don’t stop before you even begin

have you ever quit before you even began?

as i write my book & finalize my mentorship curriculum i’ve been blown away at how much resistance has come up!

my mind constantly overthinking & jumping 15 steps ahead, wondering how i'm ever going to organize all my thoughts...how i'm ever going to get this book "done."

last week i met with my writing coach adrienne & the women over at my publishing company and I was asked a very clear question ::

𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵? 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦....𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘺? 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘺? 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥?

mmm. I felt these words. the perfectionist in me that is terrified of failure rolled over in her grave 😩

but I knew they were right. i had to allow myself to get into flow and unleash a steady stream of consciousness that was purely from the heart.

go back & edit later. but for now :: write before i think! just write, write, write.

and so i got to work - stream of consciousness it is...until a few days later, it hit me ::

as i was writing about a story from high school a swell of tears cracked my heart open & I felt so much tenderness that had been buried for almost 15 years.

this. this was why I was resistant! feeling all of it again.

I realized just how important this book is.

this book is for me.

a journey of pure, unrestrained flow and the feelings!

i was worried about the end result ~ when someone actually reads this thing ~ that I forgot how to let myself authentically get started.

what if your favorite musician or artist decided to never follow through with finishing their art?

what if your favorite teacher decided that their voice wasn't important enough and never stood up again to teach?

what if every creative on earth held themselves back out of fear of unworthiness?

every creative on earth struggles with sharing their creative work. i feel that is one of the most bountiful lessons for us to learn here on earth - allowing for full authentic expression.

now - you may be resonating with this, or resisting. thinking "i'm not creative."

yet i'd like to play the devil's advocate to this, because all of us are creative!

perhaps it is the way you choose your outfit in the morning or the way your envisioning the execution of your work meeting. maybe it's a finessed way to respond to a loved one in crisis, or a solution to logistics problem at work.

notice in what ways you're responding to life, following the creative current and in what ways you resist your initial intuitive pings.

ways we can block our creativity are concerning ourselves with what others think and their perception of the final result.

what if you can allow yourself to first dream it, and then get into full flow

and..whatever you do, please ~ don't give up before you even start!

want to dive into this topic deeper? pull out your journal & reflect on this ::
❤️‍🔥 what is rising within you that is yearning to be shared?
❤️‍🔥 what is holding you back from sharing it?
❤️‍🔥 who are you afraid is going judging you? (you, someone else, or an archetypal 'them'?)

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had some aha moments or insights to share? be sure to drop a comment below and start a conversation. what is your relationship to creativity? i’d love to know!