What Self-Trust Really Is + How to Build It

Описание: You can doubt yourself and still trust yourself, and understanding this changes everything. If you've been stuck in a loop of knowing what to do but not doing it, beating yourself up, pushing through exhaustion, or repeating the same patterns, this episode explains what's really going on and what to do about it.
This is the finale of an 8-part series exploring the questions people are really asking about mental health, Self-Love, and building confidence from the inside out. Everything in this series has been building to this moment. The stuckness, the knowing-doing gap, the fragile confidence, the inner critic, the exhaustion, the anxiety during calm, the repeating patterns - all of it was pointing to one thing: self-trust. And in this episode, you'll discover you've already been building it.

In this episode, you'll learn:
• Why self-trust is deeper than confidence, and the crucial difference between the two
• How you can doubt yourself and still trust yourself and why this reframe changes everything
• The powerful difference between discomfort and pain, and why understanding this is essential for personal growth
• Why building new neural pathways, quieting your inner critic, and breaking old patterns all take time, patience, and consistency
• How every tool in this 8-part series was quietly building your self-trust without you realizing it
• The final Tiny Tool: One Daily Act of Staying with Myself, a practice of choosing to stay with yourself instead of abandoning yourself

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:28 - Series recap (Part 8 of 8, the finale)
02:19 - When was the last time you did something with no guarantee?
02:49 - My story: starting this podcast with no audience and no guarantees
03:48 - My story: losing my job and trusting myself through the unknown
05:16 - What self-trust is NOT - it's not confidence, certainty, or the absence of doubt
06:14 - You can doubt yourself and still trust yourself
06:43 - What self-trust actually IS: the willingness to stay with yourself
07:13 - How every episode in this series was an act of self-trust
08:38 - The difference between discomfort and pain
09:36 - Discomfort is what happens when we grow
10:35 - It gets easier: patience, consistency, and the richness on the other side
11:35 - Why all of this takes time and why you matter enough to take that time
13:01 - Tiny Tool: One Daily Act of Staying with Myself
14:24 - The 7 tools from this series are yours to use
15:20 - This 8-part series as a self-contained collection
15:56 - The question that started it all was already an act of self-trust
17:05 - Share this series and sign-off

Resources Mentioned:
• 8-Part Series Collection (Episodes 61-68): From Stuckness to Self-Trust
• Episode 61: Feeling Stuck When Nothing's Wrong - Tiny Tool: Honest Naming
• Episode 62: The Knowing-Doing Gap - Tiny Tool: The Next Right Thing
• Episode 63: Confidence That Feels Hard - Tiny Tool: Counting What Counts
• Episode 64: The Inner Critic - Tiny Tool: The Update
• Episode 65: Exhaustion and Nervous System Safety - Tiny Tool: Micro Moments of Safety
• Episode 66: Anxiety During Calm - Tiny Tool: The Arrival
• Episode 67: Repeating Patterns -Tiny Tool: The Rerun Reset

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