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My Teacher Was Holding Space for Me as I was Stepping into my Destiny
Years ago when I was attending sex therapy training in Florida, my teacher would introduce me to everybody as “Dr Lee”. I would be embarrassed because it wasn’t true. I wasn’t qualified yet, and quite some way from being a Dr of anything.
In the academic world we’re in, I thought my teacher should know better than to misrepresent me. Eventually I realised (I think she told me), she kept calling me Dr Lee because she was already holding space for me, supporting me in envisioning my future, and easing me into my destiny.
For that, I will always be grateful.
Parents, are you doing the same for your kids? Spouses, are you calling forth the greatness of your partner? Negative words are seeds to a future you do not want so don’t sabotage yourself.
As a relationship counselor and clinical sexologist, I now hold space for clients to articulate, explore, and grow. I envision them as healthy and happy even when they have no hope for themselves. I envision the best possible outcome for them and I refuse to go down the road of negativity because they and the world already does it for them.
Now if we do this for one another, imagine what kind of world we will live in?
