fear

It starts with self-talk

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I have a confession to make: I’m scared out of my wits. Not every day, but ever since starting my business. I’ve been guilty of letting myself go down the rabbit hole of self doubt and negative self-talk. The reason I feel scared is because I’ve been feeding myself this…

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Reckless please

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I’ve blogged before about what Seth has taught me about fear and abandoning the fear narrative.  After recently diving head first into a few new projects, Seth’s post was exactly what I needed to read. The post made me realize that, unlike I have been brought up to believe, I…

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Practicing patience  

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Day 2 of the 30-Day Bravery Challenge was about stopping – stopping a habit or a tendency that’s getting in your way. “what’s something that might be getting in the way of what you want to build in the world? Maybe it’s watching TV…Maybe it’s a just a negative thought…

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The ShipIt Journal 

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On Tuesday night, I picked up the ShipIt Journal for the first time since Ruckusmakers. It wasn’t easy; it had been haunting me from my office desk since the day I got back. Each time I had tried to sit down with it, with one specific project in mind, I…

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Keep moving 

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My friend Sabrina recently wrote a blog post titled “problem solve.” In the post, she elaborates on how we operate under a belief that hard work should always pay off – and it’s a dangerous belief to operate under because it often leaves us disappointed. “Even though what you’re working on…

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You’re not alone

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I arrived to Ruckusmakers weekend, on March 6, alone. I left, on March 8, as part of a tribe. Over the course of just two days, a room filled with 79 strangers became a room filled with people so close they felt like family to me. The weekend was the…

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Abandon the narrative

Abandon the narrative

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“Pain is just a narrative,” was one of the most profound things that Seth Godin said to me the other weekend. Seth made me realize just how powerful the stories we tell ourselves are. I think that the reason why we have a hard time living with pain and fear…

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