The Worst Time in My Life Is the Best Thing That Happened to Me

<h1>There’s vulnerability, and then there’s taking your skin off in public</h1> Vulnerability is a buzzword in business, and especially in coaching, because vulnerability is what we increasingly demand in our leaders. It’s the way we show courage, the way we forge connections with each other, the way we break down walls and grow. Starting small and saying “I don’t know the answer” is a good easy first step, and where many people feel that they can leave it. But if you call yourself a coach, which I do, then I think you have to go further than that. So here is the bravest thing I have ever written. It’s about how the lowest point of my life became the best thing that ever happened to me. About eighteen months ago, I couldn’t get out of bed. That’s not a turn of phrase, it’s a literal statement. I remember all too clearly the morning where I thought, I can’t make myself get up. I just can’t do it. This is not a post about how to treat depression, and any way I would not pretend to have the answer as far as that goes. This is a post about the lessons that I learned that are coincidentally what having a coach can do for you: the liberation that comes with having the courage to be vulnerable, the power of coming up with your own answers, and how the world transforms when you reframe your reality. <a href="https://medium.com/curious/stronger-than-the-stigma-of-depression-the-worst-time-in-my-life-became-the-best-thing-that-50d111521d55">Click Here</a>