Finding something I’ve been craving… ALIGNMENT
Well hello blogging, nice to meet you.
It’s no secret that I love words and sharing my thoughts. It’s pretty often that Instagram is telling me my caption is too long and then I have to try to take out some thoughts that are truly important to me. I love Instagram, but c’mon man?! I also know some don’t love to read those long captions, but those thoughts in my head need to end up somewhere. I will continue to share on Instagram and all the other platforms, but you will also find me over here sharing my thoughts and emotions via this blog and my e-mail newsletter (make sure you subscribe here!) No algorithm, just Andrea sharing thoughts and info.
So, without further ado - let’s chat.
I’ve been craving a feeling in the past 10 months. I couldn’t pinpoint what that feeling was until the past 2 weeks.
I attended Rural Rooted, a rural women’s business business workshop hosted by Natalie Kovarik, in Texas June 8-11. I contemplated going the last how many times, but just couldn’t get myself to commit and do the damn thing. (Enneagram 8 problems thinking I can handle everything on my own…) BUT I finally gave that application everything I had and put some really hard thoughts + feelings into my application. A few weeks later, I got an e-mail from Natalie welcoming me into the community. This was January. Fast forward to attending in June finally.
I had a lot of ideas going into RR, but I was surprised to find out that I didn’t just need someone to ‘bounce ideas off of,’ I needed a community to encourage me to deep dive into what truly brings me joy and lights my soul on fire. The permission that they gave me to just be me was everything. It’s hard as a #Enneagram8 to make myself feel my feelings. I tend to push them away, but the first portion of RR is deep into feelings. I had a few roadblocks that were holding me away from finding my why + purpose, but after way too many tears and deep thoughts — I quickly realized it’s not this ‘big huge thing’ or ‘big huge business plan with XYZ plans.’
My why is to share my life in an authentic and real + raw honest way that encourages other women to do the same. I am here to be the woman the younger me needed years ago at her darkest points. Aligning with that is my passion for agriculture, because at my lowest — agriculture saved me and was one of the main reasons I fought through the darkest thoughts in my younger years. It keeps me going even on the hardest days.
& in doing that, I have to release part of who I have been in the past 6 years sharing online.
I am no longer a health + fitness coach.
It’s scary to say out loud and share with you all. I’ve been feeling it for a while, but I couldn’t even fully admit it to myself. I lost joy in what I was doing and was far too focused on chasing results with every single program or new ranks in the company. Quite frankly, I was burnt out and felt stuck. Along with that, I just don’t align with what is coming down the pipeline from Beachbody. I will never talk poorly of the fitness programs because they helped me comeback from one of my lowest points and started my journey — but as humans, we’re always evolving.
I’ve been doing my own workouts. I’ve switched supplement brands for the most part. (Steel supplements have my heart, more on that coming) I’ve switched to a season of bulking, which is oh so fun. & now I’ve let my bootcamp community know.
& now you know.
I’m still going to share my love of health + fitness because it is a piece of who I am and I still believe it’s one of the best things you can do for yourself — I’m just no longer a coach. My journey is for ME again, and DAMN.. does it feel good.
I am clearing energy + space + time for new opportunities that light my soul on fire and align with where I love to be. You’ll see more changes coming, but for now..
Thanks for being here. Not a lot is changing. You’ll just see me following my heart + finding that alignment daily.
Real + raw is the name of my game. Expect lots of weirdness via stories ;)