
How an Instagram Post Changed My Life
Sometimes all it takes is a sentence that hits you in the guts.
Picture this: you have (what you thought would’ve been) your dream job. Yet, something is tugging at you. You don’t know what or why it is. You just know you want more- but aren’t exactly sure how to get there.
Rewind one and half years and that was me.
As Steph Jagger says, I was “calling my boredom gratitude.” I’d let myself settle, justifying staying where I was, because I already “had it good enough.”
I thought it selfish and reckless to leave what I had in search of something more- especially when I didn’t know what that something more was.
So I kept living small. I stayed in the neat little box I had crafted for myself. I stopped growing and connecting. I isolated myself.
Then, I stumbled upon @theangytherapist’s instagram. His choosing to step outside of the norm and make his rules spoke to me. I attended multiple webinars where he and Noelle talked about their life coaching program.
I wanted to be a part of something, yet I was scared. Was I too young to be a coach? What if it wasn’t for me? How would I know if it was?
I observed from the sidelines for months. Until a post changed it all.

“ I took a bath. Let the water drain. But instead of getting up and rinsing off, I just laid there. Wondering what it would feel like to lie in an empty tub naked. Because who does that, besides dead people on TV. As the last of the water swirled away, I felt uncomfortable. Gross. A giant should nagging me to get out of the tub and be normal. I felt naked not nude. Noticed the parts of my body I don’t like. But I just laid there until the discomfort didn’t feel that bad, and I felt time. It’s still honest. And I just laid there. Until it started to feel okay. Until the subtle panic gave up. For the first time. Until the cool air felt good, and I felt. Free.
Stay.
It will pass.”-The Angry Therapist
The sentence, “giant should nagging me” grabbed me and wouldn’t let me go. I had been shoulding myself into misery and was sick of it. I was done.
So I leapt. I booked an interest call. Then signed up for the course. And my life hasn’t been the same since.
Imagine entering a virtual room where other people are also scared and are willing to talk about their fears. Imagine them showing up authentically and vulnerably. They are constantly supporting you, holding space, and reflecting back how amazing you are. That, is JRNI.
A place where I not only gained the knowledge necessary to help myself, but left with a toolbox packed to the brim to help others do the same. A place where I felt not only accepted, but embraced, exactly as I was.
I have gained friendships on a level I didn’t know existed. I have spoken publicly and led workshops. I have run online group coaching programs. I have left jobs and started new jobs. I have moved more times than can fit on one hand.
I’ve gained a life I couldn’t never have dreamt up for myself.
An instagram post changed my life.

You know that thing you’ve been waiting for? That jump start? The reset button for your life? This is it. The Catalyst Intensive is it. We’re just a bunch of weirdos, with heart, changing the world by changing ourselves first. And we’re building something here. Something so big, it doesn’t exist yet. And at the center of it? Is all of you.

