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May Workshop · The Identity Gap: Who You're Being vs. Who the Work Requires

Published 3 months ago • 1 min read

We don’t often realize it, but we’re mostly living out a version of ourselves that we’ve decided to be a while ago. This isn’t a bad version, but it’s often stuck in outdated ideas about who we have to be.

There’s also a version of you that already knows how to do the thing you’d like to do. It’s not about knowledge, or even being capable of it — it’s about how you see yourself. Who you’re being when you face the work — and who you need to be, for the purpose in front of you.

This month’s Fearless Living Academy workshop, called “The Identity Gap: Who You're Being vs. Who the Work Requires,” is meant to help you close that gap.

Topics we’ll cover include:

  • How our old identity keeps us trapped in a smaller version of ourselves (usually without knowing it)
  • How to spot the subtle ways you’re playing a smaller version of yourself
  • How to envision who you’d need to be to get to your goals
  • A live assessment to identify your identity gap (and what’s keeping it in place)
  • The inner shift that makes bold action feel like alignment

This 90-minute workshop will include my teaching, as well as time for coaching and questions.

Join Fearless Living Academy to participate in this live session and work directly with the identity patterns that shape how you show up.

with gratitude,
Leo

This workshop is part of our monthly members-only live series. Join Fearless Living Academy and use coupon code FEARLESS-15 to get 50% off your first month.

440 N Barranca Ave #3806, Covina, CA 91723
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Leo Babauta

Dive into mindfulness, simplicity, habit change, and the art of living with intention and purpose

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