It’s a human reaction. It’s completely normal. It’s true – EVERYONE experiences it. So, why does it throw us so far out of whack sometimes? Fear can be a really debilitating state of mind. Would it help if I told you fear was man-made? By definition, fear it only supposed to elicit a response from us if we’re in physical danger. As a society though, we’ve really zeroed in on how to hold on to our fear and the different areas of life that bring us anxiety.
- Relationships
- Public speaking
- Social interaction
- Cold calling
- ‘What-ifs’
- New experiences
- Change
Just to name a few.
So, how do WE take control of our fear instead of letting it control us? First of all, you have to figure out how you respond to fear. You might be avoiding it unconsciously. For instance, I just had a client who started a fight with her husband every time she was getting ready to go out into a new social situation. She was an introvert and she started noticing the pattern after years of doing this! Sometimes we get quiet, sometimes we get loud, sometimes we have a physical response such as a beating heart or sweaty palms. Whatever your reaction is, it’s a SYMPTOM that fear is showing up. It’s up to you to respond to it.
Fear literally makes us freeze sometimes. We all know that in order to move toward anything, we have to do just that…move. So, if we’re frozen by fear, we’re really doing much good are we? Fellow life coach Laura Neff and myself just discussed in an hour long class last night how amazing fear is as a tool to awareness and what we can do to leverage it instead of letting it paralyze us. Listen in by clicking here.
Make it a fear-less day!
Coach Katie Mattson
