Fear

Trying is always better than not trying

Come to one of my workshops or webinars and one key principle you’ll learn is that fear and failure are prerequisites to creating something new in your life. That means that you will absolutely get to experience fear and you…
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You know how powerful you are

But are you using that power? It’s been through my own personal journeys with challenges and triumphs that I have come to consciously recognise just how powerful every individual is in determining the quality of the life they lead. I…
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How to rid yourself of fear

What if I were to tell you that your fears are your most powerful guiding light? I’m guessing your response might include words such as “are you insane?” Ah, well. No. I’m not insane.  In fact, I’m pretty sure I’m…
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The Four Obstacles

Have you ever re-read a book or re-watched a movie only to be surprised to see something for the first time?  It was always there, but for some reason, that piece that was previously obscured from your consciousness, suddenly jumps…
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Take the bully by the beard

It’s big. It’s scary. It is way, way, WAY out of your comfort zone. And if you are determined enough to step toward it anyway, you’ll actually find that it isn’t so big, it isn’t so scary, and your comfort…
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Stepping outside of your comfort zone

There’s an obvious attraction to staying in our comfort zone.  It’s comfortable. It’s where safety lives.  Security. Predictability. Familiarity.  It’s also where we settle.  We accept things as being OK, or fine. It’s where mediocrity lives.   And it also where…
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The jeans that no longer fit

I recently heard a lady talking about her teenage son having a sudden growth spurt and finding that his jeans were now too short for him.  He was quite disappointed because these had been his favourite jeans!  He kept trying…
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Perfectionism

I was watching an interview with Caroline Myss last night and something she said struck me. And a whole bunch of childhood memories came flooding in. She said: “Perfectionism is just another disguise for fear.  The fear of criticism.” Wow….
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You can’t steer a parked car

I was listening to a podcast last night where a caller had rung in to ask the presenter what job she should go for, given her age and her previous experience. I laughed at the answer – not because it…
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What if I do nothing?

Letting go of what you know in order to move forward into uncertainty is much easier said than done. Fear of the unknown is a common blocker that many of us use as a reason to stay stuck and ‘making…
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