Just Past the Fear Lies the Freedom

Hello to you all,

I am less than a week away from embarking on a 4 month solo journey through parts of Central America. I will spend time in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Mexico. Most of the time I am just attempting to live as a local in these places - but will also be visiting my new condo in Playas del Coco CR and taking part in a really interesting business and personal growth retreat in Tepoztlan, Mexico complete with traditional peyote and sweat lodge ceremonies. This will be my longest travel stint to date - and I am very excited . . . . .and also kinda terrified! LOL

And thats’ ok. 🙂 I have never aspired to be fearless. To me, the true vehicle for personal growth is to feel the fear or apprehension and to move forward anyway. Being brave is exactly that. It is stepping into dis-comfort (with “dis” standing for Do It Still). Many of you who are following me are on transformation journeys of your own. You know exactly what I am talking about. Its the tingle. Its the pucker. Its the wake up in the middle of the night asking yourself “what the heck am I even doing?!”. These are the moments you can be assured you are disengaging auto pilot and steering yourself into a wild, untamed place where you are free to challenge yourself, reinvent yourself, name your own game and calculate your own worth. It is in this place that you get to know and befriend yourself, shrugging off the weight of the measures and expectations of others.

And so, here I go - traipsing off into literally and figuratively an unknown and wild place where I have the opportunity to pressure test my growth as a human so far, and discover my path forward - always forward. For each of us, the movement forward, even if the steps seem imperceptible, is an imperative. To live is to grow and learn and change.

My apprehension aside, I am really looking forward to exploring these new places. I consider myself a curious citizen of this world, and I know I will see and experience things that will challenge me, stretch me, amaze me - and change me forever. What a gift!

My intention is to share glimpses of these things with you, and find way to connect them to paths, opportunities and challenges we all face as we try to wake ourselves up from this auto pilot we tend to live in so that we can master our own journeys to BRAVE - where we are Bold. Resilient. Authentic. Vulnerable. and always, always Evolving.

So adios for now - and hasta pronto mis amigas! Can’t wait to share my experiences over the next several months with you.

—Sharon