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/