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Scrolling through Facebook the other day, I noticed a post advertising a local business called Eleven Eleven Holistic CommUNITY Collective.  I’d “like”d this business’ page on fb months ago because a life coach friend of mine liked it and had mentioned it to my wife or something, can’t recall, but I honestly thought it was a meditation group in the basement of a church somewhere or just a fb page, not a business I’d be interested in.  No idea why I thought that but I’d never looked further into it because of some preconception I had formed, probably having something to do with the word collective in the name.  Anyway, something must have caught my attention this time because I opened the page and realized it was a spiritual book, card, crystal store and business that also offered guided meditations, coaching services, and women’s groups amongst other things… First thought was – cool, didn’t know we had a store like this in town.  I’m gonna go check it out.  Second thought was – what about men’s groups?  Doubted they offered them but then I had a third thought – If they don’t, why don’t I offer to lead one?  So that’s what I did without a second thought about it during the 15 minute drive.  Got there, looked around the store, then spoke with the owner while buying some oracle cards who said she would looove a mens group and had a friend she kept trying to talk into doing it but who wouldn’t.  Asked if she had any interest from clients of hers in a mens group and apparently there was a lot (albeit mostly from women who wanted to send their husbands to the group against their will).  So I told her I’d be interested in leading a group if she was open to that idea.  I actually said I “might” be interested….so I wasn’t totally owning the idea but I recognize that “might” as trying to protect me from something that feels vulnerable and risky, not necessarily as a sign that its a bad idea (I also never mentioned my coaching certification, undervaluing both it and myself, again probably as some sort of protection mechanism).  For now, she has my contact info.  If I don’t hear from her in a month or so, I might check in again via email but I’m open to anything or nothing.  The more I reflect on it, the better I feel about taking a small (but potentially not so small) step like this because it’s in alignment with who I am now which is someone coming into new relationship with his worth, who has value to share with others and who wants to be of service.  The rest, the doubts, fears, stories, as they come up for me, my ego will just have to deal with (this is literally becoming my new mantra/superhero catchphrase 😄).