09/16/2025
The Courage to Just Be
For much of our lives, many of us have been focused on doing: achieving, proving, improving, striving. We’ve been taught that our value comes from how much we accomplish, how well we perform or how much we can give. But what if courage looks different now? What if true courage, at this stage of life, is the ability to stop striving and simply be?
It sounds simple but it takes real strength to accept yourself just as you are, to not fall into the endless messages of “do more,” “be more,” or “fix yourself.” When you choose presence over striving, you discover something profound: you are already enough. You are the gift in your life. Everything else, every success, creation, or milestone, is simply icing on the cake.
When you allow yourself to simply be, peace and possibility open up. You begin to live from a place of calm, grounded confidence. You show up differently for yourself and your relationships. And suddenly, new doors appear: creative pursuits, deeper connections, even long-lost dreams reemerge.
If this resonates with you, I invite you to join me for my free webinar, Courage from the Inside Out, on Tuesday, September 23rd at 4 PM PDT. Together, we’ll explore how to release the pressure to strive and uncover the courage to simply live as your true self.
Learn more and register here: https://tinyurl.com/bdcrec72
Elaine
