Transforming Fears into Strengths with Keith Blakemore-Noble - a podcast by Jessica Sun
from 2020-06-19T10:00:05
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Keith is a fear strategist. He helps people conquer their fears and phobias, and turn them into strengths. He overcame his own shyness and fear of talking with people by reprogramming his mind. Keith is a living embodiment of his sentiment that when you change your mind, you change your life.
Quotes to remember:
“We’re not born scared of anything… we learn fear.”
“Who were you before society told you who you should be?”
Takeaways:
- Nothing means anything other than the meaning we give it
- It’s not enough just to get rid of a fear--we need to have a strategy
- Nobody in the universe has been universally liked, and if someone dislikes you, they actually dislike their interpretation of their idea of you
- You can find evidence for any belief, and nothing is absolute
What you’ll learn:
- The turning point in Keith’s life when he decided to face his lifelong phobia of interacting with strangers
- The difference between phobia and fear
- How we learn fear
- What to do to face a phobia to get rid of it, and why it’s easier to get rid of a strong phobia
- Why we wear masks
- Questions to ask yourself to examine your beliefs and replace them with more powerful beliefs
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Links:
Further episodes of Guru Please
Further podcasts by Jessica Sun
Website of Jessica Sun