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Thanks for requesting my free seven-lesson e-mail course "Spiritual and Emotional Support for Persons Experiencing Cancer"Lesson # 3: Conquering Fear 
Hello again. I'm Bob Miller ND, with Lesson # 3 of your course on your path to reduce stress and find spiritual and emotional healing. In your previous lesson, we discussed and explored the loss issues you were feeling as a result of your cancer diagnosis. In this lesson, we will explore how the grief and loss creates fear. Fear is not only a cause of stress, but fear also keeps you from moving forward with life. In this lesson, you will understand how fear is created and how you can permanently conquer fear in your life. To review, for each of the five steps and emotions of stress, there are three easy Exercises to conquering each of them. Here's the three Exercises you will learn today to conquer fear:
When You Learn These Principles... Not only will your stress levels will go down, but your self-esteem will climb, and you will begin to be able to move on with life with courage and confidence. So Lets Get Started With ...... Exercise # 1
Identifying The
Fears You May Be Experiencing The fears you may experiencing related to you cancer diagnosis will vary based upon the kind of cancer you have, the state it is in and your prognosis. Listed below are some fears that persons with cancer typically experience. As you read them, reflect if you are experiencing this fear, and make note if it is slight, moderate or severe. In this and other courses, I generally group fears into a few major categories:
Clearly, many of these concerns are valid, and we can't pretend they are not legitimate. However, the goal of this lesson is to teach you to find the courage to face these fears, so the fear does not paralyze you. You May be Asking..... So...How Do I Conquer Fear Now that you have identified your fear, its time to start learning how you can find the courage and strength to conquer your fears. At this point in teaching this course, many people are expecting something along the lines of positive thinking, believing you can do it, finding the courage from within, etc. These are all valid methods to build courage, but I will be going in a slightly different direction. Clearly, no matter how positive you think, you very well may have many struggles and difficulties. But wait.... You just learned in Lesson # 1 that "I am complete and whole, despite any sorrow issue". Make sure you read that line again, because this is the key point in conquering fear.The Way to Find Courage is .....
When you realize that if things don't go well othat this no longer will impact your mind and spirit, you will conquer fear. When you accept these principles as part of your new thinking process, fear will plummet, and your self-esteem will be secure. As a result, you will have all the courage you need to face whatever challenges await you. New Thought Patterns to Learn In other words, you need to learn the new thought patterns or cognitive restructuring that in mind and spirit, you are complete and whole, despite sorrow issues or setbacks. Now its time to move on to..... Exercise # 2 of Conquering Fear As we did in Lesson # 1, the next exercise of is to think and imagine how you will feel and act when you have conquered fear. So, go through each of your fears you may be experiencing and answer the following questions. Even if you are very fearful, lets just "pretend" or "imagine" you did have the courage. For now, don't be concerned about how you will find the courage, just plant seeds in your mind to help you understand how you will feel and act when you have the courage. When you start picturing and imagining a positive outcome, you will find the way to get there. Question # 1 How would you feel if you no longer had this fear, and had the courage you needed to move past that fear? Question # 2 How would you act and behave differently, if you no longer had this fear and had the courage and strength to move past the fear? Question # 3 How would it feel, if you acted and behaved as you just described above, and how would this improve your life? Some of these answers may be rather long, while others may be short or just one word. As we discussed in the previous lessons on sorrow, this is a powerful technique when you just think about what it would feel like, and how you would act, when you have the courage you need to move past your fears. This is an important step in building your courage. Now...Lets Move on To.... Exercise # 3 of Conquering Fear After you have completed this exercise, its now time to begin learning the cognitive restructuring (new way of thinking), so you can find all the strength and courage you need. 
The CD and Aromatherapy oil called "Courage" in Tranquilities for Persons Experiencing Cacner is designed to teach you how to find the courage to move past your fear or recognize you are safe and OK, even if what you fear occurs. In Lesson Seven, I will explain in full detail what Guided Imagery is, how it works, and how you can use it to create new positive ways of thinking, but here's a brief overview of how the Courage CD and Courage aromatherapy blend easily guides you into learning you are courageous and totally safe and secure if what you fear happens:
This entire process only takes about 20 minutes. It may sound simplistic, but it is a very powerful technique that will gently help you understand new, positive ways of thinking. I believe that guided imagery is the easiest, most effective, and fastest way to learn these important principles that will change your life. Learning how to beat stress, feel good about yourself, move past your fears and stop worry has never been easier ! This entire process only takes about 20 minutes. It may sound simplistic, but it is a very powerful technique that will gently help you understand new, positive ways of thinking. To purchase Tranquilities, click on one of these options.
Learning to move past your fear is an important step in your cancer support. In lesson # 4, we will begin the process of discovering how these losses create anger, and how you can learn to release any anger and if possible, forgive. For Your Spiritual and Emotional Healing and Restoration, Robert Miller ND For Lesson # 4 go to: For The previous Lesson # 2, go to: Home Page of Cancer Support Imagery
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