Fear Can Help You Grow, But Should Never Run Your Life

<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I am so excited to be here to talk to you guys about my favorite subject of all time: fear. And people think I'm weird because I have such a loving relationship with fear. A lot of people are like, ‘You are absolutely crazy. Why would you love fear? It's scary. It's terrifying. It makes me feel like I'm going to throw up all the time. I absolutely hate it. Why in God's name would you ever love fear?’ But I have to love fear. Fear is what got me here today.”</span></em></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week on the Fierce as F*ck Podcast, we’re talking all about my relationship with fear and how I went from letting it control my life to making it my best friend (and even my b*tch…)</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Back in December of 2018, I hit my rock f*cking bottom financially.</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">I’d wake up in a complete panic, terrified of getting that stupid notification from Bank of America that “your account is below twenty five dollars.” And every morning, there it would be. And every morning of that December, I’d cry. But even through December was the hardest month of my entire f*cking life, it was also the most freeing. Why? I realized that I was letting fear take over my life. Fear of not being good enough. Fear of not being worthy for people to pay for that I have to offer. Fear of continuing to play small. Fear of being my authentic self. I literally manifested being broke because I was so scared of it already happening.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Once I realized that, I looked at fear and said, “It's time we switched roles. It's time I took my power back.” </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And if you’re feeling trapped by fear, it's time you took your power back as well. Because fear can either be the thing that completely crumbles your life and business or it can be the thing that makes it f*cking shine. So every time you get a nervous feeling in yo