About Pam Aks, M.S, PCC, RMT

The Echo Years

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From the time I was little, I mastered the art of being the good little girl who was great at echoing back what others wanted; people-pleasing and shape shifting to fit-in. And all that "going along to get along" came with a side order of some pretty harsh internal thoughts.

 

Was I good enough? Smart enough? Doing enough?

 

Those "not good enough" thoughts were relentless, and I just wanted them to stop. So, at 10 years old, I started reading books about negative thinking, hoping I could figure out how to make them go away. (Who knew it was going to lead to a long love affair with neuroscience and somatics?)

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The thing is, even though I read the books, I still grew up to be the young woman who was the echo in the room. Who was damned good at following other's rules not because they made sense, but because standing out and being a voice felt way too risky.

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Echo what's expected. Don't make waves. Be amenable and for goodness sake, don't you dare be different unless you want to land yourself in the middle of public scrutiny.

 

That was the pattern (or what I refer to as a cognitive traffic jam) that kept me stuck and kept me from stepping outside my comfort zone to take action on the ideas and dreams that mattered most to me. 

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So, what did I do instead?

 

I stayed in relationships that didn't fit me. I stuck with jobs that checked the boxes but left me tired and disconnected. I kept being that echo, until honestly, it felt riskier to stay silent than to finally speak up.

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That was the point everything changed...I was tired of being an echo. I was ready to find my voice.

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When the Echo Became a Voice

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They say that when you're ready for change, the right opportunities appear. And in my case, that was coaching. Not as a fix, but as a safe space to let my voice out. A space where I was encouraged to be me. A space where I was challenged (in the best way) to look at all the stories that kept me echoing instead of speaking my truth.

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In that safe space, something beautiful happened. All the books I'd been reading for years started to make sense in an applicable way. I began to understand what it meant to stop following the crowd and start trusting and following my own voice.

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That experience didn’t just change me. It shaped the way I now support others who feel stuck, disconnected, stressed out, and burnout.

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Bit by bit, story by story, I started to see myself as someone whose voice mattered. I began to let go of what no longer fit so I could make room for the people and things that did. And I started to take my most important ideas off the piece of paper they'd been sitting on and make them a reality. 

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The Voice I Am Today

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Fast forward to today, to a woman on an important mission to create a movement where we stop playing small and start owning not just who we are, but what we're capable of. Where we break free from feeling stuck, stalled out, and stressed. Where we transform from echoes to voices.

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Since 2005, I've had the amazing privilege of working with talented, thoughtful, capable people who have big dreams and meaningful ideas. People who know they're meant for more and are ready to stop echoing others' expectations and start living from a place of authenticity.

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As a neuroscience-informed mindset coach (a.k.a. Cognitive Traffic Jam Disruptor), I get the amazing opportunity to support them in finding ways to quiet the mental noise, spot the cognitive traffic jams keeping them stuck, and create ways to bring their most important ideas, goals, and visions to life.

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What About You?

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Maybe you’ve done lots of work. You've read the books. You've had the conversations. And yet it still feels like you're echoing what others expect. Caught in those same cognitive traffic jams that have you stuck and stalled out.

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If that's where you are, I get it....and there is a way forward.​

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So, if you're ready to stop the stuck, stalled and stressed out, get in touch. Together, we’ll clear the cognitive traffic jams and build the kind of momentum that gets your important ideas off paper and into the world. No burnout. Just real movement toward what matters most to you. Because...

 

​The world needs your voice, not another echo.​

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Side Note:  If you're looking for additional information about my educational background and certifications, please click here.

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I also want to take this time to thank the following:
 

• Influence Digest for naming me one of the Top 20 Business Coaches in Phoenix.

• Life Coach Magazine for listing me as one of the Top 10 coaches for executives.

• Connectively for the honor of being considered one of the top mindfulness coaches.
  
  I'm forever grateful!!

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