The best antidote to fear

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We seem to leave in a world that promotes fear:

  • Fear about governments
  • Fear about the economy
  • Fear about job security
  • Fear about the environment
  • Fear about relationships

The list could be long. You can add your own personal and private fears to the list.

The problem is that when your brains detects fear, it goes into "fight, flight, or paralyzed" mode. The moment that happens, cortisol and adrenaline flood your brain and prevent your reasoning powers to be engaged. As a result, nothing positive or rational has the least remote possibility of taking place.

The antidote to fear? Gratitude!

Gratitude? you might ask. How can I be grateful in the midst of fear? By focusing your attention on something positive, no matter how small:

  • The ability to freely breathe. Have you stopped to think how difficult your life would be if you had to be constantly connected to oxygen? 
  • The freedom to express yourself both about what you like and what you don't like.
  • The feel of your lover hand in your skin.
  • The uninhibited laughter of your child.
  • The hug of a friend.

Again your list could be long. To keep your brain out of being flooded with fear, you need to make gratitude a practice. It doesn't take much time. Take 3 minutes a day (or one minute three times a day) to make a pause, take a couple of deep diaphragmatic breaths, and bring to mind the image of something you can be grateful for. Then hold in your heart that feeling for 30 seconds. Repeat this consistently for 45 days straight and you would have developed the practice of gratitude. It has to become a consistent practice.

You will find yourself smiling more, connecting better to others, and in better health. You will be more successful. Your relationship will be happier. The better part? Fear will not have such a hold on you anymore!

You can RESET your brain from dwelling on fear to enjoying peace through gratitude. I challenge you today to practice gratitude, no matter the circumstances around you or in you.  

I also want to invite you to ask for my free booklet on the right on how to RESET your brain.  

Dr. Ada Gonzalez, Relationships, JoyAda Gonzalezgratitude, RelationshipsComment