More bits about Elisabeth Caetano…

My story begins when my daughter was about 6 years old and I was aimlessly walking around the mall with her napping, I was weeping and I realized that I had lost myself. Don’t get me wrong, I loved being a mother and loved my daughter more than life itself, but something was missing for me.

Here I was, 41 years old. I had the house, the career, a beautiful daughter (with a chronic illness to manage), a super supportive husband and I had been asleep for six years. Mind you, I did not know that I was sleepwalking through life. Having a baby and playing house and living happily ever after was what I had been domesticated to do as a woman, right? Take care of everyone except myself because I was socialized to do this and we all know that it is selfish to do things for yourself, right?

I realized I had been lied to by society, commercials, magazines and even the education system. I learned graduate high school, go to college, get a degree, then get the job/career, find a man, get married, have kid and live happily ever after. Cinderella did that sans job and education but hey, that is how we were domesticated as little girls. At least I was, and I have worked with a lot of women that have had similar messages growing up, only to wakeup one day divorced and without an identity. Living unconscious, doing everything for everyone and not being “selfish” was not adding value to my life. Instead, it was subtracting from it.

When I woke up on this day of wandering aimlessly, I realized that there was a different way to live my life and it is easily available for you too! It just takes asking yourself some simple questions in a few categories and making some concrete changes. When I looked at how I showed up for myself, how I showed up for others, looked at all of my relationships and put it all together, it made for living my life awake, vibrant, and FAB Ever After!

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