Mindvalley Stories
Shiilia Stewart
Speaking & Influence Mastery

"It helped me transform the one thing I never thought would change: the way I show up for myself"

Quick summary

Shiilia showed up for class even after surgery, then flew alone to Amsterdam despite claustrophobia. But her biggest transformation came when she chose to show up for herself instead of shrinking back into old wounds and limiting beliefs.

When I started this class, I was excited — more excited than I had been about anything in a long time. I don’t have a huge educational background, but I have grit, and I was determined to show up. And I did. I showed up after surgery. I showed up sick. I showed up lying in bed with my laptop propped on pillows. I never missed, because something in me needed to be here.

What I didn’t expect was how deeply this class would change me.

Mindvalley taught me to show up for myself, not just for a class. During this program, I did things I never believed I could do. I got over my claustrophobia and flew all the way to Amsterdam — alone — just to attend the live event for my Mastery class. Then I continued to travel by myself for almost two months, doing things I didn’t even know I was brave enough to do.

But my biggest transformation didn’t come from the travel or the accomplishments. It came in a moment I almost quit.

I had a painful “hindsight moment” — a situation that triggered old wounds and old beliefs. It convinced me, for a second, that maybe I wasn’t good enough. That maybe I should hide. That maybe the old story I grew up with was still true.

But in the middle of that moment, something shifted.

I realized I was still suffering in silence. I was still shrinking. I was still letting my past dictate my future.

And that’s when everything changed.

Instead of quitting, I showed up. For myself. For the first time, I chose courage over my old limitations. I chose truth over the excuses I was raised with.

This class — this community — and the way Eric teaches, helped me see what I couldn’t see before:

✨ I am capable. ✨ I am worthy. ✨ And I am strong enough to create a life I never thought I could have.

Mindvalley didn’t just teach me concepts. It helped me transform the one thing I never thought would change:

The way I show up for myself.

This program didn’t give me a new life — it gave me the belief that I deserve one!


Shiilia Stewart

Author

Sacramento, United States

Lose Weight

Written 21 January 2020 From our original stories site

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