Meet Julie Fulbright
How could life be better? Events flowed naturally from one achievement to another – from college to my first job to moving up the responsibility ladder to marriage. I even switched to a different career when I discovered a new passion. Every step progressed along a nice smooth path - right up until it didn’t.
I found my path growing dim, as shrubs and brush began to close in around me. I found myself pushing my way through thick brush with branches that constantly snapped back, smacking me in the face.
Following my marriage, I felt the sting of years of struggles to conceive a child. Then, whack! I almost died in childbirth. The emotional and physical challenges afterward felt like constant thorns tugging at me along my overgrown lifepath. I wondered if they would ever clear. Then, whack! My storybook marriage to the boy next door ended in divorce.
That last branch in the face forced me to see stars – literally. I looked to the stars, if you will, turning to my faith for guidance and strength more than ever before.
Over time, I realized that through these challenging experiences, I had developed the strength to forge my own machete to clear the overgrown path to find that next nice smooth stepping stone. And I did.
I learned to navigate the challenges of being a single mom, following those stepping stones again, until suddenly – whack! I lost my job.
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This could have been devastating. But my faith and my strength had continued to grow along that path, and I realized that not only did I have the machete to clear the path, I had the power to create a new path altogether – the path of a spiritual life coach.
My Coaching Compass
A prayer that has always been meaningful to me was the Serenity Prayer: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Heaven knows I had many opportunities to learn to apply this prayer to my life!
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Now when life shifts and forces me onto that dark, overgrown path, I am able to manage my reactions and choices. As a result, I experience much more peace and many more moments of joy than ever before.
