Open Your Eyes with McKay Christensen S1E25 - On The Other Side of Fear
How do some people face their fears with clarity while others struggle with theirs day to day? Fear is real and normal but we all have to face our fears and overcome them. McKay shares with us today how to overcome our fears and become who we are meant to be.
McKay opens the episode with the story of how Jay Jonas and Heather Penney faced their fears during the 9/11 attacks. He explains what fear is and how understanding your fear can help you overcome it, and discusses lessons from Alex Honnold who despite his reflection fear, solo climbed the El Capitan. McKay concludes by explaining how to put on your power perception and face that fear, to feed the wolf of faith, hope, and love, and watch your courage build – excellent advice for all of us to heed.
The Finer Details of This Episode:
- 9/11 attacks- How Jay Jonas and Heather Penney faced their fears
- Understanding fear
- Facing your fears
- What is reflection fear?
- Overcoming your fear- lessons from Alex Honnold
- How to put on your power perception
- Feeding the wolf inside of you
Quotes:
“Fear is an incredible thing. It can consume your thinking and your attention, your emotions, and leaves you paralyzed.”
“If the first thing you do each morning is to eat a live frog, you can go through the day with the satisfaction, knowing it's the worst thing that will happen to you that day”
“The only way through it is through it. So let's get started.”
“Sometimes there is no shortcut. There's only what needs to be done.”
“The time for facing your fears will never be right, and may never be better than today.”
“You have the capability to move past your own thoughts, your own reflections, your imaginations, your worries, those self-made fears that tend to paralyze and kill your progress.”
“When you look in the mirror, I hope you see your unique power.”
“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we're too busy living our fears.”
“The brain has to experience repeated exposure to a fear in order to get over it.”
“Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”
“Action today will make tomorrow worthwhile.”
“Courage is being fearful but doing it anyway. ”
Show Links:
Open Your Eyes with McKay Christensen