Sometimes the Voice You Need Has Been Cheering for You All Along

Before heading to my first speaking event under my new venture, I stumbled on a message from my grandmother that read, “Good luck always.”

It stopped me in my tracks. Those words were exactly what I needed as that familiar self-doubt started to creep in.

Good Luck Always

I was up early last week, suitcase packed and ready to head to the airport.

As I did one last sweep through the house, I started to make my bed. There’s something about that small act of order that helps me feel grounded. (Still working on passing that one along to my teenagers.)

One of my favorite quilts is one my parents gave me for high school graduation. It’s made from T-shirts from my senior year, each square stitched with memories. In the corners, family members wrote their well wishes for the future.

As I picked it up to fold, my eyes landed on a note in my grandmother’s handwriting from 1996.

It simply said, “Good luck always.”

How did she know?

I laughed and teared up all at once because it was exactly what I needed before heading to the airport for my first speaking event under my new venture.

I was excited and fully prepared, but somewhere in the quiet of that early morning, the self-doubt crept in.

I’m proud that I’ve learned to quiet my inner critic over the years, but she still shows up sometimes. Usually during those mundane moments when my brain isn’t fully occupied and decides to replay the one awkward thing I said two days ago that no one else even remembers.

Can anyone else relate?

What’s helped me most is practicing positive self-talk, catching the spiral early, and literally changing the channel.
Because the truth is, we can’t always control what pops up in our mind, but we can control whether we tune in.

It’s one of the mindset shifts I work on with my coaching clients: learning to give yourself the same compassion and confidence you so easily lead with and extend to others.

So when I saw my grandmother’s words, “Good luck always,” it felt like a little nudge from the past to trust myself in the present. A reminder that sometimes, the voice we most need to hear has been cheering for us all along.

If you’re ready to quiet the self-doubt and lead from a place of confidence and compassion, let’s talk. My coaching practice is built on helping leaders tune back into the voice that’s been cheering for them all along.

Book a free clarity call and let’s build something great together.

Image: The message from my grandmother. BSU = Ball State University, my alma mater.