548: How To Deal With Doubt
We all carry doubt.\xa0\nEven the most polished and pretty people on the internet.\xa0For real.\nIn recent months, a number of people have applauded the ways I\u2019ve shown up online and in my business over the last year.\xa0\nFriends - it is NOT without doubt from time to time.\xa0\nI have doubt on a fairly regular basis, especially when things around me feel out of my control and unpredictable. So, you know, like every single day of 2020.\xa0\nThat said, I know how to manage doubt - perhaps on an expert level - because dread is one of the gifts (shall we call it?) of my anxiety.\xa0I manage a lot of dread.\xa0Like, every morning when I wake up.\xa0And this has been the case for as much of my life as I can remember.\xa0\nThis dread tries to tell me that things will be hard and maybe I won\u2019t be able to figure them out or get them done or perform at the level I want.\xa0This dread leads to a lot of doubt, so I have to call him out as the big fat liar he is.\nBecause I manage anxiety and the accompanying dread on the daily, I am intimately connected to feelings of doubt.\xa0I have worked to overcome this doubt with some simple mental reframes that work very predictably well for me - thankfully!\nAfter receiving so many compliments on how I\u2019ve powered through the last year, it occurred to me that you are not seeing the full truth (read: doubt) behind my Instagram photos - and that\u2019s not fair.\xa0\nSo, listen in to hear me share more about doubt and the 4 specific simple ways I reframe doubt #everydamnday.\n\nWhat is true and what is beautiful\n\nID the hard feelings\n\nID where you have power in terms of options and paths forward\n\nID your superpowers and how you can apply them to this situation\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices