https://blog.learntolive.com/fear-facing-anxiety/ Anxiety, CBT & more! Wed, 25 Aug 2021 21:06:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://blog.learntolive.com/fear-facing-anxiety/#comment-50 Tue, 16 Aug 2016 11:56:41 +0000 https://blog.learntolive.com/?p=2713#comment-50 […] Recently, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Molly Mogren of the blog “Hey Eleanor!” Prior to starting her most recent project as a full-time freelancer and blogger, Molly was featured in Delta’s Sky Magazine, Food & Wine, and Mpls.St.Paul Magazine. Molly started the “Hey Eleanor!” blog because she wanted to incorporate Eleanor Roosevelt’s famous quote, “Do one thing everyday that scares you,” into her daily life. She felt she had fallen into a rut, so she decided to make a change. Change is difficult for anyone, but Molly also struggles with anxiety, so that added to the “scariness” of making changes. I really liked what she had to say about fear, because it’s consistent with one of the principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) – that you can often make things less scary as you face your fears: […]

]]> https://blog.learntolive.com/fear-facing-anxiety/#comment-41 Tue, 16 Aug 2016 02:17:59 +0000 https://blog.learntolive.com/?p=2713#comment-41 […] is a normal emotion with any challenge in life, but in many cases, working through that fear is a step in the right direction, a step toward help and healing. Many people have found that, if they can just take that first step, the fear becomes more […]

]]> https://blog.learntolive.com/fear-facing-anxiety/#comment-35 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 20:33:15 +0000 https://blog.learntolive.com/?p=2713#comment-35 […] of ourselves is not found in defeating our dragons, but in incorporating them into our story, in changing our perspective. That is the secret to Pixar’s storytelling success. It’s also the secret to […]

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