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Manage Your Fear

Manage Your Fear – There is Creativity Living Beyond Fear

Don’t let fear immobilize you. However, this does not mean you should try to stomp it out entirely. Fear exists for a reason, we just need to learn how to “manage” it. 

I found this concept fascinating recently when listening to a podcast of Elizabeth Gilbert interviewing Marie Forleo. Both of these women are fascinatingly creative ladies – I could sit and listen to them all day. Anyways, Elizabeth Gilbert was explaining a concept she talks about in her book:

Big Magic- Creative Living Beyond Fear

Moving Beyond Your Fear

I found this very interesting and I wanted to share the basics of what I understood from the conversation with you. 

So many times in my own life I have let fear hold me back in my health journey. 

If I have a busy day for example: I might be afraid I have to eat breakfast because what if there is not any food around at lunchtime (We live in America – like that is going to happen right ?!) 😀. Another “dumb” fear I let creep in on my health journey – I better change my plan to start eating better today and put it off until tomorrow – because today we are going to go out to eat and I don’t want to fail the 1st day. Or how about this one – do you ever do this? I better not get up and exercise early today because then I’ll be too tired this evening and I have a big day ahead of me… I’m sure these things never happen to you though… 😄

Fear can lead to self doubt

😨 Wow! Really?! This podcast really spoke to me on so many levels so let me see if I can explain what I got out of this one piece of her book:

Fear is a Necessary Companion

Often we want to push through our fear, get rid of it, punch it in the face or whatever way we see fit we “demonize” fear. 

The concept she talks about is that of fear being a companion. We should not be wishing to be a “fearless” person, because the only truly fearless people are psychopaths or toddlers 🙂 Neither of which seems like a good place to be right?!  Dangerous to themselves and others – not a good thing to model, right? 😱

She talks about how we should instead have respect and appreciation for fear. Fear is the reason you are still alive today. Think about the times in life where fear has kept you from harm: A situation that didn’t look safe, jumping when you should have jumped to miss a near accident – all those types of things. 

Man afraid of tiger showing fear and concern

Using Your Fear

Every single one of us can point to a thing that happened in our life that fear has saved us from.  For example, I get very fearful when having to drive in heavy city traffic. But at the same that fear keeps me alert.

Fear Helps you be alert in difficult situations like big city driving
Fear does it's job well

Fear does its job well, it just it can’t tell the difference between an actual life-threatening situation and a story or idea you have come up within your brain. Creativity will always provoke fear because it asks you to come into and uncertain outcome. Fear hates that and thinks you are going to die 🙂

Be Happy, Allow your Creativity to flow.

So when you start a new creative project, be aware that fear is going to pop up. Fear is the mind-killer. Simply tell it that its services are not needed here. (For example, I’m just writing an email, or what have you.) 🙂 

I got a big kick out of how she talks about the fear as another being within us. It is just misguided at times as to when it is needed and when it is not. 

She talks about respecting fear because it is really important in protecting us. “Fear, you don’t own me. You can come along, but I’m still doing this thing :)” – Fear doesn’t get to make the decisions – YOU DO… 

Especially in creative situations or even choosing to not eat the snack etc… (fear will tell you every time you are going to starve or it might be a long time before your next meal etc…) 

“Fear does its job well, however it can’t tell the difference between an actual life-threatening situation.”

Fear teaches is to be careful

Don’t Let it Control You…

If you let fear control you, it will shut down one idea after the other – nope don’t do that, nope too risky, nope… One “no” after another and your life will be so much smaller than you want it to be. 

I found this very insightful. It really helps us understand why we let our brains talk us out of things we want or need to do. Fear is not evil in and of it’s self, we just need to learn to look through it and see when it is not making rational decisions. 

I hope this insight has been helpful in your journey to better health. What fears have you had to “talk yourself” out of recently? 

Until Next timeBe Well!

Let go of fear

From Stuck to Success

The Secret Skills to Success are

  • Social
  • Emotional
  • Ecstasy

Some of us wake up drained

Some of us wake up re-charged. 

The hormones in the body that affect which way the body shows up are: 

Happy Brain Chemicals

Dopamine – Functions include: Pleasure, Fine Motor Skills and Preservation of our body. 

Oxytocin – Known as the maternal hormone, but also arises when we have physical contact with another human. 

Serotonin – A mood regulator related to happiness. Lowered levels are noted in people with depression. 

Endorphins – Reduces pain, boosts pleasure and overall gives us a feeling of wellbeing. 

Cortisol – This chemical controls your fight or flight and can leave you feeling fearful and drained if not managed. It also manages blood sugar, metabolism & inflammation. 

We need to learn how to trigger these different hormones because they charge up our batteries to enhance our creativity and critical thinking. 

Being able to do this sets us up to develop skills. 

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

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Find Inspiration & Make Every Thought Count

Put yourself in positive surroundings – a walk, pleasant places in nature, calm spaces, images that lift you up. We have identified 4 things that may help to inspire you in your day, and in your life. 

Four Things to Inspire You

  • Adventure
  • History
  • Be Inspired
  • Journal

1. Adventure

Break your pattern of routine and do something that is adventurous to you. A walk, a bike ride… or something even more intense. What is something you can do physically to activate your brain, your body, and your breath? Those things energize you and open you to new ideas and thoughts.   

Get outside your norm and go somewhere completely different from your typical routine. They are good for you even if you have to schedule your adventure out for a future time in your life. Make those bucket lists. Those are some of the things that will enrich your life. 

Get outside your norm and go somewhere completely different from your typical routine.

2. Learn About history

Be inspired by visiting places where people from history thrived. These are archives of great accomplishments. 

Even though they are from the past they can still inspire you to look forward. These people just lived their lives, they didn’t know that they were shaping history. 

Visit places that people from history are remembered.

3. People Should Inspire You 

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Imagine You Healthy…

Be Intentional

Small steps over time – and be intentional about those steps. 

Be intentional that you want “change” and what that ideally looks like to you

For example, what are the intentions you want? 

  • To feel better?
  • To have more energy?
  • To do more of the things you love to do?

Maybe even to have a better outlook on life?

Be True to YOURSELF

We live in a world where we worry about what others think, about being judged by others. Being “liked” by others…

Are you ready? Being intentional with your desire to make small changes and commit to long term health.
Are you ready to make a change in your life?

Sometimes this clouds our judgment. You will find that showing up as yourself (really digging in and deciding what better health looks like for you) is when being better to yourself and making healthier choices truly works.

If you can find a way to put the fear of what others are going to think aside when it comes to being more active, eating better, taking a certain supplement or avoiding a certain medication, you will be significantly more likely to succeed.

Desire to Change 

Desire Change - Sometimes the hardest part is recognizing the need to make a change

Change by moving away from something – you want less of and – move toward something you want more of.

I am passionate about helping you on a path away from things that are holding you back in life to leading you to open up your life to a place of abundance. I am beyond excited – to help you with that…

The desire to change is going to be that thing that helps you push through on those days when you just don’t feel like doing it. Days when things feel hard or you don’t feel motivated. 

inspiring a sense of urgency

A sense of Urgency

Giving yourself a sense of urgency will help you get going and do something to propel you forward even if it is not perfect.

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