Coach Cassandra Rae

Hey there ~

Coach Cassandra Rae here and damn!  My life has taken me through so many ups and downs in the last couple of weeks part of me just wants to crawl into bed and stay there for awhile.  It’s so easy to judge myself about that.  But, instead of criticizing myself for being human, I choose to look at this as the perfect opportunity to ask for help.  And guess what? This request gives you the perfect opportunity to be a featured guest blogger on SimplyFearless.com.  Woohoo!

I want to publish your Simply Fearless Friday story. It’s easy.  All ya gotta do is answer this question:

What are you doing to stretch your comfort zone and grow your business/blog?

Then send me your:

1. Simply Fearless Friday story {click here to read about mine}
2. Bio
3. Photo {as a URL}
4. Link to your blog

That’s it and I will publish your article.  So get writing because I can’t wait to spread the word about how fearless you are!

Nap time ~
Cassandra

Coach Cassandra Rae, founder & life coach
SimplyFearless.com
408.730.5546

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Today is Simply Fearless Friday!  Blog about one thing you’ve done this past week that’s stretched your comfort zone and then come back here to share the link directly to your blog post.  Facing your fears is an absolute must when you are building the business of your dreams. But, you do not have to go it alone.  Share your story and I promise to swing on by, check it out, and leave you a comment.   I’d love to connect with you.

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Oh my heaven…what an incredible week!  My daughter came home and visited for the first time since she moved out a couple of weeks ago,  I gave 3 presentations, and all while taking a class, running my biz, and squeezing in a load of laundry and cooking dinner.  Whew!  I’m tired just typing about it.

And thankful that it’s Champagne Friday.

It feels good to slow down, sit down, and relax.  I’ve been putting myself out there so much this week.  It’s been exhilarating to share my message and at the same time it’s been one of my biggest stretches ever.

It was terrifying to stand up in front of 50 peeps and speak for an hour while being filmed, but at the same time it was so amazing.  It felt natural.  Like I was coming home and I love how responsive people were to my presentation.  I received so many words of encouragement.  Yay!

My main take-a-way from this past week is that …ultimately, there comes a time when you simply must take the risk and put yourself out there right where you’re at.  I’m curious. What are you doing to stretch your comfort zone and create the life of your dreams?

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Today is Simply Fearless Friday!  Blog about one thing you’ve done this past week that’s stretched your comfort zone and then come back here to share the link directly to your blog post.  Facing your fears is an absolute must when you are building the business of your dreams. But, you do not have to do it alone.  Share your story and I promise to swing on by and leave you a comment.   I’d love to connect with you.

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Oh my gosh I had the most amazing and scary experience this week.  I role-played the “sales pitch convo.” My coach acted as if she was a potential client and I got to share about my upcoming program with her.  I was so scared, but I didn’t have that long to think about the fear.  The idea simply came up in the session and one second I’m sharing my process and the next I’m talking to a potential client.

And isn’t that how it goes in life too? You strike up a conversation with someone at a party or at the book store and all of a sudden you realize you are talking to the perfect candidate for your product or service.  Here’s the opportunity.  Do you take it? What do you say? How do you talk about it without being pushy?

Yeah, it was one of those moments.

And it was fabulous!

I learned that when I don’t have the time to over-think it I actually know what to say.  I got to experience my own joy, excitement, and energy around the topic of Calling.  It was amazing.   Yes, there were parts that were fuzzy – as my coach was kind enough to tell me honestly and gently – but, overall the experienced showed me that I’m on the right track.  I actually know what I’m talking about.  What a relief!

I’m so grateful for my coach who gave me this opportunity to stretch my comfort zone and practice sharing my message with potential clients.  Now I feel more sure of myself even though I don’t have all the pieces in place yet.  Woohoo!

Today is Simply Fearless Friday!  Blog about one thing you’ve done this past week that’s stretched your comfort zone and then come back here to share the link directly to your blog post.  Facing your fears is an absolute must when you are building the business of your dreams. But, you do not have to do it alone.  Share your story and I promise to swing on by and leave you a comment.   I’d love to connect with you.

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So yeah, lots of fear came up with past week.  I guess I should be grateful or else I’d have nothing to blog about.  *eyes rolling*

No seriously.  I am grateful…and sarcastically bitter all at the same time.  Hey, my 16 year-old-daughter moved out yesterday to go live with her father full-time.  I have every right to be bitter.

Wait a minute.  Why am I explaining {read: trying to justify} myself to you?

Good question.  I don’t know, but how about I stop now?

Okay.

Are you lost yet? I am just a little bit.  But, that’s okay.  This is what it’s been like in my head with all this stuff going on in my life.

It’s easy to freak out in the face of such terrifying events like letting go of parenting full-time.  But, here’s the thing:

I’ve asked for and received some amazing acts of support, kindness, and love.

And you know what, isn’t this what life and love are really all about?

I haven’t tried to hide my personal crisis. Nope.  Instead I’ve shared it and was able to receive the strength from others that I couldn’t muster for myself.  I didn’t try to pretend I had it all together.   Instead I asked my sister, my dad, and my mom just to hold me while I cried.

And you know what?

They did. They held me and let me cry.  What a gift!  I didn’t have this kind of support earlier in my life.  So when these people held me, they not only held the mother that’s going through hell with her daughter.  They held the frightened child.  They held the angry teen.  They held the lost twenty-something.  They held me.

And that, my friend, is beautiful.

So when it comes to sharing your life, your problems, and your fears with your peeps…I encourage you to open up, talk, and ask for what you need.  You just might find your colleagues, clients, friends, and families coming together to support and love you just like they all did for me.

To all of you who have reached out to me through this…thank you.

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Today is Simply Fearless Friday!  Blog about one thing you’ve done this past week that’s stretched your comfort zone and then come back here to share the link directly to your blog post.  Facing your fears is an absolute must when you are building the business of your dreams. But, you do not have to do it alone.  Share your story and I promise to swing on by and leave you a comment.  You know you’d love that!

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For this week’s Simply Fearless Friday I recorded a video for ya’ll.  Ain’t that special? Of course it is! And you really don’t want to miss this one because I share about my personal experience parenting a 16 yo daughter while running a growing business.

Whew…I’m tired just thinking about it!  Time for more self-care.  I’m off to eat a delicious and healthy lunch.

Rock it out, Peeps!

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Today is Simply Fearless Friday!  Blog about one thing you’ve done this past week that’s stretched your comfort zone and then come back here to share the link directly to your blog post.  Facing your fears is an absolute must when you are building the business of your dreams. But, you do not have to do it alone.  Share your story and I promise to swing on by and leave you a comment.  You know you’d love that!

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What are you doing that’s stretching your comfort zone to grow your business?

My Soul consistently tells me, “Ask for help.”  You see, I’m the kinda woman who likes to do everything and take care of everyone.  Yup, you guessed it, I’m a control freak!

But, the truth is if I’m going to grow my business, then I must begin to receive help in running it.  This is a big stretch for me because it means letting go of control. Ak!

I feel like a mom who is taking her baby to the sitter for the first time. Oh!  What a brilliant analogy because I’ve actually done that before.  I know that when you find the right sitter, your baby has so much fun and you’re healthier for the time you get to do non-mommy stuff.  Whew…I feel better!

So this past week I began the process of hiring a virtual assistant {VA}.  It’s “funny” because there were moments when I was like, “I don’t have time to do this.”  But, then I reminded myself that if I’m going to invite more success into my business that I must invest a little bit of time now.  I know it will pay off in the long-run.

Just in case you’re a control freak too here are 4 things you can do to begin the process of hiring a VA for yourself:

1. Talk to people who are already using a VA to find out more about the process and to receive referrals
2. Look in your stack of business cards that you get at all those networking events you go to {hint, hint!} for cards of VA’s you’ve already met
3. Turn to a trusted organization for referrals {one I turned to is the Coaches Console who provides my Private Client Center}
4. Interview at least 3 different VA’s – keep interviewing until you find one with the right skills to meet your needs

Remember that you might be letting go of control by giving the reins to someone else on a few projects, but you get to choose how it’s going to work and who that someone is.  See, letting go isn’t that bad.  Right?!

I’ll keep you posted on who I choose to work with & let me know if you have any questions.

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Today is Simply Fearless Friday!  Blog about one thing you’ve done this past week that’s stretched your comfort zone and then come back here to share the link directly to your blog post.  Facing your fears is an absolute must when you are building the business of your dreams. But, you do not have to do it alone.  Share your story and I promise to swing on by and leave you a comment.  You know you’d love that!

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