This month, while the world is talking about romantic love, we’re talking about the more important self-love. Yet how many of us would admit love for ourselves? Most of us, in fact, are more likely to do the opposite and admit only to our flaws. We spend more time pulling…
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Imagination is a Powerful Force
The following is an excerpt of a chapter in Susan’s book of essays called “Life is Huge!” In this brand new year, it says a lot about envisioning the future we want and having the courage to commit to it. The best party I ever attended was in the year…
Commitment is the Key to Achieving Resolutions
“You have to do something to make your real life match your visualization, so your actions are critical.” Susan Jeffers As we start off a brand new year, many of us will be setting goals or making resolutions. At the very least we’ll be thinking about the future. There is…
From Trainer Grace Platten: Feel the Fear one year on….
Check out the original post on Grace Platten’s site here. I can remember distinctly the exact moment in time that I decided that I wanted to be a Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway ® workshop leader and must admit I thought I had about as much chance of…
Letting Go and Living It Up
We’ve been talking this month about letting go of how we think the holidays “should” be and learning to enjoy the daily activities and surprises they bring. Now let’s talk about why setting our hearts on a certain outcome is not a path to joy. When we become obsessed with…
Opening Up to Surprises
We all have a lot riding on the holiday season with our desire to make everyone (ourselves included) have a fantastic time. But when we set our hearts on what we think should happen, we close ourselves off from appreciating the surprises that the holiday season can give us. Maybe…
Trusting Your Impulses
Learning to trust yourself—your intuition and impulses—can be hard, but as Susan explains in this anecdote, it can be incredibly rewarding! I was surprised when I “trusted my gut” and found a new career. My intention after getting my doctorate in psychology was to ultimately set up a private practice.…
Trusting Your Intuition
In our November newsletter, we’ve been talking about taking the fear out of decision making. Sometimes when we face a big decision, or even a number of small ones, we freeze up, fearing that we will make the wrong decision. But as Susan wrote in Feel the Fear and Do…
The Psychological Predisposition to Bad News
Humans are predisposed to pay more attention to bad news, to things that can go or have gone wrong. The psychological term for it is Negativity Bias. We are all inclined towards life’s negativity. This is the idea that Susan spent her whole career battling against—just because we are predisposed…
Become the Observer of Your Thoughts
Following up on the previous blog, another “Love Lesson” that we can adapt to help us perfect Susan’s Mirror technique is the third one from Chapter 4 of The Feel the Fear Guide to Lasting Love—“Become the Observer of Your Thoughts.” Susan wrote: “With the help of your mirror you’ll…