What are you afraid of? How can you make fear less crippling and more empowering? Are your deepest fears as bad as they seem? Tune in to an inspirational episode of After the Jump as Grace Bonney and Julia Turshen have a discussion about dreams, inner dialog and fear. Stop being scared and start moving forward! Grace and Julia provide some excellent tips and tools for conquering your fears and controlling your destiny. This program was brought to you by Whole Foods Market.

“I’m still scared and defensive of speaking to people who aren’t my core audience or people who don’t understand me.” [02:00]

“99.9% of the time – if you talk out, to the very end, what your worst case scenario really is, it’s rarely as bad as it seems inside […] so often fears are trapped in a self aware place.” [07:00]

–Grace Bonney on After the Jump

“To me — I equate raising my voice to confrontation, which really scares me..second only to snakes!” [04:00]

–Julia Turshen on After the Jump