I love hearing people's origin stories - whether the origin of their name, their dream job, what got them to where they are today - you name it, I love to learn about it. So, for those of you who share my curiosity for curious beginnings, here's how I came to the meaning of the word éclair, and how it became essential to the name of my nonprofit dream to bring more fulfilling life & light to others.

Once upon a time (in 2010) in a land far away (Orlando, FL), I was eating a melt-in-your-mouth chocolate éclair at my local pastry shop, when the French chef unexpectedly popped from behind the counter to ask, "Mademoiselle, do you know the meaning of the word 'éclair'?"

I paused caught off-guard and, quickly trying to swallow my mouth full of creamy decadence, I cleverly quipped, "Delicious?!" "Non!" he replied sharply, his French impatience with my American humor tempered only by the twinkle I caught lighting his eyes. And then, with a lowered voice weighted in the reverence of ancients and eyes that were clearly sparkling, he put his hand on my arm and stepped closer revealing, "It means... lightning!" My eyes widened immediately as I comprehended the magnitude, my insides sparking and surging to greater life: 

I was eating lightning!!

My unquenchable love for these little bolts of blessing made so much more sense now: Each and every bite of sweetness was lighting me up, from the inside out, with immeasurable power!

I would never eat another éclair again without remembering and feeling the infusion of possibilities now at my disposal, unlocked in one ordinary afternoon, by one extraordinary chef who chose to share a moment of insight and joy.

That experience hung with me for days, making me think what-if thoughts and why-not wonderments.

What if that could really happen?

What if we could eat lightning and be powered up from the inside out?

Why couldn't there be some soul-fueling, heart-starting, spirit-igniting something that could change our perspective and charge up our lives?

And why couldn't it be as sweet and satisfying as a chocolate éclair?

A week or so later I was putting the final touches on my business/nonprofit idea, trying to think of the perfect name that would capture what I hoped to bring to my clients. And just like that, in a whisper from Synchronicity and confirmation from Destiny, the name came to me:

Éclairity.

I jumped online to look up the etymology and confirm that what I'd been told was true... and what I found was so much more than gone-in-a-second 'lightning'. I found affirmation that this name, and the work I would do, was meant to be, given to me for all who want to see their brightest truth and possibilities come to life now, and for eternity.

/ éclair (n) / French / "lightning"; "spark", from esclairare, "to illuminate", and Latin clarus, "to make clear; find clarity."

It is my hope that as we work together to unearth the treasures of you and your best life, that you will indeed find your spark - your passion, purpose & strengths - so that your world, and the possibilities for which you are wired, will light up like lightning in the sky, making your path forward clear and bright with clarity, purpose, power, and light... for life today, and always.

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