The one where I stop avoiding

My first blog post.

This, my first blog post, has been on my “Todo List” for months. I’ve been avoiding it. I’ve been avoiding something that I’m choosing to do. If I'm choosing to do it, why would I avoid it? A question I ask myself often, a question I ask my clients often. 

Avoidance. If humans were cheese, avoidance would be the mold. It isn’t until our avoidance has been sitting idle that it begins to grow…. ugly and fast. 

If I’m choosing to do it, why would I avoid it?

This particular avoidance (probably) has to do with the time, energy, and effort that will be required of me once I commit. Being a Therapist is exhausting. It’s mentally, emotionally, and even physically exhausting. It took me a while to understand the physical aspect because it’s a (very) sedentary career. Although sedentary, my physical self is “ON”, all the time. A Therapist's body language is equally as important to a session as what a Therapist says and how a Therapist reacts; all influence how the client feels before, during, and after a session. Long story short, my avoidance comes from exhaustion. 

Another “Why”, the more vulnerable, scary “Why”, is fear. Fear of failure? Fear of rejection? Fear of judgment? Yes, yes, and yes. Oh, throw some Imposter Syndrome in there too. These are all valid feelings (or fears), and often, avoidance is triggered by one or all of them. 

But here I am, fears and all, because as much as this blog is for you, it’s also for me. 

So…. if no one reads it (or they do and they hate it), it won’t matter. I can’t control what other people say, don’t say, how they behave, or react. I can share my wisdom, my thoughts, my perspective, which at the very least, will have a positive impact on my own growth. 

What are you avoiding?

Take one step in the direction of growth and ask yourself, “What are you avoiding?”

Cross your heart & learn to fly.