Tag Archive for fear and procrastination

The Language of Emotions: Taking Control of Your Healing

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This post is from a year ago. Perhaps longer. As much as I hate to admit my own limitations, I am exhausted and in a place where I need to step back a bit and figure out the future. Lately, I cannot find solace in my writing mind. There are just too many things floating around in there.  The experience…

Harness Fear On Your Behalf: Embracing Traumatic Anniversaries

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“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”  –Joseph Campbell On the heels of my post on fear last week, which resonated with a lot of people (thank you for all the emails and comments), it became quite clear that a lot of us allow fear to bully us into places beneath our truest selves. In honor…

On Mental Distractions, Anxiety Relief and Self-Sabotage

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I caught myself doing it again today: wiping the counters. Moving items over to wipe under them, moving them back, and then wiping again to be sure I didn’t miss a spot. A voice came on in my head, like a loud speaker, and said, “What are you doing?” which stopped me in my tracks. It’s the same feeling I…