I’ve talked about fear a lot on this blog – and with good reason. Perhaps the biggest thing standing between you and your dreams is fear. It’s important to realize that fear is just a feeling and can be worked on. It will take an enormous amount of strength within to fight it off, but [...]
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How to stop fear in its tracks
One of the biggest reasons why we don’t try or do something is because of our fear of it. Fear however, is often an irrational influence on our decisions. Why do I say this? I’ve worked around animals most my entire life. I’ve owned an assortment of amphibians, reptiles, snakes, insects and have worked with [...]
Sorting our rational from irrational fears
“What do you think of this?” a friend asked the other day, directing me to an online article. As soon as I clicked over I knew she didn’t even have to ask. The headline screamed: Why I Will Never Let My Daughter Ride Her Bike Alone The author, Estelle Sobel Erasmus, went on to rant [...]
AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH: How Travel & Adventure Can Help Conquer Your Fears
Today’s guest post is from Bret Love from Green Global Travel. In it, he addresses the thing that holds most people back from living their dreams – fear. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the [...]
Eating an elephant
How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. How do you clean up a barn that looks like this? Exactly the same, or so I’m telling myself. This, if you ask me, is certainly one big huge hairy audacious goal. I’m feeling more than a little overwhelmed by the thought of somehow [...]
Helicopter Parenting: What are we teaching kids?
No parent wants their child to get hurt. It’s a parent’s worst nightmare to hear the wail of their child who has fallen and hurt himself, and even worse yet if there is no wail. We go to great lengths to protect our offspring from injuring themselves, but have we gone too far? Parents are [...]
Seven tips to overcome fear
“You’re so brave,” a friend said. “How do you overcome fear?” We, as humans, have this tendency to build up the unknown into some kind of great big monster out to slay us. We look ahead into the vast expanse of indefinite spread out before us and see it as something too big, too immense [...]
Top fears preventing people from living their dream
Fear. It’s a powerful thing. In some ways, fear is a good thing – it keeps us safe and prevents us from doing things that might harm us. It’s fear that keeps us from venturing into dangerous places and from doing things we’re not prepared for. A healthy dose of fear is a wonderful thing [...]
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