scared to arrive

This morning I’m in Helena, Montana waiting to drive out to the Feathered Pipe Ranch for a week on retreat. Apparently there are 30 of us spending the next week with the divine Sera Beak, who in 2013 released a book called Red Hot and Holy. I’ve been a fan...

scared to speak and scared to act

I promised some recap of my weekend at WDS 2014, so here we go. I’ve already talked about Gary Hirsch and the bravebot… but there were a couple of moments before Gary appeared that ‘primed’ me for action. First it was Jadah Sellner – co-founder of Simple Green...

scared to look

Almost 10 years ago I stopped reading, listening to and watching the news. The relentless onslaught of negative stories had become too much. I was already full of my own negativity and had no room for any more. Later, I became frightened of being overwhelmed by my...

tired and scared

This week I got a great reminder/kick up the arse from the universe regarding the relationship between physiological stress and fear. My partner and I were in Mount Shasta, on the way from Portland to San Francisco. On our one full day in town, we decided to take a...

the bravebot

The tinybrave header shows a photo of a little red creature in front of my laptop. The creature is a bravebot, created by a guy called Gary Hirsch. On the final day of WDS 2014, he gave all 2800 attendees unique bravebots he’d hand painted over the past year....