Running Towards the Roar

One of the hardest and most amazing classes I’ve taken helped me discover the benefit of facing my fears.

And during the entirety of the 3 day class, I face so many of my fears.

It helped me discover that it was the way to set me free.

One of the stories they shared helped me comprehend the power and freedom available when facing fears.

It was a story of a lion pride.

This lion pride had a small number of lionesses to hunt and bring back food.

They had a fantastic strategy that worked every time though.

And we can all learn from this play in their playbook.

The star role was given to the grandma lion.

She couldn’t run anymore,

Or hunt anymore,

Or take down prey anymore.

But what she STILL could do was…

ROAR,

And they used that to their advantage to up their numbers.

They placed her in front of the prey, while the rest of the hunters created a trap opposite the old lioness.

When the prey heard the grandma's great roar,

They ran the OTHER WAY,

Straight into the trap that was set up for them.

Every time it worked,

But, FREEDOM could have been theirs,

If only they had run TOWARDS the roar.

And freedom could be yours too.

What if this is also true for us?

What trap do we fall into by running away instead of facing our fears?

Facing those “bad” feelings?

Facing our inner conflict?

Facing our relational conflict?

Facing trauma responses with increased safety of this present moment?

If not, we stay stuck unable to move forward.

It becomes a trap that we find ourselves in and remain there for years.

Running,

Hiding,

Giving up on the freedom available.

We need to run towards the roar to be free.

Free from what holds us back.

This class and story has shown me that it is much more powerful to face my fears head on.

This has been my focus in my relationships and it has made the biggest difference.

And I have been healing as I establish safety

And I've been developing self confidence while facing my fears.

It’s the process to navigate your way to what matters most to you.

And to me that is FREEDOM,

Joy,

Love,

And Connection to me AND those I love.

Let's dive in and face your fears together, increase your safety, and set yourself free to go after what matters most to you?