“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” ~ William Faulkner When we are afraid, our bodies respond by constricting. Their primal instinct is to freeze and then run – or fight if we’re cornered. The reaction is acute, intense, and rarely productive. Worse, if we suppress the fear and not face

All things are ready, if our mind be so. ~ William Shakespeare When we are scared, it is because we first had a thought. Perhaps, “I can’t do this” or “I’m not strong enough” or “What if I screw up?” We doubt ourselves and our capabilities just long enough to incite panic and fear. Thoughts are fast. We can be

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If your work is stressful, it’s not your work. ~ Marty Rubin What’s got you in the vice? For many of us, professional demands can become a source of stress. Some of that stress is good – it motivates, focuses, and fuels us to get the work done. Continual stress, on the other hand, is not healthy. That non-stop tension