All tagged personal growth
When I say I have never been so emotionally exposed in front of one other human, let alone a group of 8-15 other humans, I mean it. The sharing that we did was always safe, we never needed to share more than we were ready to, and yet the liberation that came from speaking my truth honestly, without filter, was enough that I knew I had to go there.
I think I now can more clearly articulate the antidote to FOMO - it is our relationship with ourself. It is our trust that whatever it is that we are choosing to do INSTEAD is the right answer for us, because we know and trust ourselves to the degree that no amount of FOMO would sway us from acting in our best interest (if we choose to check in and really see what that is).
...saying no to that question created an imprint in my mind that reinforced that answer to me about my identity, my ability and frankly not only who I was in that moment, but also who I would be in the future. Answering "no" would have created a boundary on my own life, present and future. And who was building that boundary? Me.