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The motivation for this book came from being surrounded by many Aminas and Graces, very talented people on the outside who looked like they had everything all together, yet internally struggled with the crippling effects of fear and doubt. Like you and many others, they grappled with stepping into the highest version of themselves to let the real me out. Remember this: you are not alone. Keep this in mind when fear tries to eat away at your courage to stay on this journey.

Fear wants you to continue using your power and choice to erect inauthentic versions of yourself. Somewhere along life’s journey, we developed these self-protective mechanisms to feel safe when we received messages that being our real selves was not enough. Famous Harvard psychologists Bob Kegan and Lisa Lahey described this process as developing an immune system to protect oneself from perceived harm. The-tug-of-war in your spirit seeks to take your self-protective systems off autopilot so you can redirect the current you back home to the real you. Throughout this journey, you’ll have a plethora of opportunities to use your power and choice to align with the highest version of yourself which is the real you. The moment you start to consistently use your gifts while living in the highest version of yourself, things start shifting to align with your bold purpose. When this happens, do not apologize for what you do well or hide your abilities. You were born to share your talents with the world. This is the reason the tug-of-war hit you so strongly, your spirit could no longer handle you living below your full potential. It could no longer handle dimming your light out of fear of other’s thinking that you are “doing too much” for wanting to be a better version of yourself. When you let your light shine, you give others permission to shine, too. That’s why we’ve got to get behind what’s going on inside of you. We’ll start with a topic that everyone shies away from: what to do when your daily affirmation texts, instagram memes, and New Age mantras stop working. There is a reason why they are shooting blanks...getting unstuck is an inside-out job.