Your Feelings Emotions
Part 2

Let's say you're imagining your dream life and as you begin to get excited about what is to come, you discover an underlying sense of fear, which is keeping you from moving toward your desired goal, (inner peace, an improved relationship with a loved one, an increase in income) what do you do? Do you "ignore" it? Or try to "suppress" it?

First you must acknowledge your fear. Trying to ignore it won't work, it only makes matters worse. Fear is a natural human feeling, necessary for survival. It's the fight or flight response to danger.

Because our feelings and our thoughts work intimately together, some of our fears may be "unfounded", thought-induced.

What does this mean?

It means that fear borne of what I call the what ifs are usually catastrophic "fantasies" we create in our minds through our thoughts (very real, mind you- sorry no pun intended). However they can wreak havoc and stunt our success.

You have the power to choose your thoughts!

But, imagine what would happen if you could use the power of your thoughts to your advantage? How would your life be?

When we are able to identify and differentiate founded fears from fantasy-induced-fears we can become clearer in setting and reaching our dreams and success becomes a reality.

Learn from this simple model, the Cycle of Experience how the feelings-thought connection works. It will definitely help you get a better grasp as how you experience feelings and thoughts in your daily living and ultimately empower you to use them to your advantage.

You will be able to identify where you might be getting stuck in the process. Understanding the cycle and how you experience each step will help you move forward in achieving your goals. After all, knowledge is power, but putting it into action... equals success!

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