Joie Porter
Wellness Coach
I am a certified Life and Health Coach from the Health Coach Institute. I am also a certified Mindset Trainer through CIJ Clarity Catalyst based on a Stanford University program.
I struggled severely with my self-confidence for many years. My relationships, intimate or not, suffered for it. I was NOT a nice person; therefore, I drew people into my circle that were on my same frequency and then wondered why they treated me the way they did.
As I got older, I slowly started to realize that I was the problem, not my friends. I had a bad attitude and I needed to change it. But how?! Where do I start?! It was a very challenging process as I first needed to evaluate the relationships that I created, and the people in my circle that had no intention of growing with me. That wasn’t the hard part though. The hardest part was looking at myself in the mirror and convincing myself that I deserve better, I am worthy of better, and that I love myself and all my flaws. This meant sleepless nights while confronting old ghosts, it meant picking myself up off my bathroom floor after crying for hours, it meant talking to my doctor, and starting a new journey to heal so I could become whole for what felt like the first time in my life.
When I finally decided it was time, my healing journey began with a book. One small, short, yellow, self-help book called “You Are a Badass” by Jen Sincero. This is where my process of picking up the pieces that I left on my bathroom floor started. I became “addicted” to the images I had in my head of my future self. That person is SO happy. She is SO loved, and SO admired. She is successful. I WANT TO BE HER!!
And voila… Here I am! I am constantly trying to be better than the person I was yesterday. I am constantly growing and loving myself every moment through it. I get to travel whenever I want to, I have AMAZING friends in my circle now, and I have built a trusting relationship with my family that is sustainable.