(Great fears are barriers to experiencing your real life.) It has been some 14 years since I wrote Part 1 of this Great Fear. (Of course, not knowing it was Part 1!) I stand by it. Awareness of your core values and orienting your life around them is still important. See S:0840. Today’s S3MC is …

(Great fears are barriers to experiencing your real life.) The ego loves fear. Thrives on it. Gives it meaning and purpose. Having no substance of its own, the ego must mine its ‘juice’ from the outside. And since it knows that anything on the outside can be denied in an instant, it fears. It is …

(Great fears are barriers to experiencing your real life.) This one can sting. Think back to your teenage years. Teenagers want to fit in. Be accepted by their peers. Stand out, even. So we had a particular sensitivity to being seen as less-than. (I realize your personal journey may have been one in which you …

(Great fears are barriers to experiencing your real life.) When was the most recent time you were verbally appreciated? When was the most recent time you told someone you appreciated them? Appreciation is major mojo, big energy, life affirming, attractive and, quite frequently, rare. It was difficult for me to affirm others because my cup …

(Great fears are barriers to experiencing your real life.) Change. The mere word brings up a shudder in some when THEY are being required to change. Change elsewhere? That’s fine. But when the outside wants/requires/demands they change, the hackles go up. Why is that? In large measure it’s because the outside is interfering with perhaps …

(Great fears are barriers to experiencing your real life.) The Great Fears category of S3MCs is not large. By definition ‘Great’ should rightly be a small subset of Fears in general. And admittedly Being Unlucky is only on the cusp of being a Great Fear unless you have it! People who ponder and worry …

(Great fears are barriers to experiencing your real life.) Fearing Danger? Well of course, seems too obvious to make it to Great Fear status, doesn’t it? It’s listed here because it holds a great secret. When you think of personal danger what do you first notice about it? How danger feels, maybe about your physical …

(Great fears are barriers to experiencing your real life.) Of all the Great Fears defined in these S3MCs this one is unusual in that it’s not only good to recognize it, but maybe never resolve it! Instead, use it to your benefit. To unconsciously fear you don’t know something can be unsettling. It’s like ‘they’ …

(Great fears are barriers to experiencing your real life.) Just about everyone likes to be thought well of by others. May not need it, but probably like it. And on the other hand few people enjoy being seen as a failure. Now the word failure has countless definitions – one person’s failure may be another’s …

(Great fears are barriers to experiencing your real life.) Having a feeling of “I’m Not Enough” sucks. It sucks energy, enthusiasm, direction, it slowly sucks the life spirit out of you. That’s why we fear the feeling. If you see this Great Fear show up in your life, the first step, the most important and …