Carly Hamilton-Jones, Author at Tiny Buddha

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Carly’s a mindset coach for overwhelmed women who want to break through their fears and anxiety and gain the confidence and courage to go after their big, scary goals. She is a certified life coach, educator, and counselor with over twenty years of experience helping women transform their lives with confidence. Download her 12 ways to find flow here.

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How to Tackle Fear and Anxiety Cognitively, Behaviorally, and Spiritually

By Carly Hamilton-Jones

“The beautiful thing about fear is that when you run to it, it runs away.” ~Robin Sharma

During my first-grade choir concert, my classmate, Meg, fainted from the top row of the bleachers, and in a subconscious gesture of empathy, I went down right after her, breaking my glasses and flailing on the gymnasium floor.

It’s possible that this triggered some kind of coping mechanism in my brain, because I started fainting again and again.

One time I fainted at the dentist’s office—immediately after the dentist injected me with my first round of Novocain—then months later in a hospital parking …