When you make the decision to face a fear, take on a new challenge and truly follow your feeling towards a different path, it often seems that after the decision is made and you take the leap you’re done. You can check off the hard part. Nothing can stop you.
What I’ve found after feeling that initial relief and overwhelming feeling of ‘I did it!’, came vulnerability. When you hide behind a fear and finally let your inner power come to the surface it can feel a little unnatural.
But it’s more than natural to feel vulnerable. Putting yourself out there and doing something new often means there’s no roadmap. But what is reassuring is that this is a cycle, and that taking risks isn’t actually a brand new thing for you but something you’ve been carrying with you the whole time.
Think about the first time you did something that you were afraid of, even if that was raising your hand in class in the 1st grade. You made the decision to do it, you felt vulnerable, your instincts guided you through it and then it became the norm. Then you’re faced with another perceived risk, you make the decision to take it, you’re vulnerable and without a roadmap , you pave the way, you feel safe then bam a new opportunity comes your way. See these small risks you’ve been taking your whole life? At the time they were big risks so why should this cycle stop now that the risks are seemingly bigger?
You’ve been preparing yourself for bigger things and it’s time you give yourself permission to step into this new light.
