Upsetting dreams…

Week 11 with Baby Yanez. Here’s what I’m learning:

I’ve noticed this past week that I’ve woken up from dreams that were pretty upsetting.

Both had to do with losing Shay, one where my car was stolen and he was in it (yikes), and the other where I went to a conference and forgot him at the hotel when I was going home ( yikes).

I woke up really shaken and realized that I was having these dreams because I was worried about an upcoming trip where I’d be leaving Shay & Gabe for the weekend.

I was letting fear, guilt, and even FOMO dictate how I felt about a trip where I’d get to be with my friends to celebrate my friend Mary’s 40th birthday.

I let it dictate so much that I even started to not look forward to the trip I had been excited about all year.

What does this have to do with you?

So often we let fear dictate what we do, how high we reach, or what we want.

Fear was an evolutionary trait that was super helpful when we had to be cognizant of physical threats.

But now we are safer, but that means risks feel even scarier.

So what can you do about it?

By taking a step back to sit with the fear, I was able to recognize where it stemmed from.

So for you, can you sit with the feeling (whatever it is) that is stopping you from taking action to see where it’s stemming from?

Where in your life are you playing small out of fear that you’ll look silly- or “worse”- feel that you’ll fail?