Brandi:

I think that between the time I asked this question and today, Biznik has improved the ease of following an article. Thanks for your help!

And I appreciate your comment on the article.

Very cool that your name support the BRANDing you do. Fun to see you use that on your profile.

I see you do a lot of events. Are they all local? Do you get a good attendance? I'm interested in doing virtual events (calls) that help women solopreneurs to overcome obstacles like networking and speaking.

Any thoughts on whether Biznik is a good place to reach people for that?

Thanks for sharing! Gail www.inspiredchoice.com

Krist and Ron:

I appreciate your comments and am glad you relate to the gifts of narrowing our attention, our focus and who we want to work with.

It is so easy to fear excluding others or saying no while the counterintuitive action is the answer here.

Have fun being the experts you are for a very lucky (specific) audience!

Jen:

I love your very concrete, wonderful awareness and recentering practices. THAT is consciousness in action. That is some of the most powerful lessons Eckhart Tolle taught in "A New Earth" and here you are practicing it.

I'll bet that while you get grounded (re-grounded), you remember "who you are" and what matters and put it all in perspective. That plus being present -- noticing and listening in a more unattached way is so powerful.

thanks for sharing your practices!

Chris:

Your "feel the fear and do it anyway" is actually a book title... and a great practice if it works for you.

Sometimes the fear message has a real insight for you, too.

I hear that you are building up a muscle to face fear, especially in the realm of business and marketing where worrying (fearing) what others will think can be a big obstacle. Way to push through...

Please take care when the fear is protecting you! It sounds like you are building a huge awareness and good judgment, so bravo!

@Allan,

Thanks for that quote about embracing, making love to the unknown.

I just completed "A New Earth" and joined author Eckhart Tolle and Oprah on her amazing webcasts. He teaches being fully present and conscious by not juding the present moment and welcoming whatever is happening as a teacher of a lesson. Does that support your thinking, too?

@ Dawn,

Congratulations on re-emerging to share your messages with the world! I am a big fan of speaking and help those who fear it, so I am smiling as you apply overcoming fear in this way.

1. What will you be speaking about and where and when? 2. What if any fear or obstacle is remaining for you now?

Glad you are stepping up to speak. The world needs many teachers right now.

Laura:

Glad the F.E.A.R. acronym motivated you to speak up.

We do look for concrete evidence to support either "I'm great!" or "I suck" on a lot of issues. I love how you get how our beliefs, some of them limiting, are formed. This noticing what appears to be 'reality' also confounds our use of the Law of Attraction, a whole other subject I love discussing and practicing.

Great awareness of our inner parts that are afraid and who are often younger little children that still live inside of us. I've come to realize that there are more than one at different developmental stages.

One of my favorite insights learned in a personal growth workshop is "the inner child holds the memory (of an experience in childhood), NOT the Truth!

I believe I/you/we can ask that inner child to continue to love us fiercely and protect us with a new role. Little girls and boys are great at playing, as you suggested, so let's ask for that part to keep us ever playful and to not try so darned hard!

Thanks for all the insights and your focus on gentle lovingkindess as we reparent ourselves.

Hey, before I respond to these great, empassioned posts, can anyone tell me how I can know folks are responding to my article without coming and browsing here every day?!!! I know that if I post a comment I can get notified, but wondering as an author of an article how to get notified. Thanks!

I just discovered you all out here!

And thanks, everyone, for joining the conversation. Now, off to respond!