Kristina Ambrosia
Creative | Spunky | Sensitive
Kristina Ambrosia
What Scares My Soul?
So much.
I’m scared that I’m too much, and I’m scared that I’m not enough.
I’m scared that I feel too deeply, and I’m scared of not being able to feel at all.
I’m scared that I’m too dark, and I’m scared of my light.
I’m scared that I love myself in excess, and I’m scared that I’ll never love myself enough.
I’m scared of being rejected, and I’m scared of rejecting what is right for me.
I’m scared of being too ordinary, and I’m scared of not being ordinary enough.
I’m scared of my ego, and I’m scared of my insecurity.
I’m scared that I’m too selfish, and I’m scared that I’m a pushover.
I’m scared that if I put myself first I’ll let others downs, and I’m scared that if I put others first, I’ll let myself down.
I’m scared of truth-telling, and I’m scared of secrets.
Mostly, I’m scared of staying stagnant.
This fear, it turns out, saves me from collapsing under all my other fears. So at least there is that ☺.
I invite you to come be scared with me (I promise it makes it a little less scary that way).
You can find me on IG @k_ambrosia5 (personal) or kristinaambrosia (business) or at kristinaambrosia.com
Chris Bordoni
Thoughtfulness | Honest | Restless
Chris Bordoni
As a teenager, I was an All-America swimmer…. until I blew out both my shoulders.
In my 20s, I was an up-and-coming management consultant… until I suffered a serious back injury and was forced to leave my job.
And at 30, I was on top of the world after getting married, starting a business, and landing my first client… until I was diagnosed with Stage 3B testicular cancer.
Interestingly, though, it’s the “untils” that have added much of the richness to my life.
Today, I work with leaders and organizations facing big (and often terrifying) changes.
I’m the founder of Bordoni & Company, a boutique strategy consultancy, an Instructor at American University’s Kogod School of Business, and the host of the Reinvented podcast.
You can learn more about me and my work at https://chrisbordoni.com
Cynthia Coupe
VULNERABLE | OUTRAGEOUS | POWERFUL
Cynthia Coupe
2022 changed the course of my life. It scared my soul beyond all stretches of my imagination.
In the early morning hours of January 7th, 2022 I watched my husband take his last breaths. I didn’t know what was happening. I thought he was being funny, but he wasn’t. He was having a heart attack. Before that we were deeply in love, happily married, owned a business together and were making plans for the future. I had just done a TEDx talk, we had hired our first employees and were making plans to buy a home.
This has been the ultimate opportunity to reinvent myself. To turn out all the unintentional and negative programming that has kept me small, dimmed my light or thrown me off center. I’m filling myself with the things that get to be here, the things that make me feel powerful, capable and aligned. It’s soul scaring, and I’m doing it. As a result my daughter and I are thriving, my consulting business is taking off and I’m planning a trip to Australia with my daughter.
More than anything my husband wanted me to love myself; to truly see my light and live unafraid of my shadow. I couldn’t access that before, but I can now.
Somehow, I’m finally complete.
I am me: a world traveler, lifelong learner and single parent. I am a thought leader that works to shift paradigms and bring neurodiversity awareness to schools and corporations.
It took the love of my life dying to realize that I am enough. I am everything I ever needed. And so are you. We all are.
You can follow my blog on CynthiaCoupe.com and view my TEDx talk here: https://youtu.be/WprLOcEyh6M
