FEAR

Everything you want is on the other side of fear.

“The more important a project is to your soul evolution, the more you will resist it - the more fear you will feel.” Steven Pressfield

So often our fears are the gatekeeper to our greatest gifts and biggest breakthroughs. I have come to believe that the more resistance and fear we feel, the more important it is that we learn to embrace it.

For me, there is always a time when the risk to avoid fear is actually far greater and more painful than the risk involved in facing it. Bravery is leaning into fear, leaning into doubt, and leaning into uncertainty, then deciding that something else is more important. Every beautiful thing I have accomplished involved pushing past fear and embracing the unknown.

We have a tendency to run from the things that scare us and/or convince ourselves they aren’t for us, but what if the things that scare us most are actually the things leading us in the right direction? What if leaning into our fears actually allowed us to step closer to the lives that we are meant to live.

Have you ever wanted something so badly, but been too afraid to actually try? Or maybe right before achieving it you convinced yourself you didn’t deserve it or that it wasn’t meant for you? Perhaps you made it 90% of the way toward your goal before talking yourself out of it? What would you do if you weren’t afraid? What would you do if you knew that you would be supported? What fear do you want/need to tackle first?

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