Sweaty hands. Butterflies in the belly. A total sense of paralysis. Let’s face it—fear is deeply physical.

In this episode, I explore another key concept from The Courage Gap: how to reset your fear at the physiological level. Fear isn’t just in your mind—it embeds in your body. Understanding this unlocks a powerful pathway to cultivating courage and harnessing the full power of your physical presence.

I share a personal experience from 2020 when COVID-19 tilted my world totally off its axis, triggering my fear and leaving me awash with anxiety. While very humbling, it reinforced the importance of learning how to reset our ‘defensive self’ at the ground level and respond more effectively when stressors pile up.

Learn how to turn the psychology of fear into the physiology of courage, so you can bring your bravest self, to your biggest challenges and boldest goals.

Get ready to breathe in courage, breathe out fear and play your bravest game.

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All behavior is belief-driven. Finding the courage to take actions that would strengthen our relationships and improve our future requires examining the narrative we’re living in—including the stories we tell ourselves. These stories can fuel doubt, shrink confidence, and keep us stuck in place. This episode shares why the price tag of our self-protective stories is never worth the payoff and how you can rescript your narrative to connect to the courage lying dormant within you. If you ever feel defensive, insecure, frustrated with your situation, or more anxious than you’d like to be, take a listen!

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Ever found yourself going down a rabbit hole of ‘What ifs?’

What if I mess this up? What if it all goes to hell in a handbasket? What if I just don’t have what it takes? What if ….?

You’re not alone.

Your brain isn’t wired to focus on the positives. It’s wired to focus on the negatives - on what you don’t have or don’t want to happen. Yet dwelling on deficits siphons your confidence, feeds your worries, shuts down your ability to find solutions, narrows your vision, and keeps you stuck in ruts - of thought or action - that you are wholly capable of climbing out of!

So in the latest episode of my new podcast series on closing your ‘courage gap,’ we dive into the power of focus—and how resetting your attention on what you want, rather than what you fear, can transform your life.

As I’ve written in The Courage Gap, until you are clear about what you really want, your fear of what you don’t want will direct your life.

Take a listen!

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