Fear And The Working Writer

Fear stops people more than all external obstacles combined. A great goal this week might be to examine the ways that’s true. In the Hero’s Journey, it first manifests in “refusing the challenge.” But WHY do we refuse? If it is true that all living things move away from pain toward pleasure, then why won’t we do the things that will help us find joy in life?

I recently told a lady who expressed concern about a lack of structure in her life to start with the Five Minute Miracle (sixty seconds of deep slow diaphragmatic breathing every 1–3 hours). She had a variety of emotional…