Julia is a life and career coach skilled in facilitating foundational shifts in her clients’ lives and work.
All in Wellness
When I say I have never been so emotionally exposed in front of one other human, let alone a group of 8-15 other humans, I mean it. The sharing that we did was always safe, we never needed to share more than we were ready to, and yet the liberation that came from speaking my truth honestly, without filter, was enough that I knew I had to go there.
I think I now can more clearly articulate the antidote to FOMO - it is our relationship with ourself. It is our trust that whatever it is that we are choosing to do INSTEAD is the right answer for us, because we know and trust ourselves to the degree that no amount of FOMO would sway us from acting in our best interest (if we choose to check in and really see what that is).
Fear is why asking yourself the question, “What would I do if I knew I couldn't fail?” is so dang powerful. Because SO MANY OF US are terrified of failing, so we sit in inaction, or inauthentic action.
Transitions have the power to jettison us into new realms of understanding, life, work and love, making them also some of the most magical and valuable moments in our lives. The tricky thing here is that..in order to get the most out of that super-distilled life clarifying moment, you need to slow down and lean into those feelings of discomfort.
It’s not easy to admit, given I work as a life coach, that my life could get so out of balance, literally leaving out 50% of what typically keeps me sane and thriving. However, we ALL are navigating through uncharted waters, and I can understand how I could have reconstructed my new “normal” in a Frankenstein, haphazard manner.
What is all or nothing thinking? Well it's just like it sounds.. the idea that something is all or nothing, a perfect binary. In psychology, this phenomenon is often called 'splitting', or the inability to bring together the dichotomy of something having both positive and negative aspects.
