A book of hope, encouragement and a strong belief that all he has accomplished is because of his faith in God. We can choose to live in that invisible force of fear or we can choose a different story line, one of hope, possibility and connection. No matter when an individual gets bullied or teased the impact stays for a long time and in many cases, it has been observed that they might experience disturbing adolescence.

During rehab, his health deteriorated until an X-ray revealed several suspicious masses in his chest and a biopsy confirmed he had Hodgkin's lymphoma. Why I picked this book is that this book has been very life-changing to me and other people in the world for example in the book it says how he had cancer and his dreams were to get to the NFL and he never quite he works as hard as he could to get to the NFL and accomplish his dreams he is now one of the NFL best running backs so the book was a very good book by he never gave up and he got together with another coach that had cancer and they worked as hard as they could to get to the NFL.My biggest complaint was that it got to be repetitive and since I’m not the kind of person who enjoys motivational speakers, I got a bit bored. But on the second conduct when Albert was again exposed to the animals and the fur, there was a loud noise along with it made from the background, and after hearing this a few times , Albert started showing signs of fear, his expressions were not like before, and he tried to avoid it. This experiment takes the stand in proving that fear can be installed externally to a human being based on the methodology of stimulus generalization . She is the coauthor of FEAR IS A CHOICE: TACKLING LIFE'S CHALLENGES WITH DIGNITY, FAITH, AND DETERMINATION (with NFL running back James Conner), LIMITLESS: THE POWER OF HOPE AND RESILIENCE TO OVERCOME CIRCUMSTANCE (with Paralympic gold-medalist Mallory Weggemann), and the narrative nonfiction historical thriller ESPIONAGE AND ENSLAVEMENT IN THE REVOLUTION: THE TRUE STORY OF ROBERT TOWNSEND AND ELIZABETH (with historian Claire Bellerjeau). Over the past few days, I’ve been checking in on friends that I thought might be challenged by the circumstances with the purpose of providing them with a different perspective and helping them into a state of calm and focussed attention on what they want.

Choosing connection enables us to recognize the fears of our times but to live with the vitality of change and grow a new sense of relationship. In Fear Is a Choice , James candidly shares his experiences during his battle with cancer and beyond, encouraging readers and illustrating the spiritual truths and personal principles that got him through his darkest days and into the NFL. Usually the fear we face is not something that is dangerous, like our lives are not being threatened, our children’s lives are not being threatened.During the experiment, little Albert was exposed to fire, different animals, and fur shaped like an animal. Yes, this book is filled with every cliche you can think of related to working hard and remaining positive, but since James Connor truly lives every one of those statements, they don’t feel false. Growing up in a working class family in Erie, Pennsylvania he worked hard to earn a football scholarship at the University of Pittsburgh. Unfortunately some fears are irrational because the human brain is complicated and wires get crossed. Unfortunately, large contracts had not been renewed and the reduction of income meant that significant changes were unavoidable.

But being aware of them and the fact that we can choose what we do with them is what will ultimately determine how fearful or unhappy we are. Although he would have preferred to be busy in his office, he made sure to thank each person for their dedication to the people and hoped that each of them would stay with the work – to find new ways of contributing their talents in service to others. He sees how our life is a gift from God and that you should be present in it and effect the ones around you for good. Fear is a vital human emotion, which can save you from danger and prepare you for action but can also result in longer feelings of anxiety. Also, he had one of the most deadly cancers but he had family that stayed by his side during the entire thing and he had teammates the stayed by his side and once he found out the cancer was gone he was obviously very happy as anyone would be when they find out the cancer is gone and he got drafted to his home town team and is one of the best running backs.In this book James Conner a running back for the University of Pittsburg coming of a remarkable season also ACC player of the year goes down with a torn MCL. It brings with it mixed negative emotions and foggy thinking… it’s designed so that you don’t think and simply feel compelled to act/or not act. Kudos to the staff at UPMC and Hillman, the Pitt football and athletic family and the university for their support of James Conner during this time! When Cypher states that he began telling himself another story, he is referencing something referred to as “ghosting”.