LAST EDITED: FEBRUARY 20, 2022 | BY: KIMBERLY EVANS

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Lately, I’ve been feeling a bit of a disconnect in life, the way I’m showing up on the podcast and just not feeling as in touch with my social followers and I want to change that. Inspired by a blog post I stumbled upon, where others were sharing things that they were afraid to tell their audience, I just knew that I needed to do this.

Here are some of the things I’m most afraid to tell you:

1. My biggest fear is disappointing people

   a. I’ve been doing a lot of inside work on this. Most recently, I finished reading (and am already reading for the second time), Atlas of The Heart by Brene Brown. This book is helping me understand such clear definitions of what emotions I’m feeling and how they affect everything going on around me and how to make them work for us.

   b. If I take a break from the Podcast or pivot, something bad will happen. Of course, I know this isn’t true but my ego does sometimes think about this because I always want to show up in the best way possible for you. However, I want to show up authentically, make mistakes and continue on anyways. I’m really hoping that I can just be myself with you guys so that you I’m really hoping that I can just be myself with you guys so that we can all be completely honest with each other.

2. I’m experiencing a lot of inner struggles right now in some close relationships but still feel incredibly joyful

   • Over the past two years, due to the pandemic, I have gone from losing every contract in my business, to taking a corporate day job for a few months, to pivoting my business into completely different services.

   • I’ve had to learn to prioritize myself.

   • I’ve had to say no to things that I really wanted to say yes to in order to protect my time, mental health and my vision for how I want my life to look.

3. I have doubled my business income this past year. 

   • My ego feels scared to talk about this, but I have been doing a lot of work with my money mindset this past year. (Thanks to The Money Club hosted by my incredible friend, Taheera!) Truthfully, I was scared to talk about money. It is something that I still feel is a bit of a Taboo topic, but I would love for that to change. Go ahead and read the book ‘We Should All Be Millionaires’ and tell me that this won’t change your life.

4. The direction of the Celebrating Simple Life podcast is changing.

   • I know you love the format of the Celebrating Simple Life Podcast and the people that I bring in to interview as much as I do, in the coming months the topics and themes will be changing up a bit. Life has an interesting way of bringing up exactly what I need when I need it and in this season, the direction of my business has changed and therefore this podcast is going to be a lot more about hearing inspiring stories, how to live a life of joy and not always as entrepreneur specific. I have to fight the fear I previously stated of being afraid of disappointing people and move this show forward in a direction that feels most aligned to me and direction my life is going and I sure hope you will continue to join me.

Once you can open your heart and mind, you can take this as the permission (that you absolutely never need) to do a little inventory in your own life as to what you are secretly afraid of that you have kept to yourself in order for you to show up and live this year in a more fulfilling, joyful way. You ready to face your fears?! I’m with you every step of the way.

Cheers to Celebrating Simple Life!

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