Hello Sweet Friends –
Wow what a weekend I had! How was yours?
I’d love to share a short story about my process of pushing past FEAR and learning to live MY TRUTH:
On Wednesday I found out about a video submission contest to win a scholarship for an online business school I’ve been interested in. I knew I wanted to be a part of this contest but was immediately paralyzed with FEAR when thinking about filming myself and making myself vulnerable to everyone I was connected to.
My feelings exactly –>
I was working a double on Thursday and then working 12 hour days Friday, Saturday and Sunday for my full time nutrition job. Because the video is due TODAY, Monday, I knew that Wednesday evening would be the only opportunity I had to get the video made.
I acted quickly. Reached out to a few friends who could help me with filming and got to it about an hour later.
When my friend started filming I was tripping over my words and so incredibly nervous. He said “stop trying to project what you think people want you to be and speak from your heart.” We threw the script that I had come up with to the wind and he asked me thought provoking questions which encouraged me to speak authentically and with truth from my heart. I had to release what YOU would think of me, what the JUDGES would think of me and how I could possibly be JUDGED in this process. When I stopped living from a place of trying to impress and switched to living and speaking from MY TRUTH, the whole video and experience shifted.
I was proud of my work and even if I didn’t win I felt immensely accomplished by pushing my limits and putting myself in such an open and vulnerable position.
Let me push past my fear a bit more and share it with you HERE.
However, once my video went live on Facebook & Twitter, my thoughts on repeat were, “Can I really do this? Are people going to laugh at me? What makes me think I can be one those successful entrepreneurs?” And so on and so on. Do you know this feeling? The one of self-doubt?
As usual, the Universe was guiding and directing me as I received this email from Mastin Kipp of The Daily Love just a moment later:
“The reality is that not everyone is going to like you. And not getting something that you REALLY want to get is actually GRACE in action. I PROMISE you that over time, you will see what I’m talking about. So, in your life – have you been “rejected” lately? And if so, what did you make that mean about yourself? I know it hurts and it will for a while – this too will pass. But what did you make the rejection MEAN about yourself? Did you make it mean something negative about you? Or did you just take it as GRACE and move on?”
Reading this brought me right back to the place of living for ME and speaking my truth. The experience of making this video helped me grow, expand my limitations and gave me confidence to create more content to share with the world. When I released living for OTHERS in fear of being rejected or judged, I cultivated my own personal power.
This is one of my most beloved quotes:
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
So with that, I ask you….who are YOU living for?
What dreams or aspirations do you have that you want to share with the world?
Speak your truth and the Universe will support you to have your message heard.
To vibrant & beautiful living,
Carly
Holistic Health Coach, Applied Clinical Nutritionist, Adventurer & Lover of Life <3
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