1364: Avoidance Feels Safer. That's the Lie

CONSISTENT by Primal Potential

Elizabeth Benton

Money, Self-improvement, Inspiration, Transformation, Motivation, Affirmations, Health & Fitness, Mindset, Selfhelp, Weightloss, Education, Loseweight, Goals, Nutrition

5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

You're not avoiding the scale.
You're not avoiding the bank statement.
You're not avoiding the hard conversation or the overflowing inbox.

You're avoiding how you think you'll feel when you see it.

But here's the truth:
You already feel that way.

You already feel heavy.
You already feel ashamed.
You already feel anxious and behind and overwhelmed.

Avoidance doesn't protect you — it prolongs your suffering.
It doesn't delay the pain — it drains you slowly while convincing you that you're safe.

In this episode, we're unpacking:

Why avoidance feels like safety but functions like a trap
What you're really running from (hint: it's not the number)
Why facing it now is easier than carrying it another day
And how to start moving forward — even if you're scared

This is the wake-up call for anyone avoiding the thing they know they need to face.
The number. The truth. The next step.

If you're ready to stop circling the truth and start standing in it — this one's for you.

Transcript

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0:00.0	If you want to be more consistent, you're in the right place. I'm Elizabeth Benton. Welcome to
0:07.1	Consistent, a podcast by Primal Potential that is for all of you who feel frustrated by your lack of
0:13.3	progress or overwhelmed by all the change that you want to make in your life. Here, we stop frantically
0:20.5	chasing new habits and start
0:22.6	strategically building a structure of consistency. Let's get into it.
0:29.0	Hello everybody. Welcome back to the primal potential podcast. I am Elizabeth Benton.
0:35.2	Thanks so much for joining me.
0:41.5	Today's episode is a deep one, which isn't fantastic for the holiday season, but we're doing it anyway because one of the things that I'm coming up against every day with my clients
0:49.4	is something they're avoiding.
0:53.0	Sometimes it's hard work. Sometimes it's the honest truth about the goal
0:59.0	they have. And they don't want to verbalize the goal and they don't want to pursue the goal because
1:04.0	then that would mean they have to do something. So they'll create these other goals that feel safer,
1:09.8	but then they never really move the needle and get where they want to go.
1:13.4	So if you're curious about what it looks like to work with me, let this be your primer because one of the things we do is we cut through all of the safe talk and the safe plays that you're willing to make so that we can touch and address and look at
1:30.0	and explore the things that you are avoiding.
1:35.2	Now, we're not going to talk about avoidance in this, like, abstract way, but I want to talk
1:42.5	about the way that it robs you, because here's the deal. Whether we're talking
1:46.1	about avoiding the number on the scale or avoiding the credit card balance or avoiding the inbox
1:53.7	or the hard conversation or the appointment that you know you need to schedule, I want to be
1:59.9	clear. You're not actually avoiding getting on the
2:03.1	scale. You're not actually avoiding logging in and looking at your credit card balance. You're not
2:08.7	actually avoiding the doctor's appointment. You're avoiding how you think you'll feel when you do it.
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