I am excited to help you remove fear-related compromises from your life so that you can experience and achieve all of your goals and aspirations!
For more on ‘Anxiety vs Fear’ check out this article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-dance-connection/200910/fear-vs-anxiety
To read more about the Stress Response in the brain here’s a great article from Harvard Health: https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/understanding-the-stress-response
Read more about the biology of fear here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3595162/
For more on why opening up about mental health issues is SO vital to recovery, see here: http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/conditions/time-talk-uncomfortable-important
Here are some additional tips for accepting and releasing fears: https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-26429/how-to-physically-release-the-fears-that-keep-you-stuck.html
If you’re interested in learning more about this, the following is a link to a great article that explains how yoga and meditation can help us overcome and let go of fear for GOOD! https://www.yogajournal.com/yoga-101/fear-not-2
Are you or someone you love struggling with an issue like this?
http://mindworks.org/blog/how-to-live-in-the-present/
What are you grateful for? List 3 things below!
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/prefrontal-nudity/201211/the-grateful-brain
Flow state and anxiety: https://psychcentral.com/blog/flow-an-antidote-to-anxiety-the-secret-to-happiness/
Read the following article - it outlines the difference between feeding and honoring our feelings: https://medium.com/@julietfay/honouring-feelings-versus-feeding-feelings-34abe3bd6b34
The following link is to a guided meditation, which is effective at soothing anxiety and helping to reduce fear! Let me know what you think - I’d recommend using headphones!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovJ-0zc_TdM
Read more about mindfulness for fear here: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/ed-and-deb-shapiro/mindfulness-fear_b_4799611.html
Read more about this kind of meditation here: http://www.contemplativemind.org/practices/tree/loving-kindness
Take note when you start feeling fear or anxiety. Ignore it, choose another outlet for it to be expressed, and let go of the fear!
Don’t take my word for it however…..just ask Oprah! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5ySWB0UgE0
Read more on why there is NO ‘right time’ at https://medium.com/the-mission/stop-waiting-for-the-perfect-time-there-isnt-one-249e2f9e34fb
Functional Medicine has SO many benefits by itself - not just for healing anxiety and fear. It’s definitely worth learning more about it, so I thought I’d link you to an article which describes very well the basic principles of functional health: https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-6014/The-5-Principles-of-Functional-Medicine.htm
Read more about how your emotional vocabulary can affect your entire life: https://karlamclaren.com/emotional-vocabulary-page/
The Power of Letting Go: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/test-case/201203/the-power-letting-go
