Powerful Beyond Measure LLC was born from perhaps my most favorite quote that I first learned of from the movie, Akeelah and the Bee. It goes like this…

“OUR DEEPEST FEAR IS NOT THAT WE ARE INADEQUATE. OUR DEEPEST FEAR IS THAT WE ARE POWERFUL BEYOND MEASURE. IT IS OUR LIGHT, NOT OUR DARKNESS THAT MOST FRIGHTENS US. WE ASK OURSELVES, WHO AM I TO BE BRILLIANT, GORGEOUS, TALENTED, AND FABULOUS? ACTUALLY, WHO ARE YOU NOT TO BE?

YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD. YOUR PLAYING SMALL DOES NOT SERVE THE WORLD. THERE IS NOTHING ENLIGHTENED ABOUT SHRINKING SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE WILL NOT FEEL INSECURE e AROUND YOU. WE ARE ALL MEANT TO SHINE, AS CHILDREN DO WE WERE BORN TO MAKE MANIFEST THE GLORY OF GOD THAT IS WITHIN US. IT IS NOT JUST IN SOME OF US; IT IS IN EVERYONE AND AS WE LET OUR OWN LIGHT SHINE, WE UNCONSCIOUSLY GIVE OTHERS PERMISSION TO DO THE SAME. AS WE ARE LIBERATED FROM OUR OWN FEAR, OUR PRESENCE AUTOMATICALLY LIBERATES OTHERS.”

The thing I realized when I experienced my first major life transition was this very notion of allowing our strength, our power to be released as we move through the transition – not afraid of it being in a new light. Each year I would stand sideline and watch student athletes drop to their knees after the final whistle, tears to turf for the next 20 minutes. I would be down the hall as they cleaned out their locker for the last time. Each time, I would say to myself “better has to be something other than this”.

Student athletes are vital to the recognition and funding of a college or university. This is simply the truth in today’s world. Athletes get pampered and cared for out of this system, but often to their detriment years later. It is clear that many of the foundational pieces of college come down to the ability to fail with a safety net, at least for the NARPs on campus. Athletes are held to a different level of standards. Ones that say perfection itself is not even enough.

How does this translate to life after sport? Truth be told – it does not. That is why I am here. I am your big sis through life after sport and beyond. I exist in this space solely to give you the tools you need got so that you can live a life greater than what you have imagined.

Follow along and see just how far we can go as you become the person the world needs and you love!

I cannot wait to cheer you on!

– Abby Pomerleau