Courage. It's a quality a lot of us want to have in an empowering way to be.

Our heroes and inspirational leaders are labeled courageous.

We're told throughout our lives to be courageous, but that's not always easy.

In fact, courage is one of the most difficult qualities to truly, truly integrate.

So why is being courageous not as easy to embody as the heroes make a look in the movies?

Well, I think there's two main reasons. First, being courageous means being willing to face fear and embrace uncertainty, which yikes, right?

Like we do not like being scared or not knowing what's ahead.

Second, most of us do not truly understand what courage really means, which is why I wanted to dive into this in today's

coaching corner.

So think of something you're scared to do.

Perhaps it's a conversation you're nervous to have, a job change you're afraid to make, a relationship

you're terrified to leave, an investment that really spooks you, you're feeling fear, hoping

one day you'll feel courageous enough to finally do it whatever your it is.

You don't like not knowing what's on the other side of that choice though.

In fact, it's petrifying.

Staying in the known, however undesirable as it may be, deals a lot cozier.

But seriously, what are you waiting for?

Some miraculous moment when all of a sudden you don't feel scared, some sign from the universe that gives you more

certainty. Well sorry to break it to you but that's just not the way courage is

developed. Courage is feeling fear and moving forward anyway. So if you're waiting for fear to

disappear before you take an action or make a choice you're gonna be

waiting a really long time and right now you're allowing fear to paralyze you. You're

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