Doors of Opportunity?

My doctor in Boston introduced me to a lady named Tami Green. She, like me, has Borderline Personality Disorder and is recovered. She is now a life coach especially geared towards those with BPD and is traveling all over the country to do presentations and attend different events. In a nutshell? She has my dream job!

Heather's death has sparked such an intense desire in me to use my experience to help others in the same position. I want to help people - I've always wanted to help people - and I want to help others through what I've been through.

Here comes the magical part of this story:
Apparently Tami is overwhelmed with work and wants to expand her business. Uh, HI! That's where I come in!! When she met with my doctor today for a little chat (because he's this big-wig psychiatrist that everyone wants to meet with apparently) and mentioned this to him, he gave her my name and then preceded to email us both. What did he have to say about me?

"Tami - Lauren is a wonderful young woman, whom I had mentioned and who is very bright and has been a huge advocate of her care, and treatment of BPD. As you consider other people who might be good in terms of advocacy and coaching, Lauren has done a tremendous job of healing and she is a great writer. She has talked of getting into doing direct work with people who suffer with BPD."

Thank you, doc!

So what if this is my foot-in-the-door opportunity? I can't imagine doing anything more fulfilling than helping people with BPD. I can't imagine being any more passionate about my job than I would be if I was essentially doing the same thing Tami is doing.

Obviously I'm getting way ahead of myself, here. She hasn't emailed me back and I have no idea if this will even lead me anywhere, but just the idea of it all has me in a tizzy. Yes, a tizzy.

If this is something I choose to go after, I may quit my nursing education. WCTC actually has a Human Services Degree which would go along nicely with a life coach certification in terms of credentials. I get that having some form of education would be beneficial, so giving up school altogether probably isn't the best idea. But honestly, my heart is way more into psychology than it is in nursing (for obvious reasons).

I guess we'll see where this takes me.