Fed up with crippling anxiety, MARIANNE POWER tried a remarkable experiment... How to stop your life being ruled by FEAR in just a month. Marianne is following the rules of a different self-help book each monthShe has already ended up skydiving and performing stand-up comedyHer next step is to take control of her finances using this methodBest lesson so far is fear of getting rejected feels worse than in reality By Marianne Power Published: 23:49 GMT, 16 February 2014 | Updated: 10:07 GMT, 17 February 2014 Three weeks ago I stood up in a church hall in front of 15 strangers, slipped my white, fluffy dressing gown off my shoulders and then sat down again, completely naked — not a stitch on.
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