Oh my gosh I am really doing this! I have wanted to have a place to have these conversations, For so long! Convos that matter. I have been having them anyway with the best humans in my life BUT I’ve wanted to have them here with you, and now is the time.
I’m Megan Gibson aka Megs from here on…
and I am passionate about helping women uncover who they really are so they can author a life they’re obsessed with. To go from Self Abandonment to Full Self Expression. I am a Life Alignment Coach certified as an Ultimate Contribution Uncovered Facilitator (more on this shortly) a writer, a mother, a wannabe surfer and crazy in love with my life! I am a living breathing example of my work every day.
So what conversations? Well let’s see if you can relate to this
Turning 40 was a massive deer in headlights holy shit moment for me! Why? Because I felt like I turned 30 one day and 40 the next! That decade of my life was an absolute blur. As a busy mum, wife and small business owner, I lived in a constant state of Self Abandonment. Everything and everyone else came first. I was always tired and there was always something that needed my attention.
My 40th arrived and I was like Holy Shit! I should be more than this. More healthy, more wealthy and successful, more in love, and just freaking happier than I felt. I had worked so hard to try and make everything perfect, to create a perfect life for my kids, and to be radically honest with you – it looked perfect to everyone else but to me, I was absolutely lost. I had completely abandoned myself for so long that I didn’t even know myself anymore.
Sound familiar?
I’ve spent the last 5 years on my way back to my fullest Self Expression. It’s been a journey with lots of heartache and healing but most of all Rediscovering what makes me well, ME.
In the very wise words of the late Tina turner (bless her) If you are unhappy with anything in your life, whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it!! Because you’ll find that when you’re free, your true creativity and your true self comes out!
And that is what my vision for this podcast is all about – I want you to feel Freed To Be YOU! To go from Self Abandonment to full Self Expression. To begin your own journey to rediscover YOU.
Guys this is not a dress rehearsal!
We get one shot at this life and if we want it to be awesome every day it’s up to us. You have to uncover what’s most meaningful to you and what you want to experience more of. Then there is the letting go. The decluttering, the minimising of things that no longer align with who you are now.
Every guest I invite on this pod is a living breathing example of Self Expression – Conversations about what it means to them to live their life freed to be them and sometimes personal stories of what they overcome. We will also discuss health and fitness in your 40s, parenting young adults and teenagers, relationships and intimacy, starting a business. I’m not leaving anything out here, if you want to be obsessed with your life then every area requires you to be YOU!
Seen as this is literally episode uno number 1! Let me finish up by telling you the short version of my story. I’ve been a mum for 21yrs in October – that still blows my mind! – and there has not really been a time I was not working or building my own side hustle alongside raising my 3 amazing kids. I had a lot of support from family and friends at the time and I did achieve a lot of things I’m proud of. But it just never seemed to fill my cup. I just knew I was made for more and I couldn’t figure out what that more was or why.
I was a hairdresser for most of that time as well, either working for someone else, running a salon myself or looking after my VIP’s aka friends and family in my kitchen (I still do this by the way but only for a lucky few) I’ve been a Tupperware Lady which was so much fun and a lot of work! I had one of the top 10 teams in the country at one stage. I’ve been in sales for the better part of 15yrs and I founded and run my own Social Media Agency helping businesses build an authentic brand online.
One thing that working so closely with people in all those capacities highlighted for me, is that as complex and unique as we are, we are all fighting some story about ourselves that is often untrue and self limiting. I would have clients pour out all their problems, leave with fresh hair feeling amazing and then come back 8wks later with exactly the same issues! I would have business owners sit in a meeting and tell me some safe vanilla reason why they want their businesses to be successful and yet not take my direct advice on how to make that happen! (no judgement I was once one of them!)
And then I had the opportunity to step into coaching in the personal brand space and finally it all made sense. No one actually knows who the heck they are! How can we expect to create an amazing life or business if we have no idea what that should look like?! Not just what it should look like but also what will make it meaningful to you. We need to understand what and why we value the things we do and how we can align with those values in the areas that matter most to us. It takes deep inner work to really get to the core of who you are and when I started facilitating that journey for people in 2015 I had no idea how much I would lean into this work to get through the last 5 years! It has been my own personal compass as I navigated my way through the darkest times in my life.
Now on the other side of that part of my journey, I can honestly say I absolutely love every area of my life. And that is why now is the right time for me to share it all with you. The things that worked, the things that didn’t! The things I had to painfully let go of and the things I had to take on to begin to author my life. I’m inviting some of the people I worked with personally onto the show so you can also benefit from their wisdom so it’s going to be hugely valuable and inspiring.
Well!
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Thank you from the bottom of my heart for tuning into this short but sweet intro episode! The very first episode is already up ready for you to dive in. My first guest is with my brother from another mother, Alex Eastman and we are chatting all about identity and what it means to uncover your true nature. I know you will love him as much as I do! Until next time remember, this is not a dress rehearsal! It’s time to Be You. The REAL you.
