376: The Fear of Being Seen
School of Self-Image
Tonya Leigh
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Stepping into the Spotlight: Embracing Your Superpower of Visibility
What is fear of being seen? Host and Master Self-Image Coach Tonya Leigh gives valuable insights on the fear of being seen and the impact it can have on women. She shares personal experiences and highlights the societal pressure for women to blend in and not rock the boat. Tonya emphasizes the importance of embracing authenticity and stepping into the spotlight of our lives. She offers tools and strategies for overcoming the fear of being seen, including acknowledging the fear, starting small, building a support network, shifting the narrative, challenging the inner critic, taking action, finding inspiration, and remembering one's why. She also encourages women to celebrate their milestones and to be willing to be judged and fail in order to reclaim their stories and voices. She concludes by reminding listeners that they are worthy, powerful, and meant to be seen.
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Episode Details:
01:01 Fear of being seen
04:54 Blending In
09:45 Harnessing the superpower of visibility
13:22 Imposter syndrome
19:16 Celebrating small milestones and progress.
23:54 Fear of being judged.
Quotes:
"When I think about going after extraordinary goals, one of the things that is required is that you're seen on some level."
"I got over my fear of being seen. I was willing to be judged. I was willing to be ridiculed."
"Remember, and this is really important, visibility isn't about validation."
"What I have known to be true is the more imperfect I am, the more vulnerable I am, the more I share the ins and outs of my life, the more people can connect to that."
"Fear has no control over you in this part of your life. When you're willing to be judged, when you're willing to get it wrong, when you're willing to be imperfect, when you're willing to look stupid, when you're willing to fail, all of a sudden the fear is gone."
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Ralph Waldo Emerson said there is a certain kind of courage required to simply be yourself. |
| 0:07.0 | Isn't that crazy? |
| 0:09.0 | We have to have courage to be ourselves and especially to allow others to see us being ourselves, which is what |
| 0:17.6 | we are talking about in today's episode. We are tackling the fear of being seen so let's dive in. |
| 0:30.2 | Welcome to the School of Self Image where personal development meets style. |
| 0:35.0 | Here's your hostess Master Life Coach Tanya Lee. |
| 0:40.0 | Hey there friends, welcome back to a conversation that's close to every woman's |
| 0:46.2 | heart, especially my own because I used to struggle with this a lot and I even |
| 0:51.2 | find this fear creeping up from time to time. What is that fear? It's the fear of being seen. |
| 0:59.4 | Yes, that little voice that whispers, stay hidden, play it safe, the spotlight isn't meant for a girl like you. |
| 1:08.4 | At some point I feel like every woman has heard this voice and felt the grip of it on her life and let it dictate her choices. |
| 1:17.0 | But today we're calling it out. |
| 1:19.0 | We are going to shine a light on its shadow, unpacked how it affects us, and most importantly, discover |
| 1:26.0 | how to banish it back into the darkness, because I want every single one of us to be willing to step into the spotlight of our lives. |
| 1:36.8 | So think back to a time you hesitated. |
| 1:41.7 | That brilliant idea that you had, that you had |
| 1:43.0 | had that you kept bottled up, the talent that you tucked away, |
| 1:46.0 | the opinion that you swallowed out of fear. |
| 1:49.0 | Maybe it was at a meeting, |
| 1:51.0 | maybe it was in a classroom, or even in a casual conversation with friends. |
| 1:57.0 | That hesitation, that flicker of fear before stepping into the light is our shared language. I think it's something |
| 2:05.8 | that we all have struggled with. We as women often navigate a world that |
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