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We spend so much energy searching for the person or program or practice that will finally show us who we are, but what happens when the very thing promising transformation becomes the thing that pulls us furthest from ourselves? The patterns we develop in childhood about power, approval, and worthiness do not disappear when we enter spiritual or personal development spaces, and sometimes the most charismatic teachers are the ones we most need to question.
There is a difference between what we have been taught is right and what actually works for our lives, and learning to tell them apart requires us to get centered enough to hear the signals the universe keeps sending. We want to believe that betrayal and heartbreak mean we failed, but sometimes they are exactly the wake-up call we needed to stop giving our power away and start trusting that who we are is already enough.
Marcia Martin
Marcia Martin is an entrepreneur extraordinaire, renowned global speaker, and master personal and business coach dedicated to helping people create a business and life they love. Often called the “Grand Dame of Transformation,” she was an original pioneer of the Human Potential Movement and was Senior Vice President at Werner Erhard’s EST, helping take the company from inception to a graduate base of millions.
She helped Tony Robbins launch his first great book Unleash Your Power and take his organization national, trained for LifeSpring, helped market the Hoffman Institute, and was Co Creator and CEO of the Transformational Leadership Council. Her students and clients have included Lynne Twist, Robert Kiyosaki, Anthony Robbins, Jack Canfield, T. Harv Eker, and Mari Smith.
She has trained over 300,000 people worldwide in communication and leadership skills and was knighted for her humanitarian contribution to the world working on saving the Rainforest and ending hunger.
Marcia's Resources
Sex, Power, and Transformation - Book
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