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Even as a child, I remember feeling the weight of the world – watching the news or reading the paper and thinking, there’s SO much work to be done! At the same time, when I wasn’t existentially worrying about the fate of the world, I was busy playing with my best friend and fellow child-entrepreneur, Nicole. We were constantly creating funny little businesses, clubs, and misguided nonprofits (like raising money to donate to Pizza Hut). One year we threw a Summer Carnival for the whole neighborhood, and another year we put on a Fall Festival. I think the only scheme our parents said a hard no to was when we asked if we could go door to door asking the neighbors for spare wood and nails so we could build ourselves a clubhouse. They probably thought we’d stab ourselves in the eye, and they were probably right. The point was always just pure fun and joy (and occasionally to make a little coin to bring to the toy store).

The experts always say to do what you loved to do as a child, so fast forward a few decades later when I found myself once again creating a funny little business called Moondance Wellness Coaching. What started out as fun and joy eventually gave way to a lot of frustration and limitation, and the biggest take away from that 6-year experience was that I would never do it all by myself again. I’d forgotten one of the key elements from my childhood experiences – playing WITH someone else. Schemes and dreams can be a lot of fun when shared with someone else. Plus, running a business is a hell of a lot of work, and it’s pretty impossible to be good at everything (though we try).

Woven through the entrepreneurial journey, adult life has been quite a journey of trying-trying-trying and getting a lot of nowhere until I’m finally forced to surrender and face the big hairy-scary fear I’ve been desperately trying to control, perfect, or run from. There’s been the Crohn’s disease journey that imploded and put me in the hospital facing my fears of intestinal surgery (three!) and intense meds; the marriage journey that imploded and had me facing my fear of separation; the career journey that imploded and had me facing my fear of insignificance. In all of these lived a deeper fear of failure, imperfection, worthlessness, and fucking it all up spiritually. But a funny thing happened every time I was forced (or finally chose) to surrender: healing. My body started to heal and eventually I got off of the meds (8 years later), my marriage started to heal and we didn’t separate after all, my career journey started to heal as my path crossed with Talia’s and we started doing something FUN. After surrender, without fail, things started to get better. Not what they teach you in the history books.

After all this intense humaning, at this point in my journey, I’m finding it hard to feel motivated to do things unless they are at least a little bit fun. Being serious about healing is important, but taking ourselves too seriously isn’t. On this trippy spiritual tour in Hawaii for my 40^th birthday, I heard this transmission from the spirit realm: “Career, career, career…it’s just love, you’re just spreading love.” Like, get over yourself and stop trying to make it all such a big deal. Message received.