We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Taryn Shaffer a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Taryn, great to have you with us today and excited to have you share your wisdom with our readers. Over the years, after speaking with countless do-ers, makers, builders, entrepreneurs, artists and more we’ve noticed that the ability to take risks is central to almost all stories of triumph and so we’re really interested in hearing about your journey with risk and how you developed your risk-taking ability.
Anything and everything that you do is a risk. Some more calculated than others, but when you truly think about it there’s always an outcome to each decision made. My ability to take risk came from practice. It sounds silly, but as a trainer the best analogy I can think of would be in correlation to a muscle. Muscles get stronger with reps, therefore the more you practice something the stronger you become at it. That’s exactly what I did this last year, I put in the reps to build what I would call my intuition muscle. What started as an experiment to really trust myself in all the choices I made turned into a new found passion for life in all that’s around me. The key though is starting small, it could be one choice even minor that allows you to get 1% better. As I let go of control more, & spent time grounding into my intuition/self I realized that I can take risk. Often too, we hear, “Without risk there is no reward”. We can play small to the world around us wondering what if…or we can be bold enough to go a different route. It was also in doing this I realized that nothing I was doing was too catastrophic to which I’d die lol. Once my logical brain clicked it became a heck of a lot easier (and more fun).
Thanks, so before we move on maybe you can share a bit more about yourself?
I’m a wandering nomad who gives people their life back. I’ve traveled the last year in my 4Runner capturing more sunsets than I can count. At the same time I’ve led more people around me to go against the norm to find their authentic self. The best thing about what I do is I show others how to be exactly who their subconscious is desiring without judgement. I’m starting to take on more 1:1 clients to really walk a path to come home to themselves. My photos are paintings in my eyes to enable others to feel a sense of connectedness as well.
Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?
For me I’ve always been bold, but in more traditionally accepted norms. I’m very driven, passionate, & free spirited. If you’re new on this journey, I’d suggest spending alone time to really get clear on your desire. WHO are you, not WHAT are you? (You’re not the teacher, CEO, wife, mother). Who are you at your core vs what are you on the surface level most define ourselves to be. From there start going the down the path to bring your inner self to the outer world.
How would you describe your ideal client?
My ideal client is someone who knows what they want but needs the roadmap. I love working with people ready to make changes and not settle. It’s great to be nervous, any new pattern or way of life will be uncomfortable at first. But, those who know they want a new path and outcome are my favorite. I’ll give you the roadmap, you though are the key, vehicle, & one who puts the gas on the pedal.
Contact Info:
- Website: Thebravenomad.com/blog
- Instagram: Taryn_annette
- Youtube: Taryn_annette
