Let’s Climb
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By Jennifer Yon
ecently, I started seeing a life coach and had a session with a relationship therapist. I wanted to explore a few of
the barriers to moving forward in life that I continue to stumble over. I went in with the intention of targeting my
relationships.
After only a few minutes into the conversation, I knew the coach was on the right track, and later had to face the facts. While
I’d never voiced the words before, I already knew I was a fixer. I take broken situations, and sometimes people, and try to prop
them up or make them whole. As you might already know, that isn’t always a good thing. There are some who appreciate the
help and in turn become a help to others, but there are others who are around for no other purpose than to take, take, take. A
friend of mine called it the “build a bear syndrome.” When you meet these folks, their life is in a million pieces and you spend
your time and a great deal of your money running around trying to put the pieces together. And every time you think you’re
done, another piece of them falls off and you’re backing to sewing them up again.
Every life is not without its challenges. What I’m talking about is those who are always in a state of chaos. In no time, their
haphazard lifestyle becomes yours and the cycle is never ending. Every morning you jump on the treadmill of life just trying to
stay ahead of the next catastrophe. That’s not a way to truly live.
My plan is to look for the types of folks who thrive in order-filled lives. They’ve got a plan for each day and are always trying to
make it to their next personal best. They rarely get wrapped up in minor setbacks and they certainly don’t set out to be self-
destructive or disrupt others.
I’ll still have a helping hand for those in need, but I hope to set an example for those in my life of what you can be when
you’re not susceptible to negativity. I hope after meeting me, that people walk away thinking that my life is goal-oriented and
purposeful. Never have I ever wanted to simply take up space and never do I want to be a project for someone to need to fix.
A few sessions with a professional can do wonders when you’re at a crossroads in life. I have a renewed passion and a pattern
for the type of people and the type of structure that I want to be my pathway to my next level of success. I’ve not reached the
pinnacle yet, but I’m undoubtedly on my way!
Let’s Climb Together!
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VOL 4, Issue 2
l-r: Alli MacCarroll, Maurita Sutton Brown,
Jennifer Yon and Lynne Murray