What happens after you finally do the brave thing? Here’s a normal part of the human messiness we don't talk about enough: the anxiety that can show up after you've already taken the courageous step. My last two podcasts on a Priestess and a Pastor brought up what I call "ego backlash"—that last-ditch attempt of the ego to pull you backinto safety.

It's like I've already leaped off the cliff—the episode isrecorded, the decision is made—but now my ego is frantically reaching back, fingers scraping against the rock face, trying to find something to grab onto. The thing is, I'm already in mid-air. The only way forward is down, into theunknown, trusting that whatever is below will catch me.

This is my real-time process I went through that may support you to continue to honor your courage despite fear screaming at you to retreat.

Key Takeaways:

·      Understanding why discomfort gets louder before the breakthrough

·      What it means to truly cut ourselves free from the ego’s puppet strings

·      The difference between false safety and true alignment

·      How to anchor courage in your heart when your mind is spinning with worst-case scenarios

·      Why we need lives that occasionally cause us anxiety—and what that really means

Here's what I keep coming back to: we are each a unique expression of the divine, and life gets so much betterwhen we allow that truth to work through us. The ego will never tell you what's possible on the other side of fear because it simply doesn't know. But your heart does. And sometimes the greatest act of self-love is honoring both thecourage it takes to step forward and the compassion needed for the discomfort that follows.

You can also catch Episode 304: Bonus Episode on Un-Bracing here to watch the unfolding of one of my breakthrough moments.