This week we take a break from our regularly scheduled encouragement episodes and dig a little deeper. This episode is all about uncovering your fears. Wait! Before you scroll past this, think about this one question: is my potential greater than my fear?

I promise, there's a reason why I'm asking you to keep dig deep here. When we have fears, our instinct is to bury them deep into a corner of our minds. We lock them away and try not to think about them. In reality, doing so only gives them more strength to grow.

When we can take those fears and bring them into the light, we are removing their power! The first step is to ask yourself: "What am I afraid of?"

The key to answering this question is to dig deep. Sometimes we have 'surface-level fears' that we hear in our head all the time. For example "I'm afraid my mind will go blank during a Live" could be the thought that keeps you from trying Facebook Lives. In reality, there are deeper fears that perpetuate this thought. Fears that we lock into that corner of our minds. When you're asking yourself this question, get to the deeper 'root fear' (not nearly as fun as rootbeer, I know).

If you find yourself thinking  "I'm afraid my mind will go blank during a Live," your root fear could be you're afraid there isn't enough value in what you have to say. Oof. I know. This is tough work.

But listen, this is groundbreaking self-development work here. This exercise will bring light to things that are crippling your ability to move forward. And only in recognizing them can you begin to work past them.

For years, my 'root fear' was that I was afraid to be seen. I was afraid of my family, friends, and peers seeing the work I was creating. This fear was controlling the way I felt about my content, and it took me years to even recognize my behavior and put a label on my fear!
Only once I uncovered that could I begin to work past it and build something so much bigger than that fear (hence, Camera Brave).

The second question to ask yourself: "What is holding me back?"

In my example above, my concern over what my peers would think about me kept me stuck. And I was the only one that could decide to let that go. I was the only one that could decide that my potential for what was possible was bigger than my fears of being criticized.

Think about what you're afraid of. Think about what's holding you back. Then ask yourself if that's greater than your potential. Is it worth holding you back?

This is CHALLENGING work!! I applaud you for making it this far. If you're brave enough to ask yourself these questions, please be brave enough to answer them. It's hard. It feels vulnerable and scary. But the only way to overcome it is to recognize it. I promise you, the realization I made above completely changed my life. Not overnight, but over time.


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