Something I relate to very much when I was younger was this fear of being seen and heard. The thing i loved most back then was singing in front of others but it gave me terrible stage fright 😱 getting physically ill before every performance. I always did it anyway. The body reactions got less severe over time... but it is still there. It's part of our wiring. In a one shot moment. When it was now or never. Fear of judgement turned into sovereignty... not because I didn't have fear, grief, intensity... but because I allowed them to stay. I believed in what I was doing. @E. V. Wright your work connected me to this puzzle piece... I saw feelings differently in a moment when performance turned into a authenticity being witnessed. When i forgot to think about myself at all because the moment had gravity and i allowed it to ground me into what mattered the most in that moment. (The last sounds my mother would hear were me singing my absolute best... the thing she always wished for me... nothing could stop me, not social rules or expectations... this moment deserved all of me) I could move through fear of lots of things somewhat easily... but the thing i loved most... I still had the deepest fear everytime. Because fear is actually just a focus lense. It shows you what's important to you. It's asking to be acknowledged, its a signal to slow down the moment and be present with yourself and your audience ...remember a time when you moved through this fear with a successful outcome. You'll keep building more of those moments. Fear isn't trying to stop you. Its asking, for presence and reverence for something important. What alchemizes fear into success truly is doing it anyway... with the added nuance in my case... this moment, this time, this day is all that matters. Let everything else become background noise. @Sebastian Schroeder , You reminded me of this today. Your voice, words, honesty and integrity engender trust. I've never met you in person but this is an obvious recognition to me from a distance. Just from what you post here. The way you support others... its a gift.

The mother who was there when my mom collapsed. One who shaped my lantern into the lighthouse i try to be everyday. She needs help i can't give on my own... I'm looking for advice on how to raise funds. So I'm bringing this quest to the brightest minds I know. ✨️ 🙏 Go fund me... research in progress... Here's why it matters to me... 🙏✨️❤️Please help me refine the pitch or offer a new idea all together ❤️ She has survived more than most of us will ever face — not because she wanted to, but because life kept asking her to rise again and again until rising became her only language. Leukemia tried to take her. The treatments nearly did. Years of chemo, radiation, hospital rooms, and the long, brutal road to a bone marrow transplant — a fight that strips a person down to nothing but will and breath. And still, she showed up with light. She was the strong one. Holding her doctors tears comforting her own caregivers. The steady one. The one who held up the lantern for her doctors, her nurses, her caregivers, her friends — reminding them why they chose this work in the first place. Her courage activated their best selves. Her devotion pulled out their most inspired care. She became the lighthouse that kept them going. So they could help give her a chance to live and dream again. Her care saved my life more than once. I know it saved countless others. She has been a quiet miracle in more stories than she will ever know. And now — after all that fighting, after all that rising, after earning one more chance at life — she has a dream. She calls it The Celebration of Life Tour. She wants to travel. To spread joy. To visit the people she loves and the places she’s only ever imagined. She wants to bring her music, her laughter, her light to anyone who needs it. She wants to live while she is still here to feel it. But right now, one thing stands in her way: a reliable vehicle. Not for luxury. Not for show. But for dignity. For independence. For the right to say, “I’m going.

So I went in my memories on another social media platform, to try to find good memories to share with you guys. Unfortunately, as my life has been as far as I can remember, it’s all about extremes. Either everything will gear into place simultaneously and almost perfectly or the jinga puzzle will crumble down in catastrophic proportions. Similarly, the picture I’m sharing today. It was taken over 40 years ago; I was almost ten and in elementary school. I am the kid in the front of the picture. It brings back terrible memories of bullying and humiliation. Life was not kind in the 80s in Europe for a young witty/intelligent girl who acted and looked different. However, I had clearly stated that I would not hold back and share the good, the bad and the ugly. The positive take out of this story is that I’m no longer this frightened little girl. I am actually quite fond of myself, quirkiness and all. I’m strong and resilient and I am not the weakling who used to be constantly picked on. I wish I had a Time Machine to leap back and tell her that it is alright to be who she is. Maybe in a hundred years, human beings will be able to go back in time. So now it’s your turn. What memory will you choose to share with us today?

Today I encountered how much of myself I have grown into. Taking care of work in the morning, meditating at 12 with @Brandon Mehrgut, getting to the gym and ending the day dancing ecstatically. The true line here is that I felt completely confident throughout. Today I feel whole. Today I feel most like me.

Welcome to Focus Founders, where half-baked ideas get a good stretch and scattered focus finds its footing. This is a playground for builders who like progress with a side of presence. Bring what you’re building, grab a seat by the metaphorical campfire, and let’s turn sparks into something that actually comes to life. 🔥 @Braeden Crabtree @Andreea Tamas @Shannon Rose @Kidy Kleinschmidt @Theodore Lanham @Ian McCluskey @Renee Ree @Michele Sapienza @Justin Padron @Leah Frizzell @Kamil Prokurat @Piotr Hojeński @Jenna Kelly @Amy Martell @Amrita Prakaashana Here's what to do first... 1. Create a New Post inside the "Community" tab and select the "🤝 Introduce yourself" category to say hello to other members by answering these 3 questions. - Who are you and what do you do? - Why were you interested in joining this group? - What's your biggest challenge when it comes to ADHD or business right now? 2. Follow our team to get notified whenever they post something! Our team includes: - Bill Widmer - Rex Loyer - Sebastian Schroeder - Alison St. Romain 3. Book your free 15 min clarity call with @Bill Widmer here