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Face Your Fears
Face Your Fears | Soa Palelei
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'I'd stare at my opponent from across that cage and think, What the f**k are you gonna do to me? Nothing's gonna break me, you don't know where I've been.' From fighting to survive as a kid to doing combat in the world's most brutal arena, this is the remarkable story of one of the first Australian fighters to make it to the UFC. Following a childhood from hell, Soa 'The Hulk' Palelei was left homeless and headed straight for trouble. Until mixed martial arts put him on the right path in life. After making his professional fighting debut in 2002, Palelei went on to dominate on the Australian circuit. Five years later, he was signed on to compete in the revered Ultimate Fighting Championship. But the dream didn't last. He lost disastrously in 2007 and was dropped. All his supporters disappeared when he needed them most. He came back to Australia, faded into obscurity and blew out to 160 kilos. It took him four years of hustle and grind to get back to the top. Multiple championships followed as well as a three-year winning streak that saw him back competing - and claiming victory - on the world stage. Palelei's raw and powerful story is, at its heart, one about turning obstacles into opportunities and following your dreams - destroying the odds in the hope for a better life.
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bookful
Face Your Fears | Soa Palelei
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#TeamStoker
#scarathlon @TheReadingMermaid
The three most top things that are way important
Losing a loved one.
Abuser. (worry for my child , the world out there.)
Failure.

DaveGreen7777 @bookful Thank you for all the likes today! That was very kind of you! 😊 5y
bookful Very welcome @DaveGreen7777 I have to catch up that's all. (I work 10pm-7am shift today this morning last night, what day is it? lol ) 👍 5y
BeansPage 🧟‍♀️ 5y
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kymmiesreads
Face Your Fears | Soa Palelei
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“Facing your fears” 😱 It is very interesting looking at what you are really afraid of!

#Scarathlon +1 point #TeamStoker

BeansPage Look at you being all fancy and filling up the jars!!! Way to go girl!!! I think I'm going to give you an extra point just for that. 🧟‍♀️ 5y
kymmiesreads @TheReadingMermaid we are going to kick butt in this competition! 5y
BeansPage YEAH WE ARE!!!! ❤️🖤❤️ 5y
kymmiesreads @TheReadingMermaid aww thanks! I used my Apple Pencil on my iPad! It‘s was fun! 5y
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Christy2318
Face Your Fears | Soa Palelei
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Where‘s tornadoes? When I was around 4, I had two recurring nightmares. One was about snakes, the other was about tornadoes. #scarathlon #teamstoker @TheReadingMermaid

BeansPage 🧟‍♀️ 5y
ReadingOver50 Haha. I still have recurring nightmares about tidal waves.
5y
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LauraJ
Face Your Fears | Soa Palelei
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And small spaces filled with clowns...forget it!
#teamstoker

BeansPage 🧟‍♀️ 5y
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jessinikkip
Face Your Fears | Soa Palelei
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During this #Scarathlon I will be facing my fears on #TeamStoker, reading about monsters and blood. But what really am I afraid of? Check out the picture to find out!

+1 point for #TeamStoker

BeansPage 🧟‍♀️ 5y
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GrilledCheeseSamurai
Face Your Fears | Soa Palelei
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#Scarathlon #FaceYourFears

On this list...

Big no thank you on public speaking.

I don't wanna die. To many good books still to read...and movies and games etc...

Lots of people freak me out.

I'ma dude. It would be terrifying if I were to become pregnant. 👀

#TeamStoker +1 🤘

@TheReadingMermaid

BeansPage 🧟‍♀️ 5y
ShelfRighteous I have the exact same fears. Massive social anxiety does not help🙈 5y
GrilledCheeseSamurai @ShelfRighteous I hear ya! I'm fine in my own little tight knit social circle (I keep it small) but outside of that it's sooo exhausting. 5y
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ShelfRighteous @GrilledCheeseSamurai Omg same for me too. Social interaction is really exhausting for me and nobody seems to understand 😒 5y
Sleepswithbooks @GrilledCheeseSamurai - I was all excited to finally find someone else who is freaked out by pregnancy/babies and then I realized *Sigh* “It‘s Scott... you may be cool and all but I need another female who relates.” 😂😂😂😂 5y
Reggie Lololol...... getting pregnant. 5y
GrilledCheeseSamurai @Stacypatrice lol 😱 I'm sorry. 😅🤷🏼‍♂️ 5y
GrilledCheeseSamurai @Reggie well...gotta admit...it'd be pretty freaky deaky! 😛 5y
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IndoorDame
Face Your Fears | Soa Palelei
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A LOT of these make me nervous 😬 but only 2 of them are actual fears. #teamstoker #scarathlon @TheReadingMermaid

BeansPage 🧟‍♀️ 5y
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ElizaMarie
Face Your Fears | Soa Palelei
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Not too bad I think... it‘s not on there but I have a fear of going blind too

#Scarathlon #TeamStoker

1 point for participation :)

@TheReadingMermaid

BeansPage 🧟‍♀️ 5y
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Jesstifies
Face Your Fears | Soa Palelei
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#scarathlon #TeamStoker @TheReadingMermaid @Clwojick #FaceYourFears | clowns, rape, mass shooting and losing my wife are most definitely my biggest fears 😢😱 at first for this post I thought we had to find photos of our fears and I looked at clowns for like 30 seconds and it was TERRIBLE. +1 point (15 Total)

BeansPage 🧟‍♀️ 5y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Face Your Fears | Soa Palelei
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BeansPage 🧟‍♀️ 5y
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KT1432
Face Your Fears | Soa Palelei
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Well apparently I'm a big scaredy-cat.? I've mastered public speaking thankfully, although it still makes me really nervous. I'm scared of how crazy people are these days. And I've admittedly watched a few too many "Monsters Inside Me" episodes and it's made me terrified of germs and parasites. ? #Scarathlon #TeamStoker 1pt

BeansPage 🧟‍♀️ 5y
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MaleficentBookDragon
Face Your Fears | Soa Palelei
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#Scarathlon #TeamStoker
@TheReadingMermaid

Well. I'm a big scaredy cat.

1 pt.

BeansPage 🧟‍♀️ 5y
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BookwormAHN
Face Your Fears | Soa Palelei
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Becoming paralyzed would be my worst fear, however with my social anxiety, other people are not far behind.
#Scarathlon #TeamStoker @TheReadingMermaid

BeansPage 🧟‍♀️ 5y
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BeansPage
Face Your Fears | Soa Palelei
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Apparently I have more than I realized... but most of these are due to my mental illnesses. I just can't get around some of these. My public speaking one I face on a weekly basis when I do my review videos.

1pt for #TeamStoker
#Scarathlon

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PathfinderNicole
Face Your Fears | Soa Palelei
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Heights are the main thing I‘m terrified of. I get horrendous vertigo and panic attacks if I‘m up too high. #scarathon #teamstoker @TheReadingMermaid

BeansPage 🧟‍♀️ 5y
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Chili
Face Your Fears | Soa Palelei
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#scarathlon #faceyourfears my biggest fears have to do with bugs of any kind. They totally freak me out. #TeamStoker

BeansPage 🧟‍♀️ 5y
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eri.reads
Face Your Fears | Soa Palelei
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Definitely heights for me although swarming insects are a close second because I run away from flying roaches lol

1 pt for #TeamStoker @TheReadingMermaid
#Scarathlon

(Pts total=22)

BeansPage Honey I think anybody would run away from flying roaches they are disgusting!!! 😝 LOL 🧟‍♀️ 5y
eri.reads Well I even run away from lil baby roaches and scream bloody murder, but I was trying to save face a bit. 🤣🤣🤣 5y
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Jadams89
Face Your Fears | Soa Palelei
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Face your fears #scarathlon #TeamStoker

BeansPage 🧟‍♀️ 5y
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BeansPage
Face Your Fears | Soa Palelei
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#TeamStoker let's play a game called "Face Your Fears"

What are you most afraid of?
Take a screenshot and repost marking your greatest fears.

Make sure to tag me along with
#TeamStoker & #Scarathlon to get a participation point ?

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Natasha.C.Barnes
Face Your Fears | Soa Palelei
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I'm in the middle of a lot of unscary books, so I'm gonna call it and do a #screamathon #ripxii #littensdressedinblood wrap up! Books listed top to bottom in vague order of how fast my heart rate got while reading them. I'll make another post with notes, there's not enough room here. I read 14 in total, 8 in September and 5 in October. 😆 Funny how that happens.
#faceyourfears #uncannyoctober

Blueberry Love your bullet journal page. 7y
CandycaneBelle Love this #bujo 7y
emilyhaldi This is a work of art!! 🖤 7y
MayJasper Love it ❣ 7y
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