6 Refreshing Ways To Cope With Anxiety & Stop Fear From Stopping You

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What are you really afraid of? Losing a job, talking to a lot of people in public, joining a meeting on your first day of work, or expressing your thoughts openly? Fear comes in many forms and it limits you to what you think will keep you safe. It can take control of your thoughts and redirect your actions toward the things that won’t help you grow. It will only worsen your anxiety and make you continuously live in fear. In this episode of On Purpose, Jay Shetty talks about the different types of fear many of us face and how to use them to motivate us toward what we want and eventually live in peace and happiness. This episode is from Chapter 3 of Think Like A Monk, get the audiobook here: https://amzn.to/2THCYUu Key Takeaways: 00:00 Intro 00:14 The epic battle of Mahabharata is about to begin 02:33 Anxiety, our everyday fear, is holding us back by blocking our true feelings 09:12 The fear of fear 13:20 The stress response: when your body shouts fear 16:00 Working with fear: externalize our fear and step back from it 17:01 Accept your fear, acknowledge its presence 19:23 Find fear patterns 23:26 The cause of fear - attachment, the cure for fear, detachment 27:19 The common misconception about detachment 30:38 Managing short-term fears 36:09 Short circuit fear - when our fear manifests in our body 41:42 Revisit long-term fears and the solution of avoidance 46:09 Take a deep dive into your fears Achieve success in every area of your life with Jay Shetty’s Genius Community. Join over 10,000 members taking their holistic well-being to the next level today, at https://shetty.cc/OnPurposeGenius Like this show? Please leave us a review here - even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices