WOMEN WHO WOW WAS CREATED — IN PART — TO KEEP WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS FROM FEELING ALONE.
There was a time in my life during which I felt utterly and completely alone. I’m a solitary creature by nature, so for me to feel alone — and in a bad way, in a heavy, burdensome way — it was pretty desperate. =)
I was in college, pre-Chris, and I just didn’t fit. The girls I hung around were fun, as were the guys. I can’t really explain it, and no one else — except one — would have caught on to how I was feeling. I, myself, didn’t know how to define what i was feeling or put it into words. Twenty years later, I can say that those I was hanging out with just didn’t know me.
They thought I was a party girl.
Or a country girl.
Or an independent girl.
Or a girl like them.
In some ways, I was all of these things.
And also, none of them.
But, I often felt like I was an outsider looking in… welcomed in (mostly) but not really resonating… And — in the deepest parts of my soul — not wanting to. I was unwilling to conform even the TINIEST bit to “fit in.”
My HEART was at home with my family, but I was very limited financially, so even CALLS home (long distance) had to be scheduled.
My HEAD was going through the motions… school & work. I went out…. and I partied. I was definitely around people… in school, at work, and just “out.”
But my SOUL, while anchored in my faith and in my own sense of self, my soul knew that there was MORE… that there was something deeper… my soul was aching for people — one person, even — that “got me.”
Ironically, before I found Chris, I found that person. I went to junior high and high school with him. He was a wrestler, and I was a cheerleader… these are two “labels” that the world thinks are pretty definitive and conclusive and finite… at least, back in high school.
But he was different. He thought differently. He talked differently. He was interested in things that weren’t mainstream.
Like me.
We never discussed this feeling, but I’m sure he got it… like me. I hope he did. Because he was like home to me and I am forever grateful. I walked in his house, and I felt like he “saw” me.
I digress… so here’s my point. Today I got a message from someone I’ve never met. Her words were simple, “Glad we met. Women Who WOW is the place for me.”
THIS!!!!
THIS lit up my SOUL. Another woman entrepreneur found her forever home…. she found her tribe…. her people… the place where she is understood and accepted… a place where the fullness of her and her potential is seen.
And she’s BARELY even dipped her toe in the Women Who WOW waters.
But she KNEW.
As we grow, I’m hearing this more and more… and it’s not about ME or what I’ve created. It’s about US… the SISTERS of Women Who WOW. It’s about the environment we’ve created… one that truly empowers women to swing for the fences.
Women Who WOW is preparing for massive growth, which will occur towards the end of this summer. If you want to be on our waiting list… to join us, please PM me or just go to WomenWhoWOW.com and sign up to be notified when we open our doors to new members.
