Ep 10: "Facing Fears and Shifting Gears" Zen Habit #5: If You Don't Know Something, Learn

Learning new things requires us to take our time and go at our own pace. Learning new things also requires facing our fears. Not just when we are learning to do things that are physically challenging, or even dangerous, but also learning things that disrupt what we previously believed to be true. People are afraid to learn about things that challenge everything they are comfortable believing. Sometimes, we get emotionally attached to our thoughts and beliefs, even when we see and learn evidence t the contrary. It takes letting go of our ego sometimes to admit when we are wrong and to accept what new knowledge when it becomes available to us.My Fifth Zen Principle of Good Motorcycle Riding Habits in Chapter Five of "The Zen of Learning to Ride a Motorcycle" is "If You Don't Know Something, Learn". In honor of LGBTQ+ Awareness and Pride Month, I want to talk about some things that the collective medical and scientific community knows, but hasn't quite made it into the collective consciousness yet._____"Facing Fears and Shifting Gears" is a podcast about mental health, neurodiversity, and changing our perspective when life brings us challenges, in order to heal and thrive!My name is Leslie Reyes, and I'm the author of the IndieBRAG award-winning Amazon best-seller, "The Zen of Learning to Ride a Motorcycle: How I Faced My Fears, Shifted Gears, and Found Healing from Anxiety, Codependency, and Depression."I have worked as a psychiatric and chemical dependency nurse, yoga teacher, and I'm also a motorcycle enthusiast. I have seen mental illness up close, first as the daughter of a schizophrenic mother and later through my own personal mental health struggles.I never expected a motorcycle would one day be the guru I needed to change my life habits and finally learn to trust myself. I live with my husband, our five motorcycles, and two dogs in Northern California. This is a podcast about mental health, neurodiversity, and changing our perspective when life brings us challenges, in order to heal and thrive! (This podcast is not a substitute for mental health care or autism treatment).Website: https://www.lesliereyesauthor.comBuy my audiobook here: https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Learning-Ride-Motorcycle-Codependency/dp/B0BL2HBP56/Thank you for joining me!