Dealing with Fear
“When our life is falling apart in some way, we want to feel some sense of being held by something larger. We’re all looking for refuge in some way. Because we have this very primal conditioning to grasp on to things and to push things away, we tend to latch on to what [...]
There is your calling — the work that you feel called to do, the work you think you would really love. And then there is that question that comes up: am I talented enough to do that? Depending on your psyche, this may take the form of Am I hard-working enough? Am I smart enough? [...]
In my work helping women play big, we give some serious attention to the topic of the inner critic. Why? Because I have yet to meet a brilliant women who isn’t underestimating herself because of her inner critic. The inner critic tells us lies we find very believable. One of my big dreams is that [...]
In this video, I’m sharing my favorite teaching about fear, which comes from the late Rabbi Alan Lew. This simple, little-known idea about fear has been life-changing for me, and for the women and men I work with. (If you are reading this on email, click HERE to watch.) As discussed in the video, Rabbi [...]
So you are working on speaking up more. Or you are dreaming about launching that new business, or nonprofit, or artistic venture. Or you are just trying to be more of your real deal self and share what is on your mind. In some way, you are fighting the everyday fight to step into [...]
As you all know, I do a lot of work helping women quiet that vicious, critical voice we each carry around. The one that says, “You are going to screw this up.” “If that was a worthy idea, someone would have done it already.” The one that asks that pernicious question, “Who do you [...]
Hi Everyone, There are bunch of goodies I want to share with all of you: 1. Dealing with Fear On what Top 5 list do I rank just above NY Times columnist David Brooks (he was #4) and just below A Million Little Pieces author James Frey (he was #2)??? This one! – BigThink’s List [...]
Hi there! Two updates I wanted to tell you about: Over at BigThink.com, I’m on video talking about fear. I share a concept that transformed how I think about fear, and that has allowed me to work with fear in a much more positive way. Click here to read/watch. Also, I’m participating in a lovely [...]
Today I have a guest post at Jonathan Fields’ blog, and so I want to invite you to head over there to read it. The post is offers a powerful teaching about fear that I learned from the late Rabbi Alan Lew. This beautiful teaching has changed how I think about fear, and [...]
There was a moment last Tuesday when I was watching the twitter stream about The Real Life: Poems for Wise Living, and the tears started rolling. I was reading tweets about the poems, and it was clear they were making an impact. Why the tears? Because that was a moment of homecoming, a [...]
