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In this episode, Monique shares a client story about an exciting opportunity that almost became real, then slipped away.

Her client had already begun rearranging her life around the possibility. She was making plans, preparing her family, and feeling a kind of joy she had not felt in a long time. When the opportunity went to someone else, the disappointment was heavier than expected.

Monique uses this story to explore what happens when a dream opens something in you, even if the door itself closes. Through the image of digging tunnels and a reflection on Harriet Tubman, she points listeners toward a deeper truth about freedom, possibility, and who we become when we dare to move toward something new.

The outcome is not the whole story. Tune in to Tune in to hear what the pursuit may have revealed, and why what you found along the way may matter more than the opportunity itself.

GEMS DROPPED

“It's a reward ​that ​we're ​chasing ​at ​the ​end ​of ​this, ​of ​these ​tunnels ​that ​we're ​digging, ​the ​work ​that ​we're ​putting ​in. But ​consider ​​that ​maybe ​the ​opportunity ​was ​not ​the ​gift, ​but ​that ​rather ​the ​tunnels ​were.”

“You ​have ​to ​imagine ​yourself, ​believe in yourself, ​know ​yourself ​to ​be ​free ​in ​order ​to ​create, ​to ​seek ​to ​be ​free, ​to ​become ​free. Because ​you ​become ​a ​beacon ​of ​freedom ​when ​you ​behave ​as ​if ​you ​are ​free.”

“Opportunities ​don't ​present ​themselves ​as ​gifts ​to ​us. ​They are co-created. It's ​​who ​you ​get ​to ​see that ​you're ​capable ​of ​being ​that ​becomes ​the ​gift.”

“Who ​you're ​capable ​of ​being,​ ​is ​likely ​far ​beyond ​any ​of ​the ​fear, ​the ​doubt, ​the ​constraints, ​the ​things ​that ​feel ​biggest ​to ​you ​right ​now. ​You ​do ​have ​the ​opportunity ​to ​set ​them ​down ​and ​to ​remember ​who ​the ​f&*% ​you ​are.”

MENTIONED

Harriet Tubman

Brené Brown

The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck

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