Stepping up to the plate and swinging
In any given moment we have 2 choices ...to step forward into growth, or back into safety ~ Abraham Maslow
in one of my coach training sessions recently where I was the client I got some serious clarity around something that has been an ongoing issue for me for a while, one that you've heard me talk about here on the blog.
....shining my light. I have struggled with this for a long as I can remember.
now don't get me wrong, I WANT to be out there, to step up to the plate and swing and hit the hell outta that ball. and I mean an outta-the-ball-park kinda swing. but what stops me every single time is that same onerous thing that hangs me up every time....shining my light.
my coach asked me a question and, after a little pondering, it felt like a ton of bricks had fallen on my head. thunk! the shining my light thing is not present in Grace, the person who lives her life every day, solid in knowing who she is.
she fricking rocks the light!
she is very comfortable shining as bright as she can, at any time. this issue only comes into play these days when she, when I put on my Grace in business hat.
duh! that was such a revelation to me. the 2 Grace's are in so very different realms.
now granted, I've worked on myself { and my self confidence } a lot over the last 20+ years, so much so that being the center of attention and doing my thang just doesn't bother me anymore. { phew! that's good to know cause boy was I a wallflower }.
what I didn't know, until i had that discussion with my coach last week, was that there were 2 parts of me. I truly thought they were one and the same. that the confident, authentic me was the same person I was in business.
now don't get me wrong, being authentic and real in business are personal core values I bring to the table every day.
what I came away with from that session is that business Grace sometimes most times avoids the light. what I also know is that business Grace has gotta step up to the damn plate and just swing.
you ever just get so tired of the battle waging inside of you that you just wanna say, eff it...gimme the bat and let me just take a swing?
yup, that's how I'm feeling right about now. because sometimes that's what the moment calls for.
enough bullshitting around, enough studying and researching and making everything perfect so the outcome could be perfect as well.
STEP UP TO THE PLATE....and just swing already!
stop waiting for the ultimate time, the right circumstances, getting all the fricking ducks in a row only to find out one is missing and then wanting to hide out some more { this one is so me }
do it! swing.
...let go of not knowing the outcome.
...let go of wanting perfection { it's overrated ya know }.
...let go of wishing and wanting and never doing.
...let go of the rumble deep down inside that happens every time you think about setting foot outside your comfort zone
...let go of the doubt and the anxiety
...let go of the thoughts of embarrassment of IT not happening { or IT happening and failing ....yeh, that one too }
...let go of control { this one is H a r d }
it's all good. you know why? cause you can have a do over.
heck, you can have as many do overs as you like...it's your baby, your thing to birth, your thing to bring light to, your turn to shine.
SHINE baby, shine.
cause that's what biz Grace is going to do. watch me glow.
remember, you got this. { no really, you do }
take care,
Grace
p.s. the next Soul Speak with Grace minisode that also talks about this subject is up. Check it out here.
did you know....
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for a limited time i'll be offering to all JOY Love Tribe members a 25% discount on my SELF Love Kit and it's companion e-course, 5 Days of SELF-Love. the course is a beautiful process to help you turn some Love inward { with compassion } so you can step up and swing!
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