I am afraid of heights. I get uneasy when look­ing over the edge of a cliff or a tall bridge. This fear has not been debil­i­tat­ing, and I can gen­er­ally work and play through it. But I do notice an increase in my breath­ing, my heart rate, and some­times even mus­cle tremors.

I find I can push through the feel­ing by look­ing at the sit­u­a­tion and answer­ing log­i­cal ques­tions that help me to see that my fear is irra­tional. When both of my feet are planted firmly on the side­walk, I usu­ally don’t fall over for no rea­son, right? So there is no rea­son to think I will top­ple over when I’m stand­ing on a bal­cony 300 feet above that sidewalk.

Fear can keep us from doing many of the things in our life and busi­ness that we know we need to do or would truly enjoy. Where are you being held back by fear and lim­it­ing beliefs?

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