I’m passionate about this work because I spent years going through the motions under the weight of overwhelmed anxiety—living a life that looked perfect from the outside, but denying my true desires and dreams.
Do you have a great life, but still feel that something MAJOR is missing?
I remember walking through my beautiful two-story house — the one with a white picket fence outside — holding a laundry basket in front of one of my children’s rooms and thinking, “Is this all there is?”
I immediately scolded myself for feeling discontented. I had a life partner, beautiful kids, a safe and comfortable home, a good job — what was my problem, and why were the simplest everyday tasks overwhelming me, while grief and guilt consumed me. Constantly wondering would I ever truly feel settled and happy.
A small voice inside me continued to whisper, “There is more.”
I had to keep it all together because I was living my heart’s desire, so I tried to ignore the voice. I should be happy. I should be grateful. I shouldn’t complain. But the whispers kept coming, louder, stronger, more insistent.
Why wasn’t it enough?
I’ll never forget sitting in the doctor’s office when she told me I should start taking Prozac. “What?!!” I thought. I knew instinctively that the LAST thing I needed was to numb out.
What I needed was to tune in!
“No thanks,” I said, and refused the prescription.
Instead of taking Prozac, I decided to go to Paris!
When I was little, I had this dream that I'd waltz through the city of lights! But once I got married and fully committed to raising kids, working in the corporate world, and all other adult life responsibilities, the overwhelm crushed me and my dreams began to disappear.
Bit by bit, I lost pieces of me as I struggled to fit the mold of what I thought I should be.
The simplest tasks were hard to do, yet I kept putting more on my plate. I could not tame my mind. I was sad with many moments of resentment and anger, even when I could find no good reason to be sad, resentful or angry. My life, as it was, emotionally overwhelmed me.
I needed to find some clarity.
I needed to remove myself or I was going to explode.
My answer to this call for clarity was to finally honour my lifelong dream and I made a bold move to start my own solo Eat, Pray, Love journey in Paris.
PUSHING PAST FEARS OF JUDGMENT AND OTHERS’ DISAPPROVAL, I PURCHASED MY PLANE TICKET AND BEGAN A WEEK OF DEEP SELF-REFLECTION.
Separated from the responsibilities that had been my entire existence for more than a decade, I poured my heart out into the pages of a journal.
And, word by word, moment by moment, a path unfolded before me.
Don't get me wrong — Getting out of overwhelm took a lot of work. But my freedom and joy were at stake and I decided there was a choice about the way I wanted to feel.
I went All IN.
It meant healing the whole self and doing the deeper work to shed old beliefs and patterns, and learning to use intuition and trust instead of overwhelm to direct my life. It meant dropping my fears of other people’s judgments. It meant accepting that my marriage was destined to morph out of a romantic love relationship and into a beautiful friendship. It meant leaving my corporate job. It meant creating boundaries from unhealthy relationships. It meant creating fundamental paradigm changes and shifts in my perspective.
It meant breaking free from overwhelm. It meant breaking free from thinking I was ungrateful to feel stuck in a life I didn’t love. You see, I believed, as many people do, that I had to do more and work harder to have more. Um, nope… doing more is avoiding the call of the whisper, “YES! There is more…” Doing more is a symptom of a deeper-rooted problem.
Getting clear about myself has allowed me to serve other women who too deserve to lead calm, thriving lives and ditch the over doing that creates overwhelm!
I see so many women working so hard to live up to everyone else’s expectations, while neglecting their own dreams.
It's time to heal the whole self and live a VIBRANT, HEALTHY, RADIANT life!
Professional Bio
Rebecca Douros is a certified life coach who has studied under the industry’s top leaders, including Mastin Kipp, Kylie Slavik, Jim Fortin, James Wedmore, Mitch Matthews, Todd Herman and Sara Anna Powers.
Rebecca has combined her passion for healing the whole self through mindset mastery, trauma informed emotional regulation and powerful, transformational coaching skills - together these modalities equip women to live their most authentic, empowered lives. She offers private coaching programs, group coaching, weekend intensives, and luxury retreats.
To inquire about Rebecca's coaching, writing, and speaking services, or to hire her for your next workshop, please contact Rebecca here.