You Are Enough

Posted by Robin Berg on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 Under: Soulful Leadership

Soul Moxie Insights

You Are Enough

You may think that women leaders have it all dialed in- – that they are confident, centered, powerful and satisfied with their accomplishments.

Weeeeellll mostly, however…

In my 20+ years of coaching, I've discovered a silent under layer.

Despite many moments of feeling empowered, women leaders are often striving for an untouchable standard, with a drive to do more, do better and in less time (with little room for error).

Recently I was talking with a client who is an excellent leader, parent, wife and overall amazing human being. Amongst all her personal and professional challenges, the greatest challenge is prioritizing her Self.

She, like most women leaders, is an incredibly hard worker, selflessly giving her best everywhere she can, in effort to meet all the demands.

Coming last on our priority list can lead to exhaustion, feeling stuck and discouraged. Feeling like we're not doing enough. Or worse, that WE are not enough.

It's time to break free of this pattern— of the traditional leadership model of push push push, achieve, work hard, never stop, win.

This model is broken, especially for women.

Women leaders, (natural collaborators), often fly solo at the top with little to no TRUE support and feedback.

As a leader, there's typically no one to remind us:

to celebrate our accomplishments (before launching the next project)
to adjust the bar of excellence for the sake of our sanity
to simply take breaks (no breaks = burnout + stagnation)
And most of all…to remind us that with or without all our great work, we are intrinsically enough.

It is time to shift the inner dialogue, the self pressure, and the overall paradigm of leadership.

It is time to forge new beliefs (and practice them repeatedly.)

Some beliefs to play with: