What if every attempt to figure out your fear is feeding it, and the one thing that lets it go is the last thing you'd think to try?
Fear can be quietly expensive. It hums along in the background, takes a little energy here and a little there, and you may not even notice it's running. Dr. Katie Deming didn't notice hers for years. Her friends call her the most fearless person they know. Meanwhile, she'd wake up with a pit in her stomach, like something was wrong. What she uncovered about that fear caught her off guard.
Dr. Katie stopped reading books recently, yet two from the past month clicked together: Letting Go by psychiatrist David Hawkins, MD, PhD, and Existential Kink by Carolyn Elliott. She blends them into one practice that may sound strange at first. Then she tells you what happened when she tried it herself.
If you're healing from cancer or living with illness, this matters now. Dr. Katie explains how holding fear down uses up energy your body could put toward healing. You'll hear why thinking it through keeps you looping, why even expressing an emotion can backfire, and what shifted for her in just one week. The same practice applies to shame, guilt, anger, and jealousy.
Chapters:
00:03:11 - This Works for Shame, Guilt, and Anger Too
00:04:59 - Two Books That Tie This Together
00:07:22 - Why Expressing an Emotion Can Backfire
00:13:17 - How Thinking Feeds Your Fear
00:14:46 - What Surprised Dr. Katie About Her Own Fear
00:16:07 - The Energy That Came Back in One Week
00:16:38 - The Fear You May Not Know You Have
00:17:19 - The Truth Behind Looking Fearless
00:18:50 - The Simple Practice for Any Emotion
00:19:53 - How Fear Can Interfere With Healing
00:20:30 - Why This Is an Ongoing Practice
Stay until the end as Dr. Katie lays out the practice in simple terms and explains why it works best as something you return to again and again.
Press play and learn how to stop feeding your fear and reclaim the energy it's been taking.
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DISCLAIMER: The Born to Heal Podcast is intended for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for seeking professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Individual medical histories are unique; therefore, this episode should not be used to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease without consulting your healthcare provider.
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