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    Do It Scared: Making Fear Your Friend

    by Monica Levi Apr 17, 2020 2 minutes
    Do It Scared: Making Fear Your Friend by Monica Levi. Photograph of a mural that says "Punch today in the face" by Johnson Wang
    Photograph by Johnson Wang

    If you can accept fear as an inevitable, natural response to change, you can more easily embrace new life experiences and challenges

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    Whether we like it or not, fear is a big part of our lives. 

    Historically, fear was a necessary part of human evolution — it’s utility in helping us survive was paramount. But in our current reality, there are

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