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…
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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…
Awareness Is the First Step
In this month’s newsletter, we talked about applying Susan’s Mirror technique to our day-to-day interactions with others. When we are critical and judgmental about other people, we are operating from our lower self. This is looking at people through a magnifying glass. When we look in the mirror and try…
Do Something, Even If It’s Just Your Routine
In this month’s newsletter article we talked about getting perspective on our worries by doing something, anything really, to step out of our anxieties. We wanted to share Brianna’s story with you. Brianna was a working mother of three small children—all under age 7—when her husband sprang the news on…
What Are Your Payoffs?
In Lesson Five of taking responsibility for our own experiences states that we must be aware of payoffs that keep you “stuck.” But what exactly does this mean? This lesson is best learned through example. Here is an excerpt of one that Susan used in Feel the Fear: Jean was…