1. Choose a strong fear that you get in a particular situation, which holds you back
in life (you should get scared just by thinking of it).
2. Feel the fear, at least a little. Instead of running away from this fear as you may
usually do, let yourself actually feel it. Don’t indulge in the fear, but just feel it enough to
do the next step.
3. Notice where the feeling starts. As you feel that fear in your body, notice where it
starts and where it moves to (it will probably begin in your stomach and move up toward
your chest and/or throat).
4. Imagine pushing the feeling out of you and seeing it spin as if it’s a wheel in front
of you. Notice, does it spin forward or backward? If for some reason you’re not sure
which way it’s spinning, just guess, as people almost always guess correctly. Also, if
you’re not able to visualize easily, just move your finger in the direction it is spinning.
5. If you’re okay at visualizing, you can even add a color to the fear as you watch it spin
around. Either notice the color it already has, or give it a color you think is appropriate
for the feeling of fear (a lot of people choose red, for example). If you can’t visualize this,
it’s okay.
6. Turn the wheel upside down, so it’s now spinning in the opposite direction. As
you do this, if it had a color before, notice that now the color has changed to the
opposite of fear (e.g., a calming blue or white).
7. Pull this new feeling back inside you so it moves in the reverse direction to the
old fear (i.e., down from throat or chest, towards your stomach). Make sure you keep
spinning this new feeling in the new direction.
8. As you spin your new feeling faster and faster, think of the same thing that scared
you before. And, as you do this, you’ll probably notice that you feel quite differently now
about what you used to fear.
9. Now, get out there and make things happen in your life!
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