#overcoming-fear tag

She Started With $25 Donations on Kickstarter - Now Her Chinese Noodles and Sauces Are Sold in Over 12,000 Stores

Jing Gao transformed Fly By Jing from an underground supper club into a nationally distributed spicy Chinese sauce brand available in over 12,000 retailers by embracing vulnerability and reframing fear as proof of concept.

Berlin music

fromBusiness Insider

4 days ago

I started going to raves alone at 35. I learned so much about myself by doing so.

Solo raving across Europe revealed that independence has limits; facing fears about dancing alone broke co-dependency patterns and expanded personal freedom.

Books

fromThe New Yorker

1 week ago

Patricia Cornwell on Crime and Creativity

Fear is the primary obstacle to creativity; overcoming it and persisting through rejection enables successful creative work.

fromBuffer: All-you-need social media toolkit for small businesses

1 month ago

Scared to Post on Social Media? Here's What Actually Helped Us Start (ft. Creators from Buffer)

I asked Buffer's team of creators - because creating is important to us since our product is for creators - to share what actually helped them get past the fear, overthinking, and blank-page paralysis that accompanies early-stage content creation. And their advice was refreshingly actionable. A bit of backstory: In an initiative spearheaded by Sabreen Haziq, our Senior Brand & Community Manager, Buffer's team has been transforming into a group of creators with real skin in the game.

Marketing

Mental health

fromwww.theguardian.com

1 month ago

A new start after 60: I jumped in the sea for the first time, and finally began to heal

A lifelong fear of deep water can be overcome through deliberate practice, experienced instruction, and confronting avoidance even in later life.

Higher education

fromBuzzFeed

6 months ago

People Over 40 Are Sharing What It's Like To Go Back To College, And This Is Fascinating

Returning to school at 40 feels like jumping off a high platform: face fear, take the step, instincts will carry you to your degree.

fromwww.ilfordrecorder.co.uk

8 months ago

I nearly drowned as a child and was scared of water - but I'm now a swimming coach'

Roberta's fear of water turned into a passion for swimming, transforming her life from a terrified child to a full-time swimming instructor in just two years.

Women in technology

fromMedium

9 months ago

"No" doesn't mean "never" (even when it comes to UX)

"You're always enthusiastic, you like the music and you applaud the others who go into the circle, but you yourself don't go in. Why is that?"

Miscellaneous

fromIndependent

10 months ago

Chloe finds a hobby: Passers-by point and laugh as my kayak hurtles under the Liffey boardwalk

Undeterred by my past trauma, I ventured out on a quest for a new hobby, surprising myself by exploring the world of watersports.

Snowboarding

Photography

fromIndependent

11 months ago

Chloe finds a hobby: Clay pigeon shooting is my chance to cosplay as an aristocrat but I end up looking like I'm in the dentist's chair

The author found unexpected joy and exhilaration in clay pigeon shooting despite initial fears and misconceptions about the activity.

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