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How To Do The Scary Thing In 10 Simple Steps

The steps are simple, the action is not. If it is, then you’re not doing the Scary Thing. The Scary Thing makes you squirm and try to slither away from it. The Scary Thing is begging you—the real you—to come outside and play, to take…

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Honoring the Fallow

I sat in the car sharing my experience of the previous two months and Mynde listened. When I finished my story, she simply said, “Sounds like the fallow’s been important for you.” We continued to talk, while I silently pondered the meaning of fallow and how it related to my current state in life as [...]

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Anxiety Stirred Useful

Failure is what leads us to success.

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Reverb 10: Try + Beyond Avoidance.

I’ve been struggling with how to address both the Try and Beyond Avoidance prompts in the Reverb 10 challenge. They seem so similar and so scary and they both bring up a crapload of judgment. The Ego has been dying to get a crack at the keyboard to address both of these prompts, so I’ve [...]

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The Dark Side of Minimalism, the Upside of Weakness, and the Value of Support

There’s something I’ve been thinking about lately (and I’m not the only one). I’ve been decluttering and decluttering and decluttering some more. For the past year, I’d say. It’s not every day I toss something into the trash or give it away or simply don’t buy it. But now I’m thinking about my behavior when [...]

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Fear, Spiders, Conservatives, and the Gay Community (or ‘Is Fear Running Your Show?’)

Yesterday I read Jen Louden’s article, “A Touch of Lightness,” in the October issue of Fear.less Magazine. It was a healthy reminder that being fearless isn’t about stomping fear, but working through it.

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Fight or Flight: Scaredy Cat

Last week while I was working on some projects, Jackson’s hair raised on his back and a tight growl emerged from his throat as he stood up and moved cautiously toward the front door. I followed to peek out to see what or who he was so intent on keeping away. When I spotted the [...]