This is the Do It Scared Podcast with Ruth Sucup, episode number 43.

In today's episode, we are going to talk about how to stop the downward spiral of comparison and self-doubt.

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Hey there, and welcome back to the Do It Scared Podcast.

As always, my name is Ruth Succup and I am the founder of Living Well Spinning Less and the Livingwell Planner

as well as the founder of Elite blog Academy and the New York Times best-selling author of six books.

And whether you are brand new and just finding me through this podcast for the very first time or

whether you've known me for a while from Living Well Spending Less or Elite Blog Academy,

welcome. My hope is that this is a place where you will find new inspiration and motivation to move past the things that are holding you back so that you can create a life you love.

In today's episode, we are going to chat about a topic that I know a lot of people struggle with including me.

And that is dealing with what can often be a downward death spiral of comparison and self-doubt.

And it happens when we start looking around at the people around us either on social media or in real life and we start comparing

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