Transmuting Fear Denise R. Jacobs TEDxRheinMain 28 February 2013

29 June http://www.flickr.com/photos/jblndl/3154255478/

creativity http://www.flickr.com/photos/international-festival/3018718331/

destructivity http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevygee/3265941065/

the voices in my head seemed real http://www.flickr.com/photos/epsos/4887528060/

and had me totally freaking out

I shouldn't be writing this I misrepresented myself I don't know enough This should be someone else’s book I’m going to look stupid Everyone will see that I’m a fake What if it's not good enough? What if I'm not good enough?

no…really.

paralyzed and imprisoned http://www.flickr.com/photos/b3ni/2990601183/

road blocks http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_g_travels/860951845/

2 days http://www.flickr.com/photos/fiery-phoenix/8428079916/

inner critic http://www.flickr.com/photos/lance_mountain/2849396572/

impostor syndrome http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuant63/2908064018/

comparison http://www.flickr.com/photos/kharied/3315558702/

perfectionism http://www.flickr.com/photos/diepuppenstubensammlerin/7648792510/

beta brainwaves http://www.flickr.com/photos/44568283@N02/4097561067/

suppresses generative impulses http://www.flickr.com/photos/lorelei-ranveig/2294885420/

fear of failure http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/2717325940/

reframe failure http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/2717326642/

transmute http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amphitheatrum_sapientiae_aeternae_-_Alchemist%27s_Laboratory.jpg

curiosity http://www.flickr.com/photos/jtcatbagan/1557200142/

catalyst http://www.flickr.com/photos/basf/5413285424/

ask questions http://www.flickr.com/photos/ogil/1507585665/

the outcome http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonmelsa/3000222387/

enamored with answers http://www.flickr.com/photos/ww4f/2526809770/

revel in creating the questions http://www.flickr.com/photos/debord/4932655275/

learn from the master alchemists Photo: Denise Jacobs

fail in private http://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/959867550/

do it again http://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/959864706/

maintain perspective http://www.flickr.com/photos/daikrieg/1294053038/

story end? http://www.flickr.com/photos/sonialuna/2942020058/

February http://www.flickr.com/photos/doug88888/3709856898/

fail http://www.flickr.com/photos/paolocampioni/2168286027/

win http://www.flickr.com/photos/clappstar/6297835482/

embrace failure http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielagama_fotografando/4029208908/

create something amazing http://www.flickr.com/photos/7730492@N03/4958540694/

Thank you http://www.flickr.com/photos/theredproject/3302110152/