Do you find fear gripping you and holding you back? Do you feel you are living a tiny life? Today’s guest, Meera Lee Patel will help you make fear your friend, so you can let it be your compass and source of encouragement.
Meera Lee Patel - writes bestselling books that help explain who we are. She is a self-taught writer and artist from the east coast living and working in Nashville, Tennessee.
Meera is interested in exploring the intricacies of human connection, and uses her work to unearth the small yet vibrant stories found in everyday life.
Meera Lee Patel is self-taught artist and writer who believes that anything is possible. She is the author of My Friend Fear: Finding Magic in the Unknown a beautiful meditation on fear and how it can help us become who we really are--if we let it.
She is also the author of two journals: “Made Out of Stars, a journal for self-realization” that encourages the belief that we are already whole. “Start Where You Are” is a journal for self-exploration that is designed to help others understand that the answers they are seeking are contained within themselves.
She is currently a columnist at Spirituality & Health, where she writes and draws about mental health.
TODAY WE WILL LEARN HOW TO
- Choose multiple creative lanes
- Let fear be your guide and source of encouragement
- Take more chances
- Figure out who you really are – when no one is looking
- Know that there are always better things ahead
- Practice. Practice. Practice.
FIND MEERA LEE PATEL HERE:
- Meera Lee Patel’s Website
- @meeraleepatel on Instagram
- Meera’s Book: Start Where You Are: A Journal for Self-Exploration
- Meera’s Book: My Friend Fear: Finding Magic in the Unknown
- Meera’s Book: Made Out of Stars: A Journal for Self-Realization
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