Drake Posted a Pic with Me 😳

A week ago I woke up to this:

I share a lot but I don’t share everything. I have many celebrity clients including Drake who I’ve been stretching for years, but I don’t share too much about them because their private lives are their private lives!

So when Drake posted a pic on IG after I finished stretching him, obviously I freaked out - I mean, he's arguably one of the most famous rappers/artists in modern times and he happens to be from my hometown! (and we were born in the same year!) 

I was inundated with dm’s and text messages and I literally had to shut my phone off because I couldn’t process it. 

He graciously took a photo with me and then tagged and posted it with a kind message alongside it. 

Insert freakout moment here: 

🤯🥰🤯😃🤩😲🤯🥰

I am so grateful beyond words.

This is so valuable to me and my team because it highlights all the hard work we’ve put into building a program, system and business that would help to heal the world, one stretch at a time, but most importantly, change lives for the better. It validates all the blood sweat and tears it takes to build a woman-owned, women-run, minority owned, POC-powered organization. 

Why I didn’t know what to do with myself

I sometimes get what many call “Imposter Syndrome”:

Imposter syndrome, also called perceived fraudulence, involves feelings of self-doubt and personal incompetence that persist despite your education, experience, and accomplishments. To counter these feelings, you might end up working harder and holding yourself to ever higher standards. [Source]

Here’s the thing:

As I stated above, I have been stretching Drake and many other athletes and celebrities for years! But only my team knows the extent, because for some strange reason, I feel that sharing this is like a breach of trust to my clients. 

So When he offered to show me, my skill set, and my little business support in any way he could, I was floored.

My team is constantly on my ass, trying to get me to share more, tag my big name clients in posts more and make a bigger deal. As I write this, I sit with something they said to me yesterday:

“You need to stop dimming your own light when it’s ready to shine on you!”

As a woman of colour, I find myself wavering between my ambition and my responsibilities.

 I worked really hard to get here and as much as I know that, there is still a part of me that doesn’t believe I deserve to be here. I even catch myself referring to my business as “little” when as much as my business is small, it is definitely not little. 

So what am I doing about it?

1. I’m sharing this with you, to keep myself accountable.
2. I’m working with a therapist.
3. I surround myself with amazing people who genuinely care about me and build me up authentically.  

Do you ever second guess your success?

What do you do to overcome it?

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Can't wait to hear from you!

Sarah

www.sarahmariano.com