WHEN FEAR PARALYZES OR BLOCKS US

I guess you will have heard sometime what the "comfort zone" is, but what I didn't imagine is that to get out of it we have to run into a strong soldier, fear.

Here is a link where it explains wonderfully what that zone is. I had been hearing the word for years, I had seen a thousand illustrations that talked about it, and I had read books about the comfort zone. In most of them, people tell their stories and how they managed to cross it. But of course... it's one thing to know how to explain a concept to someone and quite another to experience it firsthand. I feel right now that I have crossed the comfort zone, I don't know if I've done it a little or taken a giant step, but I feel like I've left it.

I had heard the saying "nothing ventured, nothing gained." But is risking easy? It doesn't seem so to me or, at least, according to the beliefs of the society and culture I live in. I want to tell you what happened to me:

I worked as a teacher and a journalist and developed a project in parallel, Maminat. People used to ask me until a few months ago when I made the creams and I would answer that it was after dinner because I had spent the rest of the day at work. Deep in my heart, I felt that this was not a life, that I lived to work and that, perhaps, someday things would change. My partner used to tell me: "you always say the same thing...". My family advised me to slow down and, best of all, I knew it but did nothing about it.

Why did I stay in that "comfort zone"? Out of fear. And I'm going to tell you very clearly: fear has a good side and a bad side. The good thing is that it allows us to be alert, it gives us the opportunity to consider and feel if what we want to do is in line with us, but, unfortunately, fear has a bad, very bad side: that of paralyzing and blocking us.

In recent months, I considered leaving my "comfort zone" and my stable job to fully enter the world of entrepreneurship; that is, moving from stability to uncertainty, from a salary at the end of the month to not knowing what will happen... And the beautiful story of "I'm going to be an entrepreneur" fascinated me, but inside me, there were nerves, fear, limiting beliefs, voices of the less "adventurous," and a tremendous lack of connection with myself. I think that for a few weeks I drove more than one person crazy with so many questions: what should I do? Will I be able to? Do you think I can do it?

In short, I wasn't the owner of my life and I wasn't doing it out of fear. Of course, I also tell you that it's very nice to say it now...

What I did was listen to my heart and my soul, which always have the answer. Our society has taught us to separate mind and heart, and in those weeks of uncertainty, I couldn't align myself. In fact, I tried to meditate and found it impossible. At least, I was aware of what was happening to me, I had a lot of fear.

But, in the end, I've done it and I'm happy. I have abandoned stability and, after years, I have immersed myself in my dream, to develop Maminat all day. Now I can prepare the creams in the mornings, I can write this post at noon, and I am at peace. I still have some nerves about the unknown, but I know that I am on the right path, on the path of growth, and that life is for the taking.

I can only say that the first thing is to become aware of what is happening to us in each vital process. After "realizing," I can only say that what helped me was listening to my heart, and it has not been an easy task. Even if you think it doesn't speak, the heart speaks to us every day.

I take this opportunity to congratulate all those who are capable of making decisions decisively and confidently. Somehow, I want to be like you, and you are a great inspiration to me.

What we do at Maminat is health and beauty combined, and during those weeks of fear, I lost health through every pore of my skin.