Tuesday Oct 08, 2024

141. Finding the Courage to Face the Storm

“I love the idea that when we’re faced with a difficult challenge, we face it head-on,” says Dr. Andrew Fix. In this episode, he shares how the children’s book “Bryson the Brave Bison: Finding the Courage to Face the Storm,” which he reads to his son, serves as a powerful metaphor for dealing with life’s challenges. Drawing from the story, Dr. Fix explores the themes of courage and adversity, stressing the importance of confronting obstacles directly—a principle he applies both in his personal life and professional practice. How do our attitudes and efforts shape the way we face adversity? Dr. Fix points out that even though we can’t always control what happens to us, we can control how we respond. By approaching challenges with enthusiasm, effort, and resilience, we can turn adversity into a chance for us to grow. Courage, he explains, is not about being fearless. It’s choosing to face our fears and becoming stronger as a result.

Quotes

“You can’t change the storm. You can’t change if something negative happens to you in your life.” (05:54 | Dr. Andrew Fix)
“None of us can change the things that happen to us. But what we can change and what we do have the ability to have control over is how we act and how we react and how we respond to those situations.” (06:50 | Dr. Andrew Fix)
“What I want to encourage you guys to do in this brief episode is, whatever challenge you’re facing in your life, handle it like Bryson the bison does—face the storm rather than running away from it.” (07:04 | Dr. Andrew Fix)
“I want to encourage you to control the controllables and take care of the issues you’re dealing with in your body so that you can control the outcome, like Bryson does, so that you can control how you’re going to react and respond to different scenarios and situations you’re in, allowing you to do the things you love to do.” (09:07 | Dr. Andrew Fix)

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Book: https://www.brysonthebison.com/

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