“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

– Eleanor Roosevelt 

01. How it all Started

In this episode, I am sharing my journey and why I decided to become a life coach. 

So many things happened to me that drove me think I was broken or “less than,” until I realized so many women in my same walk of life feel the same way. So I understand how the shame and guilt won't allow you to seek help to have a more fulfilling life.

This is my main purpose with this podcast. To help you see yourself in my words, and know that you are deserving of this beautiful life you created.

In this episode, I show you:

* Why I decided to become a Life-Coach

* How I found my very first client

* Why this work matters so much

I am a truly different person, and I have to say that I love myself a lot more now, since I became more aware of my amaziness.

And, I hope I can teach you how to feel that same way towards yourself too.

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I am so excited to show you why and how I started this coaching career. 

I absolutely love people. One of the things I love the most when I visit a new place is to see how the natives live their lives. I like to eat their typical food and walk around the town to imagine what it's like to live their lives.

When we visited Barcelona without the kids, my husband and I were getting about 30 thousand steps daily since we decided to walk around instead of renting a car. As we walked around, he was fascinated by the structure of the city and the beauty of the buildings, and I was mind-traveling, trying to imagine what it was like to live in that one apartment I was spying on. 

So, it is no surprise that I am super curious to know how people came to be themselves. What brought you to become the specific person you are today? 

Since no one asked, I decided to answer this question about myself today on the podcast. You’re welcome! 

After moving from Washington DC to Boston, I read my first “Self Help” book in 2018. This was a book that my parents had read many, many times before, but I just didn’t think it was for me. I tried reading it a few times in the past, but it just didn’t sit well.

I don’t like sharing the name of this book because I don’t believe it was THE BOOK that changed me, but my openness to the message at that time of my life made the difference. - Yes, this is to show you that whatever you need comes from within… nothing outside of you can make you feel moved, motivated, loved, or worthy. It always comes from within you! 

I tried reading this book again, and it just didn’t land the same way! I know it wasn’t the book! 

But, at that time, I could feel that the doors were opening up to something special in my life. That was the first time I began to feel more aware of my surroundings and how I was responsible for the happiness I did (or didn’t) feel. 

I was living in a 1-bedroom apartment with my twins (2yo), my very active son (4yo) and my husband. And what was a recipe for disaster turned out to be one of the best times of our lives. We lived there while our house was being built, and we didn’t really feel the “stress” of it. It was just a wonderful time.

When we moved to our new house, I was fully invested in understanding myself. 

I remember sitting in front of the window in my beautiful house, newly built just outside of Boston - Massachusetts. I was admiring the new construction going on when I caught this specific thought coming through my mind: 

“I am really unhappy… How could this be, I have everything a person could dream of. There must be something wrong with me… I should buy a new car. No, my car is brand new… I should get a dog. I think this is what is missing in my life, I don’t have a pet, I should buy a dog.”

As soon as I became aware of this specific thought, my heart skipped a beat. Not because it was bad or scary but because it was so comfortable.

I had no idea this was how I had lived my whole life… Always looking for the next thing to get, the next stress to live through… Never feeling whole or complete. Always looking for something else to make my life exciting.

I had achieved everything I had ever dreamed of. I have a beautiful family, wonderful, healthy kids, TWINS. I mean, who has never dreamed of having twins? I even had the TWINS!! Financial security and living in one of the best states in the country, one of the best countries in the world!

WHY WASN’T I HAPPY YET? What else was there for me to “get?” 

This scared me. It would never be enough. 

You will never have enough until you FEEL enough. 

That is exactly what this Coaching Journey has offered me. The ability to feel, for the very first time in my life (other than when I was a little kid, but that “doesn’t count” since I can’t remember) ENOUGH. 

Coaching helped me feel SELF-LOVE in a way that I have never felt before. And I got to understand that self-love is so much more than buzzwords that people say to try to sell you something you have no intention of buying.

I learned that I matter, my thoughts matter, my emotions matter, and I am a complete, beautiful, perfect human being, having a beautiful, complete, perfect human experience. Now, it was up to me to make the best out of this experience called life and get to know myself in such a way that I could truly say that I am loved and worthy of love. 

And this didn’t make me selfish. It made me confident. Confident that I matter. And so do you. This self-love helped me understand that you are also perfect and worthy of love. You are enough, and IF you don’t feel this way, it is my responsibility to help you see it. 

It’s been over five years since this whole thing happened, and I have been coaching since. After hundreds, if not thousands of hours of coaching, I can say that this is my life’s purpose. 

I have seen the transformation in many clients, I know this works. I know you are amazing just as you are, and I can help you see it. It’s one of the most beautiful things when I have a client filled with limiting self-beliefs, and after a few months, they are able to see their own beauty, the beauty that has been there all along, they just couldn’t see it. 

Have you ever felt like you have a hidden potential? You KNOW you are not living life to your full potential, but you are not too sure how to reach that. You know it is inside of you, but you just can’t reach it… It’s torturous, isn’t it?

That’s exactly what I do with my clients. I guide you to find that potential and self-confidence to be fully YOU. 

I have become a certified life coach through one of the best Mindset Schools, trained in Positive Psychology and Positive Intelligence, and dedicated over two years to learning advanced tools of Self-Image and Future-Self work. 

I have achieved goals that I once thought were impossible for a person like me, and I have built a beautiful business where I get to coach clients all over the world. 

I have completely transformed my life and generations to come, and I am so proud of this work. I cannot wait to take you on this adventure with me.

If you want to know more details of how my story began, head over to the podcast and listen to this episode. I can’t wait to hear what you think!! 

Much Love,

Thais Glenn