Episode 461: How to Overcome the Fear Stopping You from Doing What You Really Want to Do with Niamh

Over It And On With It

Christine Hassler

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Christine Hassler coaches Niamh, who struggles with the fear and inner critic preventing her from pursuing her passion for music. Niamh shares her journey of reconnecting with her love for music after being laid off from her corporate job. Despite her progress, she faces a recurring block of fear, especially around visibility and judgment. Christine guides her through strategies to work with her fear rather than trying to overcome it, emphasizing the importance of nurturing and comforting the inner child.

Consider/Ask Yourself:

Do you want to pursue a passion but feel paralyzed by fear?
Do you have a loud inner critic that stops you from taking action?
Do you take fear as a sign that you shouldn’t do something?
Are you afraid of judgment from others?

Guest Insights:

Niamh has a deep passion for music but is hindered by a protective part that triggers fear and self-criticism.
She recognizes that fear stems from childhood and struggles with visibility and harsh self-judgment.
Niamh has tried forcing herself through fear but finds it counterproductive and re-traumatizing.

Aha Moments:

Fear is not the absence of courage but moving forward despite fear.
The inner critic often stems from past experiences where visibility and vulnerability were met with harsh judgment or unsafe situations.
Working with fear involves nurturing the inner child and compassionately acknowledging the inner critic.

How to Get Over It and On With It:

Slow down and break down fast-paced, subconscious thoughts to create separation from the inner critic.
Bring the inner child into the process, comforting and holding her hand through fearful moments.
Have a plan to support yourself if faced with negative feedback, such as deleting comments and seeking comfort.
Write and perform songs that express the journey of dancing with fear rather than trying to overcome it.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is episode 461, how to overcome the fear that's stopping you from doing what you really want to be doing with Nave.
0:10.0	Welcome to Over It and On With It. I'm your host, Christine Hasler, and for over a decade I've been a life coach, speaker, and author.
0:18.0	Each week you'll hear me work directly with a caller as I coach them through a goal they want to accomplish or an obstacle they may be facing.
0:25.0	I'll provide a blend of practical and spiritual advice as well as tangible actions you can apply to your own life.
0:30.0	Now, let's get on with the episode.
0:35.0	Hi everybody, welcome to the show.
0:39.0	As always, I'm happy to have you here coming to you from Southern California.
0:44.4	We are spending the summer in Delmar, which is North County, San Diego.
0:48.0	We used to live in this area, and it feels so good to be bad.
0:51.9	We rented a house for the summer and
0:54.0	ugh my nervous system is just loving it. This morning,
0:58.5	Stephan Athene and I went to the beach and we just all came back covered in
1:02.3	sand and you know salty ocean hair and I just
1:06.8	notice how much my nervous system really responds to my environment.
1:14.0	And when I'm in a beautiful place that I love and in nature
1:18.0	and with people I love,
1:20.0	it's so easy to be in that regulated state, to be present, to not have things that would usually
1:27.6	irritate me, to feel like I'm more in flow. And wouldn't it be nice? Maybe it's possible for some of us, but I know for most of us,
1:37.8	living in a totally gorgeous place on the ocean and going to the beach every morning may not be our day-to-day reality.
1:45.6	Our day-to-day reality may be more like rushing to take care of people, going to a job we don't
1:51.6	like, struggling to pay bills, and the list goes on and on.
1:56.1	And so so many of us, even you listening right now, live in more survival than you actually do thriving.
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