Who am I?
Let me introduce myself, my name is Mariela Fernández and I want to tell you my story. It all started when Hurricane Maria hit the island of Puerto Rico in September 2017. For those who don't know, this hurricane devastated everything on our island. So much was affected that many people were left without jobs, including me. Many Puerto Ricans had to leave the country, fortunately, although it was very hard for me to recover and find work again, at that moment I knew I didn't have job stability. That's when it made me wonder if I really wanted to have that instability in my life, in my income, and because of this, my family could be affected. I began a search for how I could help others, but at the same time, I could generate an income.
I tried different topics that I thought I liked or believed I could make money from. But I realized that I was putting aside what made me happy. I invested thousands of dollars in courses to prepare myself for things that didn't really fulfill me and I wasn't passionate about. That's when I asked myself, Mariela, what are you really passionate about? And you know what! I didn't know how to answer. I believed my life was "normal" until this happened. I saw that my groupmates had already found what they were passionate about, and I said, "Why can't I?" This made me feel defective, empty, lost, and aimless. And I just thought, "At this point in my life, don't I know what I want?" Even though there was some progress and after all that investment of time, money, and energy that I dedicated to learning, I still continued to suffer, and I just wanted to stop feeling dependent on being an employee, feeling defective, lost, and aimless. But as if that were not enough when I feel that I am recovering, in Puerto Rico in January 2020, a series of earthquakes began that affected the island and at that moment where you could not sleep peacefully, I entered a serious emotional state in which I thought I would find myself in the same situation as in 2017. To say that I was disappointed and frustrated was an understatement. I thought that I WAS the problem. I felt once again like a failure and that there was something wrong with me. It was later that I realized that I discovered how the changes I need to achieve my emotional, work, and financial freedom were really generated. Then I decided to take control of my life and take action, because I did not want to see myself in the same situation.
And I said, "What do I have to do to resolve my emotional situation?" I decided to invest in myself. I decided to invest in coaching to see how this could contribute to my life.
I took a coaching course and saw that it was exactly what I had been looking for for a long time, and I finally realized that it was NOT me… It was NOT me at all! The information I had previously learned did NOT work for most people. I saw the radical change in my life, in my relationships, family, work, and all the benefits that I had yet to discover.
So I thought, if this had worked for me, it could also work for other women who feel the way I did. That's when I decided to invest in training and preparing myself to become a Life Coach. I made a commitment to myself and said, "Hey, you have to show other women the benefits you've gained from this!"
That's why today I want to share something very valuable with you, in case you still feel like you're stuck in your personal or professional growth despite your efforts, despite investing a fortune, it's very likely that it's not your fault either! Allow me to help you.
