Overcoming Fear

I didn’t have the traditional path to a Ph.D., but here I am. Let me share a lesson in believing in ourselves. She was small in stature but large in inspiration. To make a point with her audience, the adjunct instructor stepped up on a chair in the midst of…

Is it nature? Something within us that we actually have no control over? Is it nurture? The way we were raised and the values we were given? Is it our experiences? Our fears? Or maybe it’s our life choices? Do we actually have a say in what and who we…

overcoming my fear of being myself Imagine yourself being stuck on a high bridge with fear so intense you can’t move forward or backwards. What do you do? Sit down, wait for it to pass, pray or scream for help? …

“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” — Alan Watts. Definition of resistance and its importance in personal and social contexts In physics, resistance refers to the opposition that a material or circuit offers to the…

AND THEY OVERCAME! Be of good cheer and be of good courage. Hey friend! I have found that I am glad each time I begin to write you these weekly mails. I have found solace in the fact that you care to read what I have to offer. You have…

From embracing spontaneity to living life with fear — Two weeks ago, I boarded a plane for my first flight since February 2020. This was a short flight — barely an hour long. And that hour was long enough for me to confront something I had been denying for the past year. I’m terrified of the unknown. It was…