Unstoppable or what is stopping us

I am not exactly sure what I found so scary about attending a workshop called “Unstoppable” by Bill Baren Coaching. Bill is known worldwide as a transformational business coach. Over 20,000 people from 32 countries have participated in Bill’s online and live trainings. I was invited to attend the workshop for free and since it was just around the corner from where I lived I just couln’t say no to this unique oportunity and ready to go all the way. Still I was very nervous of what to expect.

I was reminded of what Mirianne Williamson wrote…

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

The workshop with Bill Baren was quite catalistic as he forced us to face our fears. In one of the excercises (we worked in small groups or partnered) he had us make a call that we had always precrastinated about, and as we shared our experiences afterwards there were quite a few moving stories and tears. In another project we partnered up in pairs to talk to “money” as if it was a person, switching roles and taking on the role of money and perceiving how it feels to be treated and talked to. I was amused as my partner called money her “unfaithful lover” to me it has always been just paper that allows me to pay the bills but it left me thinking and questioning my believes about money.

In the final excercise we choped a wooden board with our bare hands, Ninja style, after we wrote on one side in big letters our fears and on the other side our goals. They didn’t give up until we had all smashed our boards into bits. I even got some personal help from Bill as I was almost in tears unable to brake the damn board. I realized afterwards that the goal wasn’t powerful enough and the fear still too present. It was a very impressive and practical demonstation of how your thoughts are weakening even your muscle power.

There was had a lot of laughter and a lot of tears and all in all I felt that it had really shaken up my persception of myself and what is possible if I would overcome my limiting believes and fears and given me an idea what I need to be working on to move forward with my art.

What are the things that hold you back and what has helped you tackle those fears?