THE POST EXIT AWAKENING
THE THING THEY DON'T TELL YOU
Wasn't exiting supposed to be the dream?
Everyone thinks that exiting is The Dream, Right?
You hit the target.
You're a smashing success.
It's time for celebration...
And yet, something isn't right.
Maybe, at the time, it felt great to sell your company. To move on...
But (big secret but...) now you question if it was even the right decision to begin with.
You fell in love with your work. It was hard, it was a grind, but it made you who you are. It showed you what you were capable of and always knew to be true about yourself.
You hit the target.
You're a smashing success.
It's time for celebration...
And yet, something isn't right.
Maybe, at the time, it felt great to sell your company. To move on...
But (big secret but...) now you question if it was even the right decision to begin with.
You fell in love with your work.
It was hard, it was a grind,
but it made you who you are.
It showed you what you were capable of and always knew to be true about yourself.
LIFE AFTER EXIT
And then one day… there was nothing. Crickets.
Like a light switch turned off and you’re all alone in the dark.
The celebrations are over.
You no longer go to the office. There isn't anything to do.
And you’re left going,
"Now what?"
It’s a shock to the system.
(To say the least.)
The thing you thought would be the best thing for you ever…turns out maybe it isn’t.
Or, at least right now,
it doesn’t feel like it is.
And the thought of finding the next mountain to climb, feels beyond daunting when you
don’t even know where that damn mountain is to begin with.
You can’t just climb or sell or raise or buy (or shop) your way out of this.
You can’t just “wait it out” either…
(Which is a popular, unsatisfying suggestion…)
THIS MOMENT IN TIME IS ABOUT DESTINY.
You can’t just climb or sell or raise or buy (or shop) your way out of this.
You can’t just “wait it out” either…
(Which is a popular, unsatisfying suggestion…)
THIS MOMENT IN TIME IS ABOUT DESTINY.
I have news…that maybe no one else is going to tell you:
Being a brilliant post-exit founder,
it’s not about knowing you can do this.
It’s not about being capable or smart enough or that you cannot achieve anything you set your mind to.
It’s about finding out what you’re truly here for.
And be willing to dig deep enough beyond surface level answers and assumptions about what that is or could be.
About going beyond what is expected or typical or the common path...(something you're already familiar with...)
To find your own answers, beyond what is just seen or common as next steps or solutions on the road to success, or to answer the question "what's next?"
Because you will not find the satisfying solutions you are looking for with more assumptions based on the fading facade of achievement.
(If that was the case, you'd already have it done. Like yesterday.)
You may think purpose is something that can be solved in the mind…
And that’s what I thought, too.
I thought I could just “figure it out” by taking courses, chasing the most important ideas in the world, going to conferences, talking to people, studying work that “makes an impact,” that “matters,” that rethinks and rebuilds the systems we live in.
And while some of that might be important, it’s really just the surface.
It's really just what the mind thinks when it's grasping, coming up for answers.
But it's not the truth, essence, or core of what will make you truly alive.
Now I didn't start here,
BUT what I discovered DOWN A LONG AND WINDY ROAD and have found the truth of...
TO FIGURE OUT YOUR PURPOSE TAKES SOUL WORK.
It isn’t outer work, it’s inner.
And in fact, it’s really more subterranean than just “within.” It’s the underworld. It’s below consciousness.
Below what is even known.
Now I didn't start here, but WHAT I DISCOVERED down a long and windy road and have found the truth of...
I thought I could just
“figure it out” by taking courses, chasing the most important ideas in the world, going to conferences, talking to people, studying work that “makes an impact,” that “matters,” that rethinks and rebuilds the systems we live in.
Why Soul Work?
THE FOUR LEVELS OF TRANSFORMATION
Purpose is the realm of the soul. And soul solutions are solved at the level of the soul—
You see there are four levels of transformation.
There is the mind (which you already know).
There is the heart (which is the world of emotions).
There is the body (which is where somatic work comes into play).
And then there is meaning (which is the realm of soul).
This level involves looking for answers that are at the core of who you are, beyond who you think you are, and about tapping into something much greater than your own awareness for the wisdom and truth of who you are and came here to become and be.
When you have all four of these, magic opens up.
Most solutions only focus on one...and then leave you feeling like you're missing something, or worse, that there is something wrong with you, when in reality, you've just only got one part of the equation, and there are all four parts that you need.
That's why just talking to a therapist, or a traditional or executive coach, or even just a friend or mentor may not be providing you the guidance or the level or depth of the answers, solutions, ideas, guidance, clarity, inspiration, or direction you truly seek.
They may very well be a part of the equation, but they often are just one part, instead of the complete solution you need to answer the level of question you are looking to find the answer for.
What happens when you only have one part of the solution or try to solve a
soul solution with a mental answer?
you CHASE your tail.
Things don’t work.
You keep trying to “figure it out.”
The way you always do and have done.
And yet... you still don't get the answer you're looking for.
Or one that lasts or is actually satisfying.
The question here isn’t your brilliance.
This isn’t about doing.
Or thinking. Or figuring.
Or accomplishment.
This is a question of being.
A question—and process—that is beyond thinking.
Beyond the mind.
Beyond what’s been “done” before.
The mind gets to come along for the ride.
We don’t throw it out the window and say “bon voyage.”
It’s an important part of the ride, but it’s not the one
who’s driving.
The soul is.
Because what you think
or have thought matters
has gotten you to where
you are now,
which on some level,
is coming up short,
and not working, satisfying, or helping with what you’re looking for.
THIS IS THE BIG SECRET
THAT’S MISSING.
Because the answers of what you thought mattered
aren’t actually working for you...
And so you're on a precipice of confronting everything you thought you knew to be true...
Plus you're in the unique post-exit season, that few talk, know about, or are equipped to truly
help you through.
The good news?
This is an opportunity.
An awakening.
A chance to breakdown
to breakthrough.
To challenge the assumptions about what you thought
you knew.
That there is a way forward,
and this is, in maybe not what way you think, figureuoutable.
Because even if you study the systems...
Because you're not dealing with and repeating the things that are stuck from your previous experiences that you haven’t processed yet...
That are stuck in your nervous, somatic, and energetic systems.
Which leaves you chasing after the same things that leave you dissatisfied, feeling empty, lost, stuck, like you’re alone, and questioning things now.
Even if you create
the technology...
Unless you dismantle your ideas about what you
think matters...
Who you think you have to be to be successful or loved
(or to matter)...
Or you question why wealth or success matters to you in the first place…
And why they aren't bringing you satisfaction to begin with...
You may still end up creating the very things you’re fighting against...
Or replicating the same problems and patterns...
Or end up in the exact same place you are now.
Why Soul Work?
THE FOUR LEVELS OF TRANSFORMATION
Purpose is the realm of the soul. And soul solutions are solved at the level of the soul—
You see there are four levels of transformation.
There is the mind (which you already know).
There is the heart (which is the world of emotions).
There is the body (which is where somatic work comes into play).
And then there is meaning (which is the realm of soul).
This level involves looking for answers that are at the core of who you are, beyond who you think you are, and about tapping into something much greater than your own awareness for the wisdom and truth of who you are and came here to become and be.
When you have all four of these, magic opens up.
Most solutions only focus on one...and then leave you feeling like you're missing something, or worse, that there is something wrong with you, when in reality, you've just only got one part of the equation, and there are all four parts that you need.
That's why just talking to a therapist, or a traditional or executive coach, or even just a friend or mentor may not be providing you the guidance or the level or depth of the answers, solutions, ideas, guidance, clarity, inspiration, or direction you truly seek.
They may very well be a part of the equation, but they often are just one part, instead of the complete solution you need to answer the level of question you are looking to find the answer for.
Even if you create the technology...
Unless you dismantle your ideas about what you think matters...
who you think you have to be to be successful or loved (or to matter)...
or you question why wealth or success matters to you in the first place…
and why they aren't bringing you satisfaction to begin with...
You may still end up creating the very things you’re fighting against...
Or replicating the same problems and patterns...
you CHASE your tail.
Things don’t work. You keep trying to “figure it out.”
The way you always do and have done.
And yet... you still don't get the answer you're looking for.
Or one that lasts or is actually satisfying.
What happens when you only have one part of the solution or try to solve a soul solution with a mental answer?
The question here isn’t your brilliance.
This isn’t about doing. Or thinking. Or figuring. Or accomplishment.
This is a question of being.
A question—and process—that is beyond thinking. Beyond the mind.
Beyond what’s been “done” before.
The mind gets to come along for the ride.
We don’t throw it out the window and say “bon voyage.”
It’s an important part of the ride, but it’s not the one who’s driving. The soul is.
Because what you think or have thought matters has gotten you to where you are now, which on some level, is coming up short, and not working or satisfying or helping with what you’re looking for.
Because the answers of what you thought mattered
aren’t actually working for you...
And so you're on a precipice of confronting everything you thought you knew to be true...
Plus you're in the unique post-exit season, that few talk, know about, or are equipped to truly help you through.
The good news? This is an opportunity.
An awakening. A chance to breakdown to breakthrough.
To challenge the assumptions about what you thought you knew.
That there is a way forward, and this is,
in maybe not what way you think, figureuoutable.
The breakdown to breakthrough, the metamorphosis of the moment you're in is required to get to where you want to go.
It can be both a let down to realize the things we thought we knew we always wanted aren't actually the things we want or need at all.
That the season of celebration doesn't continue forever.
That things don't continue to just go up.
But it can also be a breath of fresh air and freedom to realize
there is something else there.
THIS IS THE BIG SECRET THAT’S MISSING.
Because even if you study the systems...
Because you're not dealing with and repeating the things that are stuck from your previous experiences that you haven’t processed yet...
That are stuck in your nervous, somatic, and energetic systems.
Which leaves you chasing after the same things that leave you dissatisfied, feeling empty, lost, stuck, like you’re alone, and questioning things now.
Or end up in the exact same place you are now.
This is the crux of the post exit awakening.
A confrontation of everything you thought you knew to be true... that's lurking under the surface to be dealt with. That is causing you to be and feel so stuck and lost now.
When you realize that all of the things you thought mattered, that you fought for, that you sweat blood and tears for, and then you come to realize…maybe weren’t what you thought in the first place.
Or is it now just more money to manage and figure out not how to spend it all at once?
To now “make sure it grows?”
Don’t get me wrong, there are a lot of upsides.
But the challenge for most post-exit founders is that the upsides they thought were there...
The questions they are facing now...
The things they truly want...
Are the things money doesn’t solve for...
And the very things they have to face down the darkness of what's now and "what's next?"
Sure… it may have brought you success and wealth…
And that’s great.
But what does that even mean?
Is "success" what you thought it would be?
In reality is it doing the things for you you thought it would?
Are you how you thought you’d be?
Are you happy like you imagined you’d be?
Is wealth what you always wanted?
And often it feels like you have to face all of this on your own...
Because while it may appear to be one of the most privileged positions in the world, it isn't without it's unique burdens, challenges, and disappointments of things not living up to how you thought they'd be in your dreams.
And it can be difficult to feel like you have no one else to walk the path with,
To understand,
To not look up to you for all the answers,
But to give you the space to actually figure out one of the,
If not the, most important question / aspect of your life.
This is the crux of
the post exit awakening.
A confrontation of everything you thought you knew to be true...
That's lurking under the surface to be dealt with.
That is causing you to be and feel so stuck and lost now.
When you realize that all of the things you thought mattered, that you fought for, that you sweat blood and tears for, and then you come to realize…
Maybe weren’t what you thought in the first place.
Or is it now just more money to manage and figure out not how to spend it all at once?
To now “make sure it grows?”
Don’t get me wrong, there are a lot of upsides.
But the challenge for most post-exit founders is that the upsides they thought were there...
The questions they are facing now...
The things they truly want...
Are the things money doesn’t solve for...
And the very things they have to face down the darkness of what's now and "what's next?"
Sure… it may have brought you success and wealth…
And that’s great.
But what does that even mean?
Is "success" what you thought it would be?
In reality is it doing the things for you you thought it would?
Are you how you thought you’d be?
Are you happy like you imagined you’d be?
Is wealth what you always wanted?
And often it feels like you have to face all of this on your own...
Because while it may appear to be one of the most privileged positions in the world, it isn't without it's unique burdens, challenges, and disappointments of things not living up to how you thought they'd be in your dreams.
And it can be difficult to feel like you have no one else to walk the path with,
To understand,
To not look up to you for all the answers,
But to give you the space to actually figure out
one of the,
If not the, most important question / aspect of your life.
Each revealing a different set of information, providing different clues about what you’re here for, what you love, what lights you up, and how you work best.
The things that will actually satisfy and create soul-level success.
They also provide the tools and alchemical gifts to help you transmute and transform some of the most painful and difficult experiences of your life into gold.
So how do you figure out the dreaded question of… What’s next?
Well you can either attempt to figure it out with the mind.
To blunt-force your way by sheer will of trying ideas, grinding and hustling to build the next “big thing.”
To scour for the idea that will set your soul on fire…
Or, you can take the moment, answer the call, and begin to look within.
One of the tools, besides the four levels of transformation, we can use to do this are your soul maps.
There are maps that can guide you back to your soul, your self, and why you’re here in the first place.
They were already laid out by the time you were born.
These hidden systems are like the lanterns in the dark that light your path along the way.
They provide clues to your next steps, your deepest desires, goals, gifts, and crutches that can hold you back.
They help you see both the good and the bad, and your way to face and conquer it all.
And they help you see and understand yourself at the deepest levels (which can be deeply healing in itself).
They help you access what cannot be seen just on the surface of things, and to work at that fourth spiritual or soul level of transformation and meaning.
They work in layers like blueprints...
It’s not for the one who wants the “surface answers” or the quick fix.
Or the one who wants the answers spoon-fed to them, and isn't willing to work for it.
Who wants to stay with what has happened,
and will tell themselves to just do what they did before because that “worked.”
When you know you are no longer that person,
you know what got you here (where you’re not satisfied to begin with),
will not get you where you truly desire or belong.
While I can walk the path with you, I cannot walk or do it for you.
You have to be willing to dive deep, to shed everything you know—
that is the very reason you are reading this now—
and face the call to go beyond the ideas of success and wealth that you have already known, and to question and discover the truth of what is possible in this world and time we are living in.
I CALL THIS ANUMARA.
Anima = soul, aurum = gold. Anumara = soul gold.
These tools, among many others, light the path and the way within.
So that you have guidance along the way, to light the path,
instead of stumbling around in darkness.
I won’t sugar coat this: it’s not for the faint of heart.
To life a life full of aliveness and depth.
Are you ready to meet your lanterns?
Are you ready to answer the call?
If so, let's talk.
Fill out the quick form below and let’s get in touch and discover what those lanterns hold and the path they light for you as we explore the greatest territory there is—
the mystery of the soul, whose jewels all lie within.
To find true satisfaction, purpose, and meaning.
Each revealing a different set of information, providing different clues about what you’re here for, what you love, what lights you up, and how you work best.
The things that will actually satisfy and create soul-level success.
They also provide the tools and alchemical gifts to help you transmute and transform some of the most painful and difficult experiences of your life into gold.
So how do you figure out the dreaded question of… What’s next?
Well you can either attempt to figure it out with the mind.
To blunt-force your way by sheer will of trying ideas, grinding and hustling to build the next “big thing.”
To scour for the idea that will set your soul on fire…
Or, you can take the moment, answer the call, and begin to look within.
One of the tools,
besides the four levels
of transformation,
we can use to do
this are your
soul maps.
There are maps that can guide you back to your soul, your self, and why you’re here in the first place.
They were already laid out by the time you were born.
These hidden systems are like the lanterns in the dark that light your path along the way.
They provide clues to your next steps, your deepest desires, goals, gifts, and crutches that can hold you back.
They help you see both the good and the bad, and your way to face and conquer it all.
And they help you see and understand yourself at the deepest levels (which can be deeply healing in itself).
They help you access what cannot be seen just on the surface of things, and to work at that fourth spiritual or soul level of transformation
and meaning.
They work in layers
like blueprints...
It’s not for the one who wants the “surface answers” or the quick fix.
Or the one who wants the answers spoon-fed to them, and isn't willing to work for it.
Who wants to stay with what has happened, and will tell themselves to just do what they did before because
that “worked.”
When you know you are no longer that person,
You know what got you here (where you’re not satisfied to begin with),
Will not get you where you truly desire or belong.
While I can walk the path
with you, I cannot walk or do it for you.
You have to be willing to dive deep, to shed everything
you know—
That is the very reason you are reading this now—
And face the call to go beyond the ideas of success and wealth that you have already known,
And to question and discover the truth of what is possible in this world and time we are living in.
I CALL THIS ANUMARA.
Anima = soul; aurum = gold.
Anumara = soul gold.
These tools, among many others,
light the path and the way within.
So that you have guidance
along the way, to light the path,
instead of stumbling around
in darkness.
I won’t sugar coat this: it’s not for the
faint of heart.
To life a life full of aliveness and depth.
Are you ready to meet
your lanterns?
Are you ready to answer
the call?
If so, let's talk.
Fill out the quick form below and let’s get in touch and discover what those lanterns hold and the path they light for you as we explore the greatest territory there is—
the mystery of the soul, whose jewels all lie within.
To find true satisfaction, purpose, and meaning.
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