Dr. Julie Smith

So always being on the front foot and forward motion and looking at what's my plan and what am I going to do next and taking action so that I didn't feel... Because you still feel fear when you're on the front foot, but you're using it. And that feels so fundamentally different. Mm-hmm. to sitting in fear and just allowing it to implode.

So always being on the front foot and forward motion and looking at what's my plan and what am I going to do next and taking action so that I didn't feel... Because you still feel fear when you're on the front foot, but you're using it. And that feels so fundamentally different. Mm-hmm. to sitting in fear and just allowing it to implode.

So always being on the front foot and forward motion and looking at what's my plan and what am I going to do next and taking action so that I didn't feel... Because you still feel fear when you're on the front foot, but you're using it. And that feels so fundamentally different. Mm-hmm. to sitting in fear and just allowing it to implode.

And a lot of it is being able to recognize urges and override them. So recognize that urge to go for safety and comfort and act opposite to it. And in the same way that you do in kind of more lighthearted situations. So, I don't know, exercise, you know, you get to a point where your body's sort of hurting a bit and you would rather stop. Yeah. But you practice sort of overriding that.

And a lot of it is being able to recognize urges and override them. So recognize that urge to go for safety and comfort and act opposite to it. And in the same way that you do in kind of more lighthearted situations. So, I don't know, exercise, you know, you get to a point where your body's sort of hurting a bit and you would rather stop. Yeah. But you practice sort of overriding that.

And a lot of it is being able to recognize urges and override them. So recognize that urge to go for safety and comfort and act opposite to it. And in the same way that you do in kind of more lighthearted situations. So, I don't know, exercise, you know, you get to a point where your body's sort of hurting a bit and you would rather stop. Yeah. But you practice sort of overriding that.

And that's a big sort of skill set that is actually taught in certain therapies, acting opposite to urges. And you can do it in really small ways. So, you know, you might put a polo in your mouth and resist the urge to crunch it. And So you can do it in really lighthearted, kind of simple ways.

And that's a big sort of skill set that is actually taught in certain therapies, acting opposite to urges. And you can do it in really small ways. So, you know, you might put a polo in your mouth and resist the urge to crunch it. And So you can do it in really lighthearted, kind of simple ways.

And that's a big sort of skill set that is actually taught in certain therapies, acting opposite to urges. And you can do it in really small ways. So, you know, you might put a polo in your mouth and resist the urge to crunch it. And So you can do it in really lighthearted, kind of simple ways.

But then what you're doing is you're kind of practicing that mental muscle, really, to be able to recognize that in moments when you need it most and to be able to do it. So it's not the first time you're doing it. You know the process.

But then what you're doing is you're kind of practicing that mental muscle, really, to be able to recognize that in moments when you need it most and to be able to do it. So it's not the first time you're doing it. You know the process.

But then what you're doing is you're kind of practicing that mental muscle, really, to be able to recognize that in moments when you need it most and to be able to do it. So it's not the first time you're doing it. You know the process.

Yeah, and I think people want to feel courageous and strong. And I think what we forget is that fear is a core component of that. It's a core ingredient of courage. You can't really call yourself courageous if you didn't do something that filled you with fear.

Yeah, and I think people want to feel courageous and strong. And I think what we forget is that fear is a core component of that. It's a core ingredient of courage. You can't really call yourself courageous if you didn't do something that filled you with fear.

Yeah, and I think people want to feel courageous and strong. And I think what we forget is that fear is a core component of that. It's a core ingredient of courage. You can't really call yourself courageous if you didn't do something that filled you with fear.

And you do, when you face things that scare the living daylights out of you and you do that with sort of forward action and take a sort of commanding composure in the face of those really scary things, you start to feel that and you start to discover that what you thought were your limits

And you do, when you face things that scare the living daylights out of you and you do that with sort of forward action and take a sort of commanding composure in the face of those really scary things, you start to feel that and you start to discover that what you thought were your limits

And you do, when you face things that scare the living daylights out of you and you do that with sort of forward action and take a sort of commanding composure in the face of those really scary things, you start to feel that and you start to discover that what you thought were your limits

I think when uncertainty is, I mean, that's the big thing about something like that. And when it happens as well, it's not like this sort of big dramatic moment where you suddenly, you know what the diagnosis is, you know what the plan is, you know what the risk is. It doesn't really happen like that. It's all in stages.

I think when uncertainty is, I mean, that's the big thing about something like that. And when it happens as well, it's not like this sort of big dramatic moment where you suddenly, you know what the diagnosis is, you know what the plan is, you know what the risk is. It doesn't really happen like that. It's all in stages.