{"id":371,"date":"2026-01-18T12:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T18:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/?p=371"},"modified":"2026-02-02T10:52:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T16:52:52","slug":"how-to-survive-while-your-nightmare-vanishes-in-4-clear-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/how-to-survive-while-your-nightmare-vanishes-in-4-clear-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to survive while your nightmare vanishes in 4 clear steps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There is no euphoria quite like the moment your nightmare ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But first comes the waiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The question is how you survive until release arrives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have lived through at least five extreme nightmares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five avalanches that came my way.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-378\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Snow-avalanche.jpg\" alt=\"Survive your nightmare\" class=\"wp-image-18020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Snow-avalanche.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Snow-avalanche-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Snow-avalanche-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Snow avalanche sliding down a mountainside\/Lukas Gojda\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Five, I once believed I would not survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Three were health-related.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One was family-related.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One was money-related.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So let me share one of them here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-surviving-the-nightmare\">Surviving the nightmare<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I passed the ski resort on the way back from the restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then the call came.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The worst news you can imagine on a holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The majority partner says, \u201cI am closing the office. Moving to Houston. You are on your own.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That was December 1987.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was right after I borrowed the maximum amount to buy and remodel a home in University Park, Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then the Dow Jones Industrial Average erased 22 percent of its value in a single day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not long after the ski trip, my soon-to-be-former partner drove with me through my neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He looked at my house and said, \u201cNice place. I hope you can keep it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s when I started my financial planning business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Essentially fired<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On my own<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In debt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No salary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Young family<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Riddled with anxiety<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It felt like being trapped in an avalanche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Experts say to survive, you must&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>remain calm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>release nonessentials<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>swim backward<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>dig around your face<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, this advice is usually taught in climate-controlled rooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So here are my four favorite lessons for <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/how-to-overcome-a-lifetime-of-worries\/\">surviving<\/a> in the middle of chaos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-remain-calm\"><strong>Remain calm<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Just be calm. Right? Reminds me of Jesus&#8217; words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cDo not let your hearts be troubled. Do not be afraid.\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;John 14:27<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>There has to be a powerful reason to believe someone who says, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Early in my life, I willingly thrust my whole being into this person, Jesus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My faith stabilizes my heart and mind so that I can think clearly in an avalanche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the number of times Jesus spoke \u201cDo not be afraid\u201d in the gospels.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know his presence is always with me, and his presence stabilizes me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-release-nonessentials\">Release nonessentials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Drop nonessentials.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In life and in business, separate the vital from the trivial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>As Greg McKeown said in his <em>New York Times<\/em> bestseller<em> Essentialism<\/em>, <strong>\u201cThe overwhelming reality is we live in a world where almost everything is worthless and a very few things are exceptionally valuable.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>What is valuable?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Faith<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Family<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friendships<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-swim-backward\"><strong>Swim backward<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ironically, this is your best chance to survive an avalanche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keeping your face toward the surface gives you a better chance to breathe.  The swim backward motion lifts your face to the surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In life, this principle is simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Respond. Don&#8217;t react.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No matter how catastrophic the moment feels, the great reward lies in choosing a response over a reaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So instead of hunkering down for a guaranteed salary, I began 1988 by launching my business through free-speaking forums discovered while scouring the newspaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One person who heard me led to a nationally syndicated radio program with featured newspaper columns across the USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So lean into the catastrophe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Face it squarely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attack it creatively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then watch the next step appear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-dig-around-your-face\"><strong>Dig around your face<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Adding clarity to a catastrophic moment is like digging around your face in an avalanche.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a stabilizing mechanism for profound simplicity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is when you slow down and focus on what is truly needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dig around your face.  Make room to breathe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s the same idea as a pro tennis player bouncing the ball slowly before a serve.  Rafael Nadal bounces the ball about 12 to 20 times before a first serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/cancer-survivor-defies-diagnosis-in-iron-man-triathlon\/\">Attitude<\/a> is critical for centering yourself in a crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the end, it&#8217;s not so much what happens to us as what happens in us that counts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-survival-toolkit\">Survival toolkit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Your survival toolkit has earned you the title of the greatest survivor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stay calm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Release nonessentials<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Respond and don&#8217;t react<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Embrace <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/experience-true-bliss-embrace-the-transformative-power-of-enough\/\">profound simplicity<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>How do you survive an avalanche?<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bolt your worst nightmare in four easy steps.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"How to survive while your nightmare vanishes in 4 clear steps","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3738],"tags":[3739],"class_list":["post-371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-survival","tag-survival"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to survive while your nightmare vanishes in 4 clear steps - Steve Blaising<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Survive your worst nightmare in four clear steps to relief. 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