Comments on: Talking truth to fear

By: When The Fear Sets In… |

When The Fear Sets In… | — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:45:48 +0000

[...] already a part of you. Havi Brooks from The Fluent Self gets very in-depth with this concept here. This article (and her very unique site in general) are an excellent read and I highly recommend [...]

By: Meine Angst, der schwarze Ritter* | agata góralczyk

Meine Angst, der schwarze Ritter* | agata góralczyk — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:22:29 +0000

[...] Meine Angst, der schwarze Ritter* Von agata | Veröffentlicht am: 24/10/2011 *Die Idee hab ich von Havi. Ich wälze mich auf dem Boden, winsle und rede mit einem schwarzen [...]

By: 5 Simple Ways to Manage Anxiety – South Side Scholar

5 Simple Ways to Manage Anxiety – South Side Scholar — Mon, 02 May 2011 13:49:36 +0000

[...] up. If you can just allow yourself to feel it, and not react to it, you often realize that being afraid isn’t as scary as we allow ourselves to [...]

By: Exposing some flesh | Josiane Richer

Exposing some flesh | Josiane Richer — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 23:00:27 +0000

[...] care of myself throughout all of the changes that I want to see happening in my life. I’m learning to talk and interact with my fears, though for now I’m mostly talking to them, as I can’t hear [...]

By: Maria

Maria — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 15:24:58 +0000

Hi Havi,
I had read this post many months ago but yesterday I really understood (not with my brain but with my whole self – if this makes sense) that my fear wants to protect me. And I thought it’d be nice to thank you, so here: many thanks for writing this things you write.

By: The Challenges Begin « Mental Rewire

The Challenges Begin « Mental Rewire — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:23:20 +0000

[...] making a change. I can’t let myself start thinking this way. This time will be different. I found this post about fear, by Havi Brooks to very helpful in changing how I view this fear and just the idea of fear in [...]

By: Make the Leap. Take Action. « Mental Rewire

Make the Leap. Take Action. « Mental Rewire — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 06:27:53 +0000

[...] read a really great blog post by Havi Brooks called, Talking Truth to Fear that I feel I need to re-read on a regular basis. She talks about how fear is not something that [...]

By: Kitten Conversations: i « Wings of Flight

Kitten Conversations: i « Wings of Flight — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:02:43 +0000

[...] to speak to myself as a young, scared kitten. I guess since we all feel fear, we may all have a scared kitten who’s just trying to protect [...]

By: Kaushik

Kaushik — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:16:31 +0000

After twenty years of debilitating episodes of anxiety, I was chagrined to discover that fear is something that we can easily let go of. It’s something–a thing, body sensations plus thought-stories. I let it be, allow it, welcome, talk to it, and then let it go. It’s that easy. It’s not easy in thinking mind, but the actual experience of it is natural and easy.
.-= Kaushik´s last post … You don’t need no F-thing =-.

By: Garry

Garry — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:28:11 +0000

Havi,

This approach to dealing with your fears and acknowledging them and respecting them is indeed profound. I love it.

It certainly allows one to grow in spite of their fears (mine) and as you mentioned I would not be kicking, battering, beating to a pulp or otherwise destroying something that was a part of me!

That always seemed so counterproductive to me to be in the destructive mode. And you captured that essence for me in this post. Thank You.

I can now move forward with this rather knarly litter of cute puppies, who, when ever one gets upset or offensive, they ALL seem to jump into the fray. When that happens I get so wrapped up with all of them, that I stop everything else and get consumed with all of their little, not so nice actions.

So I have put a bunch of doggie treats in my pocket today, and we are all heading out for a nice walk around the world today.

You have a new fan in the neighborhood -