How to Release Fear & Resistance

Overcoming and releasing fear and resistance in your life can be a challenging endeavor. Fear can paralyze a person, leaving him helpless to react or move on. Many people are resistant to try new things or move on from certain life events, but in order to find true happiness, one must learn to let go. This can be achieved by following a few simple steps and dedicating yourself to the process.

Instructions

• 1

  Make a list of all the fears you have in your life. Do not hold back and write down every last fear you have ever had. For example, you might have a fear of flying, a fear of death and a fear of failure. Write all of these down and rank them from 1 to 5, depending on how much they impact your life. Use 1 for not much effect at all and 5 for a detrimental effect on your life.

• 2

  Make another list of all the things you are resisting in your life. This might be resisting the help of others or resisting moving to another state. Write these all down and use the same ranking system in Step 1 to discuss how these impact your life.

• 3

  Start with the highest ranking fears and things your resist. Ask yourself why you fear these things or why you resist them. Make a list of all the reasons you have to fear certain things and all the reasons you resist other things. Come up with a counter-statement for each one. For example, if you have a fear of flying due to a plane crashing, you could counter that statement with the fact that millions of people fly on thousands of planes every day without incident.

• 4

  Imagine yourself doing the thing you fear most on your list. Picture yourself going through the motions and everything turning out positively. Write down what you saw yourself doing and how it felt after the action was completed. Do this for every fear on your list. Do the same for each thing you are resisting in your life. Imagine allowing whatever you resist to happen and it turning out positively. Write down your feelings before, during and after the situation (or how you think you would feel).

• 5

  Start small in releasing your fears and things you resist in the real world. Start with something that does not have a huge impact on your life (low on your list) and do it. Once you see things turn out well, you will have the confidence to try more and more things on your list and overcome fear and resistance.