{"id":3166,"date":"2014-08-20T06:47:54","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T13:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redshoezone.ca\/?p=3166"},"modified":"2016-02-28T11:53:17","modified_gmt":"2016-02-28T19:53:17","slug":"healthy-aging-2-overcoming-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ohmywordjournal.com\/redshoezone\/healthy-aging-2-overcoming-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Aging #2 &#8211; overcoming fear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>If you stopped holding yourself back what would you do? If you overcame fear how would life be different?\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0You have to sit with these questions for a while. \u00a0Taking time to work through the layers.\u00a0Digging beneath\u00a0&#8212; what others think, fear and the<em> should\u2019s<\/em> to get to that tucked away place deep\u00a0inside.<\/p>\n<p>So what would it be?<\/p>\n<p>Launch a new career\u2026go back to school\u2026write a book\u2026leave an unhealthy relationship\u2026&#8230;unleash your luscious sexy self\u2026quit job&#8230;\u2026get off the couch\u2026go on a spiritual journey\u2026lose weight\u2026get fit\u2026..become a vegan\u2026.discover passions\u2026devote life to service\u2026start a foundation\u2026.run for office\u2026take a sabbatical&#8230;.become a healer, an artist, a chef&#8230;the responses are as individual and unique as each one of us.<\/p>\n<p>Last week I saw a video that captured how 10 women responded to that question. On February 1, 2014 they came together and put themselves in one of the most vulnerable situations imaginable. \u00a0What they did is not for everyone. In fact most of us would take a pass. But for each of these women it was right and what they took away will forever change how they approach life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/10-women-get-naked-put-paint-on-their-bodies-and-deliver-some-meaningful-messages?c=hpstream\">10 women take on fear<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are powerful messages for all of us in the story of the 10 women.<\/p>\n<p>If we want to stop letting fear influence our decisions then we have to be courageous. The best way to be courageous is to let go and dive in\u2026in that precise moment fear is disabled\u2026defeated\u2026squashed. There is immediate relief as we <em>exhaaale<\/em> and realize, <em>\u201cI\u2019m ok&#8230;I survived!\u201d<\/em> Next, euphoria fills our entire being as we inwardly shout, <em>\u201cI DID IT!\u201d<\/em> Nothing tops this. We feel we can take on anything. Indeed we can. We\u2019ve gone to the other side and left fear, what others think, what&#8217;s <em>right<\/em>\u00a0and what we<em> should<\/em> do behind.\u00a0 We are courageous and we are free.<\/p>\n<p>What have you always wanted to try but you didn\u2019t think you had the guts? What are you waiting for?<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cInaction breeds fear and doubt. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.\u201d<\/em> Dale Carnegie<\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you stopped holding yourself back what would you do? If you overcame fear how would life be different?\u00a0\u00a0You have to sit with these questions for a while. \u00a0Taking time to work through the layers.\u00a0Digging beneath\u00a0&#8212; what others think, fear and the should\u2019s to get to that tucked away place deep\u00a0inside. 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