You’re Not Stuck, You’re Just Avoiding the Hard

Level Up with Debbie Neal

Debbie Neal, Upstarter Podcast Network

Education, Self-improvement, Personal Development, Mindset, Motivation, Level-up, Business, Success, Network Marketing, Entrepreneurship

5.0 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

You are not "stuck." You are actually avoiding difficult decisions and conversations.

It's a hard truth to reckon with, but it is crucial that we face discomfort in order to grow. I want you to walk away from this episode ready to make brave decisions, and ready to shift your identity towards one that embraces challenges.

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0:00.0	Hello, friends. Welcome to Level Up with Debbie Neal. I am your host. There is nowhere. I would rather be
0:09.8	than right here, right now with you. This podcast is all about leveling up in all aspects of our lives.
0:17.0	Thank you for being here. I am so grateful. I'm excited to be on this journey with you.
0:22.6	Together, we are leveling up. You ready?
0:29.5	Hello, my level up friends and family. Welcome back. I have something that I, a little bit
0:36.2	exciting that I want to share with you, but I'm just going to be like a little teaser. So I have something that I'm a little bit exciting that I want to share with you,
0:37.9	but I'm just going to be like a little teaser. So I have been working on something behind the
0:43.0	scenes. I would say for the past maybe eight months, it's been something on my mind and on my
0:51.8	heart for a period of time, but it's come to life in the last
0:56.8	eight months. And the reason I'm sharing this little teaser is because in the next couple of
1:01.3	weeks, you're going to know about it. And I'm really excited to share this with you. So stay tuned
1:07.6	for the good things and the exciting things and the scary things that I am going
1:12.1	to be talking about. So today's topic, we're going to be talking about this. You're not stuck.
1:21.7	You're just avoiding the hard thing. So this conversation might make you feel a little bit uncomfortable. But I want to be
1:33.5	really honest, friends, you know, you could always count on me for that. That's the point.
1:38.7	The point is, I want you to feel a little bit uncomfortable. So the truth is most people are not stuck.
1:46.8	Like, isn't it amazing things like we're stuck? Like, no, you're physically not cemented into the
1:51.6	ground. You're not stuck. So people are not stuck. They're avoiding. So what are they avoiding?
1:57.4	They're avoiding hard conversations. They're avoiding difficult decisions.
2:02.2	They're avoiding the risk.
2:05.1	They're avoiding the uncomfortable action that would actually move their life forward.
2:12.0	That would move the needle of their business forward.
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