Hi friends,
Welcome.
Thank you for being here.
The intention of this pep talk is to shift your perspective on fear.
We are constantly being told to overcome our fears,
To release our fears,
To fight our fears.
Fear doesn't really have a good reputation,
Especially in the spiritual world.
It's usually linked to the ego,
And there are a lot of content out there talking about how to kill our ego,
How to experience ego deaths,
How to destroy it or shut it down.
But our ego is not the enemy.
It is part of our unique makeup as a human being on Earth.
The key to not letting fear overcome you is to acknowledge that the fear exists,
And it will always exist.
Fear is an emotion,
And just like every other human emotion,
It's sacred,
And in many ways it serves a purpose.
What if instead of forcing yourself to overcome your fear,
You welcome it?
You say,
Thank you for being here.
Thank you for showing me things about myself I never would have known existed within me if it weren't for you.
What if you treated fear with the same respect you treat gratitude,
Joy,
And happiness?
What if when fear comes knocking,
You approach it with ultimate curiosity and you say,
What message do you have for me today?
I'm willing to listen to you fear,
But you don't have to take the driver's seat.
When you feel the fears come up,
You have the opportunity to learn something new about yourself.
Take a moment to pause and breathe into that fear.
You're releasing it.
Meet it.
It's okay.
It's safe to do that.
It's safe to listen to your fears,
To understand why it keeps coming up.
Sometimes fear comes in the form of a voice in your head,
A knot in your stomach,
A tightness in your chest,
Or it can be sneaky and surface in the form of procrastination,
Perfectionism,
Or simply inaction.
I've learned so much from befriending my own fears.
I've deeply met my inner child and learned to be gentle with her.
I've also learned to show up messy.
And instead of showing up perfect,
I show up real and authentic and true to my current journey,
The story I'm living right now.
If you're feeling stuck right now,
If you're feeling scared to take a risk,
To show up as your authentic self,
To quit your job,
To proclaim your love to your crush,
To put yourself out there,
To start a new chapter,
To end an old chapter,
This is your sign to do it scared.
Feel the fear and do it anyway.
If you're waiting for your fears to completely disappear,
That day might never come.
You will always feel stuck because operating from a place of fear is exhausting.
It stops us from fully living our purpose,
Our mission,
And our truth.
And quite frankly,
It's boring.
Living in fear is boring because it's predictable.
Our souls are limitless,
Adventurous.
She thrives on excitement and new opportunities.
This is a sign for you to embrace the discomfort because on the other side of your fear is the freedom of who you truly are.
