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#227: Conquering Fear and Reducing Anxiety - Caroline Paul
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56:41
Published: Sun Mar 12 2017
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Caroline Paul (@carowriter) returns to the podcast by popular demand for a round 2 Q&A. (You can catch her first appearance here.) Caroline is the author of four published books. Her latest is the New York Times bestseller The Gutsy Girl: Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure. Once a young scaredy-cat, Caroline decided that fear got in the way of excitement, confidence, and self-reliance. She has since flown planes, climbed tall mountains, and fought fires as one of the first female firefighters in San Francisco. In this episode, Caroline answers your most popular questions, including: The best starting point for overcoming your fears How to stay focused in the moment and not let your mind create anxiety and stress Her biggest life-changing experiences Coping strategies for dealing with life's most difficult events And much, much more! I hope you enjoy this round 2 Q&A with Caroline Paul. Show notes and links for this episode can be found at www.fourhourworkweek.com/podcast. This podcast is brought to you by Four Sigmatic. I reached out to these Finnish entrepreneurs after a very talented acrobat introduced me to one of their products, which blew my mind (in the best way possible). It is mushroom coffee featuring chaga. It tastes like coffee, but there are only 40 milligrams of caffeine, so it has less than half of what you would find in a regular cup of coffee. I do not get any jitters, acid reflux, or any type of stomach burn. It put me on fire for an entire day, and I only had half of the packet. People are always asking me what I use for cognitive enhancement right now -- this is the answer. You can try it right now by going to foursigmatic.com/tim and using the code Tim to get 20 percent off your first order. If you are in the experimental mindset, I do not think youíll be disappointed. This podcast is also brought to you by Wealthfront. Wealthfront is the future of financial advice. It's become especially popular among my friends in Silicon Valley and across the country because it provides the same high-end financial advice that the best private wealth managers deliver to the ultra wealthy -- but for any account size, at a fraction of the cost. Wealthfront monitors your portfolio every day across more than a dozen asset classes to find opportunities for rebalancing and harvesting tax losses, and now manages more than $5B in assets. Unlike old-fashioned private wealth managers, Wealthfront is powered by innovative technology, making it the most tax-efficient, low-cost, hassle-free way to invest. Go to wealthfront.com/tim to take the risk assessment quiz, which only takes 2-5 minutes, and it'll show you -- for free -- exactly the portfolio it would recommend. If you want to just take the advice and do it yourself, you can. Or, as I would, you can set it and forget it. Well worth a few minutes: wealthfront.com/tim. As a Tim Ferriss Show listener, you'll get your first $15,000 managed for free if you decide to go with its services.***If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. I also love reading the reviews!For show notes and past guests, please visit tim.blog/podcast.Sign up for Tim’s email newsletter (“5-Bullet Friday”) at tim.blog/friday.For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Visit tim.blog/sponsor and fill out the form.Discover Tim’s books: tim.blog/books.Follow Tim:Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss Instagram: instagram.com/timferrissFacebook: facebook.com/timferriss YouTube: youtube.com/timferrissPast guests on The Tim Ferriss Show include Jerry Seinfeld, Hugh Jackman, Dr. Jane Goodall, LeBron James, Kevin Hart, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jamie Foxx, Matthew McConaughey, Esther Perel, Elizabeth Gilbert, Terry Crews, Sia, Yuval Noah Harari, Malcolm Gladwell, Madeleine Albright, Cheryl Strayed, Jim Collins, Mary Karr, Maria Popova, Sam Harris, Michael Phelps, Bob Iger, Edward Norton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Neil Strauss, Ken Burns, Maria Sharapova, Marc Andreessen, Neil Gaiman, Neil de Grasse Tyson, Jocko Willink, Daniel Ek, Kelly Slater, Dr. Peter Attia, Seth Godin, Howard Marks, Dr. Brené Brown, Eric Schmidt, Michael Lewis, Joe Gebbia, Michael Pollan, Dr. Jordan Peterson, Vince Vaughn, Brian Koppelman, Ramit Sethi, Dax Shepard, Tony Robbins, Jim Dethmer, Dan Harris, Ray Dalio, Naval Ravikant, Vitalik Buterin, Elizabeth Lesser, Amanda Palmer, Katie Haun, Sir Richard Branson, Chuck Palahniuk, Arianna Huffington, Reid Hoffman, Bill Burr, Whitney Cummings, Rick Rubin, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Darren Aronofsky, and many more.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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In this episode, Tim Ferriss discusses his popular email newsletter, Five Bullet Friday, and why he recommends taking the Athletic Greens supplement.
00:00 - 04:20 (04:20)
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Tim Ferriss, Five Bullet Friday, Athletic Greens, supplements
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In this episode, Tim Ferriss discusses his popular email newsletter, Five Bullet Friday, and why he recommends taking the Athletic Greens supplement. He also shares how Five Bullet Friday has helped him to connect with many amazing guests for his podcast.

Episode
#227: Conquering Fear and Reducing Anxiety - Caroline Paul
Podcast
The Tim Ferriss Show
Caroline Paul, a writer, and teacher shares tips for overcoming fears and increasing bravery by taking smaller steps and practicing micro bravery.
04:20 - 12:58 (08:38)
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Caroline Paul
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Caroline Paul, a writer, and teacher shares tips for overcoming fears and increasing bravery by taking smaller steps and practicing micro bravery. She also shares her own experiences of being a female firefighter, flying planes, rafting rivers, climbing mountains, and much more.

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#227: Conquering Fear and Reducing Anxiety - Caroline Paul
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The Tim Ferriss Show
The speaker suggests buying gifts such as shirts and ball caps with logos from other fire departments, giving firefighting books as gifts, and learning more about the job of firefighting to show support for firefighters.
12:58 - 20:22 (07:24)
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Firefighters
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The speaker suggests buying gifts such as shirts and ball caps with logos from other fire departments, giving firefighting books as gifts, and learning more about the job of firefighting to show support for firefighters.

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#227: Conquering Fear and Reducing Anxiety - Caroline Paul
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The Tim Ferriss Show
The speaker, a former firefighter, shares their coping strategies for dealing with life's uncertainties.
20:22 - 31:59 (11:36)
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Coping strategies
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The speaker, a former firefighter, shares their coping strategies for dealing with life's uncertainties. They talk about the importance of being focused and rooted, using checklists, and scheduling enough padding between activities to avoid feeling frazzled.

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#227: Conquering Fear and Reducing Anxiety - Caroline Paul
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The Tim Ferriss Show
The fear of not being an expert on everything can stop people from embarking on the adventure they dream of, but it doesn't have to.
31:59 - 37:57 (05:57)
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Adventure
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The fear of not being an expert on everything can stop people from embarking on the adventure they dream of, but it doesn't have to. With the right mindset, partner, and basic set of skills, it is possible to have a great adventure without being an expert.

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#227: Conquering Fear and Reducing Anxiety - Caroline Paul
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The Tim Ferriss Show
In this episode, author Matthew B. Crawford discusses his love for flying and how he began with Cesnas, transitioned to paragliders, and eventually became a pilot of ultralights.
37:57 - 44:48 (06:51)
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Flying
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In this episode, author Matthew B. Crawford discusses his love for flying and how he began with Cesnas, transitioned to paragliders, and eventually became a pilot of ultralights. He also talks about why he started flying and a childhood dream of flying like Superman.

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#227: Conquering Fear and Reducing Anxiety - Caroline Paul
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The Tim Ferriss Show
The speaker shares a personal story of a mountaineering mishap and how he learned the importance of getting creative in tense situations, especially when past knowledge and techniques do not apply.
44:48 - 52:13 (07:24)
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Survival
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The speaker shares a personal story of a mountaineering mishap and how he learned the importance of getting creative in tense situations, especially when past knowledge and techniques do not apply.

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#227: Conquering Fear and Reducing Anxiety - Caroline Paul
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The Tim Ferriss Show
Wealthfront is a financial advising platform that is powered by innovative technology, providing sophisticated financial advice and services at a fraction of the cost of traditional financial advisors.
52:14 - 56:33 (04:19)
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Wealthfront
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Wealthfront is a financial advising platform that is powered by innovative technology, providing sophisticated financial advice and services at a fraction of the cost of traditional financial advisors. Through an automated portfolio management system, they manage more than four billion dollars in assets.

Episode
#227: Conquering Fear and Reducing Anxiety - Caroline Paul
Podcast
The Tim Ferriss Show