The enemy of our souls wants to distract us, delay us, and discourage us with fear.

The enemy of our souls has always used the fear of the unknown to keep us stuck.

Instead of forging forward into the promised land, we wander around, lost and lonely in our own wilderness.

Hey, hey, I'm Allie, and I believe that an emotionally healthy you is the greatest gift you can give yourself, your family, and the world.

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I'm so glad you're here. Let's dive in. Welcome back to the show. This week, I'm giving you

another chapter from one of my books. I know I said

Standing Strong was my heart message. Fierce faith is very, very close to my heart because it's my

book on helping women overcome fear and anxiety and worry. If I'm ever invited to speak, I go,

oh, I want to do Fier's Faith because it is the message that every woman needs to hear all the time as we live in this crazy, crazy world.

So today we're going to talk about how to overcome the fear of the future, how to avoid becoming stuck, how to stop catastrophizing the future.

And I want to give you a battle plan to fight fear. I hope you love it. I hope it's

helpful. I hope it helps you end this year strong and start the next year with courage and strength.

Without further ado, let's tackle the fear of the future.

Thank you. let's tackle the fear of the future. Chapter 9. What if things fall apart?

Aaron, an incredibly talented graphic designer, married mother of two girls, hired me to help

her launch her own graphic design business. Erin loved the idea of starting her own business.

She craved the control that being the boss would give her. She wouldn't have to move her husband

and her daughters to a new town for a new job. She could be home for her daughters after school.

This is everything she wanted. She wrote me and she said, Allie, I've had the dream to start my own

business for so long

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