Meet Meaghan Bergman of Goddess Goals

Today we’d like to introduce you to Meaghan Bergman. 

Hi Meaghan, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
I was an only child of a single mom who worked tirelessly to create a good life for us. I worked hard alongside her to be a “good” daughter, a “good” student, a “good” athlete, and in general a “good girl”. I spent my entire life trying to do the “right” thing – the thing that would gain me the most respect, acceptance, and validation from others. Everything I did, said, believed, and felt was based off my fears around not being accepted, loved, and supported. Everything I pretended to be was to please others. I lived a lie. In order to cope with this living life, I escaped through drugs, alcohol, and the attention of men. I lived a double life all throughout my teens and 20s. My addiction to drugs, alcohol, and the attention of men led to a fast and furious downward spiral. At 26 years old I had a life-or-death decision to make. Somehow, by the grace of Goddess, I chose life and checked myself into rehab. I’ve now been sober 6 years and have dedicated my life to healing all the programming and conditioning of this insane world that led me to believe that life was inherently painful, the world was out to get me, it was unsafe to be my most authentic self, and in order to survive I either had to submit to its rules or rage against them. It wasn’t until about 4 years into sobriety, and years of “soul recovery” where I questioned everything I had ever been taught to believe by this world, that I had a powerful spiritual awakening and realized I didn’t have to do either. I neither had to submit to the system’s rules nor rage against them. Rather, I could lead a life by my own rules and choose to cultivate inner peace even while the. I have never experienced being more misunderstood, judged, and outcasted (the things I feared the most for the majority of my life) than I have been in the past few years since living in my authentic truth, yet I have never been happier, more peaceful, more fulfilled and more purposeful. I have lost friends, family members, and a job, but have gained all that back and more – and all of what I have in my life now reflects who I authentically am, and accepts, values, and loves me for my truth! I now dedicate my life to guiding others towards recovering the truth of their own soul – the opinion of the masses be damned! 

Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall, and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
I’m not sure any human being living in the time of late capitalistic patriarchy has had a smooth road. I’m not sure any of us have escaped this society’s twisted attempts at control over our minds, bodies, and souls. I also know that even those of us who have become aware of the insanity of it all are still struggling with the guilt of having been complicit in it for so long. We all experience our own symptoms of living in a sick world. My symptoms surfaced as addiction, depression, anxiety, egoic control, and being the victim of sexual, physical, mental, and emotional abuse. 

Thanks – so what else should our readers know about Goddess Goals LLC?
I was a high school Spanish and English teacher in the U.S. for 4 years and then taught in Nicaragua for a year before I joined the Peace Corps as an English as a Second Language (ESL). I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Costa Rica for 2.5 years before moving back home to Michigan in December of 2019. I then landed what I thought was my dream job as a museum director and youth program director for a women’s empowerment non-profit. All of these positions, however, were undertaken in attempts to be approved of and respected by the masses. I chose these careers to prove my worth to the world, but they were never what my soul truly desired and they only hindered my ability to be truly of service to the creation of a more free world for all. 

I am unbelievably grateful for my experiences in these different professional endeavors, however, because the skills (not to mention the life lessons) I learned helped me in the creation of my businesses, Goddess Goals LLC and Ecstatic Dance Lansing where I am able to freely and creatively do what it is I am was meant to do: guide women and girls towards defining what “Wild Freedom” means to them, reconditioning the limiting beliefs of their subconscious mind that dictate they are incapable of creating a wildly free life, reclaiming sovereignty over their own minds, bodies, and souls, embodying their most authentic expression, and equipping them with the somatic tools and practices that support them in cultivating more life force energy so that they may lead healthier, more liberated lives. 

What do you think about luck?
I don’t believe in luck. I believe we are all conscious (or unconscious) creators/creatrixes of our own realities. The beliefs that make up our subconscious mind, whether we allow ourselves to deeply feel all our emotions and experience every part of the human experience, our ability to alchemize our less desirable emotions to more desirable ones, the awareness we have over how significant a role our ego plays in our everyday decisions and interactions, our ability to respond from love rather than react from ego, and how regulated or dysregulated our nervous system is, among other factors, determines the circumstances of our lives. 

As a conscious creatrix myself, meaning as someone who has spent years reprogramming and reconditioning my subconscious mind, regulating my nervous system, practicing emotional alchemy, surrendering the will of my individual human ego to the will of the One Universal Consciousness, I can confidently say that if luck does exist, it plays a very small role in the outcome of our lives. I can confidently say, based off my own experiences, that our external experience is a direct manifestation of our internal experience. As within, so without. 

Contact Info:

• Email: meaghanrbergman@gmail.com
• Website: thegoddessgoals.com & ecstaticdancelansing.com
• Instagram: @meg_thegoddessgoalsllc & @ecstaticdancinglansing
• Facebook: @Goddess Goals, LLC & @Ecstatic Dance Lansing Community

Image Credits
Aszeli Bleshenski
Alexis Schneider