Hi, I’m Keri Mangis, Wholeness Advocate
A self-introduction, as much as possible without the dreaded labels
Branding
A couple of years ago, as I was preparing to launch my new book into the world, I did the dreaded but necessary branding work. There’s nothing I hate more than trying to label myself, for that’s what I thought branding work was—a way to put a label, something final, on who I was.
But I needed to do it, and I got intrigued by a woman who explained that the work was not about putting myself in a box with a label, but an exploration of who I am and what I’m about.
Well, that was a little better, but I still pretty much thought I’d break her process and at some point she’d say, “Here’s your money back. This doesn’t work for you.”
Had that happened, it would have been par for the course for me—the Outsider, once again.
Oh, don’t worry, I love the Outsider label. I didn’t always, of course. Growing up, feeling the outsider is about the worst possible feeling. But I’ve grown in who I am, and I’ve come to embrace that I’m not supposed to align with some existing paradigm, company, model, or structure in this earth. I’m supposed to challenge them. I’m here to question the hierarchies, the cultural conditioning, the gaslighting. I’m…
