Moving Forward in the Face of Fear
If your best friend were to come to you and say that something is stopping her dead in her tracks, keeping her stuck and unable to move forward, and had her convinced she would never get what she wanted, how would you respond? Would you get irritated at this thing or that she would allow this thing to have such power over her? Help her find ways to obliterate this thing? Build her up by reminding her how strong and awesome she is?
We go to such lengths for our friends, don’t we? But what if that someone who was stuck in the muck was you? Would you attack the issue with the same fervor and passion? Or would you curl up and be powerless to this thing?
We all get stuck. We all have “those days” where we just need a minute to slow down and take a breath. But then sometimes those days turn to weeks or months or years of staying stuck. Sure we can make decisions about what’s for dinner or what TV shows to watch, but the big decisions, the life-changing decisions, we just can’t seem to address. Decisions about our health, our finances, our work, our life’s purpose, our relationships…all seem too big to tackle in the face of this stuckness.
So what is this thing that keeps up stuck? It’s fear. Fear of change. Fear of failure. Fear of success. Fear of…
Fear sure does get a bad wrap. We blame a lot on fear. But fear in itself is nothing more than an emotion or a signal to tell us that something is a bit off. What we choose to do with that signal is up to us. Some of us choose to be fearful and move forward anyway. Some of us choose to be fearful and stay stuck, looking for all the reasons something can’t be done. So it boils down to a choice (as most things do).
What will you choose?
For tips on HOW to overcome your fear, please join me for my next monthly FREE Telseminar, “What Haunts You: Facing the (Not So) Scary Truth About What Keeps You Stuck.” Simply go to the REGISTRATION page at https://krylyn.com/dev/free-teleseminars/what-haunts-you, and enter your name and email to get signed up. Even if you can’t attend the live call, you will get access to the recording of the call, but only if you register.
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