How to start overcoming fear

1- Awareness. Before you can begin overcoming fear, you have to be aware that your fears are causing havoc in your life. It´s easy to get so attached to your thoughts and feelings that you think they are all that exist, which couldn´t be further from the truth. You are not your fears. You are the awareness that experiences it.

2- Identify. Get specific about what exactly you´re afraid of. Look at the pictures you have in your head about the situation. What is happening in them? What are you really scared off? Become an observer of your inner space.

3- Curiosity. While curiosity may have killed the cat, it certainly won´t do you any harm when investigating your fears. Get curious about what thoughts generate your fear, where do you feel the fear, and how do you react to it? 

4-The now. What are you lacking right now? When you center yourself in the now, you realize that everything is how it is. You naturally accept what is. Tapping into the now can be as simple as feeling your body and breath.

5- EFT. EFT is short for Emotional Freedom techniques. You use your fingertips to tap meridian points on your body while thinking of a fear you have and it alleviates and sometimes gets rid of the fear altogether. Simple, yet extremely powerful.

6- Sedona method. Another simple system to conquer fear is the Sedona method. It consists of asking a few simple questions while focusing on your fear

7- The work. The work is very similar to the Sedona method in that it asks questions. The work is one of my favorite ways of dealing with fears, anxieties, and worries. There are many methods available, so pick one that you resonate with

8- Hypnosis. With hypnosis, you can program the right thoughts into your mind and eliminate negative thoughts and beliefs.

9- Gratitude. Whenever you feel fear, switch it over to what you are grateful for instead. If you´re afraid of public speaking, be grateful for the opportunity to communicate with so many people, and that they are there to genuinely listen what you have to say

10- Journaling. Getting your fears down on paper is important, because trying to think them through doesn´t work. 

11- Talk. No-brainer advice, but how often do we hold the negative in because we are afraid of others might react, or because of some other reason?

12- Therapy. 

13- NLP. NLP is short for Neuro-linguistic programming.

14- Life coach. A good life coach can help you examine what you truly want from life, and where your fears come from.

15- Read. Reading a good book on your specific fear can open new doors on how you can get rid of it.

16- Take action. When you take action and face your fears, they become weaker, because you realize that reality isn´t nearly as bad as your imagination

17- Watch. Watching a movie or a documentary can be as enlightening as reading a book.

18- Diet. Stick to a clean diet that suits you. Meaning, more fruits and vegetables.

19- Positivity. Instead of thinking of something bad that can happen, think of something positive. What´s a positive outcome to your fear?

20- Perspective. Learning to deal with fear is all about putting your negative thoughts in perspective. We tend to focus too much on the negative, so by looking at all the options, you often realize that you´re making a big deal of nothing.

21- Surrender. Surrendering to what is powerful, because as long as we try to change what is, we are in war with reality

22- Your story. We all tell ourselves a story about our fear.

23- Release control. Where we don´t have control, we experience fear. Give up the illusion of control, and you´re free.

24- Help. Be kind to others. If you´re shy, focus on helping people instead of being self-conscious about how you look or sound when you talk

25- Meaning

26- Find a model

27- Pray

28- WTWTCH. What´s the worst thing that could happen? 

29- Yoga. Sometimes you release parts of your fears, or you might even find that you´ve dropped a few fears without even noticing after a few months of Yoga.

30- Ask. Your feelings are there to tell you something, ask what the purpose of them is.

31- Understand failure. Failure is just a stepping stone to success. And most of our fears are fear of failure, shame or somehow not living up to the standards society has put up for us

32- Explore your roots. What is the root of your fear? This might require some meditation

33- Breathe. Your breath can set you free.

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