Fear can accompany you without being allowed to choose the destination.

Fear does not have to be removed to be managed; it only has to be demoted. It can sit in the passenger seat, comment freely, and still not have a hand on the wheel. Most people wait for the feeling to disappear before acting, which grants it the one power it should never be given.

Try naming the fear out loud before you act, plainly and without arguing with it. Then take the step anyway, with the fear still present. You are not proving it wrong; you are proving it is not in charge. That distinction is the whole of what courage practically means.