What it means to Start Showing UP (part 2: being seen)

We already talking up “Showing UP: being about being in the moment” in part 1. Now we’re talking about

what it means to Start Showing UP (part 2: being seen)

As I often say…

It truly breaks my heart when I see women playing small.

What does that mean, you ask?

Playing small is all about

apologizing for your greatness
never accepting credit or accolades
dismissing compliments and attention
staying safe
turning down opportunities

Showing UP is the opposite of playing small.

It’s about…

owning your greatness
celebrating your success (even if it’s “making it through another day” or “wearing red lipstick for the first time”)
reveling in positive attention
living “out there”
embracing opportunities

Showing up also means…

All of these things look different for each woman. Your story is unique and you should be celebrating that!

This is a quote I read almost 10 years ago and has become one of the guiding principles in my life.

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

by Marianne Williamson from “A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles”

No more shrinking.

Step up. Be seen.