5 Tested Strategies To Use To Stand Up To Fear

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Fear of success

Fear of failure

Fear of loss

Fear of being hurt

Fear of being alone

Fear of being unlovable

Fear of not being good enough

We all have fears. It’s part of being a human being.

I once read (I think it was in Elizabeth Gilbert’s book Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear) that we’ll never be void of fear. At first, I didn’t believe it. Surely there had to be a way to remove fear once and for all. Some rigorous exercise for eradication, perhaps… so we could live fear-free lives??

I recall a time in my life when I had so many fears that if someone told me to try a Linda Blair style exorcism, I would have.

The reality is, similar to negative thoughts, fear happens. And just like negative thoughts, it’s not the fear that’s the issue. It’s what we do with it or better yet, what we allow it to do with/to us… that’s the real issue.

But my friends, there’s a silver lining in that dark fear cloud. While we may never be void of it, there are definitely things we can do to deal with it, to stand up to it, to move it out of the way or barrel through it.