Tonight, I am frustrated.

My mouth hurts, and I feel the brokenness of it. My educational journey has not gone the way I expected. Building a business and a movement while living with pain, disability, and uncertainty is hard. Sometimes, it really sucks.

I am tired — but I will never give up.

There is hope for my teeth. There is hope for my education. There is hope for Empowerment Coaching Global. There is hope for the movement I am building, and there is hope for you.

Hope does not mean pretending that everything is okay. It means recognizing the pain while believing that the current moment is not the end of the story.

Sometimes, moving forward means accomplishing something big. Other times, it means taking one small step while you are tired, hurting, anxious, or afraid. Both kinds of progress matter.

Tonight, my step was using my frustration to create something that might reach another person. If you are lying awake, worried about your health, education, future, or purpose, I want you to know that you are not alone.

You do not have to solve everything tonight. You do not have to know exactly how everything will work out. You only need to recognize that another step is possible.

I am still becoming. I am still building. I am still moving forward.

I pivot. I don't quit.

It's not if — it's how.

Kelli Frederick, M.A. Founder & CEO Empowerment Coaching Global LLC empowermentcoaching.global