Everything You Want is on the Other Side of Fear

“Everything You Want is on the Other Side of Fear.”  –  Jack Canfield

As a Coach, I absolutely love working with clients around their fears. Why? Because I know that their fears and discomfort are the gateway to their growth and success.
You see, fear stops us from becoming who we are truly meant to be in this world and from sharing our individual gifts and creativity with others.  Fear holds us back and stops us from living the life we truly desire to live.

Now, I am not talking about the kind of fear we experience when being held up by gunpoint or in a life-threatening situation. I am referring to the tendrils of fears that grip our gut and squeeze our chest when we think of going after a goal or desire, want to speak our truth to someone, or to share a new idea out loud. These sensations arise hand in hand with whispers of “you can’t do that, you will fail, or you don’t know enough” and, of course, my all time favorites  “what will people think?” and “everyone will know you are a fake, an imposter.”

These fears of what we imagine others will think or what we imagine will happen become self-sabotaging stories that we tell ourselves. These stories rob us of our power. They fill us with doubt, steal our self-worth, and can become self-fulfilling prophecies over time. Within them, we stay trapped and unable to step out of our comfort zone, unable to take new actions towards our true power and potential.

Within them, we stay the same. 

You see, in order to change the results we are getting in life, in order to truly achieve the growth and success we desire, we must change the stories we tell ourselves.  The first step is to become aware of them, and understand their purpose in keeping us safe and playing small. We then can practice leaning into, instead of away from, the doubts and fears they produce.  We can start to see these fears as something we should navigate towards, not away from.

When we practice this, we learn to move through our fears instead of being stopped by them. They become smaller, their grip in our body loosens, and we find ourselves growing and achieving.  We find ourselves free of self-doubt and low self-worth. Success that seemed impossible becomes possible.
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When a client can speak to their fears and are ready and eager to act, to keep moving forward in spite of them, then I know we are on to something really exciting!

What fears are keeping you from your dreams and desires?  What opportunities would you create for yourself by facing your fears?  I’d love to hear!
                                                                                                                             -Coach Augusta