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TV life coach says fear holds us back
Television life coach talks about path that brought her where she is in lifeDate published: 12/3/2004
Television life coach Rhonda Britten says that fear is the only thing holding people back from all the success and happiness life has to offer. Britten, a life coach on the second season of NBC's popular daytime reality show, "Starting Over," helps the show's cast of six women overcome issues from obesity to broken relationships to learning how to be a single mother. "This show is like no other show in the history of television," said Britten, who was visiting her sister, Linda Snively, in Stafford County last week. "We are changing lives on television." Britten said the changes the women experience result from overcoming fear. And Britten knows a few things about fear. At 14, she watched her father murder her mother, then commit suicide on Father's Day. "It took me 20 years to face my parents' death," she said. "From 14 to 34, I was lost, trying to be found." Britten, now 43, drank, attempted suicide, and didn't know how to move forward. "I always felt something was wrong with me," she said. "Then it came to me as my own revelation that fear was the problem. I started focusing on the fact that there was nothing wrong with me and I was just afraid. "I started to realize that I was trying to fix something that wasn't broken, and instead, I should try to love it. That's when things started falling into place." She said her transformation started simply, with a decision to write down five acknowledgements (acknowledging something about herself) and five gratitudes (about other people) each day. "When you do this, you are taking responsibility for the risks you take in life and acknowledging all the beauty in life," she said. "It starts shifting your mind-set. You become empowered." Britten said it wasn't until she began attending and running grief support groups that she realized that what had changed her might also be able to help other people. She said she just told group members what worked for her. People tried similar things and came back asking for more. "What happened is, it worked," she said. "I started realizing maybe I'd been given something that was for more than myself. I started realizing what I had to do. It was a very scary time."
Date published: 12/3/2004
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