Rediscovering Dreams, Nurturing Growth, and Embracing Authenticity




- What did your little person need?
- What buried dreams do you need to resurrect?
- What must you remember and reclaim to walk in your authentic authority?

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There will always be people in your life who will NOT and cannot SEE you!
Even if they work with you, live with you, worship with you, or train with you, they may overlook or minimize your brilliance because they are so tethered to stereotypes, labels, or their own understanding of who you are.
Do you know the type?
You tell them what you were called to do, and faster than a New York minute, they will attempt to discourage you.
They will provide reasons why your vision is too large, too unattainable, too risky, and too beyond who they think you are, to be realized.
When you continue to pursue your purpose without their approval and support, they will up the ante. They will use guilt to dissuade you, rejection to coerce you, and the fear of abandonment to intimidate you.
When you are not deterred by their mean-spirited antics or their empty advice (which is really thinly disguised envy), they start smear campaigns to discredit you or to discount your ideas.
👉🏾 Don’t be alarmed. Don’t retaliate. Don’t despair.
Recognize that your current village may not have the capacity to appreciate your future vision.
Recognize that you have changed and your desires and aspirations no longer align with the places that reared you.
Recognize that your birthing place has become a prison and that you MUST leave in order to bloom and build your new life.
Remember…you have a vision, which may require a new village.
Your newfound creativity may demand new comrades, collaborations, and colleagues.
That was and is my story. I bet it was your story, too.
That’s why in I DARE TO BE ME, we talk honestly about friendships, connections, and mutuality.
We honestly and courageously explore the importance of aligned partnerships that support your purpose.
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I look forward to sharing more about how fruitful friendships provide the safety, sustenance, and support you need to soar.
It’s your time to SOAR Higher, and having the right relationships will help you easily take flight.
Thank you, Pastor Dr. Kenneth Lee Samuel, for helping us understand the critical connection between villages and visions.
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So often, we believe we can only feel and think one way about a specific topic. We frequently feel bullied to choose between this or that, as if there are only two options to consider.
But life often exists in the grey; life is rarely black or white. There are few absolutes.
Yes, absolutes are non-negotiable; we must honor humanity, ensure dignity, and protect freedom.
However, most of life’s questions are full of nuances, complexities, and contradictions that challenge us to think deeply about our values. And those are the questions and decisions that don’t fit neatly into our cultural conditioning, religious doctrines, and social norms. The decisions that affect us the most are never this or that; they may be both or neither.
Bottom line: Don’t get bullied by binaries.
You can have multiple opinions, concerns, and feelings about one topic.
So, question everything and allow yourself to have mixed feelings about something until you know what is true for you.
Create space in your mind and expand the love in your heart to hold tension and dichotomies.
Most of all, trust and test your own inner knowledge because YOU and only you know what’s best for you.
So, this week, here are some journal prompts to help you get clear on your goals and needs.
Journal Prompts:
Spend some time asking yourself these critical questions. And then, be sure to sign up for the free I Dare To Be Me Virtual Open House to get additional insight about creating a life that honors your deepest needs.
Don’t be bullied. You are too amazing to be shoved into a belief system that suppresses your soul.
Blessings!
SharRon
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A few days ago, one of my mentors asked me why I was sitting at the wrong tables.
Initially, I didn’t understand his comment. But I soon realized that his question was metaphorical and invited me to examine if I was spending time in life-expanding, soul-nourishing places.
So, being the thinker I am, I considered where I was spending my time to evaluate if I was metaphorically sitting at tables that were undermining or enriching my life.
I asked myself…
I am not sure why those questions came so quickly to my mind, but since they did, I knew I had to look deeper into my soul for answers. I had to tap into my intuition to access my body’s wisdom to see beyond public personas, hidden agendas, and unspoken intentions.
Asking myself some tough questions, knowing that the answers could change relationships and alter my career trajectory, was difficult. But whatever the cost, I had to tell myself the truth, even if the truth was uncomfortable and inconvenient. And so, I journaled, prayed, and relaxed my mind to hear the small sweet whispers of wisdom from my Creator.
In less than 3 days, I received some sobering answers. Most of the responses were not shocking because my spirit never felt settled and embraced at a few tables where I frequently dined and visited. So, bolstered by integrity and courage, I moved and took my “plate” full of my talents, gifts, and love to new tables where I felt seen and supported.
What I know for sure:Â I want to sit at tables where I feel invited, appreciated, and respected. I want to metaphorically sit at tables where love, acceptance, kindness, and soul-enriching affirmation are lovingly served. I want to dine in places where everyone’s humanity is honored and their decisions respected. I want to be surrounded by various views, cultures, identities, expressions, languages, faith traditions, and ages. I want to dine where curiosity is abundant, clarity is pursued, and courage is celebrated. I want to sit where my soul feels safe.
What about you? Where do you want to sit? What types of tables are worthy of you? What types of tables will stretch your wings and help you thrive? What types of tables feel like life-giving elixirs and not death-dealing abuses? What types of tables make you feel safe, seen, and supported?
This week, evaluate the tables you are sitting at and determine what’s being served. Determine if those tables nourish and sustain you. Ask yourself if those tables keep you mentally well, wise, and whole.
And if those tables don’t provide the spiritual and emotional nourishment you need, find the courage to leave so you can dine at new places that warm your heart, expand your mind, and revive your soul.
Journal Prompt: Where am I being fed the spiritual, emotional, and relational food that I need to sustain me in this season of my life?
Have a great week, and remember to only sit at tables that nourish your soul.
Blessings,
SharRon
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Have you ever felt as if you were stuck in a rut? I have. There have been times in my life when I have felt stuck, cemented and confined by people, policies, places and positions. Â A few times I felt so emotionally trapped by routines, responsibilities and relationships that I stopped growing, learning, loving and living. Â I was emotionally, intellectually, socially and spiritually sinking, and I was sinking fast.
Thankfully some wonderful coaches and counselors helped me change the trajectory of my life and now almost 25 years later, I have learned a few things.  I have learned that self-reflection is the first step to personal transformation. Yes, I learned that I had to learn more about me. I learned that I had to learn who I was devoid of expectations, fears, traditions, norms and facades. I had to discover who I was outside of what everybody else wanted me to be.  Trust me, that was difficult; it required peeling back layers of my personality that I never knew existed.
For me, self-reflection was a painstaking process because I had to take off the masks and remove my disguises; I could no longer hide. I also had to stop acting, and the funny thing was —  I didn’t know that I was even acting. I thought my beliefs and behavior were self-directed; I soon realized that they were not. I realized that my beliefs and behavior were influenced by whole lot of people who didn’t know me, care about, support me or even like me. Yikes! What a wake-up call!
During my self-discovery journey, I was forced to analyze my history to identify patterns, themes and the orgins of my bad behavior. I had to understand why I  sabotaged my success, happiness, relationships and health. I was forced to evaluate my perspectives and define my truth, and honestly 25 years ago, I didn’t know I even had a truth. Imagine that.
I am not alone; many people are and have been in the same boat. Many people today are struggling or have struggled to understand themselves. Some, like I did, have and continue to struggle to find their purpose, accept their calling or even understand the need for transformation. Most successful people I know have been to THE place, the place of truth that helped them jump-start their journeys of personal transformation.  I call THAT place “Blessings at the Bottom” (Chapter 39 in I Have Learned A Few Things)
Yes, most of us have been to that the scary, unfamiliar and agonizing place that demanded that we become more self-aware.  I am sure that we all can agree that THE place is a challenging place but it is also an exciting place. It is a place of great promise, great purpose, great clarity and of great relief. During THAT place, we were forced to look closer, deeper and broader at the choices that we made or honestly consider the choices that we were failing to make. We removed our defenses and we became emotionally transparent to ourselves; we didn’t hide from our histories, failures, mistakes and secrets.  We became self-aware and as result, we were ready to embark on our new journeys, our journeys of personal transformation.
As we learned in the previous post, self-AWARENESS is the first step toward personal transformation. After you conduct a full life inventory and commit to continuous self-discovery, the second step on the road to personal transformation is ACTION. Yes, ACTION! If you want a different life, you must make changes; you must do something and many times, do a lot of “somethings” differently. As we say in the South, “you just can’t talk about it, you got to be about it”.
But even though we know we must do something, it is the “doing” that scares us the most. It is the “doing” that keeps up stuck, stagnant and stale in our lives. It is the “doing” that seems insurmountable, unfathomable and just down right undoable. It is the “doing” that reveals our fears, unravels our resolve and makes us abandon our dreams. It is the “doing” that frequently stops us or makes us settle for relationships that are unfulfilling, jobs that are underpaying and lives that are unsatisfying. The “doing”, the failure to take action, is what limits our successes and negates our future.
So how do we address the “doing” so that it feels doable? I don’t know all of the answers but I have a few thoughts.
I encourage you to take Action! Never forget that motion motivates, activates and elevates. So get started because today is the first day of the rest of your life. And, don’t forget to get some support on your journey. If you need coaching or assistance, please feel free to call the Jamison Group. We would love to provide you with support and guidance as you embark on your new life.
Always remember to DARE to SOARÂ HIGHERÂ because You are ALWAYS worth your best!
(Reprinted from my upcoming book, I Have Learned A Few Things About Success)
Blessings,