Welcome back to the Mentors & Moguls podcast with Heather Stone! Today, we’re talking about fear. We all have it in some way, shape, or form. Joining us is Mr. Bill Bennett. He’s a writer, producer, and director of feature films and documentaries. His career spans 30 years, and he’s made 16 feature films for dramatized documentaries, plus five feature-length documentaries. 

Trusting that inner voice changed Bill’s life fundamentally.

Bill’s movie, PGS: Intuition is your Personal Guidance System explores the scientifically proven phenomenon of intuition. A time ago, Bill experienced a near-death moment, where he very closely missed being hit by a massive truck in an intersection. But, his life was saved by a voice inside his head–his intuition–a very different feeling for Bill, who had an evidence-based upbringing. PGS documents his journey to find the source of that mysterious voice. What was that voice? Where did it come from? And why did it save his life? After a dream that told him he needed to pursue this film, once again his intuition was put to the test. Trusting that inner voice changed Bill’s life fundamentally, but it wasn’t easy and it wasn’t immediate. He discovered a spiritual side of himself that was previously unknown. 

Bill tapped into what he learned in making his film: when you’re faced with fear, plan. 

Facing fear is the crux of Bill’s next film. He’s challenging the idea that fear is necessary in our lives. When the pandemic hit, fear was abundant. He began looking at fear as true fear, survival fear, and imagined fear, and how much of the fear people experienced was imagined. A major fear is that of the unknown, and the pandemic embodied that for many people. Bill tapped into what he learned in making his film: when you’re faced with fear, plan. 

The truth is, you can’t understand fear without understanding love. fear must be seen, not as something that demonizes you, but something that gives you the opportunity to learn and grow. For that to happen, you have to face it. You’ve got to befriend your fear–personalize it. 

Bill tapped into what he learned in making his film: when you’re faced with fear, plan. 

A major fear for some is what others think of them when they put themselves out there for all to see. At the root of this, Bill says from one of his interviews, is that you are unsure of who you really are. Once you do the work to know who you really are, you become rock-solid. 

Fear makes you dumb. When fear hits, it evokes a flight or fight response, blocking out logical thinking. You’ve got to break that cycle. When you’re faced with that fear, give yourself three seconds to let the fear run through you and the adrenaline wear off so you can work through the problem creatively. 

Fear begets more fear. Flip that. Joy attracts more joy. No fear lives in the present moment. So, if you can stay there, you’ve worked around that fear. Fear has purpose, so once you can extract that, it becomes useful. 

Fear of change is a massive part of society, and can actually be dangerous. Oftentimes, fear of change is linked to a fear of loss, the loss of status, or loss of abundance, or loss of sense of place–think racism and homophobia. 

Bill has the 5 F’s of fear: Find, feel, face, friend, and free your fear. Reminagine fear: it’s something you can arm yourself with. 

Learn more about Bill Bennett and follow him on Social Media:

Follow Bill on social media Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn

Check out Bill’s Website billbennett.com.au

Watch Facing Fear – The Interviews –  https://facingfearinterviews.com/about/