Fear vs Opportunity | Patrick Sweeney the Fear Guru

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Host Joe De Sena interviews “Fear Guru” Patrick Sweeney on Joe’s Vermont farm during the 2019 “Death Race.”

What are the fears you face in your life? Is it possible that they are holding you back from what your true gifts actually are? Sweeney shifted from a life bounded by terror to one led through courage. There is immense power in fear and if you can learn to harness it as fuel - your true superhuman qualities can be unlocked. Find your authentic self and start by doing something every day that scares you!

LESSONS
Become aware of your defense mechanisms
Learn to make decisions based on opportunity not fear
Recognize triggers and how you react
Understand when the amygdala is trying to take over
Do something that scares you every single day
Don’t let fear lock away your true passions & gifts
Discover your authentic self
“Live big & remember your death”
Fear is Fuel

LINKS
http://www.thefearguru.com
https://www.pjsweeney.com

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TIME STAMPS
0:00 Joe, the Col and guest host Josh Crosby intro the “Fear Guru”
0:50 Luminox.com sponsor break- use code SPARTAN10 FOR 10% off
1:20 Interview begins with the fear frontier…
2:30 Semantic verse emotional memory
4:00 Learning your defense mechanisms
5:00 Decision making based on fear or opportunity
6:00 Fight, flight or freeze
9:00 A paradigm shift after almost dying in his 30’s
10:15 Luminox.com-sponsor break- Official timing partner of Spartan Race
10:30 Episode continues- with learning how to live after almost dying
12:15 Finding your authentic self
13:05 Courage as a superpower
14:20 Understanding the mapping of your brain
16:00 Scare yourself everyday
17:25 Crossing the atacama desert
18:20 The fear cocktail and superhuman powers
19:30 Am I going to die a good death?
20:55 Joe, The Col and guest host Josh Crosby discuss their fears & how to overcome

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CREDITS:
Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc.
Hosts: Joe De Sena, Tim Nye & Guest Josh Crosby. Co-hosts Sefra Alexandra and “Dr.” Johnny Waite are off seeking adventures and stories of resilience this week.
Synopsis – Sefra Alexandra | Seed Huntress
Production Assistant - Andrea Hagarty

Transcript

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0:00.0	Spartans and everybody else we are here for Spartan Up
0:03.0	podcast and we are your resiliency partner that means
0:06.7	we're gonna rip you off the couch we're gonna keep you motivated we're
0:08.7	gonna hold you accountable who are we I got Colonel 9 on my right I'm Joe the Senate founder Spartan and to my left is a new character on the show Josh or indeed Josh Crosby
0:19.7	World Champion rower. Yeah, he's a real deal.
0:22.8	So he's a step above, hopefully Johnny and Sepfra
0:25.4	listening.
0:25.9	He's a step above our old cast,
0:28.4	Sefra, Dr Johnny and Dr. L.
0:31.0	But in all seriousness, we are here and we're going to interview I
0:33.7	interview this guy Pat you did the quote-unquote fear guru. What's
0:38.1	interesting about this he was also a rower so I think Josh is going to give us
0:42.3	some tremendous insight. So stay tuned to the end. This guy is going to teach you how to harness your fear and go further because of it.
0:50.4	This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by Luminox, the official timing partner of Spartan Race.
0:55.6	Luminox is the watch brand of choice when it comes to overcoming tough obstacles where every second counts.
1:01.2	Visit luminox.com and use code Spartan 10 to get 10% off
1:06.2	your next order. Hey, we are here for Spartan Up Podcast, I got Patrick Sweeney, the Fear Guru, and we are going to figure out how you can
1:24.3	break through your fears with this podcast.
1:26.0	Hey, thanks Joe. It's great to be up here at the farm especially during the death
1:28.9	race. This is awesome. Are you nervous?
1:30.8	Dude, I'm always nervous.
1:33.4	I'm afraid.
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