You Are Born to Remember
You are here to shine in your authentic power.
- As an accomplished, high-achieving educator who is either burned out from education or has attained career goals and realizes your heart isn’t in it anymore, you have navigated many changes and challenges, though this crossroad eludes you, and you secretly feel embarrassed that old insecurities and fears are creeping in.
- Despite being confident and successful, resilient at the face of many significant life challenges, you find yourself holding back and not trusting yourself.
- You’re creative, powerful, a life-long learner, a leader – with a mission to make an impact and find fulfillment, but somehow you’ve peaked and are frustrated where you are and want to chart your own path instead of meeting others’ expectations.
I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I’VE BEEN THERE
This is the short version of how I recovered from burnout, transformed my life, embraced my passions and aligned with my joy without having to sacrifice my power, my truth, or my soul.
Hi, I'm Catherine
Soul Alignment Specialist
I transformed myself from a burned out, dissatisfied, over-achieving people-pleaser (because I didn’t believe I was worthy!) into a powerful conscious woman who is fully embracing her value, wisdom, and purpose.
I stand for passionate people with a background in education to understand their purpose and how that translates into either re-invigorating their career in education or transitioning into a new chapter that integrates their potential and purpose.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU A BIT MORE ABOUT THIS POWERFUL SHIFT
From the outside it looked like I had a dream career. I was recognized as an innovative, creative and effective elementary librarian. I served on multiple committees and was consulted by administrators. I had a respected place in my school community, and my friends and colleagues often shared they wished they had such a charmed position!
But the truth was – that worked for ten years – and then it didn’t. It became a lie.
I was exhausted and burned-out from all the ‘working to hard’ high standards I had.
I felt severely depressed and powerless because my career and life were so out-of-balance.
I felt depleted, unfulfilled, and somehow deeply undeserving despite all the external achievements.
I almost fooled myself until I looked into my eyes in a mirror one day – and saw the truth. Instead of a happy, I can’t wait to start the school day person, I was looking at an empty, unmotivated, self-judging, deeply unhappy version of myself, hiding behind a facade of smiles and daily mochas while battling with burnout and fear of living inauthentically.
I tried to cover this new realization up – to hide it from others (and myself)
I put on a mask everyday to please others and act as was expected of me.
I pretended to be happy.
I looked around the beautiful new school library, I’d opened three years before and instead of seeing an inviting learning environment, I felt prison walls confining me.
I tried to create better work/life balance, (emphasis on tried) went to therapy and career counseling. Although these band-aids helped somewhat, I decided to take a year travel sabbatical in hopes of discovering what was next.
Done with winter in Pennsylvania, I moved to Orlando, Florida where I could both travel and work at Walt Disney World. It was a magical place and I learned much. After a few months, I was accepted into Guest Relations and from there learned to lead (basically teach) Disney programs for children and adults. It was great for about two years, until one day as I facilitated a tour in wardrobe and realized I had burned out again.
Next, I worked as the Coordinator of Children’s and Young Adult Services in the library system in Chattanooga, TN, and burned out from stress.
I didn’t have time to burn out from my all-time dream education position in rural Georgia, as my partner and I moved to California.
In order to be full-time in a school district in California, I worked 3 days/week, as the District Library Supervisor and the other 2 as a media specialist at a large elementary school. Due to the combined demands of both positions and pressure to gain funding for the whole library program, I burned out again by the end of my second year there.
My go-to qualities of determination, self-discipline, willpower and conscientiousness failed yet again and my game of pretend was over.
One day, as I was taking a walk in Nature, my happy place, I reached a breaking point. I realized a part of me was DYING inside and I had to do the unthinkable – I had to resign from another great position. I needed to find myself and what I truly wanted. There was some part of me that knew if I didn’t find myself, I would choose to leave the planet.
I DECIDED TO FIND ME - MY PASSIONS - MY PURPOSE
My journey to find me started with yoga and meditation. I rediscovered my deep relationship with Nature as I took countless hikes. I substituted as a children’s librarian in public libraries and once again found the joy and fun of serving children and parents. Then, a low back injury led me to study energy healing and hypnosis.
Along the path, I allowed myself to expand my perception of ME to include my intuitive gifts of clairsentience and clairaudience. Communication with the non-physical reality became norm for me as I embraced my authentic multidimensional self.
Although I added many tools and techniques to my repertoire, none impacted me as much as deep introspection and reconnecting with my own soul or higher self and the Divine.
As I learned to surrender and receive love and assistance from my soul, the angels, masters, nature guardians, and many other non-physical beings, my life transformed.
Over time, I regained my energy, rediscovered my passions and learned to make new choices.
I didn’t feel exhausted, unfulfilled or a failure anymore.
Instead of feeling lost and confused, I regained my energy, rediscovered my passions, learned to make new choices and felt aligned with my soul and soul purpose.
NOW I STAND FOR YOU TO ALIGN . . .
I know how to help you find and align with YOU!
I know how to help you transform your wounds, unleash your connection with the Divine and shine in your uniqueness.
While I care about educators being burned out, what really drives me is helping them live in balance aligned with their passions and their soul purpose.
The reason I care so much is because when educators stick it out, settle and stay in the comfort zone of the classroom or position, they miss the opportunity to make the impact they are here to make.
In my work, I don’t just help educators bypass burnout or lack of fulfillment and find another education related position.
Instead, I champion educators to step into their unique expression of their true purpose, so that they make the impact they are here to make.
I believe the world is asking for educators to champion students and make massive contributions as the old systems fall away and new systems emerge.
If you are a part of that, I am honored and excited to support you.
Love & blessings,