You Belong!

🌻 You Belong: The Freedom of Being Fully Yourself

When I was a kid, I never quite fit in.

I was the youngest in the family. The odd one. The dreamer. I didn’t marry my first boyfriend. I didn’t get a "safe" job. I didn’t follow the script.

Instead, I moved to Africa with my MBA and a sense of adventure. I chose not to marry. I adopted children as a single white woman. I lived on three continents and built a choir full of people who couldn’t always carry a tune — at first.

I’ve always done things differently. And that difference? It’s been my greatest freedom.

But it wasn’t always easy.

Growing up, I didn’t feel fully accepted by my dad. I internalized the message that I wasn’t quite enough — too sensitive, too rebellious, too me. That belief lingered. Until life, and especially parenting, cracked me open.

Now, I’m a coach, a singer, and a mother to two amazing kids who came to me through adoption, each with their own unique wiring, struggles, and superpowers. They don’t fit into easy boxes either — and thank God for that. They've taught me the most profound lesson of all:

People are not problems to be solved — they’re mysteries to be loved.

And that includes you.

We’ve Been Tricked

So many of us are chasing a version of ourselves that was never real to begin with. We contort to fit standards that leave no space for our soul. We silence our truth to belong — and in the process, we lose the very thing that made us lovable in the first place.

But guess what?

A choir only sounds beautiful because we’re not all sopranos.

Sunflowers aren’t better than dandelions — they just bloom differently.

There’s room for all of us. Even — especially — the black sheep.

From Fitting In to Belonging

Belonging isn't about fitting in. It’s about being seen.

It’s about standing in your full self — your joy, your flaws, your weirdness, your wisdom — and saying, “Here I am.”

That’s not always comfortable. Being different takes guts. But the cost of pretending is far higher than the risk of being real.

And here's what I’ve learned through my work as a DreamBuilder coach:

The key to belonging is building a life that aligns with your soul — not just your circumstances.

It starts with a vision. A vision of the life you would love to live.
Then you begin the sacred work of bridging the gap between the life you have… and the life that’s calling you.

Not by hustling harder. But by changing your perception.
By healing your self-image.
By practicing forgiveness — for yourself and others.
By aligning with your inner voice, not the critic in your head.
And by surrounding yourself with support, so you don’t have to walk this path alone.

This is not self-improvement.
It’s radical self-acceptance.

It’s honoring the truth that you’re not broken — you’re becoming.
And not just becoming more of who you “should” be, but more of who you really are.

What If We’re Already Enough?

In The Telepathy Tapes, a filmmaker discovered that children with autism — long seen as “less than” — might actually be on the edge of what human evolution looks like.

That stopped me in my tracks.

What if the ones we call broken are actually leading the way?

What if our quirks, our differences, our sensitivities aren’t something to fix — but features of a more compassionate, awakened human future?

As Desmond Tutu said so beautifully:

“Human beings are fragile beings. We find joy because of it, not despite of it.”

Yes. Fragility is what lets the light in.

You Belong. Just As You Are.

Let’s stop asking, “What’s wrong with me?”
Let’s start asking, “What’s true about me?”

Because once you know who you are — once you belong to yourself — everything changes.

You stop shrinking.
You stop chasing.

You start creating — from the inside out.

Ready to Come Home to Yourself?

If this resonated, and you’re ready to stop performing and start becoming, I’d love to support you.

Through one-on-one coaching using the DreamBuilder framework, we’ll clarify your vision, shift your mindset, and help you reclaim your power. You don’t have to walk this path alone. You don’t have to be anyone but yourself.

And you are stronger than you think,
Smarter than you know,
And more capable than you’ve ever dared to believe.

Let’s build the life — and the you — that’s been waiting all along.

👉 Book a free clarity session with me here.
👉 Learn more about my coaching programs.

You don’t need to become someone else to belong.
You belong — because you’re you.

xox

Marion