Last newsletter, we talked about what a “yes” feels like.

This feeling helps you make choices on the path to designing a career you love. While money, growth, and flexibility are easy to measure, fulfillment, alignment, and passion are a little more… smushy. Mix in fears about the economy, politics, and AI, and clarity can feel impossible.

As promised, today we’re talking about working with (not against) fear.

This weekend, I attended the Do Bold Sh*t conference for purpose-driven coaches in Toronto. These folks are no strangers to facing fear to do bold, impactful work, and I left super inspired.

Here are three big takeaways I’d love to share with you all:

1. What would you do if you weren’t afraid?

One exercise had us sitting knee-to-knee, eye-to-eye, answering this question repeatedly for four minutes:

“What would you do if you weren’t afraid?”

I’ve spent years designing my career and life intentionally, so nothing huge sprang up. But I realized that fear was zapping my energy. My answers are prompting me to:

• Fully own my client results instead of waiting for the other shoe to drop
• Name my program price with more BDE (aka a calm, detached confidence)
• Add a step before free exploration chats to better screen for passionate powerhouses

💡 Now I ask you: “What would you do if you weren’t afraid?”

2. Give your fears the mic

Later, on a panel with fellow coaches who run 6-figure businesses, we unpacked how we do bold sh*t. No surprise: managing fear came first.

Robb brought up Tim Ferriss’ fear-setting exercise, which I love and use:

• Define the worst-case scenarios (and how to prevent and repair, if needed)
• Consider the benefits of attempting and succeeding
• Identify the cost of inaction

I augmented this with my own metaphor about vomit, where you puke out all the poisonous fears, and then… sift through them (ew, sorry).

The point: every path has fears, risks, and challenges. As Johnny Nash sang:
​“I can see clearly now, the rain is gone; I can see all obstacles in my way.”

💡 What do you learn when you look fear in the eye?

3. Create safety in your body

After lunch, Karen led us in a somatic movement exercise: jumping, dancing, humming, and box breathing. It turned my stage fright into excitement. It’s not magic. It’s science.

💡 What’s in your toolkit to make your body feel safe?

If you’ve looked your fears in the eye and still feel stuck, join me at the Should I Stay or Should I Go? workshop on November 5th. We’ll spark clarity, put fear in its place, and help you move forward with confidence!

Onward!
Grace