12/02/2025
The weekend before Thanksgiving, I was invited to collaborate with . It was phenomenal!
There was such an amazing group of women who joined us. provided a delish meals and we had an awesome conversation during dinner which led to the class that I was there to teach.
I had a lot of feelings of nervousness throughout the day. It was an interesting experience. I knew I was not nervous to teach. I’ve been a teacher for many years, in a variety of settings, and don’t have any issues getting up in front of people and teaching. I wasn’t worried about the class, I’ve taught it before. While it’s a class that I created, I felt very confident in the information, the structure, and what everyone would get out of it.
I realized that my nervousness was stemming from teaching a class to a group of people that was entirely new to me. In most cases, there has always been a friend, family member, or a client in the classes that I’ve taught, especially around Energy Work. This time I was teaching a room full of strangers!
I wasn’t sure if I belonged in the room. I was nervous they were not going to understand what it is that I do or what I taught.
As I was getting ready for the class — checking to make sure I had my tables, sheets, handouts, etc — a memory of a conversation that I had earlier in the month came back to me. I remembered that I am choosing to do this class. I said yes. And so did all of these women!
They said yes. They are choosing to be there, even if they don’t fully understand or know what it is that I do and how I can help them. They still said yes! And being reminded of that, remembering that we are all choosing to be part of and belong in this group, for this event, was really empowering. The last of the nervous energy I had dissipated and I felt ready to enjoy the evening.
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