NickVenturella.com 5-1-17

Do You Give Yourself Permission

May 01, 2017

I've written quite a few blog posts in the last week on

. This is in part because I'm trying to work through my own issue of giving myself permission.

It's taken me years -- and I'm not yet fully there yet, but I'm getting closer and closer -- to give myself permission to truly be me.

Permission to truly take the kinds of risks (most I'm realizing are not all that risky) to fully engage who I am as a creative artist, and authentic person.

For a variety of reasons over the years, events, actions taken and many actions not taken by myself and by those who I thought supported me emotionally have accumulated to a point that I found I was limiting my own progress and need to fully realize who I am (stunting my own emotional growth, if you will).

As it turns out, I've been getting praise for examining these things in my writings/posts because others, perhaps even you, struggle with the same thing(s), or something very similar.

I'm tired of limiting myself. I'm tired of my own self-sabotage, and I'm tired of making myself feel I'm not worthy of something more, something better -- happiness (and I'm beginning to find happiness right where I am just by examining and expressing of these feelings).

So, I'm giving myself permission to be me, to rise above my own noise, to simply feel more emotionally liberated so I can embrace the best me I can be.  In doing so, I have a feeling I'll be better to others too. I have a feeling if you try it, your best self will spill over to others as well.

Feel free to read some of the posts I published this past week, if you haven't already. I hope they're useful to you.

We're better together, and I'm glad you're here. 

Have a great week!