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FEAR, A Force To Be Reckoned With!

By Josette Veltri energy. In nature, you will feel your tight shoulders drop as
you allow nature’s calming, peaceful sights and sounds to
In today’s worrisome fill your heart and mind.
world, we can feel like a cat • Deep breathing is one of the best ways to ward off fearful
on a hot tin roof living in a thoughts and emotions. It is a proven practice to lower the
state of extreme nervousness. emotional signals of fight, freeze, or flee. Here is an easy
We find ourselves caught breathing practice to follow: Close your eyes and take a deep
up in fear and worry that is breath for a count of four, hold for a count of four, breathe
accelerated by the constant out for a count of four, hold for a count of four, and repeat
barrage of unfavorable, less as needed.
than positive, broadcasting • Turn off the fear-inducing broadcast and turn on soothing
over social media and music. I learned from a N.Y. taxicab driver that when he
national news. Yet, we are not distracting ourselves enough listened to classical music, he was able to keep calm when
to think otherwise. we spend time together with BUT what about the fears that driving in traffic.
Research shows too much anxiety, fear and worry weakens are not in our control like climate change, gas, and grocery • Meditating allows us to quiet the body and mind by
our immune systems and a weakened immune system leads prices? How do we control what is uncontrollable? focusing on a word, a phrase, or by visualizing a desired
to more probability of dis….ease. However, the fact is that According to calm.com, it is okay to feel fearful about the outcome. If we cannot sit for 20 minutes, then start with 20
85% of what we worry about never happens. (huffpost.com/ state economy, the world, and the planet. What is not okay seconds.
what-we-worry-about) is dismissing or denying our fearful feelings and not looking Now I ask that you remember the words of FDR who in
History for ways to channel them before they affect our health and his inaugural speech filled a fearing nation with courage when
Studies show we are born with two instinctive and natural overall well-being. he said, “This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will
fears – a fear of falling and a fear of loud sounds. In 1960, There are many ways to calm the internal nervous system, survive, and will prosper…. So, first, let me assert my firm
a study was conducted to evaluate the depth perception of re-regulate and return to homeostasis – a state of calm and belief that the only thing we have to fear is...fear itself.…”
babies, 6 to 14 months. Researchers placed the subjects on a balance. Here are a few ways I recommend to clients:
fabricated visual cliff to see if they would step out and over; • Acknowledge your fears and worries rather than Josette Veltri, a Boca Pointe resident, is a certified
none did, proof there is a natural, instinctive fear of falling pretending they are not there. Research shows once fear is educator and coach on loss and transition. Her purpose, to
necessary for survival. out in the open, it loses its ability to rule over us or dictate assist clients heal and move forward so they can go from I
Further research proved infants have an instinctive fear our decisions. Can’t to I Can, One Step at a Time. She can be reached at
of loud sounds which triggers their fight or flight response • Allow nature to nurture you. Natural elements found josette@nextstepnewstart. com (https://www.linkedin.com/
or as Neuroscientist Norrholm calls the acoustic startle in nature such as trees, water, and sunlight absorb negative in/josettejveltri/). 
reflex. This natural reflex is seen every time you and I duck
our heads when we hear a loud noise. Norrholm explains
this circuitry is innate and an instinctive response signaling
danger – necessary for survival. ª
Other, so-called natural fears such as fears of spiders,
snakes, and dark rooms are developed at an early age and Two Boca Raton Offices: 151 N. Ocean Blvd. • 21073 Powerline Rd. #63
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is on property. Also, you must clean up and properly
dispose of pet waste when your pet relieves itself.
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