Howdy from beautiful Georgetown, Texas, where Martha and I are visiting my folks.  I am here doing a little work, but mostly I’m vacationing.  And the little bit of work I’m doing, really feels like vacationing, so I am certainly not complaining!  Just yesterday, for example, we had tea in Austin with two of the women who are to be featured in my book.  Tricia Mitchell and Sara Hickman both joined us at The Steeping Room, and we had a great visit.  They are delightful, as is their music.

And on Monday, Mom and Martha and I will be heading back into Austin (to The Steeping Room again) so that I can do some more “work.”  We’ll be visiting with two of the RiskADay.com “Blogging Babes,” Janie and Laurie.  They are mother and daughter, and among my very favorite people in the world.  That means that there will be five of the “Blogging Babes” all in one place – fun!

OK – on to my risk!  As everyone knows by now, I am writing a book.  It is to consist of interviews (and excerpts of interviews) with women in the arts and entertainment industries who have found – and are using – their True Voices.  I started the interview process about a year ago, and it has been an amazing journey; one I wouldn’t trade for anything.  It is time for it that portion of the process to end, though, and this is where the risk comes in.  At the end of this month, I will be doing no more interviews.

“Where’s the risk in that,” you might ask.  Well, the risk is that in saying no to any more interviews, I might just miss the opportunity to include in the book that one last woman who would make the book truly great, or truly marketable, or truly… ______________.  (You fill in the blank here with something else that that the book wouldn’t be without her.)

It’s a little crazy, I know.  Part of my brain knows it isn’t a risk at all, but a very smart move.  I mean, truly, I have so much great material already that I don’t know how I’m going to do justice to it all…  But there is still that voice that says “Don’t stop, or else!”  Ay-yi-yi.

Does any of this sound familiar to you?  Do you ever have voices inside your head telling you things that you know are irrational, and yet, you still let them run your life?  Do they say to you things like, “You haven’t done enough,” “you don’t have enough,” or the worst one of all, “you aren’t enough?”  If so, I invite you to join me in standing up to those voices, and living, instead, as though you do do enough, you do have enough, and you are enough?

I hope you will.  You know why?  Because you do have, you do do, and you are - enough.  And so am I.  And so will be my book!  Amen!!!

Laura Biering has an infectious zeal for coaching people who want to do enlivening work and live inspired lives. She's fired up about the power of taking risks - great and small - and the rewards that come as a result. She's also passionate about (1) creativity and authenticity and their potential to change the world, (2) frolicking with her adorable four-legged children, and (3) retreating with those she loves at her farm in Southeast Georgia, Brinson's Race. Visit her website at True Voices.
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