It’s easy to make fun of people like me, and I encourage it. 

How do does a Saint deal with her Fears?

Come have a seat in my heart today as I interpret my own dark dreams⛈️

A good climbing partner will outlast romantic relationships, know how your poop smells and in general see you at your most scared and insecure moments.

A woman with a backpack came to teach me in a dream. We were in a crowded lobby, and I preferred a private room. She said, “No, I have to teach you right here.”

People come sit in my house where I feed them tea and they tell me, “Nightmare, I’m full of fears.” What kind of fears? All kinds of fears.

My horoscope for 2025 told me, this year I need to watch my words.  Fear immediately struck.

Fight, flight, freeze and fawn get a lot of attention for being our bodies’ first and loudest responses to dangerous situations. No one really gets to choose which of these Fs our nervous systems will pull out of the hat to keep us alive in the moment, and then the moment is over.

My dad has been visiting me this month and we’ve been climbing together a lot. Back when I was 10 he taught me to tie a figure eight knot and how to be scared to death belaying, and he’s still teaching me today.

1. Feel the pain of this moment. How does it make you feel when you realize every day again and again that there is something big you need to change. You can write about how much it sucks in your journal or cry about it in your car.

Today is a practical message.  It’s for dealing with a moment when you thought you would die. A reminder to do instead of stay cool.