The Courage Habit: How to Accept Your Fears, Let Go of the Past, and Live Fully

Have you ever felt that you want change and something more, but you freeze in indecision because fear and self-doubt block the way ahead? No matter what step you’re talking about—big or quite small—the usual response to anxiety kicks in automatically, and you stay put. To finally move, it’s important to rethink your habitual ways of responding to fear—understand yourself more deeply and leave behind outdated behavior patterns, instead of endlessly fighting fear as if it were an enemy. This really takes a great deal of courage. Still, courage can be developed. You weren’t born with it: it’s a set of approaches and skills you can learn and train until they become a natural part of who you are.