3224: Don't Let Fear Have the Last Laugh by Dr. Kelly Flanagan on Embracing Fear & Resiliency

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🗓️ 22 June 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3224: Dr. Kelly Flanagan shares a profound insight on embracing fear rather than attempting to eliminate it. Through a personal narrative of a turbulent flight, he illustrates how fear can coexist with fun, highlighting the importance of acknowledging fear as a companion in life’s adventures rather than an enemy to conquer. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://drkellyflanagan.com/dont-let-fear-have-the-last-laugh/ Quotes to ponder: “With my eyes shut tightly, I’m making my fear worse by trying to control it.” “I used to think the goal of therapy was to help people vanquish their fear. Now, I think a goal of therapy is to help people vanquish that idea.” “There is another world existing right in the midst of our fear, a world in which fun is waiting to happen.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is optimal living daily episode 3224.
0:04.0	Don't let fear have the last laugh
0:07.0	by Dr Kelly Flanagan of Dr Kelly Flanagan.
0:10.0	com and I'm Justin Malik your own personal narrator today and every day.
0:15.0	And I'm going to keep narrating for you.
0:17.0	So let's get right to the post and start optimizing your life.
0:20.0	Don't let fear have the last laugh by Dr Kelly Flanagan of Dr Kelly Flanagan. I'm writing this at an altitude of 30,000 feet. The plane is bouncing like jello.
0:40.0	We're flying toward a Chicago winter storm and we're flying away from our adventure in New York,
0:45.3	away from our appearance on the Today Show.
0:48.3	The turbulence is a fitting end to an anxiety-filled week in which nothing was familiar or comfortable or predictable.
0:56.3	As the plane jiggles I try to make my fear go away by running through my bag of psychological
1:01.4	tricks.
1:02.4	Deep breathing. I take long my bag of psychological tricks.
1:02.8	Deep breathing.
1:04.0	I take long, slow breaths and try to create feelings of relaxation.
1:09.8	It doesn't work.
1:11.5	Visual imagery. I visualize a smooth landing in Chicago and tell myself
1:16.6	it'll all be over soon. But the phrase it will all be over soon isn't terribly comforting
1:22.4	when your plane feels like a roller coaster.
1:25.4	Cognitive restructuring.
1:27.4	I try to challenge my fearful thoughts by recalling reassuring statistics. Didn't I read somewhere you're more likely to
1:34.4	get killed by an alligator at the North Pole than get in a plane crash?
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