How To Recognize Who's on Your Fearbuster Support Team

Dictionary.com

defines 'support' as "to maintain (a person, family, establishment, institution, etc.) by supplying with things necessary to existence; provide for" Necessary. To. Existence.

We all need support in our lives.  Rhonda Britten says, "No one can be fearless alone."  I agree.  Remember the movie "Ghostbusters?"  Those fearless souls who would provide support to chase ghosts away? Rhonda has labeled people who provide support as Fearbusters.  Fearbusters are those fearless souls who provide support to us to chase fears away.

How to Deal with Nay-Sayers, aka Fear Junkies

In her book, Fearless Living, bestselling author Rhonda Britten talks about Fear Junkies.  She defines them as, "certain people (who) are more likely to hold you back rather than cheer you on." Rhonda further separates these people into 5 types, most of whom are acting in innocence based on their own fears.  Once you learn to identify the fear junkies in your life, you can learn strategies to stop their nay-saying from triggering your fears.  Read on. 

6 Steps to Overcome the Seduction of Excuses

We've all done it.  Used excuses to justify our actions.  Or inaction.

Excuses draw us in.  They feel so real. Of course, we couldn't keep that appointment, or take that action.  We fully intended to follow through, yet something got in the way.  It wasn't our fault.  An outside force prevented us from doing what we said we would.  Or from not doing what we said we wouldn't. We can't be held responsible for that....or can we?

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Intentions: The Antidote to Expectations

Shoudda, coudda, woudda.  When is the last time something didn't turn out the way you thought it should?  Who did you blame?  Did you tell yourself someone *should have* done something differently? Or did you blame yourself for something you *could have* done differently?  Did you gripe about what *would have* happened under different circumstances?  These are all signs of being in a state of expectation.  Guess what?  Expectations are normal!  Yet, living in expectation can leave us feeling frustrated, irritated, and unfulfilled.  Luckily, there's an antidote.  Read on.

The 3 S's of Connection: Finding New Friends

Something came up in my Facebook feed this morning that reminded me of the importance of creating connections.  Here's what I read:  "...researchers examined nearly 150 previously published longitudinal studies that measured how the frequency of human interaction affects health outcomes. They concluded that low social interaction can be compared to the damage caused by smoking fifteen cigarettes a day, being an alcoholic, or not exercising..."