Facing your fear5/2/2023 ![]() Plus, it feels amazing to say “yes, I did that!”. When we face that fear and push ourselves beyond what we thought we thought we could do or achieve, we realize what we’re capable of. Fear stands in the way of taking the risks required to challenge ourselves. When we challenge ourselves, we grow and fulfill our potential. The best things in life are on the other side of fear. I face my fears and embark on things that scare the $hit out me and you should too. (Did you know post-WWII many homes were battleship gray because the shipyard had a surplus of paint?) 6 benefits of facing your fears The tour was a trip and I highly recommend it! Now I know the ghosts in my back yard, had fun, AND know some cool nuggets of SF’s history that I wouldn’t have learned elsewhere. The idea of ghosts sends chills down my spine, so the thought of going on a tour to learn more about them and possibly experience them was low on my priority list. ![]() Ghosts: This year Taylor Patterson and I took the SF Ghost tour through Pac Heights. This experience taught me the important role that friends can play to help me conquer my fears and allowed me to re-live old memories from my childhood. People jumped out of dark corners during those 2 hours! But I did it, fulfilled a childhood promise to myself and feel like I have an extra badge of honor. I spent most of the CANDLELIT tour through that eerie place clinging to Jaime and with my hands hovering over my eyes. An eventual move to the Bay Area provided the perfect opportunity to visit, even if Jaime wanted to visit on Halloween. I promised myself I’d seek that odd place out when I could. ![]() It’d been on my bucket list since age 15 when my family was touring homes in So Cal, and my mom would take one look at the windy, oddly laid out homes and say, ‘this is like the Winchester Mystery House”. The Winchester Mystery House: 2 years ago, I toured the Winchester Mystery House with my friend Jaime Massar. Here are 2 Halloween-related ways I faced my fears past and present. Before SHARING 8 benefits of facing our fears, I’ll walk the talk. It’s what we choose to do about our fears that determines the speed of our growth trajectory or lack thereof. “No Fear” right? (so said the clothing line from the late 80s and 90s). Scary movies, psychological thrillers it all gives my active imagination and always-spinning mind nightmares (my poor husband). It’s Halloween which is fun for some and scary for others. ![]()
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