No. 75 of the MaxLife Reflection Series · prints to one 8.5 × 11 page · 3-hole-punch ready
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The Fear You're Avoiding Is the Door

Companion to the MaxLife episode with Sahrit Weinstein

Sahrit Weinstein learned the fears she kept avoiding weren't stop signs, they were doors, each one pointing at a bigger life. Here's the catch: everyone has a fear like this. If nothing scares you, you're probably not dreaming big enough yet. So whether you're a self-described scaredy-cat or the most confident person in the room, this finds your door.

▶ Watch the full episode with Sahrit Weinstein for deeper context on how to approach these questions
01

The Door You Walk Past

Find your door. What's the one thing you keep saying 'that's just not for me' about, even though a quiet part of you has always been curious or secretly wanted it? That curiosity is the tell.

02

The Fear Under The Excuse

Drop the practical reason for a second. What's the actual feeling you're scared of having if you tried it, and is it the thing itself you fear or just the feeling of being afraid?

The story I keep telling myself is ___.
03

What Stays Closed Off

Picture the version of your life where you never walk through this door. What part of your life stays smaller, off-limits, or quietly cut out, like a room you've decided never to enter?

04

Where You've Been Brave Before

Weinstein says courage isn't handed to you, you already have it, you just have to find where you've used it. When in your past did you do something scary anyway? What did that prove you can do?

05

Make The Scared Step Fun

You don't have to leap, and you don't have to be calm. What's the smallest step toward this fear you could take this week, and what's one way you'll make it fun (a joke, a song, calling it excitement) so you actually do it?

Weinstein never became fearless. She became a brave scaredy-cat: she kept the fear and added a way to dance with it. Look at prompt 05. You don't have to stop being scared. You just have to make the scared step a little fun, and walk through anyway.
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