We all PLAY the FOOL

Happy Easter Week! I know that not everyone celebrates Easter and some of us (like me) celebrate the fun and consumerism parts of Easter. It’s all fun, games, and lots of candy for our household this weekend.

This month has given me plenty to do!  Last week, the weather was so gorgeous, which allowed me to be back in nature, listen to the water, watch the dogs play, and families play at the park. I am reminded of all the blessings, abundances, and the gifts of life. 

Sometimes, we are all so focused on what we don’t have that we take for granted all the blessings that we already have. I remind myself of this every morning when I wake up, journal, and write what I am grateful for. 

But I’m also not going to lie, some days, it’s hard. Some days, it’s hard to stay and remain positive, when you seem to work so hard without seeing the physical or external results. We live in a fast-result world where we thrive on instant gratification, fast food, fast clothes, want to go viral, and especially want to be overnight successes that come with fame and fortune. 

It’s especially difficult when you decide to take a risk and forge your own path. I recently uploaded an episode on my Youtube Channel about the number one trait I had to learn to embrace as I continue to forge my path. Find out what it is by watching it. I will include the link in my weekly email. 

As we continue to forge into April, my mood has been up and down, especially when it comes to my work. Overall, I am proud of all my work, effort, putting myself out there, the consistency, and never giving up. I look at my analytics for my weekly blog, Podcast, and Youtube episodes. Numbers are important and yet, if I relied on my stats, I probably would have quit a long time ago if I had allowed my numbers to dictate my worth to me. 

It’s easy to get carried away and lost in the analytics, the lack of comments (on my Youtube episodes), and the expectations that you’ve set for yourself to meet in a timeframe. It’s effortless to feel foolish when you work so hard and don’t have the external results prove your efforts. 

Earlier in the year, when I decided that I wasn’t going to see therapy clients anymore, I had A LOT of people question my path. I know that people asked out of curiosity; and when I explained to them my intentions, a few asked how I was going  to receive business and make an income. 

I am not going to lie, before I made this decision, I did feel foolish for even contemplating this path! No more therapy clients? Like how? Why? Is it even possible? This is what I trained to become and for me to just leave it? That’s crazy! And yes, I was crazy and felt like a fool to BELIEVE, have FAITH, to JUMP, and listen to my SOUL. 

I know that I chose the hardest path possible because I know that the rewards are going to be extranominal. I could have played it safe, small, and predictable,  but I knew that I would never be satisfied. I would always wonder and ask myself “what if?” 

When it comes down to it, I had two what if’s: the what if of being a fool for never trying or the what if of feeling like a fool for trying. I decided on the latter. I would rather feel like a fool for trying than be a fool for never trying. Feeling and being a fool are two very different feelings and I had already held myself back for too long that feeling like a fool no longer bothered me. I was NOT going to live the rest of my life BEING a fool. 

The truth is we ALL PLAY THE FOOL when we are brave enough to forge our own path.  We are foolish enough to believe that we can be the first in our familial generation to create the generational wealth, be the one to break generational curses, be the one to create, have, and live in freedom.



When you step into unknown territory—when you say “no” to the safe route and “yes” to your soul—you will feel foolish. Not because you are foolish, but because you’re doing what most people are afraid to do: Be seen trying.

This is a reminder to all of you that feeling like a fool as you forge your own path is completely normal and ironically, it’s a sign that you’re doing something real, raw, and radically yours. Here’s why we all play and feel like a fool when we forge our own path: 

• There is NO MAP: Remember in school, when there was a game or a presentation, no one wanted to go first because everyone feared that they were going to look foolish? When you’re going first, there is no blueprint. There is no crowd to follow. It’s just you, your vision, and a lot of unknowns. Don’t get me wrong, there are resources out there (like Youtube) but you own the accountability, the vision, and the effort. The map is going to be constantly redrawn, erased, and being and feeling lost is part of the process.  Being the first to step off the path will always feel shaky and all that wobble?  It’s not weakness; it’s movement.
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•  You’re Unlearning & Rebuilding at the Same Time: We all have learned foundations and when you decide that you’re going to forge your path, you question the previous and current foundations that you were taught. Once you decide to move forth, during the process, you’re finally releasing the need for approval and you’re rewriting your rules. As with anything new and unknown, it’s always messy at the beginning, but once you have a handle on it, you realize that it’s sacred work. It will always feel weird before it feels wise.
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   You Can See the Vision—But Others Can’t (Yet) You have your vision, know what you have to do, and believe that all of your work and consistency will pay off. Initially, people will question your vision and even try to make you feel foolish. But you know what? That is the gap between what you know inside and what others can’t see outside. You feel like a fool because you’re becoming center stage. 
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   You’re Being Seen Trying: When you have been taught to never be seen or the worst thing for you is to be seen, the idea of putting yourself out there to be seen is downright terrifying. And let’s be real—trying, failing, and figuring it out in front of others is vulnerable. But you know what? This is what courage looks like.
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Let’s have real talk here.  Feeling like a fool is part of the transformation. You’re not failing—you’re evolving. Even butterflies look strange mid-metamorphosis.  You have to reframe your experience as: 

You're not foolish.
You're foundational.
You're not lost.
You're leading.
You're not behind.
You're becoming.

Ladies, being willing to look foolish is one of the most powerful forms of self-trust when you OWN your path. To take on the risk of looking foolish is  how you pave your path, create legacies, and the people (not that need their opinions) that once questioned your dreams, vision, and motives will now call you “brave.” 

Darlings, for any of you who are still holding back from forging your own path because you fear the unknown, value the thoughts and opinions of others, and are scared of looking foolish, I want to reiterate again to you, would you rather feel like a fool for trying or be a fool for never trying and living your life with regret? We all have only ONE LIFE to LIVE, how are you going to live yours?