Become Your Own Teacher

Shame/Guilt/Insecurities/Fear/Jealousy/Anger.

These feel like prison cells, and you're the captor. The more you're consumed by them, the more your world shrinks.

You sabotage your best efforts. 

I was living in fear and consumed by insecurities before being arrested by the FBI, afraid of being seen, heard, afraid of being called out for being an impostor. Afraid to be honest with my ex-wife. Afraid to be honest with myself. 

My world shrunk, and I self-sabotaged in the biggest way possible - blowing up my life.  

Something that is that big of an influence on your life can be a prison - but it can also be something else—an opportunity to learn. 

You can reframe Shame/Guilt/Insecurities/Fear/Jealousy/Anger from prison cells to classrooms. 

Instead of being your own captor, you become your own teacher. 

These feelings can rule your life and impact how you show up, how you live, your choices, your jobs, your dreams, passions, and relationships (with yourself and others). 

Instead of running from them, acknowledge them. Accept them. And get super curious about them. 

Ask a ton of questions. 

Pretend you're a 4-year-old and ask "Why?" over and over, probing deeper and deeper.

Why are you feeling fear? Then take that answer and ask why? Do this over and over, and you'll get to the core of what's behind whatever negative emotion you're experiencing. 

It's from here that you'll unwind these feelings. 

My exploration into the all-consuming shame I felt for committing fraud was one of the hardest things I've ever done - but the treasure I found at the other end of the questions I asked is priceless.  

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This is not an easy process, and it's one that's made easier when you work with a coach who's been there.

Are Shame/Guilt/Insecurities/Fear/Jealousy/Anger holding you back from creating the life you love? 

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