Secret #3: Following Your Fascinations

This week at The Next Chapter: 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women we're talking about following our fascinations, an adventure that takes heart, courage and support.

Bolstering Your Staying Power

Here are some things that help bolster my courage and support me when I'm risking:

• being well-rested, well-prepared and well-dressed
• doing everything I can to make it easier, then diving in and getting it done
• having candid and vulnerable conversations with loved ones about my hopes and fears
• reminding myself of the things I've already done that were even scarier
• being reminded I am loved and that there are people who believe in me
• asking for help and/or support
  
• having a coach
  
• bringing a friend
• connecting to my body through touch, slowing down, breathing, moving
• my encouragement box
• Reiki
• trusting the Universe
• knowing it's my job to step up and let the Universe know this is what I really want
• being willing to pay the price (Have you seen The Miss Firecracker Contest?)
• believing in myself, trusting that I can bear the results either way
• getting some perspective on the risk I'm taking (e.g. No one's going to die, it won't be the end of the world...)
• appreciating all that I love in my life
  
• being clear on why I'm taking the risk
  
• having a cheering section
• knowing the kind of person I want to be in this world
• taking quiet time with the Universe
• taking the initiative (I strongly prefer taking a step to being pushed)
• giving myself time to recover afterwards
• thinking of it as an adventure, reminding myself I simply don't know what's going to happen next. Anything's possible.
• booking a celebration to mark having taken the risk, honouring my bravery, regardless of the results

What risk will I take this week?

I've been risking all over the map these past couple of weeks. This week, I will risk writing a press release about The Next Chapter and sending it to at least 3 media centres. (I'm hearing in my head all the reasons why I can't/shouldn't do it [I'm going to have to visit the Vault] so it's a definite go. Wish me luck!)