Victoria Brouhard | Let Your Soul Lead the Way

The truth is that I’ve been hiding from you.
I’ve been struggling with the fact that I continue to struggle health-wise, energy-wise, clarity-wise, when it feels like I should be done with those struggles.
I wanted to hide from the struggles, and hide them from you, so I went quiet. I allowed myself to be convinced that my struggle meant I didn’t have anything worth saying....

Since I started talking to other people’s souls a few months ago, I’ve noticed some common themes that show up in pretty much every conversation I do. Granted, we’re not talking about a sample of more than a few handfuls of people as opposed to thousands...

I spent many, many years in environments where it was only safe to express a need or opinion when it was in agreement with those around me.
Naturally that led to ignoring and hiding what I wanted and needed. And eventually I forgot what those wants and needs were. I no longer knew what I liked to do, what felt fun to me, what my dreams were. Any dreams I had were chosen based on what someone...

What if you knew, without a doubt, that the fear you feel about going after what you want isn’t going anywhere, ever?
Our lizard brains are experts at making us believe we’re in mortal danger if we even think about pushing through the fear, anxiety and adrenaline, aren’t they? No wonder we all try to wait until the fear is gone before taking a step forward...