22. Adding sparks to your fire: Supporting your visibility by creating a healthy relationship with fear
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SUMMARY
Emily Souder is a licensed therapist, coach, reiki master & practitioner, and author of Sparks: Inspiration for Extinguishing the Power of Fear and Igniting Amusement, Knowing, and Trust. To be visible requires vulnerability, which brings up feelings of fear in many of us. And until we can work through those fears, we’re going to be limited. But by developing a healthy relationship with our fears, we’ll be able to show up more fully, more authentically, and thus better capitalize on our visibility strategy.
In today’s episode India and Emily discuss how to move though fear. It starts with noticing when we’re afraid and choosing to be curious about it rather than trying to ignore it. As we learn to maintain distance from yet observe our thoughts, we’ll be able to more rationally address fear. And as we embrace humor and find amusement in life, we will be able to interact with our fears in a healthier way and better trust our journey and our intuitive voice.
sTART PAUSING AND NOTICING…IMPERFECTLY. tHAT’S THE ONLY WAY WE’RE GOING TO DO THIS AND MOVE FORWARD, IS TO DO IT IMPERFECTLY. — eMILY
Your Action For This Episode
Start pausing and noticing. And do it imperfectly. That’s they only way to move forward, is to do it imperfectly.
Consider
[0:07:00] Reiki involves learning to tap into and channel your own energy
[0:09:04] The path from fear to amusement to knowing and trust
[0:13:07] Trust your intuitive voice
[0:14:26] How overcoming fear gives us a sense of mastery, competence, and confidence.
[0:15:47] The signs and symptoms of fear and how to respond by pausing
[0:20:46] That this is a journey, a practice that is ongoing
[0:23:06] On creating a healthy relationship with fear
[0:24:41] Amusement can help you move through fear
[0:26:32] Emily’s advice for getting started moving through fear
[0:32:13] What have you done lately that scares you?
Quotes
“Visibility is more than a tactic. Marketing is more than strategies... To get there you have to allow yourself to be seen – not just in your Instagram grin but also in how you think, in what you believe, and what you truly feel.” – India
“The journey with fear starts with becoming aware of it. To change your relationship with fear, you have to be able to hear it, and you have to be able to not be scared of that voice.” – Emily
“We forget that we can be scared and do something anyway. Being brave is being scared and doing something anyway.” – Emily
“One of the things that allows you to do what scares is recognize what is scaring you, what is holding you back.” – India
“We’re never really through doing the work. There is always going to be a new situation presented to us by the world we’re living in or the people that we’re with.” – Emily
“Evolution comes from doing the work. As long as we’re constantly checking in with ourselves, we’re able to continue to grow.” -- India
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Resources Mentioned
Sparks: Inspiration for Extinguishing the Power of Fear and Igniting Amusement, Knowing, and Trust by Emily Souder
Available at Amazon.com