Fear, Self Sabotage, & Dimming Your Light

I remember realizing that despite my growth in so many areas I was still dimming my light to a significant extent.

I rationalized ways I was doing it to myself so well that the hiss of fear in the foundation of my behavior was drowned out by my ability to lie to myself about this thing.

I kept praying about it, and God revealed the root to me. I was floored. I would have never thought I was afraid. But because I was afraid, I self sabotaged every step along the pathway of growth and elevation.

Though I tried to hide the truth from myself quite cleverly, fear can never stay hidden for long. When you trigger it, it will lash out in nasty ways to protect itself.

Fear does indeed still dress itself up in very sneaky ways though, just like pride.

Where is fear hiding in your life?

What are you resisting that you know is good for you?

What do you tell yourself about why you’re not ready or why you shouldn’t or why you can’t?

If you are afraid, haven’t processed that fear, and are still trying to move forward, chances are you are self sabotaging somewhere in there just like I was. Don’t get me wrong—I am so happy you’re still trying to push forward, but our reward for such tendencies is feeling stuck or making little to no consistent progress.

The sooner you can both begin to understand the nature and cause of the fear undermining your efforts and begin to practice a different response to ingrain a new belief in place of the cause of the fear, the sooner you can begin to live and be free of it.

Where can you start now? No matter how small, I promise it counts...

Xo

Coach Marie