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The Power of Breakthrough – Becoming Who You’re Meant to Be

  • Jan 8
  • 4 min read

As an Empress, an Entrepreneur, and A Master Leader in the work of Transformation, Paula guarantees a new idea leading to a new game. New game = New results!

Executive Contributor Paula Margulis

So far, you’ve debriefed and declared. Last month, you became present to Your Gap, and were invited to sit with yourself, to truly acknowledge the new awareness you uncovered by courageously taking yourself on and digging into your reality as you know it.


Butterfly chrysalises hang in various stages of development, with one emerging monarch butterfly. Soft focus, warm background.

Ideally, you took everything you discovered and laid it out in front of you, using that data in your favor by creating declarations that empower you to close your gap. If you did, I celebrate you.


Here we are, more than halfway through your journey of self-awareness, realization, and actualization. How are you making out so far? Take a moment to reflect on how far you’ve already come.


Your first stop was discovering the importance of 'you'. Then, we dove headfirst into the abyss, you, exactly as you were at that moment in time. From there, you explored awareness around how you interpret yourself, your space, and your past, present, and future.


"What a journey!"


Next, we looked ahead at your vision, how you’d like life to be. One of my favorite stops along the way. From there, you noticed and acknowledged Your Gap: the space between who you are today and who you want to be. If you have one, how big it is, and what’s living inside it. Then came the deep dive, followed by last month’s reflection and assessment.


And here we are, the 8th stop on your self-adventure.


Today, we’ll harness a little interruptive energy. A little breakthrough energy. If that language is new to you, here’s what I mean.


The word breakthrough is defined as a sudden, dramatic, and important discovery or development. In the world of personal growth and transformation, a breakthrough is the moment you move through limitations, obstacles, and hardships, both tangible and intangible.


This precise action of creating breakthroughs in your self-game produces powerful results: alignment, growth, expanded opportunities, peace, serenity, and realized dreams. Breakthroughs are part of the life game. They get to be accessed, invited, engaged, received, and even enjoyed.


Have you ever experienced one? A shift from what was into what can be? Let me share one of mine.


I smoked cigarettes for 28 years. I believed I needed to smoke. I believed I wanted to smoke. I believed I would always smoke. I even believed it was supportive.


Then came a breakthrough, not in behavior, but in perception. I realized: I do not want to be a smoker. I do want to be healthy. My vision is to live a long, vibrant life. I do not want to set myself up for disease. I do not want to be in an obligatory relationship with this thing.


At that moment, I decided to let smoking go. One decision. One clear “by when.” I showed up in integrity with who I am meant to be, healthy, long-living, and powerful in my ways of being. I never smoked again. And yes, it was easy. Now, back to you.


What areas of your life are ready for a breakthrough? What parts of you get to be released so you can become who you’re here to be? What elements of your current reality are ready to shift, from what is to what gets to be, according to your vision?


If you truly engaged in last month’s reflection and assessment, you now have data. And data is gold in the conversation of breakthroughs. Because breakthroughs close your gap.


Letting go of smoking brought me closer to my most authentic, empowered self. It landed me squarely in the heart of who I wanted to be. What might do the same for you?


Did you discover you aren’t as healthy as you’d like to be? That your money game needs attention? That your self-relationship is underdeveloped? That certain relationships are asking to evolve?


Whatever you uncovered about what isn’t working, that is exactly where your next breakthrough lives.


And let me be clear: breakthroughs can be painful. I won’t minimize that. Growth often demands discomfort. "No pain, no gain" exists for a reason.


Becoming who I am today was not easy. The self-game isn’t for the faint of heart. It requires courage, pressure, and intensity.


And it is, hands down, the most rewarding game in town. Next month, we’ll dive directly into 'your' breakthroughs.


In the meantime, if you’re ready to create real breakthroughs, not someday, but now, support can change everything. When you’re done circling the same patterns, reach out. I’d be honored to walk with you.



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Paula Margulis, Master Leader in the work of Transformation

As the CEO of PawlaNation Inc., which was founded in 2018, a Business Marketing graduate and licensed Realtor since 2011, Paula is a seasoned full-time Sales Representative with EXP Realty. She continuously chooses to expand and build her empire, which includes Chief Networking Officer of Total Knockout Referrals, Founder & CEO of PawlaNation Leadership, Foundation & Sanctuary. For the past 12 years, she has been choosing her personal development in a committed and rigorous manner, leading herself to her personal power, potential, authenticity, vulnerability, peace, and serenity, all the way being guided by a powerful vision and mission; to empower humanity with their humanity.

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