I am writing this from the White Mountains in New Hampshire. I wanted to tell you about my experience here as it pertains to you and fears. Talking to people about getting over fears is easy. Motivating you, telling you how to try and tackle them, its an easy thing to do, I am good at motivation...I do it well.
As does everyone, I have my fears as well. One of my greatest, a fear of heights. So, for my birthday, my gift to myself was to tackle that fear and use this moment to motivate my clients and speak of getting over fears from experience, not just from research and books.
Yesterday, I tackled my greatest fear. I did a hike that accended 3000 feet in 2.8 miles to the ridge, the very top, of part of the Presidential Mountain Range in N.H. Franconia Ridge one of the highest points on the east coast.
I hiked and climbed over two mountain ridges to the very last mountain, Mount Lafayette, another 1000 foot accent, to 5240 feet in the air.
It was the hardest, scariest, craziest, MOST AMAZING thing I have ever done. At that height I had a 365 degree view of mountains, mountains in Vermont, Canada, Maine and New York. It is by far one of the most gorgeous view I have seen in a long time.
The hike was only 8.9 miles but because of the difficulty and the constant scramble over granite rock it took eleven hours. When we first reached the ridge...after a grueling 2.8 mile climb...I stood at the top, on one of the only true alpine mountain tops on the east coast, looked around...and cried. I couldn't stop. I was crying...because I couldn't believe I had actually made it up there. I cried because the view I was looking at was breathtaking I couldn't help myself. Also I cried because I had tackled my biggest fear...and it had been so worth it.
The reward was so much greater than not trying and feeling safe. I am reminded that chances and risk taking, and being afraid but facing it head on gives you the biggest, most honestly earned rewards.
Being scared is incredibly human, everyone is scared of something. Tackling that fear...is astonishingly human. It shows the best of us, it makes us feel the way we always should, amazed to be alive, and even more amazed that we CAN DO the things we really want to do.
When I did this hike there where many times when I thought...I can't possibly take another step, I am so tired, I can't do this. BUT I DID...I pressed on and no matter how hard it was....I moved forward.
I had to take a lot of breaks, many people passed us on the trail while I was sitting down, breathing heavy and building the strength to go on. At one point a woman passed me and said,"Slow and Steady, and you'll finish the hike."
And that's it...the key to achieving anything, TAKE YOUR TIME, set your own pace, take as long as you need ...BUT KEEP MOVING FORWARD and.. you will FINISH. You will reach your summit and also be reminded that the long hard climb was so worth it.
As does everyone, I have my fears as well. One of my greatest, a fear of heights. So, for my birthday, my gift to myself was to tackle that fear and use this moment to motivate my clients and speak of getting over fears from experience, not just from research and books.
Yesterday, I tackled my greatest fear. I did a hike that accended 3000 feet in 2.8 miles to the ridge, the very top, of part of the Presidential Mountain Range in N.H. Franconia Ridge one of the highest points on the east coast.
I hiked and climbed over two mountain ridges to the very last mountain, Mount Lafayette, another 1000 foot accent, to 5240 feet in the air.
It was the hardest, scariest, craziest, MOST AMAZING thing I have ever done. At that height I had a 365 degree view of mountains, mountains in Vermont, Canada, Maine and New York. It is by far one of the most gorgeous view I have seen in a long time.
The hike was only 8.9 miles but because of the difficulty and the constant scramble over granite rock it took eleven hours. When we first reached the ridge...after a grueling 2.8 mile climb...I stood at the top, on one of the only true alpine mountain tops on the east coast, looked around...and cried. I couldn't stop. I was crying...because I couldn't believe I had actually made it up there. I cried because the view I was looking at was breathtaking I couldn't help myself. Also I cried because I had tackled my biggest fear...and it had been so worth it.
The reward was so much greater than not trying and feeling safe. I am reminded that chances and risk taking, and being afraid but facing it head on gives you the biggest, most honestly earned rewards.
Being scared is incredibly human, everyone is scared of something. Tackling that fear...is astonishingly human. It shows the best of us, it makes us feel the way we always should, amazed to be alive, and even more amazed that we CAN DO the things we really want to do.
When I did this hike there where many times when I thought...I can't possibly take another step, I am so tired, I can't do this. BUT I DID...I pressed on and no matter how hard it was....I moved forward.
I had to take a lot of breaks, many people passed us on the trail while I was sitting down, breathing heavy and building the strength to go on. At one point a woman passed me and said,"Slow and Steady, and you'll finish the hike."
And that's it...the key to achieving anything, TAKE YOUR TIME, set your own pace, take as long as you need ...BUT KEEP MOVING FORWARD and.. you will FINISH. You will reach your summit and also be reminded that the long hard climb was so worth it.
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