Emotional Freedom Part 16 of 17: Steps to Emotional Freedom, Overcoming Fear
August 7, 2009 by dr. lam
The second half of Dr. Orloff’s book covers paths to emotional liberation in exquisite detail, which she entitles “Your Tools for Liberation”. In deference to not just copying her book here, I would like to only discuss a handful of her ideas so as to encourage you to buy the book and read her ideas for yourself. As you would imagine, a blog series in no way can capture the rich detail that a book can or give you the ideas in a way that does the author complete justice.
The first step that Dr. Orloff discusses is overcoming fear. I think that is a big one. Especially considering our current economic and political climate, we oftentimes are gripped with uncertainty that dooms and glooms us in most cases unjustifiably so. When we live in fear we drain our cortisol levels as our amygdala is in a constant state of overdrive (read an earlier blog in this series entitled the biology of emotions to understand this concept better). We need to take steps to free ourselves from the clutches of fear and we can take baby steps to do just that:
1. Stop reading depressing news about the world and the economy.
2. Stop hanging out with downers: people who zap your emotional energy (see emotional vampires, the section we just finished).
3. Learn to find your sources of fear and overcome them by focusing beyond them toward solutions and toward positivity.
4. Look at your fears as a way for you to be spiritually free from them: ”How can this fear help me develop courage, become freer?”
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I like your four steps Dr. Lam. I tend to read too much depressing news about society going to pot, so this will help me. Thanks!
thanks heather!
Heather, I love your sense of humor and your point of view in general. You’re funny and you’re smart, too. So, rock on.
(Consider that rock in italics, lol.)
cool guys. keep the positivity rocking!
Love it Nord and Dr. Lam! You guys ROCK!!!
(I recall my teenage years when “rock” was every other word…LOL My dad always teased me about being in the “cool” stage. He said I would outgrow that. Not sure if I have…lol) 
cool, rock out!
Cool, Dr. Lam, I think you’ve got the hang of it!
You’re so rock’n..lol