Hey Friend!
In your online business, podcasting, or coaching, do you struggle with how to start, where to start, or what your next steps are? Do you lack clarity or feel stuck in indecision?
I remember back in 2016 after being in network marketing for 4 or 5 years and building a successful top 1% company, the industry turned and my income decreased a quarter in a year. The thought like a whisper crossed my mind, Should I leave and do something different? That whisper turned to physical reactions to the thoughts and emotions around leaving my network marketing company. I felt I couldn’t leave and I struggled with negative thoughts like, What will people say? What will they think? Am I letting them down?
I felt like I was shrinking down into a puddle of anxious mush until I was completely paralyzed in fear and self-doubt about what to do. Those fears and self-doubt became the only thing I could see and feel for at least 8 months. I spiralled over and over with the thought, What do I do? What should I do?
Ever find yourself in the same place? Even now, what might be weighing you down? Where do you feel indecision and uncertainty? At the heart of uncertainty and indecision is self-doubt and fear. It’s time to look it straight in the face and tackle it head-on because I learned that had I made the hard decisions sooner, I would not have been under the weight of indecision and uncertainty for so long.
HOW FEAR AND SELF-DOUBT SHOW UP
Fear and self-doubt show up in 3 ways: indecision, other people’s opinions, and future casting. Indecision shows up when there are several options and each option feels right and good. Confusion and not wanting to miss out on the best option creep in.
In addition to indecision, other people’s opinions can bring fear and self-doubt. As you share with your spouse, friends, or someone you know your fear and self-doubt around what you want to do or want to change, they share their opinion, and now you have their opinion on top of your own.
The third way fear and self-doubt show up is in future casting or projection. This is the what if, all the but what if this happens, and the what will they think of me. Future casting imagines what could happen even when there is no certainty it will.
Remember that feeling fear and self-doubt is natural as you move forward in your online business, begin your podcast, start writing your book, or launch the course you created. However, as you stretch yourself, step forward, and take action, fear will no longer hold you back but instead become an excited anticipation of what God is about to do.
Let’s do a little mindset work to step forward and take action on the things God has called you to do. Let’s lay the fears and self-doubt at the feet of Jesus so that you can push forward with confidence into that next right step for you. Here are 4 simple steps to help you overcome fear and self-doubt.
4 STEPS TO OVERCOME FEAR AND SELF-DOUBT
STEP #1: IDENTIFY THE FEAR HOLDING YOU BACK
First, identify what you are afraid of. What do you feel self-doubt about? Name it. Get out a sheet of paper and write down what you are afraid of. Be honest with yourself.
STEP #2: IDENTIFY THE THOUGHTS AROUND YOUR FEAR
Once you write your fear on paper, next write the thoughts you have about that fear. Write down the worst things that could happen should this fear be realized.
As you wrote down your thoughts about the worst things that could happen, did you discover that most of them are not true? Thoughts are just thoughts. Thoughts are created in your imagination. They are not reality. Who said they will come to pass? Write the truth about your fear beside these thoughts. After that, draw a big X through the thought side of your paper to acknowledge that they are thoughts, not truth.
STEP #3: IDENTIFY THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN
Then continue this process of overcoming fear and self-doubt by writing on your paper the best thing that could happen when you face the thing you are afraid of. Lean into the best thing that could happen instead of leaning into negative, anxious thinking.
STEP #4: IDENTIFY THE NEXT STEP
Finally, overcome fear and self-doubt by identifying the next specific step for you to take. Then get up, take the step, and let God take care of the results.
YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE TO EXPERIENCE FEAR AND SELF-DOUBT
You are not alone. Everyone experiences fear and self-doubt. Without fear and self-doubt, people wouldn’t grow. Decide to choose faith over fear, step forward, and take action toward all that God has for you.
Hear my story of how I was afraid of public speaking on a stage even though I have hundreds of podcast episodes and speak to thousands of students in live training inside my online podcasting student community. I went through these 4 steps to overcome my fear and self-doubt about public speaking. I stretched myself, stepped forward, and said yes to two public speaking invitations which turned out amazing! They were so much better and more fruitful than I could have anticipated.
Lessons and Recap From My First In-Person Keynote
Lessons from My SECOND Speaking Engagement – Her Turn to Podcast with Cathy Heller
I pray the Lord helps you navigate fear and self-doubt using these 4 steps. May He release any bondage, indecision, or weight you feel about your next steps. I pray He moves you to a place of beautiful opportunity, favor, and fruit that comes when you push through your fear and discover that your thoughts are not truth. May the Lord reframe fear in your mind as excited anticipation.
I pray this blesses you!
Xo,
Stef
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