{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fdc3663ed-cf05-4e73-a114-4def83386deb","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Episode 75: Letting Go of Fear","description":"We all experience fear. But some fear is sneaky and can really get us stuck, even if we're not aware of it. In this Halloween episode, Janine and Shannon discuss the way fear is often at the root of perfectionism. And we get into strategies for letting it go.\n\nDiscussion topics include:\n\n\u2022 Janine\u2019s antipathy for Halloween\n\u2022 The St. Louis Halloween tradition (it involves jokes)!\n\u2022 The fact that kids like to be scared\nShannon\u2019s scary (and hilarious) haunted-house ride in Paris\n\u2022 The physiology of fear\n\u2022 How are brains can\u2019t tell the difference between scary things we\u2019re thinking or physically threatening things\n\u2022 How fear figures into perfectionism\n\u2022 One strategy for letting go of fear: Asking yourself \u201cWhat\u2019s the worse that can happen?\u201d\n\u2022 Another strategy: Allowing yourself to feel fear until it\u2019s gone (it often lasts less than 90 seconds)\n\u2022 Becoming conscious of your fears\n\u2022 How fear enters into decluttering \u2014and strategies for letting go of it\n\u2022 How getting past fear is like running through an invisible dog fence\n\u2022 Doing a deep dive to handle the fears that underlie perfectionism\n\u2022 A key question about fear, \u201cIs it true?\u201d\n\u2022 Looking at fear from a rational place to pull apart the threads that prevent you from taking action\n\u2022 The question to ask yourself when you\u2019re stuck (Shannon asks it regularly)\n\nVisit the show notes at www.gettingtogoodenough.com to see the video of Shannon and her kids after the haunted-house ride!","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/cd2e0d56-1e2f-481a-8571-c4663350c6a6/648i5bBT0OJL-jqDq5kKTfH1.png"}