Join Martha and Kristin for a discussion about fear! So...is fear mandatory in times of crisis? On the latest edition of Empowered Empaths, Kristin and I discussed the consciousness around the Corona virus and asked if it was necessary to connect with the fear that is so prevalent these days. There is no shortage of valid reasons to be afraid these days, we hear the stories coming in from around the world that suggest that the worst is yet to come and it’s going to be pretty doggone bad. Hoarding of essential items has begun and the grocery stores are struggling to keep shelves stocked. The fear of being caught without adequate supplies is powerful and catapults us into an “us against them” mindset that allows you to justify hoarding all the toilet paper and hand sanitizer. After all, don’t we have to take care of our families first and foremost? I am hoping that at least some of us can brave enough to entertain the idea that blind fear is optional. Fear is a powerful and necessary tool that alerts us to imminent danger such as being followed on a dark street, slamming on the brakes to avoid a collision and it initiates the fight or flight response. This response is a cascade of chemicals and hormones that inhibits your ability to think and reason in a calm and mindful manner and allows you to justify hoarding 50 rolls of toilet paper. If we are tuned in constantly to the disturbing news and dire predictions, we will be in a perpetual state of fight or flight and will act out of survival instinct rather than mindfulness and possibility. Is it possible to be mindful and live in the moment where all possibilities dwell? Yes. Is it easy to do? Not always but it is doable. We are at present in a Master Class on how to interact with this material reality in a different way, not to defeat fear necessarily, but to find and cultivate higher vibration emotions such as peace, gratitude and love, all of the things we would rather experience. If we can turn our attention to the possibility that there is much to be grateful for right in this moment and that collectively, we can have a change of heart, there will be a better world to hand off to our children. That we are here at this particular time tells me that each one of us has a unique and vital part to play in this awakening and we came with all the tools we need to do our job which is how I know we can turn away from blind fear and towards the light of possibility. If all of this is hard to believe and reconcile inside yourself, please do this one thing, ask yourself: “what if it’s true”. What if it’s true that spending more time contemplating what we want rather than what we’re afraid of actually influences what shows up in our reality? Spoiler alert..it’s true.

To our family of listeners we send love and gratitude...Martha