What are you being called to do now, that you may have been afraid of before?

Growth often means stepping into what once scared us. The things we resist can become the very paths we’re meant to take. We asked some of the best and brightest in the community: what are you being called to do now that you once feared? Their answers reveal the courage it takes to move past fear and into purpose.

Shawna Beardsley

When I first entered the Pilates world back in 2015, I really struggled with imposter syndrome. I felt like I didn’t know enough about anatomy, biomechanics, or special populations, and I was ashamed of my lack of experience. I didn’t think my voice mattered, and I was afraid to put myself out there because I hadn’t been teaching long enough. Read more>>

Kisha Gulley

I’m being called to teach from my truth. Not from a place of perfection or expertise, but from the raw, vulnerable parts of my story. The places I used to hide. The chapters I once thought disqualified me are now becoming the very thing I’m being asked to share. For a long time, I was afraid to be fully seen. Read more>>

Amy Baffa

The latest calling I’ve felt is to truly step into the world and allow myself to be seen for who I am. For so much of my life, I carried the weight of maintaining an image—believing love depended on how well I performed or what I projected. It often felt like a transaction with the universe. Read more>>

Ken Steimle

I have really been focusing on my faith in Jesus Christ. I have been reading and listening to the word more now than ever. The word helps me get through my tough days teaching and struggles with life. I feel the Lord Jesus working in me and calling me to get his word out to the world. Read more>>

Noreen Rana

A few years ago, the idea of starting a Clinical Research Organization (CRO) felt completely out of reach. I doubted my ability to build and lead such an enterprise, even with years of experience behind me. Read more>>

Jason jasesaw Bowens

Always a matter of procrastinating activities and actions that keep me away from the important things in my life, witch is self preservation, my kids, and my music. Sense the last interview I had to endure deaths, surgery, so much trauma, what has been difficult or a situation of being afraid,now it’s seems like your question said a calling! Read more>>