Brave Enough to See it. Brave Enough To Be It.

Why now is the time to step out of the shade of anxiety

Photograph Credit: Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer

Did you feel that?

Chills.

Amanda Gorman, so wise and so poised, delivered an incredible message of truth and hope and possibility. Her words, and conviction, moved us to tears and touched our hearts because she spoke to our soul.

“When day comes we step out of the shade,
aflame and unafraid
The new dawn blooms as we free it
For there is always light,
if only we’re brave enough to see it
If only we’re brave enough to be it”

— Amanda Gorman

She invited us to step courageously into our deepest truth and unified nature.

She inspired us to see and believe in something more, for our country, and for our individual lives.

If you are a woman struggling with anxiety, fear, self-doubt, or unworthiness, like I was for years, you are not alone.

Just like the lies, deception, and words of division from individuals and groups can harm multitudes of people, anxiety can tear down our personal usefulness, joy, and our individual possibility to step more fully and wholly into this world, as only we can — so that we can be the change we want to see around us, and within us.

Why?

• Because anxiety separates us from our true nature.
• Anxiety is a symptom of a belief system within ourselves that no longer serves us. In fact, it only limits us.
• Anxiety separates us from our voice, our power, our purpose, our joy, and our ability to be truly happy and free.

The answer for less anxiety or self-doubt in our individual lives is not to continue to manage or treat our triggers (the symptoms) but to get to the cause and pluck the sickness out from its roots.

To do that we must...

• Step out of the shade of fear and see something better for ourselves and become brave enough to be it.
• Because, when it comes to solving the anxiety (fear) problem, we have to change where it matters the most…
• And that means we must learn how to heal our minds, reconnect to who we truly are, and be brave enough to stand in the light.

You are needed. You matter. You are here for a reason. Don’t let anxiety, self-doubt or fear stop you… not even for one more minute.

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