Ep. 296 - The readiness myth that's costing you everything
How to Get Over Your Ex
Dorothy AB Johnson
4.7 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
"I'm not ready yet." These four words are keeping you stuck in preparation mode while your dreams collect dust. In this powerful episode, Dorothy exposes the readiness myth that convinces you to wait for some magical moment when you'll feel prepared enough to go after what you want. Spoiler alert: that moment never comes. Discover why "begin before you believe" is the secret to quantum leaps and get the Begin Before You Believe Challenge that will prove you can start before you feel ready. If you've been waiting to feel qualified, confident, or prepared enough to make your move, this episode will show you why starting scared is exactly what successful people do.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to How to Get Over Your Ex, episode number 296, the readiness myth that is costing you everything. |
| 0:20.0 | Welcome to How to Get Over Your Ex, a podcast on getting over your ex without it just taking time. |
| 0:26.3 | I'm your host, breakup coach Dorothy. |
| 0:28.6 | Let's turn your pain into power and your heartbreak into happy. |
| 0:36.5 | Hello, Brave Hearts. |
| 0:38.4 | This is so fun. |
| 0:39.5 | I love this three-part series. |
| 0:40.8 | So last week, we talked about ditching the realistic trap and asking what is possible instead. |
| 0:48.9 | Okay? |
| 0:49.2 | And oh my God, y'all, the messages I've been getting from you. |
| 0:53.6 | So freaking good. So many of you tried the |
| 0:56.4 | possibility audit and had major breakthroughs but here's what I kept hearing Dorothy I know |
| 1:03.8 | it's possible now but I don't actually feel ready to go after it and that's exactly what |
| 1:10.4 | we're going to be diving into today. The readiness |
| 1:12.6 | myth that keeps you feeling stuck in preparation mode instead of actually living your life. |
| 1:18.6 | This is the difference between feeling like you're constantly getting ready for something, |
| 1:22.2 | but you never actually take the steps towards it, right? Okay, let's pretend that you've identified something that you want. |
| 1:30.3 | Not even pretend. All of you should have last week. Maybe it's starting a business, moving to a |
| 1:35.2 | new city, putting yourself back out there romantically. We're excited, right? You get excited |
| 1:42.3 | about the possibility. But then what happens? Your brain |
| 1:45.4 | immediately goes to the how. And then when we start mixing in the how, we're like, I'm not ready |
| 1:51.8 | yet. Your brain starts throwing shit at you. It starts saying, I need to save more money first. |
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