Recently I was talking to someone by e-mail about a horse clinic that I was teaching in New Zealand. She commented that she was almost afraid of what she was going to discover about herself and her horse. My reply was "that's not fear, that's excitement".

It's funny (peculiar) that I spoke (e-mailed) without thinking and that that such a quick, instant answer should have been the start of such a big light bulb moment for myself.

For a while after that light bulb moment, I noticed that I too could confuse excitement with fear. And that confusion had actually been behind some of my procrastination. And that it's also been responsible for me not stepping out into some really exciting stuff. Woo...hoo!

I have realized since that I experience fear and excitement as physical sensations in DIFFERENT parts of my body. That's what helps me to get the difference between fear or excitement through to other people when I'm teaching. For me, I generally feel fear in my solar plexis and excitement lower down in my belly. What will it be for you?