HI! I'M Hillory Dahle!

MY ORIGIN STORY

I’ve been married to my husband, Nate, for almost 19 years now, and we have 5 kids ranging in age from 6 to 17. So, for the majority of my adult life, I’ve been a stay-at-home mom. In 2020, during the height of the pandemic, I kept having what I called a "tapping" feeling—a sense that I wanted to do something more, something in addition to motherhood. After months of sitting with this feeling, it finally crystallized one day while I was sitting with Nate. The feeling became a clear thought, and I blurted out, “I just want you to know I’m going to be a paid, public speaker.” To his credit, he just let the statement be, but in hindsight, I know now that I needed to say it out loud for my spirit to get the message.

So, I started writing down my thoughts, the things I would share if I ever got the chance to present in front of a crowd. I called that message: “How to Deliberately Design Your Life.” I began presenting it in early 2021, and around that same time, as I was discovering more of myself and leaning into my potential, I came across Brian Johnson and his work. I loved his material from the very beginning—the goodness he was putting into the world resonated with me profoundly. So, that spring of 2021, I enrolled in his 300-day coach certification program.

Since then, there have been very few days when I haven’t listened to some form of Brian’s wisdom, as it has helped guide me toward my own goals and my highest version of myself. What I love most about Brian is how exceptional he is at uncovering his own potential. When we watch someone else unlock their potential, it stirs something inside of us to do the same. It awakens a remembrance of our own soul’s summons. James Hollis said, “Most of us, quite simply, live lives too small for us.” I feel that. And I felt the truth of his words following that statement: “Once we know, once we remember, we cannot not know.”

I’ve made it my life’s work to string together words that not only encourage and empower but help awaken myself and those around me to remember our greatness. To remember and recommit to living out what Steven Pressfield calls “the unlived life within us.” I end every newsletter I send with the following statement because it reminds me of what I know: “We were meant for more, and I cannot wait to see who we become.”

I’m convinced that life truly begins when we acknowledge and understand that within each of us is something meant for greatness. Something more to give that would make our lives exponentially more meaningful. And when we take action toward our own greatness, we start to do our part in helping create a world where more and more of us are flourishing—a world where we use our God-given potential to lift and love one another better.