You may have heard of the famous Anthony Robbin’s firewalk. ¬†I heard of it since 12 years ago and always wanted to do it. ¬†I was of course curious of how ordinary people can walk on hot coals. ¬†How can it possible?
On Saturday 2/4/12, I had an opportunity to participating in a firewall event that was hosted by Vincent Kelsey in Honolulu.  During the event, we had the opportunity to walk across fresh broken glasses, to break an arrow pointing directly at your neck and to walk over hot coals.
I am happy to say that I did all three and am still alive sharing with you the experiences.  Prior to doing it, doubts and thoughts are generated in the head (i.e. you will hurt your feet, it will burn, arrow will break through your skin..etc) that created the anxious feeling.  I was a nervous at first just like everything that we do in life for the first time.  Here are key elements that helped me complete the challenges:
1) Be present with the moment: fear is the anticipation of future pain, being present allows us to eliminate the fear
2) Positive self talk: i told myself quitely “I can do this”, “I am stronger than the fear”, “One step at the time”, “Feel the experiences”
3) Trust: trust that I have the strength to do it, trust that there is limitless possibility, trust that I CAN DO IT
4) Decision: I made the decision to do the challenges even before arrive to the workshop. I believe that clarity is power, just do it!
I learned many lessons that day. ¬†One main thing i got out was that in our mind the fear(s) we create are a lot more worse that what it actually is. ¬†The¬†negative¬†thought(s) that we created in our head can be exhausting. ¬†This is what i normally tell my students “Focus on what you suppose to do instead of focus on what you not suppose to do”. ¬†Energy flows where our attention goes. ¬†Fear is a normal emotion for a human being. ¬†It is okay to have the rational fear; it keeps us safe. However, if fears are holding us back in life, perhaps we can accept the fact that they are there instead of judging ourselves for them and then we can make the decision what to do about them. In this case, I recommend that we face them. How we do overcome fear is up to the individual. There are so many ways to deal with fear.
As far as long term solutions, you can rid of fear using NLP, EFT, TFT, NAET, etc.  Base on my personal experiences, EFT is one of a very powerful tools that can help you get rid of long term fear. With EFT, I was able to help clients eliminate a more than 10 years old fear of height, flying, etc in less than 45 minutes.  Short term, one of the way to grow more is to do something uncomfortable, out side of our comfort zone on a regular basis.  Walking across broken glasses and hot coals was one of my way of getting out of my own comfort zone.  How about you? What do you do to deal with your fear? What do you do to get out of your comfort zone? I would love to hear how you do that.