The Root of it All
Have you ever found yourself “doing the work”— growing, serving, showing up — and still waking up with the quiet sense…I’m not okay?
That was me, just over a year ago.
I had moved from the quiet healing valley of Mānoa to a hip urban high rise near downtown Honolulu.
It was the right move AND it rattled my nervous system. Everything was louder. Faster. More exposed.
At the same time, I was growing my business — anchored in a new level of truth. Letting go of what no longer fit. Turning toward a more sustainable version of leadership.
It was disorienting and expansive at once.
Behind the scenes?
I was leaning into support more deeply than ever before.
Like back in the day — when I played softball and dreamed of earning a scholarship. I didn’t grow into that possibility alone.
I had a hitting coach, a defensive coach, a running coach, a mindset coach — each one helping refine a different part of my game. That’s what made me excellent.
It wasn’t indulgent. It was how we trained.
And now, decades later, I’m still in training.
I’ve worked with a metabolic coach to become seizure-free without medication.
A business coach to reshape how I serve.
A money coach to rewire my relationship with value and worth.
Mentors in nervous system health, enrollment, and self-leadership.
My life is a product of coaching.
Not because I need to be fixed — but because I am not going alone.
Recently, an executive client came to a threshold of her own.
She was ready to leave her marriage. She had her words drafted.
Instead of charging ahead, we paused. We worked on it. Slowly. Gently. Over time.
Not to erase her truth — but to help her lead with clarity instead of blame.
She committed to reading it daily.
And when she shared it…
It didn’t explode their marriage — it opened a new conversation.
Not perfect. Not fixed. But different. Honest. Awake.
He began showing up.
She began to relax — just a little.
Not because someone saved her. But because she showed up for herself.
That’s what this work is.
It’s not about fixing people.
It’s about creating the conditions for truth to take root.
Here’s what I’ve learned:
Support isn’t a sign that you’re broken.
It’s how we grow strong enough to tell the truth without collapsing.
It’s how we return — again and again — to the root of what matters most.
And coaching?
It’s not a magic pill.
It’s a garden.
It’s not always easy.
But it’s deeply fulfilling.
If this landed for you, here are a few journal prompts you might choose to sit with:
What’s one pattern in your life that’s unwanted and yet persists?
What’s one conversation you need to have that you’re avoiding?
If you're wondering what’s next or what’s true, I have opened three spots this summer month for those kinds of conversations — slowed down, confidential, real.
No pressure. Just an open door — send an email to aloha@terraann.com
“The leaders we need are already here. They are us. They are you.” – Meg Wheatley
Support isn’t indulgent. It’s foundational.
And you’re allowed to grow.
