Comments on: Perfectly authentic http://burdenofgreatness.com/2008/09/22/33/ Understanding the restless spirit of driven women Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:21:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: heel lifts http://burdenofgreatness.com/2008/09/22/33/comment-page-1/#comment-1178 heel lifts Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:39:02 +0000 http://burdenofgreatness.com/2008/09/22/33/#comment-1178 exemplary work. You have gained a new reader. Please keep up the good work and I eagerly await more of the interesting posts. exemplary work. You have gained a new reader. Please keep up the good work and I eagerly await more of the interesting posts.

]]> By: Barbara Nagpal (aka Daniels) http://burdenofgreatness.com/2008/09/22/33/comment-page-1/#comment-323 Barbara Nagpal (aka Daniels) Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:14:11 +0000 http://burdenofgreatness.com/2008/09/22/33/#comment-323 I experienced my "a ha" moment in a singing class called "The Natural Singer" which took place a week after 9/11 at The Open Center located not far from the site of the WTC. Not many people showed up but I was determined to forge ahead. When it was my turn to sing, the teacher (Claude Stein) sensed my trepidation and questioned me about my fears...yes, it was about sounding "imperfect" and "fear of humiliating myself"...AND the tapes playing in my head of my father telling me how worthless it was to aspire to be a singer...with my teacher's guidance I belted out my song "Come Rain or Come Shine" with notes coming from my soul as he played the piano and telling me to sing out and let my father "hear me" finally getting out "my song" in all its glory. Since then I have had so much more confidence about performing. This winter I am planning to do my standup comedy act again and will garner strength from knowing it's not about being "perfect", it's about being my authentic self! Thanks for the reminder! I experienced my “a ha” moment in a singing class called “The Natural Singer” which took place a week after 9/11 at The Open Center located not far from the site of the WTC. Not many people showed up but I was determined to forge ahead. When it was my turn to sing, the teacher (Claude Stein) sensed my trepidation and questioned me about my fears…yes, it was about sounding “imperfect” and “fear of humiliating myself”…AND the tapes playing in my head of my father telling me how worthless it was to aspire to be a singer…with my teacher’s guidance I belted out my song “Come Rain or Come Shine” with notes coming from my soul as he played the piano and telling me to sing out and let my father “hear me” finally getting out “my song” in all its glory. Since then I have had so much more confidence about performing. This winter I am planning to do my standup comedy act again and will garner strength from knowing it’s not about being “perfect”, it’s about being my authentic self!

Thanks for the reminder!

]]> By: Suzanne Holman http://burdenofgreatness.com/2008/09/22/33/comment-page-1/#comment-321 Suzanne Holman Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:58:24 +0000 http://burdenofgreatness.com/2008/09/22/33/#comment-321 Rock climbing...SCUBA diving...improv classes...snow skiing...back packing...belly dancing! I went into ALL of these activities feeling really fearful, awkward and self conscious and came out of them feeling empowered and alive! Marcia, thank you for sharing your improv experience. I can relate... Rock climbing…SCUBA diving…improv classes…snow skiing…back packing…belly dancing! I went into ALL of these activities feeling really fearful, awkward and self conscious and came out of them feeling empowered and alive!

Marcia, thank you for sharing your improv experience. I can relate…

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