We're going to dive into this first topic, which is fear. Again, we had more than 500 of you,

almost 600 of you, respond to the survey, what is hard about the big move you want to make.

And the responses came in four categories, fear, finances, consistency, and clarity.

And I want to address fear first tonight because I feel like it's a thread

through every other category that when we are afraid, it just shows up in all kinds of ways.

So I want to start there and it will be a continued unfolding conversation as we go through

the other categories with our special guests

on tonight. So I want to start first by defining fear. And there's a really good book that has a

great definition of fear. Maybe some of you have heard of this book.

Listen, here is the definition of fear that I included in the garden within.

Fear is the impact of a situation that threatens to be painful.

The pain can be physical or emotional. It can be actual, imagined,

imminent, potential, short-term, or persistent, so long as the situation involves uncertainty or limited control. Fear is any situation that threatens us. We respond to a threatening situation with fear

when we are facing uncertainty or limited control, and usually it's both. If we have a sense of

being able to control ourselves or the circumstance in the face of a threat, we usually get angry

instead of scared. So if I'm walking down the street and a dog is running at me or say a coyote,

we've seen some reports of coyotes in residential areas lately and I'm outside and I see a coyote

coming. If I have a taser on me or a bear spray, I might get mad and start spraying.

But if I'm defenseless, I'm going to more likely respond in fear.

So anger is often our response when we feel like we can handle this threat.

But fear is when things are so uncertain and we don't feel like we have

the power or control to handle it. And so many of you said that you felt a sense of fear as you

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