Fear stands in the way of our best life

Moving from fear to connection and freedom

When we are afraid of our feelings, afraid of being hurt, afraid of being honest, with ourselves and others, we stunt, limit, and cage our lives in the worst ways. In order to live our lives fully, we need to allow the multitudes of emotions that come with the human experience to flow. Living in fear of our emotions, of feeling our emotions, blocks us from having experiences that could bring immense amounts of pleasure and joy, not only the ones that may bring heartache and grief.

When we refuse to communicate pain, jealousy, insecurity, we are refusing to allow another to see us in all our humanity and this also blocks us from seeing theirs. A truth is, we all have a longing to be truly seen in all our humanity, however at some point in our lives we learned that it isn’t safe to show others who we are. Another truth is, we will always be hurt in relationship - we are all humans with wounds that pop up when we wish they wouldn’t. However, this isn’t a reason to close ourselves off…