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Amy Y's avatar

I love these strategies for identifying, processing, and managing fear. One of the things I've noticed lately is identifying the difference between the fear that keeps you safe, and the fear that keeps you stuck. Fear (as with any emotion) is a useful signal if you can reprocess it with the executive functioning part of your brain and use it to compel next steps that are grounded in a growth mindset.

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Wendy Scott's avatar

1 and 2 always work for me!

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Kathy Wu Brady's avatar

That's awesome -- they are my go-to's as well!

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Jeanette Martin's avatar

1, 2 and 3 never fail, nor does getting away from a screen and into a garden or park. Even seeing a flower or neighbour switches my brain.

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Kathy Wu Brady's avatar

Yes -- and I only started to understand the power of #3 - movement in these last few years. I knew I felt better after a jog, but I didn't connect it to my mental fitness until I learned more about how the brain worked. So powerful, yet so simple!

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