Fed By Fire

There is often one person everyone calls when something goes wrong.

The person who finds the answer, makes the decision, absorbs the uncertainty and determines what must happen next. In a family, this may be the provider, caregiver or quiet problem-solver. In business, it may be the owner, executive, manager or person whose competence has made them indispensable.

Others see strength. What they may not see is the private calculation beneath that strength-the fear being controlled, the exhaustion being postponed and the weight carried because there never seems to be a convenient time to fall apart.

Fed by Fire is for anyone who is becoming, rebuilding or carrying more than others realize. It is a reminder that strength and vulnerability can coexist; that rest is not surrender; that boundaries protect rather than diminish us; and that knowing your worth sometimes requires the courage to challenge, disagree and choose differently.

You are stronger than you think. You are also allowed to feel weak.

When life burns through the person you once were, let the fire reveal you.

And when you are ready, rise.