74: How to Take Off “Golden Handcuffs” and Go After Your Dreams With Mel

<p>Today’s episode is about stepping out of your comfort zone, and following your dreams. Mel has financial security in her current position, but feels called to do something more impactful. She would like guidance on how to get to where she wants to be. [For show notes go here: <a href= "christinehassler.com/podcast/episode74">christinehassler.com/podcast/episode74</a>] Mel was experiencing two major blocks: fear, and her own limiting beliefs about not being good enough. When we don’t know what is ahead of us, we are faced with uncertainty, and with uncertainty comes fear. Our security doesn’t come from an external source. The person who makes you safe is you and your connection to source. I encouraged Mel to take off the golden handcuffs. It may feel like safety and security to her, but it is not freedom if she is not happy, and she feels called to do something more. Financial security and wealth are available through various forms. There is a fine line between fear and excitement. If you are at the tipping point between excitement and fear, I encourage you to lean into the excitement, and stop fighting with fear. Mel’s belief of not being good enough was something we all experience at one time or another. I reminded her that we all have an infinite amount of potential. During the call, the use of numbing agents came up. The use of pot, alcohol,  shopping, etc., are common when we suppress both emotion and desire.  Mel had some unprocessed emotion from her childhood, and she felt suppressed by her parents. But, as an adult, she was doing to herself what they did to her. If you use numbing agents to suppress your emotions and desires, listen to my Coaches Corner episode <a href= "http://christinehassler.com/2017/01/coaches-corner-how-to-stop-numbing-with-pot-and-interview-with-sexyfit-founder-zlata-sushchik/"> How to Stop Numbing with Pot</a><strong>.</strong>   <strong><em>Special announcement</em></strong> <em>— We hit 1 million downloads! I am so grateful to all of you, and to celebrate I am giving away a gif