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Episode Synopsis
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One of my clients asked: How do you know if the fear that you’re feeling is a healthy fear? We were talking about a new project hat she’s starting and she noticed that she felt exciting about it but also nervous and a bit afraid.
It's very understandable that you feel afraid or that you have doubts when you're doing something new, especially when it's something that you've never done before. By definition, when you’re starting something new, you don’t know if you can do it. On some level, that’s scary. On a deeper level, you kind of need to figure out how to “be” in this new direction and, on a practical level, you need to figure out how to actually take action on this idea.
The same is true with doubt. It’s very normal to feel doubt when you’re making a decision. Some people have a really clear vision when they’re embarking on something new but a lot of people actually don’t. You may have a sense of it but you may not exactly know where it is that you want to go. So, feeling doubt around making big decisions is really okay.
These are exactly the things that we look at in my coaching programs by connecting with your natural advantage, your unique process.
The important thing to know is that fear doesn’t always mean that something is wrong or that you’re not doing it right. It's just a signal giving you information about your own process.
In this podcast episode, we talk about understanding the "clues" that fear and doubt are giving you and how that was for me when I first decided to change my focus to habits and habit building.
We also talk about how you can enter the give away this month to win a free Habit Style Starter Kit, as we're getting ready to celebrate the 1-year anniversary of the podcast on July 6th!
▶️ Enter the give away for a chance to win a free * custom * Habit Style Starter Kit: https://forms.gle/LuEo6VkzfMxmDhMC6
▶️ Sign up for Productive Introvert Letters, your weekly PIL of inspiration for introverted solopreneurs who feel deep down that they can add more value to the world and want to do this on their terms: https://www.thefrankermessage.com/subscribe
▶️ Connect with Mariella on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mamfranker/
🎵 Andrés Rodríguez
One of my clients asked: How do you know if the fear that you’re feeling is a healthy fear? We were talking about a new project hat she’s starting and she noticed that she felt exciting about it but also nervous and a bit afraid.
It's very understandable that you feel afraid or that you have doubts when you're doing something new, especially when it's something that you've never done before. By definition, when you’re starting something new, you don’t know if you can do it. On some level, that’s scary. On a deeper level, you kind of need to figure out how to “be” in this new direction and, on a practical level, you need to figure out how to actually take action on this idea.
The same is true with doubt. It’s very normal to feel doubt when you’re making a decision. Some people have a really clear vision when they’re embarking on something new but a lot of people actually don’t. You may have a sense of it but you may not exactly know where it is that you want to go. So, feeling doubt around making big decisions is really okay.
These are exactly the things that we look at in my coaching programs by connecting with your natural advantage, your unique process.
The important thing to know is that fear doesn’t always mean that something is wrong or that you’re not doing it right. It's just a signal giving you information about your own process.
In this podcast episode, we talk about understanding the "clues" that fear and doubt are giving you and how that was for me when I first decided to change my focus to habits and habit building.
We also talk about how you can enter the give away this month to win a free Habit Style Starter Kit, as we're getting ready to celebrate the 1-year anniversary of the podcast on July 6th!
▶️ Enter the give away for a chance to win a free * custom * Habit Style Starter Kit: https://forms.gle/LuEo6VkzfMxmDhMC6
▶️ Sign up for Productive Introvert Letters, your weekly PIL of inspiration for introverted solopreneurs who feel deep down that they can add more value to the world and want to do this on their terms: https://www.thefrankermessage.com/subscribe
▶️ Connect with Mariella on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mamfranker/
🎵 Andrés Rodríguez
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