Dannielle ‘Rhimes’ Lecointe is Associate Artistic Director of ZooNation.
The best advice I ever received
I had always been a person who let fear drive me forward: using it to be productive and get things done. But I had never really thought about its implications in the body and that I had a choice to turn it into something else.
It was one of my coaches who said, ‘fear and excitement use the same energy – you get to decide whether it transfers into one or the other.’ These words transformed my thinking and enabled me to turn that high stress feeling of fear into ensuring I was moving from excitement. It’s a powerful perspective that keeps those cortisol levels down.
The advice I would pass on
Don’t quench, hide or dim your light. The problem is never the light you shine, but often the people you’re sharing it with.
Over the years I’ve found that the more you engage, use or train your skills, the brighter you shine. This makes you a beacon to receive more, but it also can be a catalyst to removing people, places and things that are not conducive to where you’re going. This is never a negative thing. I think we’re all called to shine in our own unique way and the one thing that is inevitable is change.
