One of the processes that we did at the Invitation workshop was to see how we are limited by fears that are ridiculous, untrue and even downright silly.

One of our participants who had some limiting beliefs around her dream volunteered to help me demonstrate this fact. As she stood in front of the room, we started to look at the beliefs that were holding her back.

Within a few minutes she was laughing at the absurdity of the fears. As we looked at what she has already accomplished in her career and life, it became more and more obvious that the fears she had around her next big dream were completely ungrounded. They were great big boogie men fears - that once pulled out from under the bed, had no merit or place in her life any longer. Everybody was laughing, most of all her.

We weren´t laughing at her. Not at all. She´s simply representative of every one of us who allows fears to impede the fulfillment of our dreams. We were truly laughing at how anyone of us could have been in that place. We also realized how simple it was to let go of the fears once we saw how they were based on ridiculous lies we had concocted about ourselves or others.

What I have discovered over the years of coaching and doing healing work with thousands of people is that we all have some common fears when it comes to living the life of our dreams.

Here are a few you might recognize:

• People won´t like me if I do what I really want to do.
• I don´t how to do everything I need to do to create my dream.
• If I do what I really want to do, what will I have to look forward to in the future?
• I don´t know where to get the support I need to do what I want.
• I don´t have the money to live my dream.
• I don´t have the time.

You may have some that are unique to you but if you were to get these six fears out of the way, you´d be well on your way to greater success.

Some people are not going to like you no matter what you do. There are people who don´t like Oprah Winfrey, Mother Theresa or Princess Diana. Yet they have all done amazing things in the world. People will have their opinion of you, whatever you choose to do, good or bad, positive or negative. Therefore, the saying that “what people think of me is none of my business” is the perfect belief to embrace so you can let go of the belief that people´s opinions should dictate the direction of your life.

You´re absolutely right that you don´t know how to do everything to create your dream. If you´re a parent, did you know everything you needed to become a parent? I doubt it. That would probably be true for most things in your life. Yet you did it. Trust that all you need to know is the “next step”.

The fear that you have only one thing to do and then you´re done is nonsense. You can have faith that you can complete a dream and another will show up. Keep writing down your dreams in a journal and that will inspire you to get things done so you can move on to the next magnificent dream.

Support will come from many different places, sometimes the most unexpected. There are people who just love supporting other people´s dreams. By living your dream, you give others the opportunity to use their gifts, time and talents in support of you as your dream will undoubtedly support others. We´re all inter-woven whether you realize that or not.

We often assume that we need money to live our dream. We decide that we can´t do something and we don´t even know what it would cost. I highly recommend that you start the process and then watch how it all unfolds. Do what you can with the funds you have or start something that doesn´t cost money such as sharing your dream with others. Commit to the dream, with or without the money, and then see what shows up for you.

We can never manage time. We can only manage ourselves. So you do have the time to create your dream. You just haven´t made it a priority in your life. Make it more important in your life today and see how greatly it energizes you to get everything else done!

See if these six fears are playing a role in your life and then go through these suggestions and literally watch them vanish!

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