How are you doing out there?
I am scared and I know that I am not alone.
There are many of us afraid right now but I hope this email brings you comfort and grace.
So many reasons to be scared,
🌊 an ocean of negative voices and conflicts from every side, fighting, and trying to pull us in.
Who is benefiting from these constant squabbles, actually?
Is our energy going towards actual change or perpetuating endless conflicts?
I see so many writers struggling, and who are they really fighting?
FEAR itself. The biggest enemy of art is fear.
We have to interrupt a dangerous cycle of attaching to and spreading fear.
Not everyone online is a real person or someone with good intentions. They whisper some untrue, toxic words in a few ears and it spreads like wildfire.
As a result of that, many people are scared of doing and saying the wrong thing and being unjustly attacked.
It’s the vibe now.
I blame Russian trolls who provoke people to “take a stand or be gone”, excited to take them down when they do. And people copy that.
Possible unjustified character assassination: Reason not to show up?
NO.
For me, I decided long ago I can’t let fear decide my life or it’s like the bad guys win.
I hate what is going on right now in the world. I don’t like it.
Part of me wants to retreat and I am 100% not alone in feeling this way.
But I can’t let it sap all of my power.
I have seen fear sap the inner power of writers, artists, and business owners. Sensitives and healer types.
What people don’t realize is: your individual fear can be tied to collective fear.
Scary environments can make you more critical of yourself.
Emboldened, the inner critic starts side-swiping your confidence until you stop trying to do anything.
- trying to write your book or for your business…
- trying to make a difference…
- trying to showing up…
I am all about self-care and taking needed pause but whittling yourself out of a full life existence is not the way.
I’ve grappled with fear from a child, but I learned to show to be of service, anyway.
My anxiety was super bad after my dad died but now I’m helping a nonprofit in Sierra Leone, Africa, helping my writing clients, and now I’m trying to help you.
How I survive being scared: embracing my duty to others, not as a weight but as a form of inspiration.
What does the world have to lose if you totally give up right now?
Maybe you think, “not much,” but I disagree.
Fear doesn’t care if you have an eyebrow hair out of place or you are a total dictator
—if your inner critic is alert, it will rip you to pieces regardless.
So focus on something else.
Remember: it is not about you, it’s about your duty to be of service.
And service doesn’t have to be painful or boring,
it’s can be a WIN-WIN freeing you from fear.
Figure out your path(s) of service, because
CLARITY is power:
You are on track. You are doing a good thing.
Get clear on your real priorities and focus on your service…
& You’ll stop over-assessing your flaws to the point of freezing 🥶
and show up in the world to serve others.
Questions to Ask:
So what are you on this earth to do? What was the reason you were born?
How many people would want to be in your shoes? Why?
A hundred years from now how will you be remembered? Even if people don’t know your name?
What gift will you leave the people who live behind you? Or ahead? To the thousands of people in the years to come?
Wondering the answer?
Watch this 15 minute class to find clarity.
Focusing on my path, my service, inspires me and gives me strength, and I hope the same for you.
YOUR TIME AND ENERGY IS PRECIOUS, don’t lose it all to fear.
Watch this clip to get clear on the change you are here to make.
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