I Spent Years Doubting Myself—Here’s How I Finally Stopped Letting It Control Me | Lisa Bilyeu (Fan Fav)

Women of Impact

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Education, Society & Culture, Mental Health, Relationships, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 657 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Fan Favorite: This episode originally aired on February 3, 2021. Do you struggle with self doubt and a habit of putting yourself down right as you’re getting started on a new path? Do you tell yourself things like “I’m not good enough,” “I’ll never meet their expectations,” or “What’s the point of even trying?” It’s time to silence that negative inner voice for good and start walking on a path towards empowerment, encouragement, and letting your true self shine. On this episode of Women of Impact, Lisa Bilyeu answers your questions about how to overcome these negative inner voices and stomp out self rejection and doubt. She discusses how to own your true self, why you need to speak to yourself with encouraging language, how to not let others dictate your decisions, how to start valuing yourself, and how to set expectations that serve you in life. SHOW NOTES: Intro | Lisa opens today’s episode about overcoming self doubt and self rejection. [0:20] Being You | Lisa reveals how to block out your self doubt and own your true self. [1:09] Build Yourself Up | Lisa reveals the power of using encouraging language with yourself. [7:16] Keep Showing Up | Lisa shares how to stop others from dictating your decisions. [11:22] You’re Valuable | Lisa reveals the importance of building a foundation of valuing yourself. [19:15] Expectations | Lisa reveals how to have expectations that serve you in life. [26:36] LISTEN TO WOMEN OF IMPACT AD FREE + BONUS EPISODES on APPLE PODCASTS: apple.co/womenofimpact FOLLOW LISA: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisabilyeu/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lisabilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/womenofimpact Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lisa_bilyeu?lang=en Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:54.9	While most girls at school were on the dating scene, I was in a long-term relationship with
1:00.0	my self-doubt. Yep, an abusive relationship that no matter how many times I tried to separate
1:04.9	from it, dump it, call it quits, it just kept coming back. And just like a shadow, it has followed me everywhere, including
1:13.6	into adulthood. Now guys, I'm not here to BS you. I still haven't figured out how to get rid of it.
1:20.6	I gave up that fight a long time ago. But I did, however, learn over time how not to allow the doubt I may have in myself dictate if or how
1:30.7	I show up. And so, guys, today I'm going to be very candid with you and answer your questions
1:37.2	about self-rejection and what to do in those moments of self-doubt. Welcome to Women of Impact.
1:47.3	Hi, Lisa. This is Davina Jackson from Optimism Designs and I have a question for you today. How do we as women who don't conform to
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