Playing Small
When I started my business in 2017, I was afraid to fail. That felt pretty normal for someone switching careers mid-life.
But a couple of years in, when it was (mostly) working and I was doing work I loved, and having a (pretty much) balanced and fulfilling life, there was still something stopping me from going ALL IN. My coach helped me find this “thing” that was stopping me, and turns out it was fear of success.
I know. It seems so weird, right?
Who would I be if I had a solid, successful business and life felt calm and comfortable and intentional?
I see this often in my clients as well. They want to stop overbooking themselves, saying yes to things they don’t want to do, and generally running around with their hair on fire.
But . . then what? Who will they be without all of that chaos that they have created and are so familiar with?
I love how Marianne Williamson says it:
“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.”
Who are you NOT to be??? Go for it. Go for the lightest, brightest, most brilliant, most gorgeous, most fabulous version of yourself!
PS I'm cheering for you!! 💗💗💗