Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan - What Happens When You GIVE More Than You Ask For with Heather! Episode 134

Episode Date: July 28, 2021

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I'm on this journey with me. Each week when you join me, you're going to chase down our goals. Overcome adversity and set you up for a better tomorrow. That's a no-sweet thing. I'm ready for my close-up. I am so grateful you are back here with me this week. Okay, in case you did not hear my solo episode last week, I want to get you to speed on some crazy events in my life. So I had mentioned

that like many kids, right, my son was on virtual school for basically a year and did not do well. And I'll tell you, I am a visual person, I'm an in person person, I'm an extrovert, I'm the same way, right? I definitely struggle with virtual and do so much better when I'm face-to-face with people. I don't know if you feel that same way, but I'll tell you, it's a huge difference. So after a really hard year of school, my son needed some credits so that he set up for success for next year.

And so he had to go away to academic camp, picture that a 14 year old boy going to academic camp when all he wants to do is play basketball. Doesn't sound ideal. Well, the only one that his school suggested and a proves of is in New Hampshire. PS, I haven't been to New Hampshire since I was 16 years

old. So it's just so crazy. Anyhow, so my son goes to camp and his father was the one that took him to camp because just decided it was better than having me take my son to camp because that would be, you know, a nervous breakdown and crying central, which is fair. So he got dropped off at camp and I got the opportunity to speak to him once a day. He doesn't have a phone there.

It's so crazy, so bizarre. And he's in class all day. And so every morning I can speak to him for 20 minutes and you know he didn't love it. He's living in a tent outside and literally the worst weather ever in New England. It's been the rainiest summer. And so he didn't love it but he was surviving, right? I wouldn't say he's thriving but he was surviving and his grades were really good and again just reiterated to me that some people do really well in person.

Some people can do well in virtual, but it's really important that we identify and acknowledge our own needs and weaknesses as well as our teams and the people around us. So my son is an in-person learner. And so his grades are great. He didn't really love it. He hates living in a tent.

He had never been camping in his life. And suddenly he was thrust into it for a month. Okay. So here's where it got crazy. Last week, I got a phone call at eight o'clock at night that my son was in the emergency room. And they gave me the emergency room phone number. I couldn't get a hold of my son. They didn't have the cell phone number of the person who had taken him to say I went on a downward spiral is an understatement. I went to what worse, you know, case scenario is going on. Anyways, to make a long story shorter, I spoke to the emergency room physician. He was okay, broken arm. Obviously not ideal. He doesn't have a parent or anyone to care for him. He's alone out there living in

a tent and now with a broken arm. And it's literally raining every single day out there. So I finally get someone to get him on a phone call with me that night. For two minutes to tell me he was okay, I was heartbroken, I was just a train wreck, crying my eyes out. I don't think I slept that night at all. Anyhow, so I decided to fly out to see him and check in on him. Well, it was interesting because the next morning that I spoke to him after he had been at the hospital, he was very calm on the phone and sounded pretty good. He said, you know, I don't have my arm cast yet because it was too swollen, but I'm doing okay mom. I want you to stay calm. Everything's going to be okay. I'm going to find a way to make it work. That was his attitude the first day after.

The next day changed drastically. He was in a terrible mood, his arm was killing him, the pain was much worse, and he wanted to come home. And so I was just interesting to see how things could change so drastically in 24 hours. So I tried to talk them off the ledge and reminded him that he was getting his arm cast. And when that happened, he would feel much better. The pain would subside, he'd be able to move around much easier. So he hung in there and the next day he got his arm cast and felt much better. The pain had subsided and he was sounding much better. But still, I was so nervous he was going to want to come home and not finish the academic program to get the credit he needs. Somehow, some way he hung in there and I got on a flight, landed, I went to a hotel because I had

to give a virtual keynote for Los Angeles. I did that and then I got a rental car and I drove from Boston to New Hampshire, Wolfbro, New Hampshire by the way, which I don't even know where that is. Right? So I had no idea where I'm going. It was just, there's no lights out there. It's literally like camping ground. So I get out there and I was, oh my gosh, it was like the happiest moment of my life to see my son knowing that he had been alone, living in this awful wet tent with a broken arm and just not having anyone to hug him.

So I was so overjoyed. I was also shocked at how rustic this place was. It definitely, you know, sometimes you wonder if people are exaggerating or your kids being a baby, my son was not being a baby. So it was everything that I, nothing went as expected, right? The place was much more rustic, much more campground like than I ever thought it was going to be. And my son had eluded to that, but he hadn't made a big deal about it just so he didn't like it. And then I get there, he's got a broken arm and he was so grateful I was there. He was so, his demeanor was amazing. And in a weird twisted way, going through this really awful time of going to the emergency room by himself and not having support and not knowing, you know, what was happening and feeling scared.

He seemed stronger. It was so weird. This is completely unexpected. I never expected this to happen. It kind of takes me back to that idea that you can do hard things. It kind of takes me back to that idea that you can do hard things. And sometimes you don't know until you're thrust in them. And this was really that moment with my son. He looked older, he looked stronger. I'd only not seen him for two weeks. And this broken arm had just, and this experience of being at this, you know, bizarre camp in New Hampshire. It just, it amazed me how it went nothing like I thought it was

going to, but ended up so much better. So I want you to remember that no matter what adversity you're facing right now, challenge or challenge a loved one's facing, in 24 hours things can change massively. For me in 24 hours my son broken arm then was saying he was doing okay. Then was saying he wanted to come home and then was saying, you know what, I've got this and I'd never realized how strong I really am. I can make this happen. So cut to, we had an amazing weekend together. I mean literally, oh, I was crying my eyes out. I was so proud of him. I, I was blown away. And so this was interesting. We had a few challenges with the hotel situation which was crazy because everything in the world is sold out in this vacation area and it was really hard to find a hotel. However we did, we made it work and we had a long ride back to his

camp because the only hotel I could find was 45 minutes away. So we're driving back to the camp and I'm going to say goodbye to him and not see him for two weeks. Mind you, he's at an academic camp living in a tent. It's raiding every day and he has a broken arm. He broke his left arm, which I'm left handed. He's left handed, so he really can't write. He's, it's hard. It's really, it's not easy. The struggle is real.

And gosh, my heart was breaking form. I just wanted to take care of him. Even just at dinner, I had to cut his steak form right. He just he can't do the normal things that we can all do. And we take that for granted our health and oh gosh, we need to be grateful for our health. So we're in the car or we're driving back to camp and I'm starting to tear up already, right? In advance, true mom moment. And I'm getting a little sad because I don't want to give him back. I want to keep him. And I'm just so proud of him. And I'm just, I'm blown away at the transformation I've seen in my child in a two week period of time. It's so bizarre. I can't

even give words to this. It's bizarre. Okay, but I'm super proud of him. We're in the car and he says, mom, I don't want you to get upset. I want you to know everything's going to be okay. I'm super proud of him. We're in the car and he says, Mom, I don't want you to get upset. I want you to know everything's gonna be okay. I'm gonna be fine. You'll be back in two weeks, you know, and I'll be back home and I can't wait. And he was really being very calm, handling it well in the car.

And so I thought, okay, this is, maybe it's not gonna be a train wreck like I, in my mind, I imagine it's gonna be saying goodbye. We get out of the car. And when I tell you he sped up so fast and we walk over to the main building so I can sign him back in. He looked at me, gave me a little hug,

and said, okay, mom, I gotta run, I'll see you in two weeks, have a safe trip back home and I'll see you soon. And he just turned and walked away. And it was so powerful and bold because I was ready to have a nervous breakdown and he knew it. I was ready to start bawling my eyes out crying,

which is terrible. I'm supposed to be the strong one there. I'm 46 years old, he's 14. But in fact, it was my 14 year old that showed up as the leader in that moment. And I never expected him to do that. And it was just mind blowing. I never saw this coming.

I really didn't and that's not to say that I don't value what an amazing kid I have. I know that it's just this went above and beyond what I ever could have thought would have been possible. I mean literally just a few days before he was saying he wanted to come home as arm hurt so bad and he couldn't make it work. And here he was, realizing that I was going to start crying and he didn't want me to lose it. And so he managed the situation.

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to the airport. Don't worry, I'm gonna be okay. I can't wait to see you in two weeks. And he said, I love you. And that was it. And it was just, it was so beautiful. And I was so grateful. And I never saw that coming.

I never thought it was going to turn out like this. And I'm so proud. Cut to now. Today, it's so crazy. I just get an email from school. Dylan was just named, oh my gosh, like a cry saying this. Dylan was just named writer of the week. He won the English award for the whole camp

and to recognize his amazing writing. And what's so crazy to that is, remember, his left arm's broken. I don't even know how he's writing. I don't know how he's doing it, but he won an award at an academic camp after having a whole year of virtual year where he struggled so much. English was never his strong suit. Math has always been his strong suit. So to hear that he showed up young in there with a broken arm, with all these difficulties and challenges, he put the work in somehow and he won the award for the camp. And I just, oh my gosh, well, then I started bawling my eyes out, of course, when I just got that email because I am so proud. But I never saw any of this coming and you can do hard things.

And my son, Sherkan, and he just raised the bar on himself to a whole mother level. And this morning when I spoke to him, I said, please take as many pictures as you can of the camp. And he said, I don't want to. Why would I want to remember this place, Mom? And I said, because one day when you're home, you're gonna have forgotten what it was

that you got yourself through. And I want you to be able to look at an album on your phone and say, if I got through this, if I got through living there in a tent for a month with bugs everywhere, reigning everywhere, falling down in mud with a broken arm. And not only did I make it work, but I won the award for English, I can make anything work.

And so he promised me he would take some pictures, although he said not a lot because he really doesn't want to have to remember this place. But hopefully he takes at least a few so that we can reflect on it and allow this to be an opportunity to gain strength from and to grow stronger, moving forward. Hold tight, I'll be right back. We need a different guest each week. We're going to the church! All of us clearly. Okay, so this week I posted on LinkedIn. I posted a couple of pictures of me and Gary V together.

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How can I add value to him, right? That's how we approach people if we want a good end result. And he calls me and we were on a phone call for maybe an hour, we hit it off, turns out he's from New England and he's just, he's a great guy, right? So we we hit it off, turns out he's from New England and he's a great guy. Right? So we totally hit it off. I gave him an hour of my time and gave him all the advice I had around the wine business. At the end of the call, he says, Heather, if there's ever anything I can do

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