1242: 3 Ways We Make Life Shorter Than It Needs to Be (And How to Change It)
Emotionally Uncomfortable
Hosted by Heather Chauvin | Insights inspired by Mel Robbins, Bréne Brown, Danielle Laporte, Elizab
4.6 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
"I understand that if I'm too comfortable, it's time to grow. Because if I'm not growing, I'm dying. And if I'm dying, I'm going to live a miserable life."
In this episode, Heather reflects on three big lessons she's learned over the last 12 years since her cancer diagnosis, exploring the significance of facing fears, recognizing triggers as opportunities for growth, and the importance of self-reflection in embracing a fulfilling life. This conversation isn't about recounting the many challenges she faced during healing; it's about celebrating and learning to live more fully. Because the truth is, most of us are keeping ourselves so busy we can't experience growth, leaving us in a perpetual state of survival.
This conversation encourages us all to move past chronic suffering and to realise that we're not dead yet, so let's focus on feeling alive and energized while we're still here.
What to listen for:
✨ Leaning into your stories and the impact you want to make
✨ Understanding that suffering isn't living, and you're not dead yet
✨ The reason why so many people live like the walking dead
"There's a huge difference between being emotionally uncomfortable and working through fear and resistance. That chronic suffering, chronic pain, isn't living, and you're not dead yet. So you need to learn how to feel alive and energized while you're still alive."
✨ Why it's essential to understand the feeling that you're chasing
✨ How Heather moved through the terror and the story that she was going to die
✨ The importance of becoming the adult that you needed as a child
"I had to face my fear of death in order to learn how to face my fear of living. I had to train myself to run towards how I wanted to feel. That was scary to me because I had no evidence, but it started me on this catalyst of curiosity."
✨ Why the people triggering you the most are your greatest teachers
✨ How to keep triggers from dictating your connections
✨ The importance of taking responsibility for how you want to feel
Enjoy the excerpts Heather shared?
Be sure to grab a copy of her book, Dying to Be a Good Mother.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Cancer taught me how to live. It taught me to be present. It taught me to manage my energy. |
| 0:08.6 | And as I reflect back on the last 12 years, I also think things have not gotten easier. |
| 0:15.1 | I now identify as the type of person, like willing to do the emotionally uncomfortable work on a daily basis, |
| 0:22.4 | even if it's just for five minutes. I understand that if I'm too comfortable, it's time to grow. |
| 0:28.3 | Because if I'm not growing, I'm dying. Here's what I've noticed working with women for over 15 years. Most of you spend months thinking about what's draining you, replaying conversations in your mind, analyzing what's wrong, |
| 0:56.5 | trying to figure it out, and you're doing it all alone. You stay stuck in analysis paralysis |
| 1:03.2 | and you don't make decisions. What if you could get more clarity in 15 minutes than you've |
| 1:10.1 | gotten in the last six months. |
| 1:12.9 | This is exactly why my team and I are offering free. |
| 1:17.2 | You heard that correctly. |
| 1:18.6 | Free time and energy audit calls. |
| 1:20.7 | All you have to do is go to Heather Chauvin, C-H-A-U-V-I-N dot com forward slash call to book your call. So this quick chat, |
| 1:34.5 | which is going to be about 15 to 20 minutes, these are the three things that are going to happen |
| 1:38.8 | on this call. Okay. So number one is we're going to pinpoint exactly what's draining you |
| 1:44.0 | with your time and your |
| 1:44.9 | energy. |
| 1:45.5 | And I guarantee you this is not what you think it is. |
| 1:48.3 | Number two, we're going to identify what's possible for you and your family in the next 90 days. |
| 1:55.7 | So it's our job to vision cast for you to show you what is possible and what you are capable of based on |
| 2:03.7 | your unique situation and three okay this is the kicker together we are going to develop a 30 |
| 2:11.7 | day focus plan this focus plan gives you specific strategic actions that are going to immediately reclaim hours of your week and shit ton of energy. |
| 2:23.9 | So head on over to heather shoving.com forward slash call, C-A-L-L, or text, book a call to 888-708-8-8-5-7. |
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