:: Eat Your Fear! - by Damien Senn::


Volume 18  | 2007 subscribers  | 106 different countries | 20 September 2006 

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Contents

Part 1 - Welcome!
Part 2 - Products / Special Offers
Part 3 - Interesting People!
Part 4 - Inspirational Quote of the Month
Part 5 - Feature Article 
Part 6 - About the 'Design your Life' Newsletter

Part 1 - Welcome!

Dear <$firstname$>,

In my newsletter last month I mentioned how I was doing a 28 day full body cleanse. Well it just so happened that it ended up being one of the most mentally challenging things that I have ever done.

Everything appeared to be going fine with the cleanse until I entered the final week. The last 7 days of the program is a total fast where you are not allowed to eat anything other than psyllium husk shakes, herbs and water.

Now I have to admit that mentally I was ready to give up 2 days into the fast. The thought of not eating anything whilst trying to maintain my hectic schedule was proving more of a challenge than I had imagined. Had it not been for my brother (whom I live with here in London) I almost certainly would have given up.

Curiously, every time I walked into the kitchen he would gently remind me about my commitment with comments such as 'your mind will give up before your body does!'. Needless to say his words strengthened my resolve to complete the challenge.

In the end I found the whole process to be incredibly rejuvenating both physically and mentally. I amazed myself with how clear and powerful my mind and body felt by the end of it!

The process is certainly not for everyone but if you are curious about reading a little more about the specific 28 day cleanse that I did then click here.

Take a chance 2day!

Damien Senn

Internet Business Coach

Senn-Sational Limited
Ph: +44 (0)793 906 4338
Email: support@senn-sational.com

Part 2 - Products / Special Offers

Film Recommendation - An Inconvenient Truth.

I saw a film on the weekend called 'An Inconvenient Truth'. The movie is incredibly powerful, so much so that I personally believe that it is one of the most important films that you can watch this year.

The film was created to raise public awareness regarding the effects of global warming by the former next American President, Al Gore.

The content of the movie is of such incredible importance to all of humanity that it should be viewed regardless of your personal political persuasion.

To read more about the movie please click here

Part 3 - Interesting People - Steve Nobel - Author of 'the Prosperity Game'.

Anyone who has had the good fortune of meeting Steve Nobel will no doubt tell you all about his incredible thirst for life. Probably the most inspiring thing about Steve is his deep wisdom for living with boundless joy and happiness.

But he hasn't always lived with this abundance consciousness. His movement towards a more prosperous way living meant that he first had to confront and overcome his own conditioned responses around fear, lack and scarcity....read more

Part 4 - Inspirational Quote of the Month!

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."

Frank Herbert, Dune - Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear

Part 5 - Featured Article - Eat your fears!

The one thing that holds so many of us back from reaching our true potential is fear. Chances are that you have a fear, whether you are consciously aware of it or not, that is currently eating you for breakfast (and quite possibly for lunch and dinner as well).

Some people argue that fear is an integral part of our inbuilt emotional response system that guides us away from perceived danger and risk. Though this can be true, the actual modern day reality for most of us is that our fears are largely imaginary and serve only to hold us back from doing the things that we would really love to do.

If you think you are special because you are afraid then allow me to share a little truth with you. Every single human being walking this planet is afraid of something (myself included). In fact it is actually a very healthy part of the human condition.

So it’s not that you are afraid that’s important – it's how you respond to that fear that makes all the difference.

How does fear hold us back?

The main reason fear holds so many of us back from reaching our true potential is because we have trained our minds to believe that our fears are really much bigger than they are. We breathe life into our fears by letting them fester in the recesses of our minds until they become so big that they paralyse us from taking the actions necessary to live a life full of meaning and purpose.

The good news is however that it is just as easy to make your fears appear much smaller than they actually are. By consciously reshaping your fears so they underwhelm you rather than overwhelm you, you will actually begin to reclaim the confidence that you were born with.

A radical new process.

I’ve recently developed a radical new process called ‘eating the fear sandwich’. I specifically designed the technique to enable me to eat my own fears rather than have them eat me!

(Please note that it is highly unlikely that you will ever find this technique in a psychology journal or even a recipe book for that matter!)

A step-by-step guide to prepare and eat a fear sandwich...

Step 1 - Assemble a tasty selection of organic sandwich ingredients on a chopping board.

Step 2 – Visualise your biggest fear as being nothing more than the combination of the various different ingredients in front of you.

Step 3 – Joyfully prepare a mouth watering sandwich feast.

Step 4 – Notice how insignificant and helpless your fear appears to be as you assemble your sandwich and then ultimately cut it in half.

Step 5 – Now take a bite out of the sandwich.

Step 6 – Feel the delicious ingredients effortlessly melt away in your mouth as you feel yourself becoming more empowered and energised with each bite.

Step 7 – Allow the fear to pass as you open up new doors of possibilities within you.

Create your own fear busting metaphor.

I want you to know that it is important not to get hung up on the food metophor. If eating your fears doesn't work for you, you may want to visualise your fears as something entirely different.

For example, if you regularly take baths you may want to visualise your fear as water that you can pull the plug on at any time you choose. Alternatively, you could just as easily turn your fears into a golf ball if you are a golfer.

The trick is to create your own fear busting reframing technique that will place yourself in the position of being the ultimate authority over your fears and not the other way round.

Whatever metaphor you decide to use, be sure to have a bit of fun with the whole process. And before too long, you'll feel your fears subside and you'll be strangely wondering what all the fuss was about!

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