Moving through Fear

Hello everybody. Welcome to today's Boost. A few of you may have hope as one of your top character strengths. Hope is fantastic. It means you have great expectations for the future and you think the best things are going to happen. Hope, however, may not be the best strategy for this boost. Listen to the difference. I hope I have a good boost versus I'm going to make a few diet and lifestyle changes and see what kind of results I get. My bet is that the second will be much more powerful and you'll be much more pleased with the results. So what's holding you back? Are you feeling any kind of fear or anxiousness or nervousness? A little bit of fear is okay. It means that you really care about this, and it means that it's something that matters to you. However, a lot of fear can be debilitating and it can stop you in your tracks. I definitely do not want that to happen. And so if you're feeling fear, let me know and let's work through it together. In the meantime, think of a success that you have had in the past. Think of a time where you have actually had to be intentional about a behavior change. What was the result that you got? How did it improve your life? Can you take any lessons from that success and translate them over to this boost? You might be able to My health is important to me because I can't be the best version of myself without it. If I'm exhausted, tired, in bed, feeling awful, I can't do the things that I want to do. So why is your health important to you? Even just by starting to think through that question, you will be able to face your fear more confidently and perhaps move through it even better. So think about it. Why is your health important to you?