We all experience fear. Every single one of us. What we choose to do with the fear is the difference. We can either accept the love nudge from fear and discover what we are really afraid of or we can resist and put up the angry defensive wall. Maybe the response changes in different situations or different people. Be curious. Be gentle. Discover what fear is nudging you to release and move through to gain strength, courage and confidence.

 

The familiar acronym for fear, found in Dr. Susan Jeffers’ book Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, is False Evidence Appearing Real. Building from there, I offer different acronyms for being with fear. Choose which column resonates most with you.

 

Fully Embracing Authentic Reality

 Falsely Expressing Angry Retorts

Facing Everything And Rising

 Fearing Everything And Running

Freely Experiencing Abundant Riches

 Fearing Experience And Retreating

Finding Everything Aligning Robustly

 Finding Everything Abhorrently Revolting

Flying Energetically Above Resistance

Flat-lining Endlessly Around Resistance

Freely Expressing Aligned Reality

Fighting Every Aligned Reality

Fully Expressing Acceptance Radiantly

 Falsely Expressing Accusations Righteously

Faithfully Encompassing Acceptable Responsibility

Frantically Escaping Acceptable Responsibility

 

Be curious.

 

Discover what is behind the fear.

 

Move through it into your power…strength…courage…confidence.