At age 39, I began what I like to call my "Treadmill Transformation" after listening to "The Theory of Awesomeness" on Youtube by Vishen Lakhiani in the fall of 2014. I recall the exact moment after my run when I told myself that one day I was going to attend that event named “Awesomeness Fest.” At the time of that not-so-fleeting thought, it was an impossible proposition. My extremely successful real estate and volunteer careers were eating me alive and my failing marriage was a deep dark secret I tried to deny even to myself. Over the next year of Youtube inspired runs and “6 Phase Meditations” (I had never meditated before), I also remember the moment in my company parking lot when I asked for a sign that I was on the right path. I walked into my office, opened my laptop, and found an acceptance email from Mindvalley. Since then, it’s like the universe invited me on the journey of my life and now, every day, I wake up with signs that it’s not me in control and that I’m just along for the ride.
I have the A-Fest experience and my amazing friends all over the world to thank for keeping me on this path that is helping me make my dreams a reality, one A-Fest at a time. I’ve created a life I don’t need a vacation from, and I keep my A-Fest bracelets on my wrist (I now have 5) to remind me that ANYTHING is possible. They will only come off when I provide a scholArship (note the A stands for A-Fest) to others who desperately need this amazing Tribe like I did.
I was just some small town, shy, sheltered girl from Virginia, a big fish in a small pond who literally lived a life that was the epitome of the “American Dream.” And now I’m about to launch a global fundraising platform that will nearly effortlessly enable celebrities to raise millions for their favorite causes all over the world. I left my hometown for A-Fest East in 2015, landed in Cancun, met my first “strAnger friends,” was hypnotized by Marisa Peer (during which I told my little girl self that she deserved to be happy, not just successful) and the “old me” never returned to Virginia.
For 39 years, I thought I had the perfect life. I’ve had no traumas, little adversity, financial stability and uncanny success in everything I’ve attempted. But I realized at my first A-Fest that my beliefs were my tragedy—I was not living, I was a robot merely doing, and I was dreaming too small. A-Fest has taught me to truly LIVE and dream BIG.
[...] Now I have an open invitation to every continent and a Tribe to remind me (on the days I wish I could just be a normal mom with a Costco list) that it’s much better to be EXTRAORDINARY and be surrounded by EXTRAORDINARY MINDS.
I have the A-Fest experience and my amazing friends all over the world to thank for keeping me on this path that is helping me make my dreams a reality, one A-Fest at a time. I’ve created a life I don’t need a vacation from, and I keep my A-Fest bracelets on my wrist (I now have 5) to remind me that ANYTHING is possible. They will only come off when I provide a scholArship (note the A stands for A-Fest) to others who desperately need this amazing Tribe like I did.
I was just some small town, shy, sheltered girl from Virginia, a big fish in a small pond who literally lived a life that was the epitome of the “American Dream.” And now I’m about to launch a global fundraising platform that will nearly effortlessly enable celebrities to raise millions for their favorite causes all over the world. I left my hometown for A-Fest East in 2015, landed in Cancun, met my first “strAnger friends,” was hypnotized by Marisa Peer (during which I told my little girl self that she deserved to be happy, not just successful) and the “old me” never returned to Virginia.
For 39 years, I thought I had the perfect life. I’ve had no traumas, little adversity, financial stability and uncanny success in everything I’ve attempted. But I realized at my first A-Fest that my beliefs were my tragedy—I was not living, I was a robot merely doing, and I was dreaming too small. A-Fest has taught me to truly LIVE and dream BIG.
[...] Now I have an open invitation to every continent and a Tribe to remind me (on the days I wish I could just be a normal mom with a Costco list) that it’s much better to be EXTRAORDINARY and be surrounded by EXTRAORDINARY MINDS.
