Testimonial
💗Everyone of us has a personal life story. This story conditions us and shapes us. It is marked by beautiful and painful experiences as well. What do they have to do with my vision and my mission? Well, they make us who we are today! However, only those who realize that life is happening for them and not to them, will actually overcome the vicious circle of auto-sabotage and become the person they were meant to be.
💗Here is a powerful testimony of Juliane (39), a wife and mother of two young children, who decided to step out of the vicious circle of self-destruction. She decided to step up and share this with world. She says, “I am not afraid anymore what people might say or think. I now know who I am!”
"I grew up as the youngest of 3 girls in a Christian home. My father is a pastor and my mother is a housewife. I spent my childhood on a farm. I had a lot of room to play and yet I felt like a prisoner.
I was trapped in the fear of doing something wrong, being ill, etc. I experienced a lot of rejection from an early age. As a pastor's child in a small society, one is expected to make no mistakes and behave impeccably at all times. And I tried to meet these demands and expectations. I had to be perfect in my eyes. As a teenager, I was quite chubby and short, for which I was often teased and I was ashamed of it. I couldn't accept myself and started comparing myself....
... I was so ashamed of my looks and didn't realize how beautiful and unique God has made me. Sentences like, “You were so pretty when you were a small child” were also a confirmation for me that I wasn’t pretty anymore. When I got into adolescence, I started looking for approval. I was looking for recognition in the wrong way. It was very important to me that boys and men found my body attractive. This mindset held me captive for a long time and also disturbed my behavior. My way of dressing was a cry for attention.
When I was a teenager, around 19, I was told that I was now an older spinster and that I would never find a husband. I found myself so worthless, unlovable and ugly. During this time I tried to fill the inner emptiness with novels.....but even these books could not give me satisfaction and happiness....I was about to throw my life away as it was worthless anyways- at least that's what I thought.
Then, there was this fear creeping in that I might have cancer. Every little pain in the body worried me. My thoughts constantly revolved around this topic. For about 20 years, this fear ruled my life. I was afraid I would die without having experienced anything.
I was stuck in my fear: Fear of trusting God, …and fear of getting sick, especially cancer. I was told you are genetically predisposed to get cancer because your mother has cancer. And you look like your mother. I tried to block out all these thoughts, but it wasn´t possible. Anxiety ruled me and drove me into darkness. I could no longer see the light in my life. Everything was dark. I couldn't be happy, couldn't laugh, I just existed.
I was so angry and nervous with my children all the time. I must have scared them. Interestingly, I was able to hide my fear from the outside. No one, not even my husband, knew what was going on inside me. I had put on an inscrutable mask.
At the beginning of this year (2023) I just couldn't take it anymore. I said to my husband, I'm going to the doctor now, I'll do tests and if they all turn out fine, then I'll seek help elsewhere. My husband gave me a lot of support and encouraged me.
Searching for help I finally found what I was looking for. Lynette Funk's testimony really appealed to me because I could identify with it. Through her coaching program “Detox your Mind” I learned to analyze my fear and how to deal with it and to practice specific steps on how to overcome it. She showed me, through the program, how much power my thoughts have over me. So I was able to learn to trust God and people again.
Now I had a desire to take further steps in my life. So I decided to take part in another 2-month coaching program "Vision is Mission". I was able to define the vision and mission for my life and worked on how to live it step by step.
I have been so blessed by this. It has changed my life and my attitude towards life so much. My thinking about God has changed completely. He loves me, even with my mistakes and failures, my struggles. He rejoices with me in my victories. He called me by my name, yes me, to be his witness and I want to live that consciously from now on.
Through the coaching program I also learned to trust myself. Now I can laugh, even with my children, and I can enjoy life.
My deepest gratitude goes to my Heavenly Father, my Redeemer and Savior. I also thank Lynette. She listened to me patiently... and kept encouraging me, cheering me on and also challenging me to think, analyze and make confident decisions for myself.
In summary, through this coaching program I have become more confident, I´ve realized my worth and I have learned to trust God. And now I know how to deal with my fear. The past no longer determines my life.”
♥If you want to get out of your "vicious circle of auto-sabotage” such a coaching process might be something for you.
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