Beyond Fear is a 12-module e-course designed to help you overcome your fear so you can follow your dreams. You get all the material instantly, so you can go at your own pace and dive deeper into the modules you need most. Each module includes:
- A 14- to 19-page PDF file of written material so you can learn what causes your fears and how to overcome them
- Case studies and stories to bring the material to life
- An executive summary so you can recap quickly at any time
- A set of though-provoking guiding questions to help you apply the techniques and strategies to your own life
- Source information in case you want to read further
Bonus: 9 inspirational audio interviews with visionaries and fear-conquerers, including advice and stories about how they’ve overcome fears and what works for them.
Module 1 – Don’t freak out!
—featuring Farnoosh Brock of Prolific Living
Being able to approach situations calmly is the first step to overcoming fear. As you break the freakout cycle, you become more aware of your ability to cope. You gain confidence in yourself. You also gain a clear head for solving problems, which makes everything much easier. It feels a lot better, too!
- How to handle disasters, keep your cool, and cope with everyday life
- The most common mistake people make in the face of fear, and how to avoid it
- What most people don’t realize about getting upset
- The roots of freaking out and how to break the cycle
- 6 approaches to change the way you look at threatening situations so you can face them calmly
- One simple secret weapon that will help you be more resilient
Module 2 – Getting Clear on Your Fears
—featuring Tyler Tervooren of Advanced Riskology
Getting clear on your fears is immensely important to being able to move beyond them. You’ll always have fear to one degree or another, especially if you’re committed to doing worthwhile things. But you can overcome it by learning not to let it bother you, managing it, and moving past it.
- How to get clear on what you’re really afraid of
- Identifying what’s behind each of your fears so you can defuse them
- Why many people are threatened by challenges, obstacles, and things they don’t know–and why you don’t have to be
- How to approach formless anxiety so you can stop wasting energy and making yourself miserable
- How to use what-ifs to your advantage instead of letting them upset you
- 10 Common obsolete fears that may be holding you back
- How to distinguish unfounded fears from the voice of wisdom so you can make smart decisions
Module 3 – Expanding Your Comfort Zone
—featuring Jennifer Gresham of Everyday Bright
You have the power to overcome your fear, no matter where you are now. It starts with expanding your comfort zone.
- Why we stay in situations we hate, and how you can break your inertia
- How to overcome worries and anxiety, step by step
- Two approaches for what to do when your fears stand in the way of what you want to do
- How to break failure’s power over you
- One simple technique to help you get out of your own way and stop sabotaging yourself
- Foundations of bravery
Module 4 – Optimizing Your Mindset to Remove Your Limits
—featuring Jonathan Mead of Uncaged Human
Many of us have underlying assumptions about ourselves and life that hold us back. Limiting beliefs and faulty assumptions are like brakes. As you unearth and dismantle them, you’ll be able to go much farther with less energy in your efforts to transcend fear and do what you want to do.
- How to stop being your own worst enemy
- How to recognize your excuses and break their hold
- One special fear that’s common to overachievers, and how to stop letting it wreck your sense of security
- How to develop more faith in yourself
- Four great techniques for unlocking your power
Module 5 – The Mechanics of Fear
When you’re in the grip of fear, it’s easy for the fear to feed on itself. If you understand how fear works and what’s happening, you can break its power over you more easily.
- Why you often feel afraid when, rationally, you know there’s no real danger
- What’s missing from the “lizard brain” theory of fear
- How stress causes memory and attention problems (no, you’re probably not going crazy or getting Altzheimer’s, even if it feels that way!)
- What causes the times when you may feel stuck in panic mode for weeks or months
- What really happens in your body when you’re afraid, and how to avoid letting your fear feed on itself
- How to interrupt your body’s fear response and get control of your reactions
- The #1 thing you can do to help yourself when you’re afraid
Module 6 – Taking Control
—featuring Ashley Ambirge of The Middle Finger Project
We give up control of our lives, often without even realizing we’re doing it, out of fear. We let others run the show, make our choices, and control us, because we don’t want to be responsible for how things turn out. We avoid change, even if it means settling for unhappiness, because change is scary and often brings with it conflict and pain. It requires effort to change, whereas staying in our familiar ruts does not.
- The #1 life mistake that could keep you trapped and afraid forever
- How to identify what’s keeping you stuck–and defeat it
- Hidden payoffs that keep us embracing the status quo, even when we hate it
- Warning signs to help you identify areas where you need to make a change
- How to overcome your past and excuses to regain control of your life
Module 7 – What do you really want?
It can be scary trying to figure out what you want your life to look like. Overcoming your fears long enough to open up to yourself and figure out what you really want is a powerful step in transforming your life. Once you know what you want, you can begin taking steps toward it.
- Why we’re afraid to know what we want
- A step-by-step process to help you get clear on what you really want out of life
- How to choose well when you’re not sure which path to follow
- How to align your life with your ideals and move toward what you want without being reckless
Module 8 – Overcoming the Obstacles to Getting Started + Making Things Happen
—featuring Jenny Blake of Life After College
Nothing conquers fear like taking action. When you decide what’s important to you and start doing it, you’re taking a very powerful step to own your life and make it what you want it to be.
- How to get started (including how to figure out where to start)
- Why starting something new is so scary, and how to turn it to your advantage
- The best way to start something new to maximize your success
- Four great tricks to take the pain out of starting so you can stop struggling against yourself and do what you want to do
- How to build momentum, and how to free yourself quickly when you get stuck
- Why so much procrastination comes from fear, and how to break its hold
Module 9 – How to Realize Your Vision
—featuring Andrea Scher
It may seem intimidating to think about your vision for your life. This is an area of many deep-seated fears. On top of that, it’s an area of great uncertainty.
- Why it’s so important to get clear on your vision
- Proven ways to set effective goals, and a different approach to achieve awesomeness if you hate goal-setting
- How to prioritize to get the most return out of your efforts
- Ways to get past resistance and other obstacles so you can keep moving toward your vision
- What to do if you feel like nothing really interests you or is worth pursuing
- What to do if what you really want seems impossible
Module 10 – Confidence and Feeling Great
For many people, our worst fears involve being judged, being laughed at, being rejected. We can address these fears from the inside by coming to know, love, and accept ourselves.
- How to gain confidence when you don’t have it
- How to stop worrying what others think or comparing yourself to others
- How to stop needing other people’s approval
- How to embrace and step into your full self
- How to accept yourself and continue evolving more completely into who you want to be
Module 11 – Knowing, Rocking, and Revealing Your True Self + Building a Support Structure
—featuring Molly Mahar of Stratejoy
More than any other fear, the fear of letting others see your real self is deeply personal. It’s a universal fear: Everyone is afraid they’re inferior, vulnerable, deserving of rejection. Opening up to others, being real with them, and depending on them for support and help can be very scary. But it’s also one of the most rewarding things you can do.
- How to stop hiding your real self (and complaining that nobody understands you!)
- How to get help when you need it and still be strong
- How to be selfish the right way, so you can get what you need without turning into a jerk
- How (and why!) to build a support network to help you succeed, even if you’re afraid of people and don’t like accepting help
Module 12 – Choose the Right Adventures to Keep Growing and Enhance Your Life
—featuring Lachlan Cotter of Satori
The more adventures and trips outside your comfort zone you embark on, the stronger you’ll be and the less your fear will control you. The safe-seeming option of staying home and doing what you’ve always done comes with the opportunity cost of missing out. Not having lived fully or experienced as much as they wanted is a common regret of people on their deathbed. Don’t let it be yours.
- How to select challenges to maximize your growth
- How to know when to seek adventure and growth, and when to take it easy on yourself
- How to maximize your chance of success
- How to get the most out of your experiences
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