Topic: Courage

The Courage to Face our Fears

This month, we’ve been exploring a lot of ways that we react to make our anxiety go away. We create conflict, we triangulate, we over-function. One of the most common things we do when we feel afraid, though, is just run away. Sometimes it’s a good idea to take a step back, but if we want to live into our life-affirming values more fully, we’ll probably have to face some things that make us anxious. When is distancing ourselves a healthy response, and when do we need to muster the courage to face our fears head on?

The Courage to Fail

Successful people often say they had to learn to fail well. Intellectually, we might realize that failure is a part of learning new things. And yet, we often avoid addressing issues in our lives or in the world around us because some part of us is afraid of failure. Maybe we even busy ourselves with all kinds of other things so we can’t possibly create space for learning new ways of being. How can our community empower us to fail better? And how can failure become a spiritual practice?

The Courage to be Vulnerable

Sometimes we think of being courageous as taking a stand. And sometimes the way we choose to “take a stand” might look like digging in our heels. We might create conflict because we want to feel strong and safe while we work toward a better … read more.

The Courage to Say No

Our theme this month is Courage. And one of the most courageous things some of us can do is say No. Many of us wind up saying Yes to things that don’t really serve us, and then we get frustrated or anxious about following through. … read more.