the myth of starting over

Photo by Andre Hunter

When I started coaching in 2021, I thought it would be completely separate from my 15+ years of working in editing/publishing. I thought I was starting over. 

I wanted to continue freelance editing in addition to life coaching, but I thought they would be two very different businesses. 

I'm sure you can see where this is heading...I was wrong!

Coaching clients want support around the topic of writing blocks/procrastination or making a friendlier writing practice or putting their work into the world. 

And editing clients hire me to work on their books about relationships, codependency, emotional neglect, mindfulness, and religious trauma. (All topics I work with in life coaching!) 

I was shocked. So much overlap. 

I'm learning that starting over—whether in a career or in relationships or after a move—doesn't mean we start at zero or that we "wasted so much time." This is black and white thinking. And this fear of "zero" can actually keep us from making necessary changes.  

But what if nothing is wasted? 

I've also been looking for expanders and examples of people who wear many hats—accountants who are also teachers, real estate agents who are also poets, scientists who are also mystics. What I used to think of as a lack of focus, I'm starting to see as a particular kind of coherence. I'm finally embracing that this is who I am — a multi-hyphenate — and that there are others like me out there doing the same thing.

That's where I'm at today. And I'm so glad I was proven wrong! :) 

With care,
Brianna

P.S. If you're "starting over" in some area of your life and want support, coaching can really help. 
P.P.S. And if you're interested in my editing work, find more info here.