“I recently received an advertisement for a how-to book about health. On the cover of the brochure was emblazoned the words, ‘READ THIS OR DIE.’ I didn’t read it and I didn’t die!” Susan wrote in Embracing Uncertainty. How often do we come across headlines, advertisements, videos, social media posts,…
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A Children’s ‘What If’ Game
A fun party game is asking crazy ‘what if’ questions and creating playful, entertaining answers. Questions like, “What if unicorns are real,” or “What if you could surf on sand?” However, ‘what if’ questions can become a problem internally when your inner Chatterbox starts asking them from a place of…
I Will Worry Tomorrow
In Embracing Uncertainty, Susan offers this exercise to help us get past the ‘what if’ fears and stop worrying. THE I’LL WORRY TOMORROW EXERCISE The attempt to control the future and the demand to be in charge of everything in our lives sentences us to a daily existence obsessed with…
Asking “What If?” and Answering “I’ll Handle It”
Even the most enlightened of us can’t always stop ourselves from worrying about the future and asking ourselves “what if?” Underneath our connection to our Higher Self that we work so hard for, lurks the fear of future problems just waiting for an opening to ask us “what if?” You…
Transcending Meditation
This month we’re talking about getting to know to your inner self through silence and solitude. Susan believed that meditation could be an important tool for connecting this way. Here is an excerpt from End the Struggle and Dance With Life about meditation: Let me explore with you a very…
Being a First-Hand Person
In this month’s article, we talked about how silence and solitude can help you learn to be in touch with your inner self, but it can also be a great way to understand what you really believe. The article uses a quote from essayist William Deresiewicz in a speech he…
The Wonder of Silence and Solitude
Living in the age that we do, it is hard to find quiet time, let alone time to be by ourselves. With social media, internet on our phones, radios and TVs, information at our fingertips, constant contact with our work colleagues, friends and family, we are always occupied—so even when…
How Can We Go From Pain to Power?
Going hand-in-hand with talking about our comfort zone, is Susan’s Pain-to-Power chart. We can’t go from a place of pain to a feeling of power without going from stagnation to growth, from comfort zone to possibility. Susan explains that feeling fear is not really the point when it comes to…
More About Comfort Zones
What exactly is your comfort zone? Here is Susan’s explanation from Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway: Most of us operate within a zone that feels right, and outside of it we are uncomfortable. For example, we might spend $50 for a pair of shoes, but $100 would make…
Expand Your Horizons by Doing It Anyway
“We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action.” Dr. Henry Link There is nothing like being comfy and cozy in our comfort zones. Right? The problem with that is, of course, that we can’t change or grow if we hold on to our comfort zones. As Susan…