In launching Village Health I am stepping into the unknown. As I said to a fellow colleague recently,

“I am in an exploration phase. Seeing what is out there. Questioning which opportunities resonate with me. Not closing any doors, but staying open.”

I am in limbo, and I am planning for and expecting to be here for a while.

Each opportunity will only be a temporary stepping stone to wherever it is I, and Village Health, are headed. This limbo stage will take some guts and confidence, and as I have heard from others... it is easy to get tripped-up in the unnerving unknown.

So how do I keep putting one foot in front of the other?
How do I stay energized, encouraged, and empowered?

Well… actually this part of my journey started well before the launch of Village Health.

You see I had this Health Coach…

With her I felt seen, I mean really seen. In our sessions she would pay close attention to my non-verbals, my facial and body expressions behind the spoken words, and she would reflect her observations back to me. She used her heightened intuition when offering questions for me to ponder. Often those questions would ruminate in my mind for days or weeks as I walked my path. She also offered words of wisdom - and boy did those words often challenge my deepest fears. But she knew I was up to these challenges, and wouldn’t have offered them otherwise.

I always walked away from these sessions energized, encouraged, and empowered. And thus this journey towards Village Health started…