So, I'm back from working the kinks out of a dozen college baseball players...god, I love my job!
Anyhoo - I just have to say, I knew this topic was a button-pusher for me, but get this - I re-read the thread just now and it was like I'd never seen any of it! Even my own entries read like they were written by someone else. Told you my stress-response was activated.
So how does one go about letting go of (well-deserved) fear and self-protection and embracing a willingness to be vulnerable? I'm like aspiring - I need steps, instructions, a check-off list...load the dishwasher-check, feed the dogs-check, mow the lawn-check, pay bills-check, pick up an econo-size bag of vulnerability-check. And, much as I respect each and everyone of you,
telling me to do so won't cut it.
I think it will take a lobotomy.