Reason you are stuck: October 17, 2025

🌟The Real Reason You’re Stuck: It’s Not Fear, It’s Avoidance.

💫Have you ever found yourself wanting to make a change—start a new project, have a difficult conversation, or set a much-needed boundary—but you just can’t seem to do it? We often tell ourselves it’s because we’re afraid.

💫Dr. Harriet Lerner, author of “The Dance of Fear,” offers a different perspective that I find incredibly insightful: “It is not fear that stops you from doing the brave and true thing in your daily life. Rather, the problem is avoidance.”

✨️💎This quote shifts the focus from a feeling we can’t control (fear) to an action we can (avoidance). We avoid difficult emotions because we crave comfort. That avoidance offers a brief respite from vulnerability, but it never actually diminishes the fear. It just keeps us stuck in a cycle.

✨️💎🌹True growth comes not from the absence of fear, but from the willingness to act in spite of it. It’s about taking small, brave steps that challenge our need for comfort and lead us toward our goals and ultimate freedom.

❓️What’s one small step you can take today to move from avoidance to action? Share your thoughts below❣️
With love, peace, and light,
Dawn and Sari ❤️🐾🐾
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