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06/12/2026

Ask A Practitioner 263 - Feel the Fear

You have likely heard the expression, “feel the fear and do it anyway”. There is wisdom in that… if we come at it from a faith-fuelled, trauma-informed perspective.

When you are having a full body response to a fear trigger, should you bully yourself forward, overriding your body’s signals? Should you “suck it up”, telling yourself you are wrong for feeling as you do? Of course not.

Fear is useful. Fear is a signal recognizing that the ground may be uneven — that we may need to take special care. So, let yourself FEEL it, for sure.

The point of choice for each of us, however, is whether or not we will let ourselves be RULED by it.

Feeling the fear, acknowledging it, letting it move through us instead of letting it get stuck in an unexpressed loop in our bodies — extracting the wisdom it has for us… that is a brilliant use of the gift of fear.

With the feelings felt and the danger assessed, we are then in a position to invite ourselves to deepen into faith, to trust our own capacities, and to take a step forward, even if there is still a residue of fear lingering. This is how we build resiliency and learn to trust ourselves. This is how old fears that no longer serve us begin to be dismantled.

Face it. Feel it. Falter then find your footing. Fail then fly. Faith over force.



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Ask A Practitioner 262 - Not What You Think

There is a way of showing up in the world with curiosity, and a way of showing up in the world with rigidity. You get to choose.

So many people go through life ruled by fear and old wounds; trying mightily to control the uncontrollable. Life is uncontrollable, as are other people, so that approach is pretty much a non-starter.

What if, instead of seeing pitfalls everywhere, and jumping to the worst possible conclusions, we allowed ourselves to believe the best? Maybe that person who wouldn’t let you merge in traffic wasn’t a ****? What if they actually didn’t see you? Maybe they were preoccupied with getting home for their child’s birthday.

What if that person who spoke rudely to you had just gotten a horrible diagnosis, and was barely holding it together? We tell ourselves we know what motivates people, but we aren’t in their heads… we are only ever just making up stories.

So often, when we are judging someone else, it is a version of ourselves that we haven’t made peace with yet that we are actually reacting to. We see selectively — through a lens that is actually a mirror.

What if we decided to be curious and give others the benefit of the doubt? Would the world seem like a kinder place? Couldn’t hurt.

You aren’t a victim, you are a co-creator.

What if, also, instead of choosing fear and control, we just trusted ourselves to somehow handle whatever may come? Whether we have gone through hell or not first, isn’t that actually what we’ve always done?

Let’s face it, we’re all still here, right? So we have actually handled everything we were ever afraid of. What if we remembered that, and believed it will always be so?



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Ask A Practitioner 261 - Accepting Comfort
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It can be hard to ask for, or accept help. Have you learned from the past that people can’t really be trusted as “safe”? Have you learned how to be independent; to “not need anything”? If so, it can feel very scary to allow your vulnerability to show. That armour can become a prison which then denies you access to the full range of human expression and connection. You burn out or act out.

Perhaps you learned that help is transactional — that if you ask, it won’t be given freely; that it comes with criticism and a high price. Perhaps you have been taught that if you admit you are struggling you’ll be seen as weak. You “suck it up”, put on a brave face and “soldier on”.

It makes sense. Those can be a useful survival tools in certain circumstances. The ‘problems’ start to arise when that becomes your default operating system, or even your identity. When it becomes a mask you never take off; the filter through which you see everything and everyone, a shift in perspective is being called for. Time to come back to Oneness.

Some people and places are not safe, yes. “Disconnection” is not a Universal Truth, however. All of Life is connected; beauty and Good are available to you everywhere. Yes, clock where the shadows are strongest, but put more of your energy towards engaging with people and places that offer light. If they aren’t around you now, call them in, remembering also that the deep, Divine light within YOU cannot ever be extinguished, even in your lowest moments. Trust that.

Once you begin to settle a bit, accept help — at least sometimes, even if it feels odd at first. Practice reminding yourself that we are all here to ‘help walk one another home’. People like to know they can be of service. Kindness and generosity IS available to you, and accepting that gift will actually begin to open you to even more of the loving inter-connection that is actually The Truth.



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