For each difficult thought, feeling, or situation, ask yourself the following: What am I running from? What do I fear? What lies underneath this fear? What if this fear—be it of irrelevance, failure, losing control, running out of time, embarrassment, or death—is simply an unavoidable part of the human condition? What would it look like to make space for this fear, first in myself, and then perhaps by being more open about it with others?
