“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face… hard!” ~Mike Tyson
“The punch in the face” is what we fear, what we plan for, what we dread, what holds us back.
You get the picture. The funny thing is that the fear begins to dissipate when we look fear in the face and do the thing we’re most scared of i.e. look for a new job or figure out how to improve the current one, get counseling, talk to a financial advisor, etc.
But what if the fear is paralyzing? What if the very thought is too much to handle? What if your fear is so overwhelming you can’t even fathom a different way to look at things? Here’s where personal development work comes into play.
But what do you do if your greatest fear actually happens?!
You did lose the job you love.
Your spouse did leave.
The stock market did tank and you lost your retirement savings.
For this there is only one thing to do at that moment, basically nothing. Most of us feel the need to power through, be strong, suck it up and keep going when what we really need is to lay down or go for a walk.
Big losses call for extreme self-care, baby steps, letting those that care for us actually care for us. Take as much time as you need to grieve, whine, yell, let it out, then surrender… From this space you can start looking at options and taking action.
One of the best things we can do for ourselves is to learn how to take a punch and not fear it. But as I’m sure any boxer or MMA fighter will tell you it takes practice and patience with yourself.
Here’s to your resiliency! Please book an appointment today, and we can get through this together!!
Eva Lewandowski MBA, is a certified Life Coach, certified EFT Practitioner, seminar leader, speaker and co-host of a weekly internet radio show “Corporate Talk with Charlie and Eva”. She is also a 30 year veteran of Corporate America as an IT consultant. Using the skills she learned in acting classes, life coaching and EFT certification training as well as her struggle with debilitating stage fright, she created, Stand Up and Be Heard!, a program that teaches professionals how to overcome their fear of the spotlight. She is also the author of “Put on Your Phone Face: Tips and Techniques for teleconferences and conference calls”.
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