Sometimes we talk ourselves out of our dreams with this thought: It’s a lot of work. Really? It’s a lot of fear. Fear tells us that something will be a lot of work—too much work—as a tactic to get us to back down. You can choose something different.

Consciously dropping overwhelm is a choice that we can make when we step out of the “Story” that overwhelm carries with it. This isn’t bypassing our lived experience. It’s a conscious choice to make, moment to moment.

I contacted Brene Brown for a follow-up interview after having our first one for The Courageous Living Program over a year ago. Listen in for a new interview with Brene Brown.

It's easy to think that there's some secret to managing fear and that if we just knew what it was, we would use it and then never feel fear again. This is the fallacy that keeps the fear coming. Quit looking at the snake--see the rope.