Linda Cooper @InwardBound22

Let's talk about the minimum qualifications for guiding transformational work: • You must have lived through at least one complete dismantling of everything you believed about yourself and the world. • You must have failed so completely that your identity was shattered and had to be rebuilt from scratch. • You must have witnessed enough cycles to recognize patterns that transcend individual circumstances. • You must have survived transitions that forced total surrender of who you thought you were. These experiences rarely happen before age 40. Sometimes not until 50 or beyond. Some credentials can only be earned through time.

Spiritual bypassing wears many disguises: Filtered photos. Curated vulnerability. Rehearsed authenticity. True wisdom isn't photogenic. It comes from having your certainties shattered completely and finding faith anyway. It comes from failing your own standards and learning to love yourself still. It comes from decades of falling, rising, and falling again. You can sense the difference between those who preach and those who have practiced. Your soul recognizes truth that your eyes cannot see.

Message From Your Highest Self: Beloved, you are not here to perform. You are here to become. You’ve spent enough of your life shaping yourself to be safe, digestible, and "good." Now is the time to shed, not shape. The world doesn’t need another nice woman who keeps the peace. The world needs your words. Your wild. Your wisdom. You are not behind. You are not broken. You are exactly where your soul intended you to awaken. Now, write. Speak. Share. Let it be messy. Let it be sacred. Let it be enough. You are already rising. Now rise wise.

You don’t need permission to take up space. Speak your truth. Set the boundary. Chase the dream. You are not here to be small—you are here to rise.

Remember this: I am no longer who I had to be to survive. I am who I choose to become now. Peace is possible. Joy is allowed. Love begins inside me—and radiates outward. My time is now.

Joy begins in a body that no longer feels under threat.

You don’t need credentials to build a business. You need lived wisdom. Your struggles, skills, and lessons are your blueprint. Package them into guidance, a service, or a product. That’s how you create a business only you can offer. Monetize your journey. Impact lives.

Don't be afraid to be happy & successful doing something you love. You decide how big it gets, only you! Grow into your talent and own it. It's only from a sense of confidence in yourself that others will buy in and momentum builds. Your feet control both the gas and the brake.

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You don’t need more time. You need more courage to start. More belief in yourself. More action before you feel ready. Everything you want begins the moment you decide to go for it.

You won’t think your way into a new life. Clarity comes from action. Confidence comes from doing. Growth comes from movement. Stop waiting. Start building.

Your next level isn’t out there. It’s inside you, waiting to be claimed.

Clarity comes from action, not overthinking. You won’t think your way into confidence. You won’t analyze your way into certainty. You won’t wait your way into the perfect moment. Move. Try. Adjust. The path reveals itself as you walk it.

Emotional baggage doesn’t unpack itself. You can distract yourself. You can bury it in busyness. You can pretend it’s not there. But it will still weigh you down—until you face it, process it, and set yourself free.

You can’t fix an internal problem with an external solution. A new job won’t heal burnout. A new relationship won’t fix loneliness. A new city won’t erase self-doubt. Wherever you go, you take yourself with you. Change starts from the inside out. When you transform internally, everything shifts.

The fastest way to change your life? Change your standards. Not your goals. Not your vision board. Not your 5-year plan. Your standards. Because your life is a reflection of what you tolerate. - The way people treat you. - The habits you allow. - The excuses you accept from yourself. When I finally raised my standards, everything shifted. - I stopped justifying one-sided relationships. - I stopped playing small to keep others comfortable. - I stopped waiting for someday to finally put myself first. And guess what? - The right people showed up. - My energy changed. - My entire life started aligning with who I was meant to be. Raise your standards, and you’ll outgrow the life that no longer fits. You don’t need a new year. You don’t need permission. You need one decision: I refuse to settle for less than I deserve.

Most people wait for confidence before they start. But confidence isn’t the prerequisite—it’s the result. You build it by showing up messy. Taking the risk. Trying before you feel ready. Start now. The confidence will catch up

At some point, you realize—life isn’t waiting for you to be ready. The days pass. The years blur. And the someday you keep waiting for? It’s happening now. The question isn’t when you’ll start living for yourself. It’s will you?