Fear

The Four Obstacles

Have you ever re-read a book or re-watched a movie only to be surprised to see something for the first time?  It was always there, but for some reason, that piece that was previously obscured from your consciousness, suddenly jumps…
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Take the bully by the beard

It’s big. It’s scary. It is way, way, WAY out of your comfort zone. And if you are determined enough to step toward it anyway, you’ll actually find that it isn’t so big, it isn’t so scary, and your comfort…
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Stepping outside of your comfort zone

There’s an obvious attraction to staying in our comfort zone.  It’s comfortable. It’s where safety lives.  Security. Predictability. Familiarity.  It’s also where we settle.  We accept things as being OK, or fine. It’s where mediocrity lives.   And it also where…
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The jeans that no longer fit

I recently heard a lady talking about her teenage son having a sudden growth spurt and finding that his jeans were now too short for him.  He was quite disappointed because these had been his favourite jeans!  He kept trying…
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Perfectionism

I was watching an interview with Caroline Myss last night and something she said struck me. And a whole bunch of childhood memories came flooding in. She said: “Perfectionism is just another disguise for fear.  The fear of criticism.” Wow….
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You can’t steer a parked car

I was listening to a podcast last night where a caller had rung in to ask the presenter what job she should go for, given her age and her previous experience. I laughed at the answer – not because it…
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What if I do nothing?

Letting go of what you know in order to move forward into uncertainty is much easier said than done. Fear of the unknown is a common blocker that many of us use as a reason to stay stuck and ‘making…
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Do it afraid

Human beings are born with only two innate fears:  the fear of falling and the fear of loud noise.  All the other fears are conditioned into us. Some fears we can pinpoint to an actual event, like having a fear…
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Do I really want to see change in my life?

Would you like to lose weight?  Or get fit? Or change jobs? Or not struggle to pay the mortgage or rent? Ask anyone these questions and you can be guaranteed that the answer would be an emphatic “Yes, of course!”…
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