Women meeting other women = …
What happens when you meet new people? Or, do you avoid situations where you might need to talk to people that are strangers to you? Tuesday evening, I hosted an open Passionality (part passion, part community) where thirty women, many of whom were meeting me and other new women for the first time, gathered to talk, eat, laugh and ask each other “What’s one wish that you have for yourself?”.
When I announced, through my bi-weekly ezine, In The Pink, that I was hosting such an evening, questions flowed: “what is it?” or “What are we doing?”. The most apprehensive of the questioners didn’t attend. I didn’t really expect them to. It will be difficult enough for them to attend Uncommon Confidence even though their best friends have talked it up for months and the changes within those same friends are obvious and enviable. But the women who did attend are ones who I am so glad to have met and am now quite eager to work with. They are hungry for personal change. They are ready to do the work. They are desirous of the confidence and ease that they see flow from women who have attended my workshops or coaching circles. They impress me with their courage.
When women take it upon themselves to meet other women, whether in a Passionality or through a class, they are taking a risk. They are risking their safety and their comfort zone. The “for what?” is hard to see when you are on the cusp of a leap. 
Sometimes, you just need to make the leap. The reward may be a gentle net to catch you or it may be a amiable hand to give you a boost or it may be a patient ear to support you. Whatever appears is a gift. It’s a gift that we all deserve for taking such a brave leap. The gift, however, won’t appear if we don’t take the leap. But what I know to be true is that 30 women left Irving Farm Coffeehouse on Tuesday night smiling and no longer feeling alone: the gift visible on their faces and in their hearts.
Where are you taking a leap this week?