I Am the Light

For decades, I ran.

I carried shame and trauma from my years as an addict on the streets in my 20s. For all of my adult life, an unhealed, unprocessed, people-pleaser version of me was buried under the facade of superwoman.

I raised my children, built businesses, and lived a whole entire life under that facade, while being what I thought people wanted me to be.

Then, in my early 50s, everything imploded. The business blew up. The marriage crumbled. The financial mess I had been creating by over giving and not focusing on myself? I'm still digging out today.

It was the greatest gift I ever received.

Because all of a sudden, I was free.

The next steps were clear, choiceless. I started becoming the version of myself that I was meant to be.

The Truth

These circumstances? I created them.

Through my lack of faith and not owning my power.

Lower frequency thinking and behavior.

I didn't know any better before, but now I do. I began to repair the disconnection from the divine—from god, from the light, from the universe, from SOURCE. Whatever you want to call it.

I had been unaware. Operating as if I were separate and disconnected. Like, power was something outside of me.

And then, gradually and then suddenly—BOOM—I remembered:

I am the light that heals me.
I am the light that leads me.
I am the light.

I am god and god is me. We are connected. Therefore I am capable of anything. Believing anything else is wasting this gift.

This wasn't about healing the past. It was about radical acceptance and responsibility. Owning the results I was getting despite the past. Radical integrity with myself.

The Quantum Leap

When my life imploded, I made a choice that changed everything.

I stopped suffering through circumstances and started transforming them.

I got clear on exactly what I wanted. I made a plan. I worked that plan every single day from a place of deep faith in who I am and what I'm capable of.

Massive action. Deep faith. Self-care.

I removed fear and scarcity from my daily choices, habits, and thinking. I stopped seeing setbacks as failures. I became anti-fragile.

I look forward to all aspects of life now—the unknown, the challenges, the growth.

Still Digging Out - And That's the Point

I'm still digging out of the financial mess. My life isn't perfect. Circumstances are still circumstantial. Some might even say they're difficult.

But I'm not suffering or being tough through them anymore. I'm too busy creating the life I desire NO MATTER WHAT.

Because transformation isn't about everything being perfect. It's about becoming the light that moves through anything.

I live inspired.

The people around me get to witness what's possible when you take radical responsibility for your results and operate from your divine connection rather than from lack, scarcity, and NEED.

I know exactly who I am for the first time in my entire life.

My message to you

Whatever you're carrying— for me it was shame, trauma, financial mess, and relationship wreckage. Whatever those circumstances are that keep proving you're not enough, you have a choice.

Keep grinding. Keep forcing.

Or

Take radical responsibility right now. Radical acceptance. Radical integrity.

Remember your divine connection. You are god and god is you.

You are the light that heals you.
You are the light that leads you.

You are the light.

Get clear on what you want. Make a plan. Work it every single day from deep faith in yourself.

Remove fear and scarcity from your operating system. Become anti-fragile.

No matter what circumstances you're in, you can transform and create the life you desire.

The power was never outside you.

You just forgot.

Now remember and say it out loud, “ I am the light <3”.

Jennifer Maher is the founder of Prosperous Jenn, where she helps burnt-out professionals and entrepreneurs build businesses that support their dream lives rather than consume them. After decades of operating in survival mode and maintaining the superwoman facade, everything imploded in her early 50s—her business, marriage, and finances. That implosion became the greatest gift she ever received, freeing her to build differently. She now teaches entrepreneurs how to create from abundance and possibility rather than fear and scarcity, proving you don't have to choose between freedom and wealth, ease and success, or joy and ambition. Connect with her on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube.