Please welcome back the extraordinary Tama Kieves, life coach, career coach, Pink goddess, and author of THIS TIME I DANCE!: Creating the Work You Love. Today Tama discusses how to acknowledge, honor, and use our gifts - and what happens when we don't. A brilliant reminder to tap into what truly moves you. Thanks, Tama!

I am afraid of failing

I talked to a woman who had been very gifted in music, but who hadn't pursued it as an adult. "I am afraid of failing," she said, but as we talked further, she admitted in the quiet tones of held back truth, that she felt like a failure now. She felt tired and angry, out of sorts with her life. I don't blame her. It takes more effort to create a life you don't want than to create the life you crave.

In my last article, I spoke about a vision for a new form of marketing. One where, as business professionals, we could attract opportunities to us that were in greater alignment with our deepest intentions, both individually and collectively as teams. In this new world, there would no longer be a need for fear-based advertising. Instead, it would be about the presence we cultivated in ourselves as the key ingredient to greater abundance for everyone on the planet.

There was one piece of the vision that I left out -- the actual image that came to my mind of what the process could look like for both entrepreneurs and entire organizations. I’ve decided to write about it here.   

Please welcome back expert career and life coach Tama Kieves, bestselling author of This Time I Dance! Creating the Work You Love who has helped thousands world-wide to discover and live their creative dreams. Woohoo, yes please. Big love and thanks to Tama. Enjoy, Pinkies!

I meet many people blocked to their own desires and I want to wring my hands, in sadness, because I know the joy and awe of living one's dreams in one's lifetime. And I'm like the crazy host at the party that says, "You have to try the ginger chicken... the sesame tofu... the cobbler... the brownies." I want everyone to swallow bliss. I want everyone to feel as though they're standing on the mountain top, having their own personal picnic with God and God just says, can you pass the crackers please, and you do, but you can't help giggling because it's just ridiculous to be this alive.  Some days I am living proof that this is possible -- and I want to picnic with you.

De-Cluttering With an Unexpected Twist

I’ve taken on a de-cluttering project. I’m pretty good at letting things go. I’m quick to give away old clothes and kitchen odds and ends that are no longer used. Two years ago, I even gave away the “wedding crystal” because after ten years of marriage my husband and I had never even taken one drink out of those glasses. But I had no idea how emotional this de-cluttering project would be.