10/03/2026
Fear of failure? Fear of success? Imposter syndrome? What if it wasn’t just a mind thing?
Emotions are not a just a mental thing.
They live in the body.
Modern psychology has started to acknowledge this. Traditional Chinese (and Japanese) medicine has know that for thousands of years.
The emotion of fear is associated to the kidney/bladder system.
It’s not surprising that severe fear can cause the bladder to suddenly empty, in both animals and humans. The physiological connection is clear.
Instead of just trying to think your way out of fear, work with your body and your nervous system.
Here is a simple kidney practice:
Massaging the area in the lower back.
Mind and body aren’t separate systems.
They’re one.
And the fastest way to change how you feel
is through your body.
‘If the body is mastered, the mind is mastered’ is a very old saying attributed to the Buddha himself (Majjhima Nikaya 36)
Stef
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