Margie Warrell

I believe that the only way we can harvest the learning and the growth and find those seeds that can enable us to grow

is by extending some grace inwards.

It's by forgiving ourselves for being the unfinished drafts of who we're on the way to becoming.

excited to talk to you too.

And I'm going to start by just saying, my pronunciation of my name is unique for Americans.

It is Margie with a hard G. Think Margarita.

Because our bodies biologically and neurologically, we are so wired for safety, for certainty, for

for familiarity.

And so even though intellectually we hear an idea, we hear that, you know, quote, growth and comfort can't ride the same horse.

And we go, yeah, yeah, good.

When we then go to do it, we go, oh, no way.

Our brains are pulling the reins and going, no, no, no, no, no, I don't want to do that.

So just recognizing that overcoming our own instinct for self-protection, for certainty, for shoring up the status quo is just so programmed into us that there's a big gap between what we know we should do and what we actually do.

Fear creates that gap.

Instinct to play it safe creates that gap.

And hence, the work that I do, it takes courage.

Cultivating our capacity to take action, even though we're afraid and there's a risk, is so crucial.

Great question.

Great question.

I don't think it all comes from being raised on a farm, but clearly that's one aspect of it.