Meant for More

Introduction

This is the part of the book you read while standing in the book aisle, shopping books by their covers, catchy titles and reading the first page or two- deciding whether the author has a message you want to hear. Arguably, it’s the toughest section for an author to write. So, I’ll cut to the chase for you with who I am and who I wrote this book for. Spoiler alert: It’s not for everyone.

Having written most of this book from a local coffee shop while my two girls were in school, it feels appropriate to tell you that I’m a highly caffeinated, always-on-the-go mom of two little girls chasing purpose against a running clock. Amazon Prime is my sidekick and leftover, cold pizza makes my heart sing just as much as a 90’s or 00’s country anthem popping up on the radio. I’ve lived in Arizona most of my life and I can tell you firsthand that you don’t get used to the heat in the summer. I’m married to the man that I knew was meant for me the moment we met (Okay, okay, I stretched that truth a little. When we first met, I turned to my colleague and whispered, “If he has a younger brother, then I just found my husband.” Turns out there was no younger brother.) I’m the girl that built a massive sales team with her husband but couldn’t find contentment amidst the success. I’m the girl navigating the God-given purpose despite not seeing the entire plan. And I’m the girl whose heart has a burden to reach a certain fraction of women.

Women that are ready for more in their life but don’t necessarily know what that even looks like.

Women who are ready for more but that feel it’s a little too late or isn’t the right season to lean into that big idea.

Women who are ready for more but are convinced they don’t have what it takes.

Maybe one of those last sentences made your stomach sink because you found yourself within one of them. It’s okay if you did, friend. Most of us do.

Seeking purpose and pursuing that big idea can be more elaborate than the calculus equation your professor worked through over the course of an hour and a twenty-foot long whiteboard. The difference, though, is that you and I can’t solve it through an equation. You won’t finish this book with the entire thing mapped out. What you will have, however, is a new perspective on what you’re truly capable of and a tangible way of attaining it step by step. Are you ready to see what you’re made for?