Fear is more than just a feeling.
It’s a system.

To let go of fear, you must do more than manage emotions. You need to understand and unwind the entire fear system that’s running under the surface of your mind. And the largest part of the fear is the Protetive Strategy that doesn’t work. 

Fear Isn’t Random. It is predictable and it’s structured

Here’s how the fear system builds itself:

• It starts with a painful experience that creates a memory.
• That memory often holds stored emotions
• Then your mind creates a story around it to explain what happened.
  • “Why did it happen?”
  • “What did I do wrong?”
  • “Whose fault was it?”
  • “What do I have to do differently next time to never feel this way again?”
• This story solidifies into beliefs.
• Those beliefs create identity roles: who you must become to stay safe.
• Then the mind builds a “Protective Strategy” and new behaviours are made into habits.

And that’s where things get tricky.

The Protective Strategy is a False Solution to the Fear.

The Protective strategy is your mind’s best attempt to protect you. But it doesn’t dissolve the fear. It only builds behaviors to manage the external circumstances.

For example:

• You were teased as a kid, so your mind decides: “I need to be likable and agreeable so no one rejects me.
• ”You were humiliated once, so now: “I always have to have the right answer and be perfect.”
• You were bullied and so became afraid of attention, so now: “I need to be strong, and the best fighter.”
• You grew up poor and were ashamed, so now: “I must earn as much as possible and have more than others.”

Perhaps you accomplish incredible things because of these Protective Strategies. So what is the problem?
Even after you’ve achieved all of this…
You still feel fear.

Why Are You  Still Afraid Even When You’ve “Solved” It

You might have money in the bank, a secure job, a strong body, or the respect of others.
But if the internal belief system hasn’t changed, the fear-creating system hasn’t changed either.

That’s why:

• The billionaire buys a bunker, fearing collapse.
• The high achiever still lies awake at night, worrying about the possibility of failure.
• The weight lifter/fitness expert still feels their body should be better, not out of passion, but out of fear.

Fear doesn’t stop just because the external threat is “handled.”
The mind still holds the belief and creates more fear. And that story still “feels” real.

The Mind Without Safety Will Always Invent a Threat

The fearful mind always looks for what could go wrong next:

• “Will I lose it all?”
• “Can I trust the people around me?”
• “What if this protection isn’t enough?”
• “What if I’m still not safe?”

Until you address the internal, fear-based belief system, no external success will bring you peace.

So What Actually Works?

To truly let go of fear, you have to address:

• The old story
• The belief that keeps it alive
• The identity it built
• The emotion stored in your body
• And the nervous system responses triggered by imagined danger

You need to unwind the system from the inside.

And that’s what we’re doing in the Letting Go of Fear Workshop Series.

In These Sessions, You’ll Learn:

• How to recognize fear not just as a feeling, but as a structured system
• How to Identify Your Protective Strategies and How to Let Them Go. 
• How to separate from the fear-based story in your mind
• Simple, powerful ways to shift your emotional and nervous system response

You’ll begin to feel real freedom, not just because life looks secure,but because you have Self Mastery over your inner world, and fear is no longer running your thoughts.

Join us for the next session of the Letting Go of Fear Workshop.
You’ll learn practical steps to shift your mind and emotions out of fear by freeing yourself from the story inside it.

These sessions are live with Gary and can be found in the Self Mastery Community.