courage
Hey babe,
Lately, I’ve been thinking about courage.
How it might just be the most essential skill we can cultivate — especially in times of uncertainty.
Because when nothing seems certain, when we finally feel we want to take the one next big step towards our desires, what keeps us moving forward isn’t knowing what’s next or what the outcome will be.
It’s the courage to keep following the truth that lives in our hearts.
The word courage comes from the French word coeur — meaning heart.
So literally, courage is about living from your heart.
It’s not about being fearless (as if that is possible).
It’s about feeling the fear and moving with love anyway. It’s about trusting yourself, a higher power, or life that you are doing the right thing. Don’t they say: “The universe supports the brave”?
Those who know me, know that I have struggled with courage the past years. From outside I might have seemed courageous: Moving to Mallorca solely based on my intuition telling me to do so — no biggie for me. Leaving my successful corporate career — easy. Going into the depths of my psyche, turning my life upside down — bring it on! But internally I was suffering because of my lack of courage to do what I knew I actually wanted to do: to show my true (a little eccentric) self, to live my sensuality, to share my wisdom, to coach and guide others to themselves, to love, to create community.
So… I have summoned a lot of courage lately. When I started posting on Instagram, I cried for hours before my first posts (no joke).
Before every coaching session I would prepare for 2 hours because I was so afraid I would make a mistake.
After years of dreaming about creating The Wild & Wise Circle, I finally stopped hiding behind perfection and decided to just… do it.
I dared to put on a lot of make-up and wear very sexy cloths, not to get attention but because I have always loved to dress up and cross the line of what society thinks is ‘appropriate’.
I pressed send on this very newsletter — something I’ve wanted to do ever since I left my corporate job in 2016.
And you know what? Now it feels liberating. It feels amazing. It feels ecstatic. But truth be told, when you do courage right, at first it feels horrible. It feels like dying. Because every time you step out of your comfort zone, that part of you that was afraid to do it, has to die.
Today, I feel messy, vulnerable, imperfect — but real. At least the most real I have ever felt in my life. And honestly, it feels like I have just started to live my life really.
Courage is…
Not a grand gesture. Not a movie moment.
Just a thousand tiny choices to keep saying yes to what your heart already knows.
So here’s to courage, my dear.
To doing the thing.
To letting your heart lead.
Because that’s where the magic — and the real aliveness — begins.
I so wish for you to do that one little thing you know your heart wants you to do. Whatever that might be for you. Being courageous is easier together, so do reach out if you need someone to hold your hand while you do it. It’s so worth it, I promise you!
With love,
Tat