This week I apply lessons learned from my recent stint in physical therapy and my resistance to working out at home to the other big goals I have that I resist doing.

Poking the Bear is a term I made up for doing the smallest unit of a huge scary thing, so you can step into the fears and anxiety in a manageable way and build capacity for the doing of the work. If the dream is to write a novel, but it's so overwhelming you can't even begin -- what's the smallest chunk that you can face? Is it a page? A chapter?

The way to our dreams is always by uncovering the beliefs we hold about ourselves and our capacity.

I also discuss  journaling, from morning pages to bullet journals, as another tool for exploring and uncovering your resistance, so you can get into alignment with your creativity and your work.

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(photo credit: Janae Jones Photography)

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