Accept yourself wholly and completely the positive and the negative Approach what afraid of because whatever is on the other side of that fear matters to you And important because you matter Paradoxically fully accepting anxiety relieves anxiety To do this however you have to legitimately accept it as an inevitable part of your life Accepting anxiety just so it will work Tell yourself andmean it anxiety will forever come and go and can still be okay and live a valuable life with anxiety Maybe experienced the freedom that comes with true acceptance in other parts of your Just when you accepted you find love you found it Just when you accepted your unsatisfactory job situation it improved Just when you accepted a loss something was gained Just when you accepted your flaws the flaws of someone they stopped upsetting you Just when you accepted your diagnosis you became healthier in other ways Acceptance brings less obsessive focus and energy spent on whatever is troubling us As we become less singularly focused our lens expands to the larger picture We have the space to strategize take risks and do more to improve our circumstance IMAGINE A SCENARIO Use this visualization