TRANSFORM YOUR FEAR. FEAR IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL EXPERIENCE THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES, ESPECIALLY ON OUR JOURNEY TOWARD DEEPER AUTHENTICITY. BEING WHO WE REALLY ARE , EXPRESSING OURSELVES HONESTLY ,BEING BOLD AND GOING FOR WHAT WE WANT IN LIFE CAN CAUSE A GREAT DEAL OF FEAR IN US . I GET SCARED ALL THE TIME . WHEN I WAS YOUNGER , I THOUGH THERE WAS SOMETHING REALLY WRONG WITH ME BECAUSE I WOULD GET SO NERVOUS --IN SPORTS , IN SCHOOL , IN SOCIAL SETTINGS & MORE. I NOW UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYONE ELES EXPERIENCES THEIR OWN VERSION OF THE SAME BASIC FEARS I HAVE ( BEING JUDGED , MAKEING MISTAKES LOOKING BAD , FAILING , DISAPPOINTING OTHERS .)IT'S JUST PART OF BEING HUMAN. MANY OF US RUN AWAY OR HIDE FROM OUR FEARS BECAUSE THEY SEEM SCARY , UNCOMFORTABLE OR EMBRASSING . WE ALSO ERRONEOUSLY THINK WE " SHOULDN'T " HAVE THEM OR THAT WE ARE SOMEHOW " WRONG " FOR FEELING SCARED . HOWEVER , MOST THINGS THAT MEAN A LOT TO US IN LIFE DON'T SHOW UP WITHOUT ANY FEAR AT ALL. AS WE STRIVE TO LIVE WITH AUTHENTICITY, IT'S INVITABLE THAT WE'LL EXPERIENCE QUITE A BIT OF FEAR ALONG THE WAY.THE QUESTION ISN'T WHETHER WE EXPERIENCE FEAR IN OUR LIVES ( BECAUSE WE ALL DO AND ALWAYS WILL FOR AS LONG AS WE LIVE); THE MORE IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR EACH OF US TO ASK AND TO ANSWER IS : HOW CAN I MOVE THROUGH MY FEARS IN AN HONEST WAY SO THEY DON'T STOP ME FROM BEING WHO I REALLY AM & GOING FOR WHAT I TRULY WANT IN LIFE ? WE'RE ABLE TO TRANSFORM OUR FEARS BY ADMITTING , OWNING AND EXPRESSING THEM, THUS ALLOWING US TO MOVE THROUGH THEM IN AN HONEST AND AUTHENTIC WAY.EXPRESS YOURSELF; WHILE MOST OF US AREN'T BALD-FACED LIARSWHO GO AROUND DECEIVING PEOPLE CONSCIOUSLY, IF WE'RE HONEST WITH OURSELVES ABOUT IT , WE OFTEN DON'T FULLY SPEAK OUR TRUTH OR EXPRESS ALL OF OUR EMOTIONS. WE'VE BEEN TRAINED AND HAVE IN TURN TRAINED OURSELVES TO BE "APPROPRIATE " AND TO SAY & DO THE "RIGHT " THING SO WE CAN GET WHAT WE WANT AND LOOK AS GOOD AS POSSIBLE IN MOST SITUATIONS. FOR ME , BEING A "NICE GUY ', A "PEOPLE PLEASER "POSES A CHALLENGEN WHEN WHAT I WANT TO SAY OR EXPRESS DOESN'T SEEM TO FIT INTO THE " LIKEABLE" CATEGORY . MOST OF THE PEOPLE I KNOW AND WORK WITH HAVE SOME " STORY " ABOUT THEMSELVES THEY WANT OTHERS TO BELIEVE AND THERFORE ONLY FEEL COMFORTABLE SHARING THOUGHTS,IDEAS AND FEELINGS THAT MATCH UP WITH THIS STORY OR THE PUBLIC " IDENTITY "THEY PUT FORTH. HOWEVER , WHAT IF , EVEN WITH WHATEVER FEAR OR RESITANCE WE EACH HAVE - WE WERE ABLE TO FULLY , PASSIONATELY AND HONESTLY EXPRESS OURSELVES ? WHEN WE'RE WILLING TO PASSIONATELY , VULNERABLY AND BOLDLY SPEAK UP AND EXPRESS OURSELVES , WE TAP INTO OUR POWER IN AN AUTHENTIC WAY.BE BOLD... SOME PEOPLE MAY CONSIDER THEMSELVES " BOLD " , BUT MOST PEOPLE I KNOW AND WORK WITH -- MYSELF INCLUED -- ADMIT THAT THEY DON'T OFTEN THINK OF THENSELVES AS A "BOLD " PERSON. OR, WE'VE DONE OR SAID BOLD THINGS IN OUR LIVES, THEY SEEM TO BE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN...AND THEY ALSO SEEM TO SCARE US HALF TO DEATH. HENCE , WE OFTEN DON'T FIND OURSELVES BEING BOLD IN LIFE - OR NOT NEARLY AS MUCH AS WE'D LIKE . BEING "BOLD", WHILE SCARY AND CHALLENGING FOR MANY OF US , IS ESSENTIAL IF WE'D LIKE.. BEING BOLD WHILE SCARY AND CHALLENGING FOR MANY OF US , IS ESSENTIAL IF WE'RE GOING TO LIVE AN AUTHENTIC LIFE. BOLDNESS IS ABOUT STEPPING UP AND STEPPING OUT ONTO OUR " EDGE" IN LIFE -- PUSHING THE LIMITS OF WHAT WE THINK IS POSSIBLE OR APPORIATE. IT'S ABOUT LIVING, SPEAKING AND ACTING IN WAYS THAT ARE BOTH COURAGEOUS AND TRUE TO WHO WE REALLY ARE BECAUSE WE'RE ALL UNQUE , OUR INDIVIDUAL VERSIONS OF BOLNESS WILL LOOK QUITE DIFFERENT . SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE BOLD FOR ME MAY NOT BE SO FOR YOU -- OR VICE VERSA . BEING BOLD HAS TO DO WITH OUR DEEPEST TRUTHS , PASSION AND DESIRES IN LIFE AND THEN HAVEING THE COURAGE TO LIVE AND ACT "OUT LOUD "IN A WAY THA T IS CONGRUENT WITH THIS