Moving through fear that feels fatal.

About that time I confronted the minotaur inside my mind.

A few years ago someone asked me what I believed my birthright was. I didn’t know how to answer. 

At the time, I felt stuck and burdened by irrational phobias, and I considered that the answer to the question might be suffering. Chronic panic attacks rocked my nervous system and I often felt sweaty, scared, and useless. I was trapped in a cycle of invasi…