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219: Get in Flow by Stepping into Fear with Lindsay Sukornyk

Earn Your Happy

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The Power of Fear

I struggled with anxiety my entire life up till my mid twenties and it still likes to rear its head every now and then with me. I developed this practice of instead of being limited by my fear or allowing it to control me, I had a pivotal moment where I changed my perspective on fear. Instead of thinking like oh my god this is scary what could happen those thoughts would arise as excitement so I simply replaced the word fear with excitement and it sounds simple but it's not easy. Then I also replaced the body sensation of knots in my stomach which was quite common and I decided that instead they were butterflies of excitement guiding me. So reframing fear as an opportunity for growth as an opportunity

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