Comments on: When Do You Let Fear Go? https://mindfulartstudio.com/let-go-of-fears/ Art journaling, watercolor tutorials, and adult art classes Mon, 04 Jan 2016 17:27:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: Amy Johnson Maricle https://mindfulartstudio.com/let-go-of-fears/#comment-5922 Fri, 31 Oct 2014 02:44:49 +0000 http://foxboroarttherapy.com/?p=2060#comment-5922 In reply to Donal Kiernan.

HI Donal:

It’s great to have you here on Maricle Counseling’s blog. Your last line is so memorable – it reminds me of how fleeting life is and how hard to keep that in mind. Let’s not waste our time on petty fears and savor the present. And yet, that’s so hard! Thanks so much for your pithy commentary.
Cheers,

Amy

]]> By: Donal Kiernan https://mindfulartstudio.com/let-go-of-fears/#comment-5919 Thu, 30 Oct 2014 16:32:32 +0000 http://foxboroarttherapy.com/?p=2060#comment-5919 Real fear is sensible as it serves to protect oneself from dangers.
However when I indulge my imagined fears, I amplify and magnify my anxious state thereby destabilising myself.
My greatest fear is that I may miss my next breath and not enjoy my last one.

]]> By: Amy Johnson Maricle https://mindfulartstudio.com/let-go-of-fears/#comment-5860 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 21:06:51 +0000 http://foxboroarttherapy.com/?p=2060#comment-5860 In reply to Shazia.

HI Shazia!

“I bring this fear into me, it does not reside in me.” That phrase hit me like a ton of bricks! Wow. What a powerful statement for us all. It’s a little wild to play with how much we can “invite” and not invite feelings into our bodies. While I feel like there are times that I couldn’t possibly gain enough control to oust my anxiety or pain, etc. I know that when I can at times step back and observe it and realize that I am (to an extent) choosing to experience it, it can be helpful. Even so, work and financial matters are so fear and anxiety producing! I hope you also give yourself permission to feel it when you need to.

Thanks as always for sharing your wonderful insights.

Amy

]]> By: Shazia https://mindfulartstudio.com/let-go-of-fears/#comment-5850 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 16:17:18 +0000 http://foxboroarttherapy.com/?p=2060#comment-5850 Thank you for this post Amy! I’m actually filling up with anxiety as I read this b/c I am afraid my current project is about to end. If I had no fear, I would see the end of this project as a good thing, and enjoy my next few steps that I know I would need to take to get another job. Your post reminds me that I bring this fear into me, that it does not reside in me.

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