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.
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.
I wrote this article when I worked as a Writing Intern for GreenAnswers, a free question and answer site where anyone can ask, answer and learn about environmental issues. Read [...]
I wrote this article when I worked as a Writing Intern for GreenAnswers, a free question and answer site where anyone can ask, answer and learn about environmental issues. Read [...]