Let Go of Fear by Stopping the Stories in Your Head

Let Go of Fear by Stopping the Stories in Your Head was published on March 28, 2011. The article gives solutions to stopping fear from taking over your life and paralyzing you into non-action.

It was one of top 5 posts about mindfulness in 2011.

It was one of the top 10 insights in 2011 (based on page views and comments).

Here is a short excerpt from the article:

For a very long time fear has controlled me. It has paralyzed me, kept me living in desperate situations, and stopped me from living the life of my dreams.

It has only been with age and the practice of mindfulness these last few years that I have come to recognize the fear within me, having finally begun the process of facing it.

By facing fear I don’t mean that I’ve started base-jumping, purposely trapped myself in elevators, or allowed tarantulas to climb all over my body.

I mean that I’ve sat in meditation, watched the fears arise, and rather than react to them or allow them to become part of the stories that make up my life, I’ve observed them in my mind from a distance.

I’ve felt how they’ve manifested in my body, and I’ve moved into that physical discomfort in order to pay attention to fear in a way I’ve never allowed myself to do before.

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