WEBVTT - Faith vs fear 💭 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:03.600 Even though we don't have control of what will happen, 0:00:04.160 --> 0:00:08.280 we do have control of how we feel and how 0:00:08.320 --> 0:00:23.360 we let this situation make us feel. Welcome back to 0:00:23.400 --> 0:00:27.120 the Rise and Conquer Podcast. I'm your host, Georgie Stevenson, 0:00:27.280 --> 0:00:33.520 former lawyer turned entrepreneur, social media personality and personal development junkie. 0:00:33.840 --> 0:00:36.360 This podcast is for my girl gang who want to 0:00:36.400 --> 0:00:40.400 feed their mind with positive and expansive thoughts to help 0:00:40.440 --> 0:00:44.200 them step into their power and live their most authentic life. 0:00:44.680 --> 0:00:49.680 We chat a variety of topics including mindset, business, relationships, health, 0:00:49.800 --> 0:00:54.120 and so much more. Basically, wherever you are on your journey, 0:00:54.240 --> 0:00:57.320 I want to help you feel inspired and empowered to 0:00:57.480 --> 0:01:00.680 rise up and conquer your next bold move. I know 0:01:00.760 --> 0:01:03.360 that's going to look different for everyone, but just no, 0:01:03.640 --> 0:01:06.200 I'm right here by your side and that you have 0:01:06.319 --> 0:01:18.240 the RNC community behind you. Let's do this. Hello and 0:01:18.840 --> 0:01:22.360 welcome back to the Rise and Concer Podcast. It is 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:26.880 your host, Georgie Stevenson and it has been a while. 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:30.800 It's been a good couple of weeks. I did have 0:01:31.080 --> 0:01:35.080 a little break with a podcast just because we launched 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:39.360 the last live round for the Rising Concer podcast, which 0:01:39.680 --> 0:01:45.360 is our six week self Development and Manifesting course last 0:01:45.480 --> 0:01:48.520 month and it was look, I'm not gonna lie, it 0:01:48.560 --> 0:01:52.440 was a bit of a sprint marathon there, and I 0:01:52.520 --> 0:01:55.440 just needed a couple of weeks to make sure I 0:01:55.680 --> 0:01:59.880 was focusing on that and giving my girls all they needed, 0:02:00.600 --> 0:02:03.440 you know, to really get the most out of that course. 0:02:03.480 --> 0:02:08.960 And we are currently on Module seven, is actually about 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:12.480 to launch, which is our new module, and then the 0:02:12.520 --> 0:02:16.880 course will be finished. But the girls have lifetime access, 0:02:16.919 --> 0:02:20.280 so you know they'll be doing it in their own time. 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:27.000 But appreciate, you know, your patients with the break, just 0:02:27.040 --> 0:02:32.359 some updates, some life updates on my behalf. So as 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:36.320 I'm recording this, i am twenty six weeks pregnant and 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:41.480 I'm feeling really good. The first half of my pregnancy 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:46.959 so up till week twenty, was not feeling good. I've 0:02:47.040 --> 0:02:51.840 spoke about this over you know, a couple of different podcasts, 0:02:51.880 --> 0:02:55.560 but I was so unwell and I felt hungover all 0:02:55.600 --> 0:03:00.400 the time and everything was pretty much a struggle. And 0:03:00.440 --> 0:03:04.680 then I got to week twenty, maybe just before, and 0:03:05.760 --> 0:03:09.280 it's like I'm a new woman, and I don't know, 0:03:09.320 --> 0:03:12.960 it feels like smooth sailing, which is so amazing and 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:18.640 quite nice to enjoy the pregnancy. So look, I'm not 0:03:18.680 --> 0:03:22.600 gonna lie. I'm enjoying that I've been taking it easy. 0:03:23.560 --> 0:03:28.200 I am kind of, I guess, planning for my maternity 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:33.600 leave and just really planning for things of how they're 0:03:33.600 --> 0:03:38.640 going to look. Because me and Tim were trying for 0:03:38.760 --> 0:03:43.120 quite a lot of time before we actually fell pregnant. 0:03:43.360 --> 0:03:46.560 I guess like I have had a lot of time 0:03:46.600 --> 0:03:49.640 to think about this, and because this is just something 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:53.960 that I've wanted for so long, when baby girl does 0:03:54.080 --> 0:03:57.800 join us, I really want to make sure I'm present 0:03:58.120 --> 0:04:03.120 and I'm there. And I also, I guess like advice 0:04:03.280 --> 0:04:06.920 that I've been given from other moms, like my girlfriend 0:04:07.640 --> 0:04:11.440 Maddie from the Healthy Hustler podcast, right before she gave 0:04:11.480 --> 0:04:15.680 birth to Georgia, her daughter, she did say that we 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:18.920 actually had just finished those podcast events, so I'm pretty 0:04:18.920 --> 0:04:22.680 sure we finished those podcast events, and then she gave 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:27.599 birth four weeks later, and she just said it was 0:04:27.680 --> 0:04:31.880 a lock from going like from a huge high like 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:37.080 business and career wise, then then to having a baby 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:40.039 and being a mom full time, and she almost just 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:42.720 kind of felt like she didn't maybe give herself that 0:04:42.800 --> 0:04:47.120 transition time, you know, to ease into it, and we 0:04:47.200 --> 0:04:51.200 have very similar personalities, and so I guess I just 0:04:51.279 --> 0:04:57.200 want to be super intentional about transitioning into this new 0:04:57.279 --> 0:05:00.520 mum life where you know, my whole world is going 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:06.160 to change and slow down, which is I'm honestly so 0:05:06.320 --> 0:05:10.040 excited for it, but I just I want to, I guess, 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:13.200 have things in place so I can do it properly 0:05:13.240 --> 0:05:16.200 so it feels right for me. So that's kind of 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:20.920 the season I'm in right now, is I'm, yeah, planning 0:05:20.960 --> 0:05:23.760 for my maternity leave. But then you know what comes 0:05:23.800 --> 0:05:28.200 into that is my whole things can't stop. I've still 0:05:28.440 --> 0:05:31.720 you know, I don't have to, but Naked Harvest still 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:35.280 has to run. I would personally love to keep you know, 0:05:35.440 --> 0:05:40.719 podcast episodes going, and I think if I do plan 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:45.440 things well, I can make that happen. So bit of 0:05:45.440 --> 0:05:47.760 a random update there, but that's just kind of what's 0:05:47.800 --> 0:05:51.400 happening in my head right now. But I guess moving forward. 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:55.240 The whole reason why I just explained that is we 0:05:55.320 --> 0:05:58.720 will be going to one episode a week, So I 0:05:58.800 --> 0:06:03.600 know in the pre season we were doing two episodes, 0:06:03.680 --> 0:06:06.880 one on Tuesday and then on Friday, and it would 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:10.520 be an interview episode. And then a solo episode in 0:06:10.600 --> 0:06:13.839 one week. And if I'm going to you know, batch 0:06:13.920 --> 0:06:16.960 content and kind of get ahead and have content for 0:06:17.000 --> 0:06:23.160 you guys when I'm on maternity leave, that just look, 0:06:23.320 --> 0:06:26.960 it's just not going to be possible and I've got 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:30.760 to you know, be realistic. So moving forward, guys, we 0:06:30.839 --> 0:06:35.279 will have one episode growing live weekly. It will be 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:38.600 on the Tuesday, so you know it will be their 0:06:38.720 --> 0:06:42.360 six am in your podcast feeds wherever you listen to 0:06:42.360 --> 0:06:45.440 your podcasts. And yeah, like I said, that would just 0:06:45.600 --> 0:06:49.400 give me a bit of space to batch content make 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:52.880 sure the podcast can keep going. You know, I also 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:55.520 have a full time podcast manager, so I want to 0:06:55.560 --> 0:06:59.520 make sure, you know, she continues to work and still 0:06:59.520 --> 0:07:04.840 has a job even while I'm on matt leave. And 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:07.880 you know that's the beauty of having a team. So yeah, 0:07:08.040 --> 0:07:11.320 just some inner thoughts in my head. That's this season 0:07:11.640 --> 0:07:17.160 I'm in. But I wanted to start off the podcast, 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:20.440 you know, reintroducing it, getting back in your feed with 0:07:20.720 --> 0:07:24.240 a solo episode. I know you guys love them. And 0:07:24.640 --> 0:07:29.160 today I wanted to chat about I guess something that 0:07:29.240 --> 0:07:32.880 has been on my heart and I feel like a 0:07:32.960 --> 0:07:34.960 lot of people may be able to resonate with this. 0:07:35.240 --> 0:07:41.960 It feels like the world, social media, the internet is 0:07:42.000 --> 0:07:45.760 a bit of a heavy place right now, and there's 0:07:45.840 --> 0:07:48.800 just there's a lot going on. I know, I'm personally 0:07:48.800 --> 0:07:51.960 in Queensland and we're not on lockdown, but I know 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:56.440 so many of the other states are on extended lockdowns, 0:07:56.680 --> 0:08:01.360 and there's a lot happening internationally, and also just on 0:08:01.520 --> 0:08:07.640 social media itself. I am feeling a lot of I guess, 0:08:07.800 --> 0:08:14.880 negativity and fear and hate, not necessarily towards me or 0:08:14.880 --> 0:08:17.480 anything like that, but just I know there's a lot 0:08:17.520 --> 0:08:21.360 of controversial with you know, getting the vaccine, and there's 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:25.320 just there's a lot happening. And I'm personally an EmPATH 0:08:26.120 --> 0:08:31.800 and everything just feels heavy right now, and it feels overwhelming, 0:08:32.000 --> 0:08:35.160 and it feels a lot, and I often find myself 0:08:35.880 --> 0:08:43.040 feeling super emotional and super heavy and super I guess, 0:08:43.400 --> 0:08:47.240 like not sad, but not happy, almost a numb feeling. 0:08:47.880 --> 0:08:50.880 And I'm kind of like, logically, I have no reason 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:52.920 to feel like that, but I just feel like that, 0:08:53.160 --> 0:08:55.640 and I think it's just because there's a lot happening 0:08:55.720 --> 0:08:59.320 right now. And yeah, so I want to talk to 0:08:59.320 --> 0:09:02.079 you about what's been going through my head. How I've 0:09:02.120 --> 0:09:06.160 been dealing with that, and I guess you know some 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:08.840 tools that if you guys are feeling the same, it 0:09:08.880 --> 0:09:12.520 would also help you. But before we get into it, 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:15.480 let's just take some breaths. I really want you to 0:09:15.520 --> 0:09:18.760 listen to this podcast, and I want you to leave 0:09:19.080 --> 0:09:26.720 a feeling lighter, more optimistic, and just I guess a 0:09:26.760 --> 0:09:29.920 bit more grounded. And so let's just take some breaths. 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:34.720 I know I definitely need it, Okay, So just and 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:39.360 when you take these breaths, just breathe in from your belly, 0:09:39.480 --> 0:10:04.760 big belly breaths, and just just come back to feeling 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:08.720 a bit centered, feeling a bit grounded. Yeah, like I said, 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:12.120 it's just it feels like there's a lot of heavy 0:10:12.320 --> 0:10:16.439 energy and even you know, I think there's so many 0:10:16.520 --> 0:10:20.720 contributing factors. There's so many people who you know, haven't 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:26.720 had holidays for years now because of COVID, who have 0:10:26.920 --> 0:10:31.640 been in lockdown for a long long period of time, 0:10:32.480 --> 0:10:37.240 you know, who are suffering financially with their mental health. 0:10:37.480 --> 0:10:43.640 Just there's just a lot happening. And yeah, like I said, 0:10:43.720 --> 0:10:46.920 I've just been feeling heavy and just feeling weird. I 0:10:46.960 --> 0:10:49.600 was kind of explaining it to Tim, and I'm like, yeah, logically, 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:55.040 nothing's wrong, and I'm so grateful and so privileged in 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:58.400 so many ways, but I just cannot shake this feeling 0:10:58.559 --> 0:11:01.720 of feeling a bit off, a bit weird, and I 0:11:01.720 --> 0:11:05.360 feel like so many others are feeling that too. And 0:11:05.880 --> 0:11:10.240 something that really resonated with me the other day is 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:14.480 I'm actually reading this book called Good Vibes, Good Life 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:20.600 by Vex King. If you guys saw my baby moon, 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:25.200 which guys, we were, Oh my god, we were so lucky. 0:11:26.000 --> 0:11:31.280 We me and Tim had our baby moon at Hayman 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:35.280 and Hamilton Island in the Sundays, which is a very 0:11:35.320 --> 0:11:39.280 special place to us because that's actually where we conceived 0:11:39.559 --> 0:11:43.840 our first baby that ended in a miscarriage, and so 0:11:43.960 --> 0:11:46.839 we wanted to have our baby moon here for this 0:11:46.920 --> 0:11:53.440 little girl. And we literally left, We left, you know, 0:11:53.600 --> 0:11:56.600 Brisbane Gold Coast where we lived, went up to Hamilton 0:11:56.679 --> 0:12:02.760 Island two days before us snap lockdown, and so obviously 0:12:02.800 --> 0:12:04.640 we had no idea about the lockdown. It was a 0:12:04.679 --> 0:12:09.560 snap lockdown, and we were in the timeframe where we 0:12:09.640 --> 0:12:13.520 could still you know, travel and whatnot. Obviously we were 0:12:13.520 --> 0:12:15.920 not gonna come home because we would have lost all 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:20.160 our accommodation and flights and whatnot, and we were following 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:23.680 all COVID you know rules up there, and it was 0:12:23.720 --> 0:12:27.120 just it was so beautiful and it was just exactly 0:12:27.520 --> 0:12:32.240 you know what we needed. Obviously, super weird timing because 0:12:32.280 --> 0:12:35.280 then where we lived, you know, went on lockdown, and 0:12:35.320 --> 0:12:39.320 I could just imagine so many people having to you know, 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:42.439 cancel special events and not you know, go to things 0:12:42.440 --> 0:12:44.880 that were really special to them. So it was, you 0:12:44.920 --> 0:12:48.200 know like I felt kind of guilty the whole time, 0:12:48.240 --> 0:12:51.520 but it was lovely. And so I started reading this 0:12:51.520 --> 0:12:54.480 book on our baby moon. You may have seen it 0:12:54.480 --> 0:12:57.640 on my socials, and I have loved it. It's very 0:12:57.720 --> 0:13:01.320 like if you just love, you know, so positive. It's 0:13:01.320 --> 0:13:07.160 a very lighthearted, positive read about manifesting, and yeah, I 0:13:07.520 --> 0:13:11.559 really enjoyed it. So I'm right towards the end of 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:16.800 the book and there's a chapter called faith verse Fear, 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:20.800 and this is something that I've been thinking about a lot, 0:13:20.840 --> 0:13:23.080 and I want to just start with a quote. So 0:13:23.600 --> 0:13:25.679 this is from the book, and it just says, no 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:30.280 matter how much you worry your problem isn't going to improve. 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:35.160 Be wiser with your attention and energy, you can only 0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:39.440 step up in a world once you put your anxieties, fears, 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:44.760 and worries under your feet. And I guess I loved 0:13:44.880 --> 0:13:49.080 this because, like I said, I feel like there just 0:13:49.400 --> 0:13:53.880 is so much fear happening right now. Every time I open, 0:13:54.040 --> 0:13:57.800 you know, my social media, I see, you know, the 0:13:57.840 --> 0:14:01.960 amount of COVID cases go up, or something's happening, and 0:14:02.120 --> 0:14:05.360 obviously we need to know what's happening in the world. 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:10.960 Like I'm very realistic in regards to I still follow 0:14:11.160 --> 0:14:15.600 you know, news pages and whatnot, but it just it 0:14:15.760 --> 0:14:19.600 feels like a lot this has been happening for such 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:24.240 a long time, and I feel like fear it has 0:14:24.400 --> 0:14:28.760 kind of become our dominant muscle. So if you think 0:14:28.800 --> 0:14:32.720 about it, it takes just as much energy, like if 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:36.440 you're in a situation where something you know is going 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:42.320 wrong or it's not necessarily positive, but it does take 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:48.400 basically the same energy to think negatively to fall into 0:14:48.480 --> 0:14:51.880 that kind of fear trap then it does to think 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:57.680 positively to be optimistic. But I feel like fear and 0:14:57.760 --> 0:15:02.480 falling into that, you know, fear side is just so 0:15:02.760 --> 0:15:05.600 dominant right now, and I even find myself doing it. 0:15:05.640 --> 0:15:08.360 And that's what I mean like with me having these 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:14.280 weird feelings just because of everything happening, I'm noticing I'm 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:20.400 in this like weird, negative, fearful mindset. And it's kind 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:24.320 of like you know, and this is even just with 0:15:24.520 --> 0:15:28.840 current world events, but even fear to get out of 0:15:28.880 --> 0:15:33.240 your comfort zone, fear to do something new to you know, 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:37.080 whatever it is of leave a bad relationship or leave 0:15:37.120 --> 0:15:41.400 a job, or go out and do something. I feel 0:15:41.400 --> 0:15:46.320 like fear can almost be the dominating side. And in 0:15:46.360 --> 0:15:50.720 saying that, I totally know it can be demanding to 0:15:51.000 --> 0:15:54.240 show faith because if you think about it, like I said, 0:15:54.320 --> 0:15:56.400 even though it takes the same energy, I feel like 0:15:56.440 --> 0:16:00.400 we're almost programmed to resort to the fear side. And 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:04.240 that's very much. That's a human thing and that you know, 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:08.880 we need that it helps us stay safe from physical harm. 0:16:08.920 --> 0:16:11.880 Like you know, we need fear because then it tells 0:16:11.960 --> 0:16:13.880 us not to run off the cliff or not to 0:16:13.960 --> 0:16:19.080 do something dangerous, and in those situations it's so necessary. 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:24.240 But I think I even have like felt myself, I'm 0:16:24.320 --> 0:16:28.480 continuing to choosing the fear and then the fear muscle 0:16:28.560 --> 0:16:34.880 gets stronger. Okay, r n C fam, We're taking a 0:16:35.000 --> 0:16:38.440 quick break and I want to ask you, guys, are 0:16:38.520 --> 0:16:42.800 you getting your daily recommended intake of three fruits and 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:51.600 five veggies? No? Sometimes maybe I feel you on this. Wow. So, 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:55.200 in a perfect world, we are getting all our vitamin 0:16:55.520 --> 0:17:00.200 minerals and needs from our food directly. 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Of course, corse this would happen, 0:20:02.200 --> 0:20:06.800 And it can take a lot more energy to be like, no, 0:20:07.040 --> 0:20:09.760 it's going to be fine. It's going to be better 0:20:09.800 --> 0:20:14.040 than fine. You know, good things are actually going to happen. 0:20:14.280 --> 0:20:19.240 I totally realized that doesn't sound sorry, that isn't like 0:20:19.400 --> 0:20:23.840 our natural thing to do. But can we start leaning 0:20:23.880 --> 0:20:28.440 into that? Because if you think about it, what you know, 0:20:28.560 --> 0:20:33.000 what you think, and what you feel, it expands it. 0:20:33.640 --> 0:20:36.800 You know, the whole our thoughts are creating our reality. 0:20:37.280 --> 0:20:42.359 So if we're constantly feeding into the fearful thought, can 0:20:42.440 --> 0:20:47.320 you not see how that would then expand and become 0:20:47.400 --> 0:20:51.320 your reality. So I'm saying, let's switch it over. Let's 0:20:51.359 --> 0:20:56.119 actually feed into the faith muscle. Let's actually you know 0:20:56.400 --> 0:21:00.600 the whole see the glass half full, not half empty. 0:21:01.240 --> 0:21:05.800 And when things happen actually go you know, this is 0:21:05.840 --> 0:21:09.199 so fine. Life is happening for me, not to me. 0:21:10.000 --> 0:21:14.040 I am going to choose faith. And a great example 0:21:14.080 --> 0:21:17.000 of this is I think I've told this story in 0:21:17.040 --> 0:21:23.000 the podcast before, but when COVID first hit, you know, 0:21:23.040 --> 0:21:26.040 at the start of last year in twenty twenty, when 0:21:26.040 --> 0:21:28.240 it was all going down and there was talks of 0:21:28.320 --> 0:21:35.359 lockdown and things happening, I was so fear based, like 0:21:35.640 --> 0:21:39.720 you know, the news, everything that was happening. Naked Harvest 0:21:39.840 --> 0:21:42.960 was just a baby company we had, you know, just 0:21:43.000 --> 0:21:46.879 got this warehouse, we got this team. And I was 0:21:46.920 --> 0:21:50.439 so fearful, being you know, a small business owner and 0:21:50.480 --> 0:21:53.960 being like, holy hell, what does this mean? And I 0:21:54.280 --> 0:21:56.879 remember my two best friends had been to the beach 0:21:57.000 --> 0:21:59.280 and then they came over to my house after because 0:21:59.320 --> 0:22:01.440 I live close to the beach, just on their way home, 0:22:02.280 --> 0:22:05.640 and I broke down crying, and I was just like, 0:22:05.880 --> 0:22:08.479 I'm just so scared. I don't know what's going to happen, 0:22:09.160 --> 0:22:12.159 like what does this mean for naked harvest? And it 0:22:12.280 --> 0:22:16.360 was interesting because my best friend who was actually just 0:22:16.400 --> 0:22:20.160 starting her crystal business. So shout out to my best 0:22:20.200 --> 0:22:24.760 friend Licinda. She she has a crystal business called Core 0:22:24.840 --> 0:22:27.919 Crystal Coat. You've probably heard me seek about it a 0:22:27.920 --> 0:22:31.320 lot and seeing it on my socials, but she was 0:22:31.560 --> 0:22:34.040 just about to start Core Crystal Coat. And I remember 0:22:34.080 --> 0:22:36.200 asking her and being like, you know, are you worried? 0:22:36.280 --> 0:22:40.560 Are you stressing? And it's so funny because her perspective, 0:22:41.160 --> 0:22:45.240 even though we were both in the same situation, if 0:22:45.320 --> 0:22:49.760 not hers, you know, she wasn't even an established business 0:22:49.800 --> 0:22:55.720 like she was very much in a similar position, and 0:22:56.280 --> 0:23:01.920 her perspective was, no, I'm not worried at all. If anything, 0:23:02.160 --> 0:23:04.119 this just means, you know, people are going to be 0:23:04.240 --> 0:23:06.880 on their phones more. It means people are not going 0:23:06.920 --> 0:23:10.040 to be in stores and they're going to be shopping online. 0:23:10.280 --> 0:23:13.159 And you know she was doing and she has an 0:23:13.240 --> 0:23:17.200 e commerce business. And it was just so interesting because 0:23:17.280 --> 0:23:22.160 my perspective was so fear based that it fed into 0:23:22.200 --> 0:23:26.680 my anxiety. It fed into these feelings that things weren't 0:23:26.720 --> 0:23:28.959 going to happen. And like I said, like I was crying. 0:23:29.000 --> 0:23:32.040 I was like, quite in a state. And then you 0:23:32.119 --> 0:23:36.560 have her in a similar position, if not like in 0:23:36.600 --> 0:23:40.480 a lesser position to me, and she was so optimistic 0:23:40.600 --> 0:23:44.680 and she chose faith. She's like, no, this is actually 0:23:44.720 --> 0:23:47.320 going to work out for the better. You know, we 0:23:47.440 --> 0:23:50.400 might have to stay home, but this and that, and 0:23:50.760 --> 0:23:53.120 I just always think back to that and just think, 0:23:53.240 --> 0:23:58.040 in every situation, even though we don't have control of 0:23:58.119 --> 0:24:02.400 what will happen, we do have control of how we 0:24:02.520 --> 0:24:06.439 feel and how we let this situation make us feel. 0:24:07.240 --> 0:24:12.000 So I just wanted to come on here and say, guys, 0:24:12.800 --> 0:24:17.679 can we choose faith over fear? And also, like faith, 0:24:18.280 --> 0:24:24.280 it doesn't necessarily make things easier, but it makes things possible. Like, 0:24:24.320 --> 0:24:28.719 could you imagine if Liscinda back then had the same 0:24:29.160 --> 0:24:35.120 mentality as me, and you know, was crippled by anxiety 0:24:35.280 --> 0:24:38.760 about what was going to happen, maybe she wouldn't have 0:24:38.880 --> 0:24:42.640 even started her crystal business. You know, maybe she wouldn't 0:24:42.680 --> 0:24:45.760 even have taken those steps because she was so riddled 0:24:45.760 --> 0:24:50.040 with fear. And now she, you know, her crystal business 0:24:50.119 --> 0:24:53.400 is doing so well. She quit her full time job. 0:24:53.520 --> 0:24:56.200 She has a little baby girl who's one years old, 0:24:56.400 --> 0:24:59.840 and you know that's that's her you know side hustle 0:24:59.840 --> 0:25:04.040 that she uses and it's going so well. And imagine 0:25:04.080 --> 0:25:08.199 if she had let fear win. And so this is 0:25:08.680 --> 0:25:11.120 this is you know, the whole point of this episode 0:25:11.600 --> 0:25:16.560 is if you're struggling with if you're struggling with fear, 0:25:17.359 --> 0:25:22.520 I want you to question why and really have a 0:25:22.640 --> 0:25:26.879 think and say, can I actually lean more into my 0:25:27.000 --> 0:25:32.359 faith muscle? Can I see things differently? And also when 0:25:32.560 --> 0:25:35.520 I'm in a weird, funky mood, I almost say this 0:25:35.560 --> 0:25:39.200 little prayer to myself and I, you know, close my eyes. 0:25:39.280 --> 0:25:41.520 I get into a meditative state, and I'm kind of like, 0:25:42.320 --> 0:25:46.520 I choose to see this differently and I just repeat 0:25:46.560 --> 0:25:48.959 that and then I leave it, and I kind of 0:25:49.040 --> 0:25:52.359 I wait for a new perspective to come over. I 0:25:52.400 --> 0:25:56.840 know that sounds we wait, but it works for me. Also, 0:25:57.000 --> 0:25:59.720 I guess, like, you know, I don't want to sit 0:25:59.760 --> 0:26:02.879 here and say just be optimistic and don't feel your 0:26:02.880 --> 0:26:08.120 feelings like we're we're not about toxic positivity. It's we're 0:26:08.119 --> 0:26:11.160 allowed to have these feelings and you want to feel them, 0:26:11.240 --> 0:26:14.920 and you want to you know, let them come up 0:26:15.160 --> 0:26:18.600 and feel them so you don't suppress them but I 0:26:18.640 --> 0:26:22.720 think sometimes we also can get in a pattern where 0:26:22.800 --> 0:26:26.919 we just resort to fear, we don't even give faith 0:26:27.720 --> 0:26:32.639 the possibility, and that is then what would then attract 0:26:32.840 --> 0:26:36.359 more fear, And then you know, our whole thoughts create 0:26:36.600 --> 0:26:40.240 our reality. It's kind of like this negative loop. So 0:26:40.840 --> 0:26:44.400 can you is something happening right now where you are 0:26:44.520 --> 0:26:48.119 maybe you know, leaning into the fear, leaning into that negativity, 0:26:48.320 --> 0:26:50.840 and can you just stop that thought and just think, 0:26:51.400 --> 0:26:54.439 can I see this in a different way? Can I 0:26:54.680 --> 0:26:58.120 choose a new perspective? And that's like even I went 0:26:58.160 --> 0:27:00.800 for a walk with a girlfriend this morning, and you know, 0:27:00.880 --> 0:27:05.200 without getting into it too much because it's also very 0:27:05.200 --> 0:27:08.480 personal for her, but I said to her, you know, 0:27:08.600 --> 0:27:10.520 she's kind of in a situation it's a bit of 0:27:10.520 --> 0:27:14.800 a waiting game, and something bad might happen. And I 0:27:14.840 --> 0:27:20.720 said to her, look, until you know you have evidence 0:27:21.280 --> 0:27:25.960 that that bad thing is happening, that it's happened, don't 0:27:26.000 --> 0:27:29.439 feed into that, Like you can't let that win because 0:27:29.480 --> 0:27:33.320 it's it's like that thing might not even happen, but 0:27:33.359 --> 0:27:36.440 you're even making it like it has happened, if that 0:27:36.520 --> 0:27:42.240 makes sense. And yeah, and also I think when we 0:27:43.280 --> 0:27:47.920 constantly think of the what ifs in a fearful, negative 0:27:48.000 --> 0:27:52.080 way that just leads to anxiety. I'm definitely someone who 0:27:52.080 --> 0:27:55.639 gets anxiety, and I know, once I start going, but 0:27:55.680 --> 0:27:58.520 what if this happens? And then but then this could 0:27:58.600 --> 0:28:02.320 go wrong. It's like rabbit hole and you just get deeper. 0:28:02.840 --> 0:28:05.800 And so something I try and do, like I was 0:28:05.840 --> 0:28:08.800 just saying, is kind of going, well, the evidence right 0:28:08.880 --> 0:28:12.480 now is you know this, and that I don't have 0:28:12.600 --> 0:28:17.560