Do something everyday that scares you? Good idea ... or not?

Today, together with Leanne Wickham, I hosted an event for a new community group called Novel Ideas. The event was attended by a 4 times New York best selling ghost writer, 4 published authors, 2 book printers, 3 book coaches and 3 aspiring writers - all together a brilliant bunch of creatives, making for a very fun and successful event!

If you've known me for longer than 4 years an event like this will be no big surprise. However 3.5 years ago I came down with Chronic Fatigue, and my world completely changed.

My ability to do 'extra' and burn the midnight oil disappeared, even normal household jobs became a struggle at times, along with debilitating pain to this day.

Mid-to-late last year I suddenly realised that with the focus on healing and inactivity, I'd become a bit shy and actually afraid of meeting new people - highly unusual for me - the former social butterfly.

Being a bit of a self help junkie I decided it was time to solve this 'problem'. I spent until Christmas meeting up with old friends who I hadn't seen in a while (sometimes years!) - this grew my confidence that people did still 'like me' and would make the time to meet up.

At the start of this year I organised a few coffee dates with inspiring creatives who I had connected with and followed on social media over the years - again fantastic to meet talented but still familiar people and share energy.

Finally today, an event with quite a few complete strangers, and me (half) in the lead ... and guess what? It was totally fine. Nervous at first, but I really enjoyed myself!

I loved meeting and chatting with everyone AND I walked away with buzzing, with more energy flow than I'd felt in over a year.



So next time you're feeling flat or low in energy - try doing something that scares you - I highly recommend it!