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In the meantime just thinking about it the only thing I can think this fear is trying to tell me is “look, you’ve tried this four times, it didn’t work out, you know better!”
At the same time, I can hardly live w/o income or housing so it seems there is no other short term option…

I’ll let you know what transpires

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Juicy question! The hard thing about fear is that it usually is based on past experiences (that haven’t gone well). And we draw on that evidence when we’re worrying and ruminating. We can only reference our past – that’s all we know. The future is still all potential.

The place I always start is with recognizing what your fear is trying to do for you. It’s important to do that, before you try to dissolve the fear, because fear always has resources and lessons it’s trying to deliver to us (which will help us with the situation we’re fearing), and often the fear will subside once you’ve accepted the message in it. I recently ran a teleclass about “how to grow through fear”, and you can download the free call recording here: http://www.mineyourresources.com/how-to-grow-through-fear/

In the recording, I explain about the way that your fear is trying to do something for you, and I provide an exercise for you to access the resources in your fear, to assess which parts of the thing you’re fearing need to be dissolved and which parts need to be dealt with through action, and to develop authentic confidence about the situation, based on this assessment. Give it a go, and then pop back here and comment, to let me know how it went, and I’ll be happy to answer any questions or provide further guidance from there.

How’s that sound?

I’m afraid of roommate issues & conflict w/co-workers at seasonal jobs bcoz they hire many alcoholics & disrespectful youth.
They (HR) do not enforce rules, laws, etc

I have no choice but to accept such a job again this year to save funds to get out of the industry.

etc etc etc
How would I apply your techniques?

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