\tWhen we build a barrier to protect us from feeling hard feelings, they become more challenging to approach in general. So, as a result, we end up completely avoiding things that could potentially trigger that fear and then before we know it, we miss out on an entire life because we didn’t make room for discomfort.
\tBefore we realize what we have done - instead of avoiding the fear, we have completely centered that fear as the main character in our story.
\tWe have made every choice in our life around avoiding the fear instead of simply facing it. We made it the star of the show instead of just another commercial break.
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