I must start by saying the journey is not over, nor am I sure it will ever “end,” but it began when Dr. Tony O’Donnell looked me in the eye and told me (in his Irish accent) that I needed to “love myself thin.” I had heard similar words...
I used to think I felt no fear, until the day I discovered that everything scared me. This was the day that I changed my definition of “fear.” Instead of “a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger,” I began to understand fear as...