Take it to The Limit

BY JESSA CARTER, MMS, PA-C

“In your moments of deepest decision, your destiny is shaped.” - Ed Mylett (paraphrased)

The words in Ed Mylett’s quote above profoundly resonate with me, and I remember that moment in my life as though it were yesterday, even though it happened years ago.

At the time, I was six years into my career in Neurosurgery. For years, I loved the work and found a sense of purpose until the day that was no longer the case.

It may have been the 60 to 80-hour work weeks year after year that began to wear on me. Or maybe it was the passing of my fiancé only one year in. Or perhaps, it was both factors that led me to two lifealtering moments of clarity.

Realizing the Divine Opportunity

The first moment of clarity was waking one day with a swift kick in the rear end that I can only describe as coming from my higher self or a higher place. “Jessa, what are you doing? This isn’t life. This isn’t living. Life is too short.”

Losing a significant other at age 31 picking up on our attitudes, behaviors, and body language. This is how they learn about themselves and the world around them. Soon, they will start emulating what they see.

About the author: teaches you loud and clear the reality of the saying, “life is too short.” However, the lesson can easily be forgotten on the journey of healing through loss, grief, and pain.

The second moment of clarity came a few months later. I arrived home after an 8-day work stretch, nearly 100 hours of work, and fell to my knees in tears.

At that moment, I spoke to/prayed to my love, who had passed. I told him, “These are the moments I wish you were still here so I could have a conversation with you. I know my life is supposed to be going in a different direction; I just don’t know what that is. I need your help; I need your guidance.”

Within 48 hours, I received my answer. And it forever changed the direction of my life.

I feel that this is a divinely appointed opportunity to briefly speak about the internal battle that took place for some time as someone with an extensive Neuroscience and Western medicine background. There is a general societal expectation that for something to ‘be real,’ it must make sense and be tangible.

This generalized expectation is amplified in the Western medical community. Yet, after my fiancé’s passing, as well as after the passing of my father and my grandparents, I experienced many things that were not tangible nor made sense logically but were very real.

Since childhood, I always avoided sharing or speaking of such experiences for fear of being judged or deemed ‘crazy.’ While I am my own version of crazy, which I prefer to call crazy fun, I am also a very realistic and practical person with a balanced blend of the metaphysical realm.

When you understand Neuroscience and the metaphysical realm, you learn that the metaphysical realm is very much based on science. This was very grounding to the western medically trained facets of myself. Learning to listen to and trust my inner guidance took much trial and error and an enormous amount of faith and trust in a power far greater than myself.

The day that I listened, trusted, and followed that answer, is when I lived Ed’s quote, for in that ‘deepest moment of decision,’ my destiny was most certainly shaped. I have also found those ‘deepest moments of decision’ to be the moments when leaders are born.

Before that day, the vague feeling of ‘something missing in my life’ and the abstract thought ‘there has to be more’ had been prevalent in my core for longer than I care to admit. Less than a year later, while attending my first personal/ professional development seminar, I experienced another moment of clarity and guidance, “Jessa, you are supposed to be on that stage.”

Whoa. It was never a thought or possibility I had ever considered. Yet I was presented with two choices, answer that ‘call’ or ignore it.

I chose to answer it. And it is because I chose to listen, trust, and answer the call that I am here now.

If you’ve ever thought or felt that something is missing in your life or that there is more to life than you are currently experiencing, you are absolutely validated. And you are not alone.

Anything that comes into your mind as a dream, goal, or desire is meant for you, no matter how big or unrealistic that dream, goal, or desire might seem.

The Path of Self-Discovery

“It is the plunge deep within the ocean of self that expands one’s capacity to experience the vast depths of others and the world around them.” ~ Jessa Carter

Before embarking on a path of self-discovery, personal growth, and professional growth, there were many aspects of myself that I did not understand and many that I did not like. Even as someone with a strong sense of self and self-love, there were still parts of myself I hadn’t yet learned to love, forgive, or even knew existed.

The most profound facet of self I discovered were depths of heart and intelligence of the soul that consistently wow me to this day. At the beginning of my journey, I initially sought greater wealth and success, but what I’ve received instead and who I’ve become far exceed anything I could have imagined then.

Even though I was seeking greater wealth and success, what I chose to focus on during that time was becoming the highest and best version of myself which I now refer to as the ‘highest expression of self.’ As a transformational leader, that’s my secret sauce. Giving you access to your highest expression of self and highest potential is a super highway to more wealth, success, and anything else you choose to have.

You might not feel called to lead others in the traditional leadership role. However, you are still a leader. You are leading your friends, co-workers, family, and yourself, whether you realize it or not.

How you lead yourself translates into how you show up for yourself. Therefore, I invite you to bring more awareness into who you are being than what you are doing. One way to do this is to phrase it as a question and ask yourself the question often.

For example, I frequently pause and ask myself, “Jessa, who are you being while you are doing the things that need to be accomplished?” I wear many leadership hats, so this simple question continues to become increasingly important to me.

Why? Because who you are ‘being’ is how you show up for yourself. And how you show up for yourself is how you show up for the world - personally, professionally, romantically, & financially.

I leave you with these final words: There is a world within yourself the world would love to know. No matter where you are on your journey or what you’ve been through, in the beautiful lyrics of The Eagles, I invite you to “Take it to the Limit One More Time.”

About the author:

Jessa Carter, MMS, PA-C, is the award-winning author of “The Peaceful Millionaire,” which is known as the Entrepreneurs Secret Weapon. She is the world’s most highly sought intuitive Life and Wealth Mastery Mentor for CEOs, entrepreneurs, and leaders who desire nextlevel success, wealth, and a life brimming with peace, joy, and fulfillment rather than settling for the typical life of stress and burnout.

She is the NYC chair of the Global Leaders Organization, founder of Divine Heart Dynasty™, and curator of ‘The Path of The Peaceful Millionaire: Wealth in HD with your Heart & Soul on Fire.’ Jessa excels in re-defining and re-inventing yourself, your life, your business, and your bank account to soaring heights that defy logic so that your time on earth is by intentional design, never by default.

Jessa is a maverick of the mind and human-potential pioneer who transformed a rewarding but exhausting 10-year career in Neurosurgery into a purpose-driven mission to illuminate 1 million Peaceful Millionaires worldwide. From brain surgery to mind surgery, her extensive expertise takes your dreams, goals, and desires from possible to inevitable.