I just saw this and wanted to reply but did not have time to record: Forgive the typos ( I am rushing to class)👉Today I am taking a HUGE risk and investing in my business. As not to touch my emergency funds, I pulled from an investment account. It has taken me 3 months to pull the trigger. What got me to cross over? I am glad you asked :) I started my business during COVID as a tax shelter. My employer was requiring an online fitness/wellness presence during shutdown but was not reimbursing for the expense. So I sat with a CPA and we determined a 'side business' properly structured made fiscal sense. That was my first decision to invest in me even though it didn't look like it at the time. Over the past 3 months, I have sat with that and what I want my business to be moving forward as I move into my 3rd year full-time. So today is investment day and that makes me proud.

@Vasavi Kumar TY! So much. Your reply is so timely. everything in my being knows this is the right move, I need my physical and physiological responses to catch up. Your video was the 'breath' I neded.

@Christine Weddle RELIEF! I like that celebration. Can we say that again for the people in the back? :) I am not sure I would've thoght of it in terms of relief but when i read this my mind said 'what else woud it be'. I need to hold this moment for an upcoming coaching session. I will be sure to credit you anonymously. I am not sure if you are creating content, but your insight screams ... straight to camera

@Christine Weddle Just followed you at LI

@Maureen Jones 3 words: Cel A BRATE! Okay, they are not words but you get my point. Celebrate. You had a mic in your hand, you engaged the room from the mic and people enjoyed the moments. Celebrate. I would also say, the next time you are hesitant channel the guy who wouldn’t stop talking. I am not saying go on forever but he had NO problem with stepping into the moment. He may have even read the room and decided “they are going to hear all these stories even if they don't want to.” Not saying that needs to be your energy but channel him being carefree at the mic and if he can do it, gurrrl I know you can CRUSH it.

@Maureen Jones You're welcome! What if you take you on as another role? If you’ve been comfortable as other characters, think of it as your moment to go from understudy to lead. Many moons ago, during my theatre years, I had this audition monologue from Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf. This monologue was not only my best audition, it also spoke to me. One of my professors suggested adding one more monologue from the play to rotate when I auditioned. I couldn’t even imagine that. I had practiced this monologue from the conservatory to my college classroom — I was not letting it go. But wanting to pass the class and graduate, I realized the ask wasn’t really an ask, and I put it in my repertoire for my final. At our juries, one of the professors asked me what I learned from the process, and I remember saying something like, “By taking on this other character, it led me to a side of myself as a performer I didn’t know was there. I also realized I never needed to fear the new character, I was already familiar with the play.” Perhaps this walk down memory lane can help you find comfort in being the leading lady in your story , the one you’ve always been.

@Vasavi Kumar The challenge with learning on the go, or in process, is that no matter how much homework you think you’re doing, you only know what you know, and the same goes for the people trying to teach you. That said, I’ve been avoiding this phrasing because it sounds so “salesy.” Saying that out loud feels strange, because conversions are sales. Still, there is a fluff social media sales lexicon that, honestly, makes it sound like people lack imagination and intellect on both sides of the coin. I have an entire lexicon I’ve asked my GPTs not to use. But reading this, I’m realizing that my refusal to use fluff wording, like “making changes for your real life,” has also led me to reject language that has actually shown it converts. This is helpful, and I’m dropping this list of examples into my language GPT. Thank you.

@Vasavi Kumar @Lisha Epperson Thank you both. I really appreciate your take. Both of your responses are VERY helpful. I’m a Pisces, so finding the middle ground is challenging. But what you said made me realize that by standing ten toes down on avoiding certain language, I might actually be in my own way. I’ve been so stuck on not using phrasing like “a program that fits your real life” that I’ve ignored the fact that those words do land with people. What I need to focus on is finding a way to say things so my clients actually hear me when they see me, and so the right people are pulled in, whether they subscribe to my weekly email, monthly class card, or one-on-one. Right now, I’m mostly just eye rolling and cringing at what passes as normal social media language. Honestly, I probably should’ve said this earlier, but before COVID, I was pretty anti-social media. I need to check in and make sure I’m not still judging it while trying to use it.