Welcome to the Failure Club
“The fear of failure has been the death knell of so many great dreams. But what if you could remove fear from your pursuit of happiness? What would be the one thing you would change about your life? Would you do it?” – The Failure Club
Something interesting came across my radar today, the Failure Club. This made-for-internet show follows a New York Support Group developed to help seven people focus on their biggest dreams and to look at and dispel the obstacles that stand in the way of taking action toward realizing these dreams. The groups facilitators are not there to fulfill wishes, and state in the very first show that they are not there help anyone, but simply to guide. It’s not a show about success, or achieving something big, but rather about looking straight at those sticky, edgy places, that keep people stuck. The participants are asked to clearly state their intentions, and to speak to what gets in the way of these intentions. Every Friday brings about a new show that highlights the specific situation of one or two participants. They are asked to pick one action step and take it. The goal of The Failure Club is not success; it is to strip away the notion that failure is wrong.
Fear of failure is something I know intimately. I’ve allowed small and big obstacles to stand in the way of my biggest dreams for years! After two and a half years of plucking my way through the eight-month Yoga Therapy Practitioner training, I finally realized who I was resisting and struggling against, ME! I also realized I was and still am actually afraid of success. It’s very easy to stay in the comfort of my own self-disappointment. It’s much more challenging to go for it, really go for it, whatever “it” happens to be, but oh so much more rewarding. And it is done one baby step at a time.
I find myself now at the end of this training, wanting to acknowledge and thank the many people involved in my journey. If it weren’t for the support of my mentor, who asked me to state my intentions, to talk about what gets in the way, and to identify tiny steps to take, sort of working with my resistance instead of against it, I would not have made it through the training. If it weren’t for those first few clients who trusted me despite my fumbling, who looked beyond my nervousness, willing to try something really new and different I never would have even begun the journey. If it weren’t for my own willingness to try and fail, I would not have taken those first baby steps, nor would I have discovered the joy in knowing there is no real wrong way, and everything that happens in a session holds the potential for awareness and insight.
Every single session has been a learning session, a place for me to try new techniques, a place to practice my craft of listening, and holding no personal agenda for the client, moving bodies mindfully, and inviting awareness. Every single client has contributed to my learning. All of you are my teachers.
So as this year ends, and new one with great big potential begins, I thank you. I thank you for your encouragement, your willingness, and your business. It is a great honor to hold witness to your process as I hold witness to my own. If you have some dreams sitting on the back burner, and want to bring them to the forefront, call me and book a session. I will be happy to see you in January to kick off 2012!
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy New Year.
“The fear of failure has been the death knell of so many great dreams. But what if you could remove fear from your pursuit of happiness? What would be the one thing you would change about your life? Would you do it?” – The Failure Club
Something interesting came across my radar today, the Failure Club. This made-for-internet show follows a New York Support Group developed to help seven people focus on their biggest dreams and to look at and dispel the obstacles that stand in the way of taking action toward realizing these dreams. The groups facilitators are not there to fulfill wishes, and state in the very first show that they are not there help anyone, but simply to guide. It’s not a show about success, or achieving something big, but rather about looking straight at those sticky, edgy places, that keep people stuck. The participants are asked to clearly state their intentions, and to speak to what gets in the way of these intentions. Every Friday brings about a new show that highlights the specific situation of one or two participants. They are asked to pick one action step and take it. The goal of The Failure Club is not success; it is to strip away the notion that failure is wrong.
Fear of failure is something I know intimately. I’ve allowed small and big obstacles to stand in the way of my biggest dreams for years! After two and a half years of plucking my way through the eight-month Yoga Therapy Practitioner training, I finally realized who I was resisting and struggling against, ME! I also realized I was and still am actually afraid of success. It’s very easy to stay in the comfort of my own self-disappointment. It’s much more challenging to go for it, really go for it, whatever “it” happens to be, but oh so much more rewarding. And it is done one baby step at a time.
I find myself now at the end of this training, wanting to acknowledge and thank the many people involved in my journey. If it weren’t for the support of my mentor, who asked me to state my intentions, to talk about what gets in the way, and to identify tiny steps to take, sort of working with my resistance instead of against it, I would not have made it through the training. If it weren’t for those first few clients who trusted me despite my fumbling, who looked beyond my nervousness, willing to try something really new and different I never would have even begun the journey. If it weren’t for my own willingness to try and fail, I would not have taken those first baby steps, nor would I have discovered the joy in knowing there is no real wrong way, and everything that happens in a session holds the potential for awareness and insight.
Every single session has been a learning session, a place for me to try new techniques, a place to practice my craft of listening, and holding no personal agenda for the client, moving bodies mindfully, and inviting awareness. Every single client has contributed to my learning. All of you are my teachers.
So as this year ends, and new one with great big potential begins, I thank you. I thank you for your encouragement, your willingness, and your business. It is a great honor to hold witness to your process as I hold witness to my own. If you have some dreams sitting on the back burner, and want to bring them to the forefront, call me and book a session. I will be happy to see you in January to kick off 2012!
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy New Year.
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