Last week, I shared eight signs of fearing hope.  It’s in our best interest to take a look at our lives for signs of fearing hope, because as we gain awareness of where we do that, THEN we’re able to stop criticizing ourselves and, if we choose to, work to change.   Fear of hope doesn’t mean you feel less hopeful - it means you are connecting your sense of self worth with the outcome of your goal:  if you achieve it, you take it to mean you’re worthy. If you don’t, you take it to mean there’s something wrong with you.  That’s why you fear hope, because hope is connected to who you are as a person. People who don’t experience fear of hope are able to separate the goal outcome from who they are - the goal and all the possible disappointments are NOT threats to their self worth.  They are simply goals for which to strive, chances to grow, and/or learning opportunities. Today I’ll be sharing eight tips to overcome fear of hope, from Dr. Ross Ellenhorn’s book “How We Change and Ten Reasons We Don’t”.  As he explains,  “Making personal change is all about the risk of authentically approaching your life. The risk is real, because you’re being at your most real.” As you learn to move forward through the fear of hope, and manage the gap that your brain doesn’t like, you will begin to see your forward progress, and be empowered by it.  Please share this episode with someone who needs it, because we could all use the support from another true friend. Join the community! Free private FB group for women, “Wellness Rising”:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1153532848019343/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elisa-m-pool/message