buy a $4 chocolate bar with the intention of nibbling on it over several days, and then I eat it all in one sitting.

I turned 51 last week.

Yep. It’s true. Alla that.

And I’m the fear-blasting storytelling maven for entrepreneurs and people with a mission.

How bout you?

People say you’re kinda woowoo?
Or you’re too much this or too little that?
Or you live in Boulder and you’re not gluten-free?
Or you’ve got this quirk, this obsession, this thing you can’t stop thinking about, but it’s weird and if you were to show anybody besides your lover or your mom that part of yourself…well…who knows what would happen?

What if you got to bring all of yourself everywhere you go as you move about your days?

What if you got to show the truth of who you are when you spoke?

What if that’s exactly what people wanted?

That’s what I’m talking about. It’s the only way to go.

When you show the real you, even the parts that don’t fit into the version of you you think you’re supposed to be, real connections get made.

That’s what we get to do together.

Your voice. Your truth. No more hiding.

I had so much fun teaching my FREE WORKSHOP last week. I loved the voices and hearts getting real together in that room.

I left feeling so much joy.

And I tell you what there were some tears in the room cuz sometimes that’s what happens when you let your full humanness shine through.

So I’m doing it again. I hope you can come. Or send someone you know who wants to bring more of themselves into their speaking.

Someone who has a story they haven’t told yet.
Or an embarrassing zit they’re hiding.
Here are the details.

In the meantime, got a quirky factoid about yourself you’ve been keeping under wraps? Share it in the comments below and let it see the light. It’s been hiding for a long time.