Aug 27, 2020
It may be apparent after 16 episodes that I
struggle the most with feeling my feelings. This exercise I
learned in the WE book challenged me to push myself to the next
level. It helped me so much that it’s a practice that I still use
in my day to day life when I fall back into old patterns and find
myself avoiding...
Aug 25, 2020
It’s very hard to break behavior patterns,
especially ones that are lifelong and steeped in dysfunction. For
me, guilt and fear would keep me coming back to situations, and
people, which were extremely unhealthy and unsafe. I was determined
to break this pattern so when the next opportunity arose I used my
tools, I...
Aug 20, 2020
I was conditioned to believe that accepting praise
or a compliment meant that I was full of myself or had an
overinflated sense of self. In order to accomplish this number on
my list, I had to override my negative beliefs, my desire to
deflect or diminish the praise being offered, and my fear of
ridicule. This, more...
Aug 18, 2020
Speaking in front of a crowd to do a keynote
address wasn’t enough, apparently. I decided to challenge myself by
also hosting/emceeing the event which meant introducing each set.
It wasn’t pretty and there were plenty of mistakes along the way,
but I lived to tell about it...this is number 15 on my list: Hosted
An...
Aug 13, 2020
With all the fears I’ve had in my life, I don’t think there was one that rivaled my fear of public speaking. Facing this fear head-on was absolutely terrifying and it took the most prep of any of my other steps so far. I had to get through the fear of putting my words and story on paper. I had to get through the...