Three Tools to Stop Downplaying and Ask for What You Truly Want
Powerhouse Women
Lindsey Schwartz
5 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever downplayed what you really wanted because it felt safer not to ask for too much? There were seasons when I told myself I was fine with a smaller version of the dream, but deep down, I knew I was playing small. Today, I share three reasons why we don’t ask for more, as well as tangible practices to overhaul this pattern in order to fully OWN even the biggest version of your dream. I go over the sneaky cost of settling, including energetic drains from half-commitment and abandonment for our authenticity, before revealing how to stretch your capacity to go all-in on what you want in every area of life. If you’re ready to stop settling and unlock your full potential, this is YOUR episode!
HIGHLIGHTS
00:00 Where are you downplaying out of fear?
05:00 Three reasons why we don’t ask for what we really want.
13:30 The true cost of settling (AKA, the energy drain of half-commitment).
17:35 Stretch your capacity to dream BIGGER in three steps.
21:40 How to stop settling and go all-in on the full version of your dream.
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| 0:00.0 | The trigger that has been touched more times than I can count is just this fear of unworthiness. |
| 0:08.8 | Like, can it really be this good? |
| 0:11.4 | Am I allowed to be this happy? |
| 0:14.2 | Do I get to enjoy this ease? |
| 0:17.9 | When I'm so used to this story that results can only come if I'm proving myself and I'm |
| 0:24.5 | overworking and overgiving, can I just allow myself to receive? |
| 0:31.0 | Welcome to Powerhouse Women. The podcast for women who know they are ready for more. |
| 0:38.4 | Let's go. |
| 0:40.4 | Introducing your host and the founder of Powerhouse Women, Lindsay Schwartz. |
| 0:45.7 | Hi. |
| 0:46.7 | If you're hungry to grow and expand your career, business, and life, you're in the right place. |
| 0:52.1 | You ready for your breakthrough? |
| 0:53.4 | Let's do it. |
| 0:54.1 | Powerhouse Women! Thank you. live, you're in the right place. You ready for your breakthrough? Let's do it. |
| 0:54.6 | Our house with me! |
| 0:59.6 | Hi, friends. |
| 1:00.7 | I am so excited to connect with you today and share something that has kind of been |
| 1:04.8 | rocking my world lately. |
| 1:06.7 | I have been in such a deep season of reflection, especially on the other side of all the change |
| 1:13.3 | that I went through in 2024, coming out of it, feeling a really powerful energy and almost |
| 1:20.4 | like taking the time to get to know this new version of me. |
| 1:25.9 | And something that has been showing up in my daily practice as I journal, |
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