Fear affects so much more than just our mental health; it’s a prison that keeps us locked in survival mode and blinds us to the endless possibilities of life. Mental health advocate and bipolar human Sabine NLD Bittle goes down the rabbit hole …
Fear and I are old friends. Frenemies that have shacked up for way too long. And I’d just accepted this pervasive fear as a way of life, something I couldn’t do very much about, something I just had to suck up and carry on with. Until I learnt that fear wasn’t just messing with my mind, it was limiting me in ways I’d never imagined.
I’d never thought about fear in this way before
Fear is not an empowering emotion. Fear is not the truth. Fear robs our bodies of energy. These are just some of the things I learnt from bestselling author, researcher and international lecturer Dr Joe Dispenza in his interview with Ed Mylett on How To Overcome Fear.
“Nobody changes until they change their energy.” Dr Joe says. And he calls it an “elegant moment” when we are able to get beyond ourselves where we are free to create with the infinite potentials that we don’t see when we’re mired in fear.
But there’s always this magic divinity of what could be
When we’re on a “hamster wheel” of fear, anxiety, and panic attacks we don’t believe in the possibility of a new future, a new life, a life of our own making. There’s none of that in the clutches of fear. All we see is what’s in front of us, what’s behind us, and not the magic divinity of what could be.
When we’re stuck in survival mode, we don’t have energy, for growth, for healing, and what got me the most … we don’t have energy for creativity. I’m pretty fierce about my creativity, and the thought of losing even a drop of that magic potion made me seriously sit up and think I gotta let go of this fear!
Creativity connects us to who we are … and who we could be
Creativity is not just about writing or being artsy. It’s not just about forging new ideas or self-expression. Creativity connects us to our own selves.
Freelance trainer, facilitator artist and consultant Jessica Carson says it so beautifully when she says, “A society that has lost touch with its creative side is an imprisoned society.”
Dr Joe’s definition of being creative is simply “when you forget about yourself.” He reminds us that by moving into a state of balance, by teaching our bodies to feel safe in the moment, we move into a creative place where we see possibilities we’ve never seen before.
Bridging the divide between neuroscience and spirituality
With his compelling knack for bridging the divide between neuroscience and spirituality, and in demystifying the mystical I love Dr Joe as a guide who can show us how we can tame the animal of fear, how we can liberate our energy, create brain-heart coherence, signal new genes in our bodies, find joy … and ultimately live our most exquisite lives.
Because when we’re free from fear, we remember that we are, in fact, amazing human beings.
“It’s about who you become.” – Dr Joe Dispenza
