Are you aware that you can overcome fear and anxiety with your mind? That’s right, our tendency is to think a lot about the wrong things. Did you know that humans average around 6,200 thoughts a day, and they tend to be on the negative side for most of us? No wonder you and I […]
Overcome Fear
How to Overcome the Dragons and Faith-Stealers of Fear
Are you managing fear or is it managing you? In How to Overcome the Dragons and Faith Stealers of Fear you will learn to practical things you can do to manage fear and its cousin anxiety in a more effective way. “Here be dragons” (Hic sunt dragones) warned ancient mariners and explorers of dangerous and unexplored territories. […]
How to Minimize Covid Fatigue!
How to Manage COVID-19 Fatigue Stress by John Thurman, M.DIV., M.A., LPCC American’s have been drastically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Disruptions at work, business, education, healthcare, relationships, and places of worship, and the overall economy have occurred across all socio-economic levels. In this article I am going to show you how to minimize Covid […]
Covid-19: Facing the Fear of Failure, and Overcoming It!
EDITOR’S NOTE: This piece was released before the new restrictions and shutdowns resulting from the recent upswing in COVID numbers. COVID-19: Facing the Fear of Failure and Overcoming It is both a catchy title and a daunting task, particularly if you don’t want to talk about it. With all of our collective uncertainties, I wanted […]
COVID-19! 12 Ways You Can Push Fear Back!
COVID-19! Can you feel the fear that word brings? In this post, COVID-19, I will show you 12 proven ways you can push back fear! Like it or not, COVID-19 will be a part of the news cycles for weeks and months ahead. It is what it is. But, as for me, I refuse to […]
6 Ways to Crush the Fear Criticism
The fear of criticism robs a person of their initiative, destroys imagination, limits to ambition, extin-guishes dreams, steals self-reliance, and does, Lord only knows how much more damage. -Napoleon Hill Have you ever given a speech, lead a breakout, or shared your art and had it evaluated? Have you ever felt the fear of criticism? […]
Get Your Stuff Together! How to Hit the Restart Button.
Regretting that you didn’t start earlier is a great distraction from moving on your dream today, and the reality is that today is earlier than tomorrow. Jon Acuff Do you suffer from the paralysis of analysis? Are fear and lack of focus and holding you back? Here is a path you can take to get […]
Six Steps to Dealing with Criticism
(c) 2015 John Thurman Shepherd, Old Nazareth The fear of criticism robs a person of their initiative, destroys imagination, limits initiative, destroys dreams, steals self-reliance, and does, Lord only knows how much more damage. -Napoleon Hill Have you ever given a speech, lead a breakout, or shared your art and had it evaluated? If you […]
10 Steps for Surving a Rough and Tumble World: Part #3
This is the third and final blog of the 10 steps for Surviving a Rough and Tumble world. Here is a quick review of the first seven. 1. Practice optimism. 2. Find a resiliency model. 3. Develop a moral compass and unbreakable beliefs. 4. Practice generosity and kindness. 5. Develop acceptance and cognitive flexibility. 6. Face […]