The Nature Fix: How do I overcome a paralyzing fear?
Out There
Willow Belden
4.6 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2018
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of our advice segment, The Nature Fix, we respond to a question about fear.
A listener called Over My Head writes to us about a terrifying whitewater rafting trip she went on with her husband two years ago. The experience left her so rattled that she has not set foot in a raft again.
She wants to overcome her fear, in part because rafting is one of her husband's greatest passions — "so important it was in his wedding vows."
Our advice columnists offer some tips on mitigating fears, and discuss whether you should try to make yourself love what your partner loves.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to The Nature Fix from Out There. |
| 0:12.3 | I'm Willow Belden. |
| 0:13.6 | I'm Becky Jensen. |
| 0:14.8 | And I'm Angus Chen. |
| 0:16.1 | This is our advice segment where we use wisdom from the outdoors |
| 0:19.6 | to help solve your most pressing personal questions. |
| 0:23.6 | How's your morning so far? |
| 0:39.8 | Good. I went surfing this morning. |
| 0:43.5 | Whoa, really already? |
| 0:46.5 | Yeah. I left at like, I got up at like six, went down to Rockway Beach and went surfing yeah it was nice it was like um you know the |
| 0:57.0 | wind was offshore which is you know it keeps the waves nice and clean and it was like maybe three to |
| 1:02.6 | four feet tall with the waves um and is that for in your in your mind is that ideal we're landlocked |
| 1:09.9 | it's a nice it's a nice wave. |
| 1:11.4 | Yeah, it's, I wouldn't say it's ideal. |
| 1:14.9 | I would like maybe an extra foot of height, a little bit more power. |
| 1:20.0 | I like five feet. |
| 1:21.1 | Five feet is, is, is, would be ideal. |
| 1:23.8 | So I have to ask, like, I'm just picturing you, like, riding the subway with your surfboard. |
| 1:30.4 | Is that what you do? |
| 1:31.3 | Yeah, that's what I did this morning. |
| 1:35.2 | That's up here. |
| 1:36.4 | Yeah, it's nice. |
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