Is It “Not Aligned”, or Am I Just Afraid? (3 Simple Ways to Tell the Difference!)
Powerhouse Women
Lindsey Schwartz
5 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2025
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Spoiler alert: Growth isn’t going to feel good all the time. Sometimes, when we’re in the early stages of growing to the next level, we mistake the feeling of “not aligned” with being afraid. Today, I share how to tell the difference between alignment and fear, so that when you feel called to bring your big vision to life you can do it with confidence. I’ll share three tangible tips to overcome resistance & doubt, fight self-sabotaging habits, and trust in yourself every step of the journey.
HIGHLIGHTS
00:00 What is the difference between alignment and fear?
03:50 How fear shows up as resistance (+ how to overcome it).
06:40 Fear shrinks you, alignment expands you.
10:15 The power of taking action with certainty and trusting the unknown.
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| 0:00.0 | When we lean into this feeling of expansion, that is where all of the magic lies. |
| 0:07.0 | It's not whether or not this is the perfect decision. |
| 0:10.9 | It's whether or not this decision and this action is going to expand you. |
| 0:17.6 | Welcome to Powerhouse Women. The podcast for women who know they are ready for more. |
| 0:24.8 | Let's go. |
| 0:26.7 | Introducing your host and the founder of Powerhouse Women, Lindsay Schwartz. |
| 0:32.1 | Hi. |
| 0:33.0 | If you're hungry to grow and expand your career, business, and life, you're in the right place. |
| 0:38.4 | You ready for your breakthrough? |
| 0:39.8 | Let's do it. |
| 0:40.9 | Our house is. |
| 0:46.2 | I want to talk about how we can know if something is not aligned, like actually not aligned, not something you should be doing, |
| 0:56.5 | not the path forward for you, or if we're just afraid. |
| 1:01.8 | Like, how do you actually tell the difference between alignment and fear? |
| 1:06.6 | And as I'm sitting here, the irony is not lost on me that 24 hours ago, I started my |
| 1:14.4 | Invisaline journey. Now, I don't know if you can hear the lisp that I feel like I have, |
| 1:22.2 | but I have these aligners in my mouth. And if there's one thing about me that you should know, |
| 1:26.0 | I am a rule follower. So if someone |
| 1:28.9 | says, you got to wear these suckers for 22 hours a day, you better believe I'm wearing them, |
| 1:34.0 | even while podcasting. So if you've done an imisaline, this is a side note, just all the girlies |
| 1:39.0 | out there who've done a misaline, who have tips for how to speed up the process, make it go smoothly. Hit me up on Instagram. |
| 1:46.0 | I am all ears and, you know, pray for me. Pray for me and my teeth that this goes really quickly. |
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