From Fear to Fearless: Embracing Your Worth and Potential

While reading Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s memoir, Lovely One, I couldn’t help but reflect on a recurring theme that many of us as women face—the tendency to sell ourselves short. Justice Jackson shared, candidly, her challenge with the fear of failure when she was nominated to serve as a federal judge in July 2009. Despite being more qualified than most, she wrestled the fear of failure. Her vulnerability reminded me that I too have faced this challenge countless times. I've chosen to stay in spaces I’ve long outgrown simply because I was afraid to fail. I listened to the voice of average, worried about judgment, and not being "enough."

As women we sometimes judge ourselves harshly, minimize our accomplishments, and let a single misstep from years ago—like failing a math test in 1985—dictate what we believe we’re capable of achieving today.

But here’s the question I want to challenge you with: Are your fears based in truth?

That voice of uncertainty—the one that whispers we can’t write the book, start the business, or earn the promotion—is often rooted in fiction. It thrives on the false narrative that we aren’t capable, deserving, or even ready. The truth? We are more than enough, and more than ready.

Let's rewrite the script. 

What if we celebrated our wins—big or small—and stopped letting fear keep us from stepping into greatness?

Let’s make a commitment to challenge those fears, to separate fact from fiction, and to take bold, fearless steps toward the lives we’re destined to lead. Remind yourself of this today:

You are qualified!

You are capable!

You are more than enough!