Your Life is Your Cred!

Or didn't you know that?!

Dockweiler Beach, June 2024

I am sure others have said this, and I had not heard it so clearly until it rolled off the tongue of Susie Moore, an author and renowned life coach. While being interviewed on Amy Porterfield’s podcast, Online Marketing Made Easy, Susie so clearly made the case for what translated to me as the antidote or at least a viable interruption of imposter syndrome.

I couldn’t agree more with Susie, especially because I know the power of our thoughts and beliefs. They are the life-altering parts of being human. Our thoughts and beliefs shape our emotions, influence our perceptions and reactions to the world, and guide how we associate and connect ideas. Over time, these elements collectively form our personality.

It is profound when you think about it. I especially appreciate how Joe Dispenza talks about it in his work. He often says, “Our personality creates our personal reality.” His explanation is a powerful case for mindset and the impact of what we think about.

Hearing, “Your life is your cred” really moved me.

It encouraged me and woke me up to the ways that I can hold back or play small.

In full transparency, I have been doing that most of my life. I was labeled “too much” very early in life. I was told I was intimidating on many occasions, and the way I feel, think, and relate to being human has always been different from the “norm.” That was the case before I received my Master’s degree in Spiritual Psychology, in 2000.

My approach to living has been relegated to “woo-woo” and as a teenager, I was mocked and teased as the “self-help” guru. This wasn’t easy and it never deterred me from my path, internally. It did eclipse at times my external path and what was available to me as far as career and professional choices, and the world has progressed in many ways over the last decade. Thank goodness.

I say all that to share an example of how we can forget that our life is an expression of who we are, all that we bring, and the value we add to anything we choose to be a part of.

On many occasions, the landscape of our lives is our credibility, our efficacy, and what qualifies us for a pursuit. Only we need to know this and seeking it externally is a fool’s errand.

I am empathetic to my younger self and others who have experienced something similar because systems and societal constructs do exist impacting this kind of lived authenticity.

Embedded, at least from my perspective, from what Susie shared, is that we are the ones, most importantly that need to hold this understanding about ourselves. We don’t need to look outside of ourselves to affirm who we are and what we bring. It can be quite seductive in the world we live in.

Social media alone puts on steroids opportunities to fall prey to seeking approval, and it never ends well.

This is your reminder, dear friend. Your life is your cred. You don’t need validation from anyone to know this. You can choose to value and see yourself and all that you are at this point in your life acknowledging that everything that led to now is your credibility.

This is a beautiful opportunity to take stock of your gifts, your strengths, key learnings from your life, and what you have learned about yourself. We are often so busy doing life that we miss taking a pause and doing some self-reflection.

It can be very powerful to see yourself. It will embolden your self-esteem. It will strengthen your self-awareness muscle, and it will fortify you.

Some journal prompts:

• My three most powerful gifts are…

• My greatest strengths…

• The key learnings that stand out from my life…

• What new insights have I gained about myself?

• How have these insights shaped my understanding of who I am and who I aspire to be?

Remember, your life is your cred, and don’t allow anyone to question that, especially yourself.

Be good to you!

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