I’ve been doing a lot of worrying lately

Do you ever get those periods where things just feel like doom and gloom? I’ve been struggling to see the wood through the trees, and life has just become a bit…anxious.

In the midst of general life anxiety, I’ve found myself scrabbling around trying to control things, trying desperately to keep things in order - when in reality, I’ve probably just been making things worse for myself. I’ve been making decisions out of panic and fear, but this energy won’t fix anything. It just prolongs the anxiety for when things inevitably don’t go right again.

You can’t fix things and bring things back into good energy when you’re approaching the situation with negative energy. Feelings of fear, panic and anxiety just don’t vibrate on the right frequency for positive change.

I know this. I preach this. But why have I not been practicing it?

Because I’m human. And as Human Beings, we all get lost in it sometimes. We’re imperfect in our conviction. Which, in itself, is the perfect expression of what it is to be human.

I’m all about humanity. It’s so easy to get absorbed in our modern world, losing all sense of self and what it means to be human. We buy into idealisms such as perfection, materialism and authority. But none of these things make us human, they only take us further away from our own, unique humanity.

I’ve been busy exploring ways to attract more people to my business, as a big part of my anxiety has been related to my business and financial worries.

When I looked at what other successful people do, they market perfection, materialism and claim to be an authority in their subject matter. This seems to be what sells. But it’s always bothered me. Maybe I have an intuitive awareness of authenticity, or maybe I’m just hyper sensitive to bull shit. Who knows? But either way, it’s not the way I want to be.

However, my fearful energy started leading me down this path, thinking that it’s what I should be doing. Thinking it’s the only way for me to generate new business and ease my financial worries. But I was wrong. It was lack-mentality that was driving the vehicle, and I quickly realised it was steering me in the wrong direction.

My core values are honesty, integrity and realness. So I’ve had to stop and ask myself, how can I remain authentic to these values and still generate more business? I often feel like there’s a clash of energy between these two things.

I’m not entirely sure I have an answer yet, but what I do know is that I need to continue to lean into authenticity - regardless of the financial outcome. Because the world needs more of that. It needs more people who are raw and vulnerable, it needs more people who share their darkness, and it needs more people being their beautifully imperfect selves. This I can do. And this is my commitment to you.

I’m trusting in the Universe to provide the rest.

Much love and namaste,

Luke 🙏🏻💛