Facing Your Fears and Learning to Grow with Dr Patricia Zurita Ona

Published: Sept. 29, 2020, 6 p.m.

b'My guest today is a licensed clinical psychologist from sunny California. Dr Patricia Zurita Ona, fondly known as Dr. Z, is talking to us about overcoming the challenges of fear-based responses, an experience she knows well. Growing up in Bolivia in the midst of a dictatorship, she understood at a early age what it meant to be shaped by fear. This lead to her passionately pursuing her practice, helping others to overcome anxiety and trauma.\\nIn our conversation, Dr Z and I explore the questions:\\n\\n \\u2022What are fear-based reactions, and how do they shape us?\\n \\u2022Why do we get stuck and find it hard to change our safety seeking patterns?\\n \\u2022What is perfectionist behaviour and how we can use it in a more functional, helpful, and workable way?\\n \\u2022How we can learn to be more flexible, mindful and adaptive?Dr Patricia Zurita Ona gives us a few tips and tools to reshape our fear based thinking and make incremental but important improvements to achieve personal growth.\\nTune in to learn how to face your fears, get unstuck and fulfill your potential.\\n\\n--- \\n\\nSend in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potentialpsychology/message'