Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway is Bad Advice

Hi Slow Down Society, and Happy Friday Eve!

I’d like to talk Fear with you today —

and how the old-school advice of “feel the fear and do it anyway”

is harmful.

And I do not want you to do this.

instead, I want you to try and shift it, if you can.

Sit with it.

Feel it, and process it.

and then when you are READY, pick a different feeling to feel, and THEN take action.

Taking action when you aren’t in a good place will never feel good.

as many of you know, I have a background in child psychology and child development and used to do work for the local social services.

Guess what?

Adult psychology and child psychology are very closely related!

Here is a PDF of the above image —

Try and move from feeling FEAR to something else that might help move you forward towards your hopes, dreams, and longterm goals.

How about “curious”? or “hopeful”?

We are talking about this currently in the Facebook group —

I’d love to hear your thoughts.

xoxo

please take care of yourself.

I think you are wonderful.

steph