Are fears holding you back from life? This wellness practice could help
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Practicing mindfulness could help reduce fears related to academic evaluation, failure, socializing, pain, emotions and more, according to research. Here's how.
"I would constantly mentally critique my own performance," said Cho, who is also a mindfulness instructor and coauthor of "The Anxious Lawyer: An 8-Week Guide to a Joyful and Satisfying Law Practice Through Mindfulness and Meditation."
"If I had to go into a hearing and I can feel my face was getting red, my palms are sweaty ... I would think, 'Oh, my gosh, everyone in the courtroom is going to know that you're super anxious. And you're going to freeze and you're going to forget what you're going to say,'" Cho said. "Of course, all of those thoughts would then retrigger all the physiological reactions, then my heart would race even faster."