I received my permit to operate a food business today

I have a non fiction book written. I’m a social worker and a licensed therapist and I want to contribute to the literature. The time is ripe to publish due to the social issues at play on the National stage. It’s been unpublished for 7 years. I took 4 steps today, I got it out, I left a message with a beloved professor I haven’t spoken to since the 90s to try to get an audience, made a FB post asking for help and got a couple leads, and left a message with an editor. I do not know how to get to the publishing part. But Why am I afraid that this will succeed??

The show at the MA convention went really well and I’m super proud of my set. Similar to recovery, I did way better than I thought. Having close friends in the audience who were sitting up front helped, but there were easily 100+ people there from out of town who I didn’t know. I did 4 open mics in the week leading up the show to practice (probably a personal record for most mics in a week), plus one more earlier in August. It was so much fun to be onstage again and feel how natural it is to me. I’ll attach the audio of my set here. My phone was far from the speakers, so crank the volume! Thank you all for the support this last year. Wouldn’t have pulled this off without you.

Hey HeartFinders — let’s learn from each other. We’ve all found little things that helped us shift, grow, or heal — and those things might help someone else here, too. 👉 What’s one thing that truly helped you? It could be a practice, a mindset, a book, a song, a routine, a realization — anything that made a difference for you. 🧭 Tell us in the Community: - What was it? - How did it help you? - Why do you recommend it to others on the path? - Big or small, it all matters. Let’s build a library of wisdom — together. 💛 Oh, and one more thing that will help you - is helping others.

I love the idea that by giving true connections can be formed. In order to truly realize our greatest potentials we do need our own ongoing practice - but it is also true that we cannot do it alone. The powers of the universe flow through the space where we connect, and give us what we need to do what we need to do to get everything we want in life. That's what love does.