Why Facing Your Fears Is Crucial for Mental Health and Personal Growth for HSPs

Emotional Badass

Nikki Eisenhauer

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Are you an HSP struggling with fear and anxiety? Facing and overcoming fears through exposure and positive energy is essential for personal growth and healing. Highly sensitive people often fall into the trap of avoiding anxiety-inducing situations, but embracing exposure therapy with curiosity can significantly reduce fear. In this episode, we discuss practical strategies to manage anxiety, the importance of positive energy, and how facing fears can lead to profound mental health improvements. Some fear is functional, some fear is dysfunctional. We ground and support our life's journey when we embrace learning the difference vs. giving in to the fear that don't always serve us. If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, and can join in the community. https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass RESOURCES: WORK WITH NIKKI 1:1 30 DAYS TO PEACE COURSE ⁠⁠PATREON COMMUNITY INTRO TO BOUNDARIES THE BOUNDARIES INTENSIVE BOOK CLUB NARCISSIST ABUSE RECOVERY WORKSHOP THE FREE MORNING ROUTINE ⁠⁠ WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SIGNUP⁠⁠ THE PATTERNSCAPES WELLNESS DECK ⁠BRAIN FM: CODE: emotionalbadass for 20% off your membership FOLLOW US: YouTube Instagram Facebook TikTok⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thoughtful driving tips from Eso, number three.
0:03.0	This is Kiran. He's doing 70 on the motorway,
0:07.0	on his way to a cheeky spar appointment,
0:10.0	though his diaries as he's visiting a client.
0:12.8	Naughty Kiran, lowering his speed to 60 could save him up to 9% in fuel on the journey.
0:19.8	Enjoy that hot stone massage, Kiriron, slowing down a little.
0:24.0	Hi everyone, I'm Karen Finnerman.
0:28.0	You may know me best from C.M.C.
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0:34.9	We dive into all things women, money, and power.
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0:47.1	Hello welcome to Emotional Badass where moxie meets mindful. I'm your host, life coach and
0:54.4	psychotherapist Nicky Eisenhower and on today's episode I'm talking to you
0:59.0	about facing scary things. Eleanor Roosevelt said, you gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which
1:29.2	you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, I have lived through this horror.
1:37.0	I can take the next thing that comes along.
1:40.0	You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
1:45.0	We have so many quotes and clicheed sayings about fear, don't we?
1:50.0	Which is its own information about how hard it is as human beings to tackle our fears, to
1:57.6	deal with our fears, to overcome our fears.
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