Weekly Newsletter - I Thought I Knew What It Was To Be Vulnerable
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Hi guys,
I thought I knew what it was to be vulnerable... because everything I experienced on my trip has made me so much stronger, so much less afraid of what people think, I was just excited, eager to launch the Kickstarter. Then I did it... I pushed the button, sent out my email to my lovely newsletter group and took my pre-written email and went to send it to my Friends (you know, actual Friends, people I know, not random persons) and it hit me.
I am asking for help. I am being vulnerable. This is a scary feeling. What if it doesn���t work? What if I look like a failure? What if people laugh at me?
I mean I wrote a whole chapter on Asking For Help, I read a book about it over the weekend, if you count the Brene Brown books I read four. I understand. I stand up in front of people every day, I ask them to come to class every day, I stand out in front of the tube station and I hand out flyers. What is going on?
It���s been the best part too - the emails from friends, saying they���ll support me, saying they think it���s brave, that it���s inspiring, that it���s awesome to do this. Messages from people saying they are proud of me for what I said on the video.
I wept when someone donated ��100 to put a photo in the book.
I haven���t had one negative comment. Even people who I didn���t think would be into it have been nice. So what���s my problem?
I���m still struggling with the age old problem. Show up, be myself and risk rejection, or try to play be nice, what people want, what people expect of me, because success is so important. What if it goes wrong?
I left the nice safe place I was in, only to realise...
...there is really no nice safe place, there is no one to stand behind when you are a teacher, a writer, a musician, an artist, a chef - no matter how many layers or systems or gyms or publishing companies or music labels or galleries or restaurants or massive chains there are. In the moment where we meet there is intense vulnerability. I see you, you see me. And we hope we all go home happy, inspired, well fed, but sometimes we go home disturbed, disquieted, challenged, perturbed, and in the worst case judged and found wanting.
We say in Zumba, be yourself and let your class find you - you can���t please everyone, Seth Godin (the ultimate marketeer) would say let your tribe find you. And if the right people don���t find you, or enough of the right people don���t find you where you are, you have to get up and go and move to another part of the forest (now that���s from Winnie the Pooh).
If it doesn���t work, so what? I have no idea what happens next, it���s exciting, it���s scary and ultimately I believe that whatever happens next will be the right thing for me. There are so many times I thought I wanted something so badly only to look back now and say, well I���m so glad I didn���t get that job, end up with that guy...
It���s all happening perfectly, if it feels right to buy the book, to put your picture in it, to come to the launch party (if there is a launch party) that���d be awesome - but it���s like my classes, I don���t want you to come if it���s not the right thing for you. When I look across and see you and you see me, it���s that magic, being in the right place at the right time, to make that connection, to have that particular experience, whatever it is for you. I hope to see you there.
(If you want to come and support me please do come along to my Kickstarter Avoid The Saggy Middle coffee party next Wednesday - hugs gratefully received! And in class too!)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pearlescapes/free-feeling-real-emotions-everyday-book
Oh this is the Thank You card you can choose as a reward - you get a signed card sent out to you anywhere in the UK for ��10 and anywhere in the world for ��16. (Signed by me of course!)
Pearl's Instagram Feed - Lots of Photos Now On My Homepage!
http://www.pearlescapes.co.uk/index.html
Congratulations!
Congratulations to everyone who completed reward cards recently!
Anita completed 5 classes, frenzied feet!
Robyn completed 15 classes, fabulous!
Well done!
Much love, Pearl xx
Saturday 4th June 2016
Saturday
10 ��� 11am�� Zumba�� Fitness�� Vestry Hall ��7 ��
Monday
12 - 12:45pm�� Zumba Gold���� Wimbledon Park Hall�� ��6
1 - 1:45pm Zumba Gold�� chair class Wimbledon Park Hall�� ��3
8:15pm - 9:15pm �� Zumba�� Fitness�� Wimbledon Park Hall�� ��7
Tuesday
1:00 - 1:45pm�� Zumba Gold���� Wimbledon Park Hall�� ��6
6 - 6:45pm�� Zumba Gold�� �� Vestry Hall, London Rd, Mitcham, CR4 3UD �� �����6
7:15 ��� 8:15pm�� Zumba�� Fitness�� Vestry Hall�� ��7
Thursday
12 ��� 12:45pm �� Zumba Gold�� �� Wimbledon Guild, Drake House,��44 St. George's Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4ED �� �� ��5 from May
7:15 - 8pm�� Zumba�� Gold�� Wimbledon Park Hall�� ��6
Saturday
10 ��� 11am�� Zumba�� Fitness�� Vestry Hall ��7 ��
For up to minute news check out my Facebook
Or follow me on Twitter
Click to subscribe to my weekly class newsletter http://eepurl.com/U3C3T
For the timetable please see the bottom of the email
Hi guys,
I thought I knew what it was to be vulnerable... because everything I experienced on my trip has made me so much stronger, so much less afraid of what people think, I was just excited, eager to launch the Kickstarter. Then I did it... I pushed the button, sent out my email to my lovely newsletter group and took my pre-written email and went to send it to my Friends (you know, actual Friends, people I know, not random persons) and it hit me.
I am asking for help. I am being vulnerable. This is a scary feeling. What if it doesn���t work? What if I look like a failure? What if people laugh at me?
I mean I wrote a whole chapter on Asking For Help, I read a book about it over the weekend, if you count the Brene Brown books I read four. I understand. I stand up in front of people every day, I ask them to come to class every day, I stand out in front of the tube station and I hand out flyers. What is going on?
It���s been the best part too - the emails from friends, saying they���ll support me, saying they think it���s brave, that it���s inspiring, that it���s awesome to do this. Messages from people saying they are proud of me for what I said on the video.
I wept when someone donated ��100 to put a photo in the book.
I haven���t had one negative comment. Even people who I didn���t think would be into it have been nice. So what���s my problem?
I���m still struggling with the age old problem. Show up, be myself and risk rejection, or try to play be nice, what people want, what people expect of me, because success is so important. What if it goes wrong?
I left the nice safe place I was in, only to realise...
...there is really no nice safe place, there is no one to stand behind when you are a teacher, a writer, a musician, an artist, a chef - no matter how many layers or systems or gyms or publishing companies or music labels or galleries or restaurants or massive chains there are. In the moment where we meet there is intense vulnerability. I see you, you see me. And we hope we all go home happy, inspired, well fed, but sometimes we go home disturbed, disquieted, challenged, perturbed, and in the worst case judged and found wanting.
We say in Zumba, be yourself and let your class find you - you can���t please everyone, Seth Godin (the ultimate marketeer) would say let your tribe find you. And if the right people don���t find you, or enough of the right people don���t find you where you are, you have to get up and go and move to another part of the forest (now that���s from Winnie the Pooh).
If it doesn���t work, so what? I have no idea what happens next, it���s exciting, it���s scary and ultimately I believe that whatever happens next will be the right thing for me. There are so many times I thought I wanted something so badly only to look back now and say, well I���m so glad I didn���t get that job, end up with that guy...
It���s all happening perfectly, if it feels right to buy the book, to put your picture in it, to come to the launch party (if there is a launch party) that���d be awesome - but it���s like my classes, I don���t want you to come if it���s not the right thing for you. When I look across and see you and you see me, it���s that magic, being in the right place at the right time, to make that connection, to have that particular experience, whatever it is for you. I hope to see you there.
(If you want to come and support me please do come along to my Kickstarter Avoid The Saggy Middle coffee party next Wednesday - hugs gratefully received! And in class too!)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pearlescapes/free-feeling-real-emotions-everyday-book
Oh this is the Thank You card you can choose as a reward - you get a signed card sent out to you anywhere in the UK for ��10 and anywhere in the world for ��16. (Signed by me of course!)
Pearl's Instagram Feed - Lots of Photos Now On My Homepage!
http://www.pearlescapes.co.uk/index.html
Congratulations!
Congratulations to everyone who completed reward cards recently!
Anita completed 5 classes, frenzied feet!
Robyn completed 15 classes, fabulous!
Well done!
Much love, Pearl xx
Saturday 4th June 2016
Saturday
10 ��� 11am�� Zumba�� Fitness�� Vestry Hall ��7 ��
Monday
12 - 12:45pm�� Zumba Gold���� Wimbledon Park Hall�� ��6
1 - 1:45pm Zumba Gold�� chair class Wimbledon Park Hall�� ��3
8:15pm - 9:15pm �� Zumba�� Fitness�� Wimbledon Park Hall�� ��7
Tuesday
1:00 - 1:45pm�� Zumba Gold���� Wimbledon Park Hall�� ��6
6 - 6:45pm�� Zumba Gold�� �� Vestry Hall, London Rd, Mitcham, CR4 3UD �� �����6
7:15 ��� 8:15pm�� Zumba�� Fitness�� Vestry Hall�� ��7
Thursday
12 ��� 12:45pm �� Zumba Gold�� �� Wimbledon Guild, Drake House,��44 St. George's Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4ED �� �� ��5 from May
7:15 - 8pm�� Zumba�� Gold�� Wimbledon Park Hall�� ��6
Saturday
10 ��� 11am�� Zumba�� Fitness�� Vestry Hall ��7 ��
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