971 | Writing Your Book Without Guilt or Fear

What if the thing you keep avoiding is actually the doorway to your next level?

In this solo episode, you pull back the curtain on the internal resistance that shows up when growth is knocking. This is an honest, grounded conversation about the tension between comfort and expansion, the stories we cling to, and the subtle ways we sabotage the very things we say we want.

You explore what it really means to take responsibility for your life without shame, how to recognize when you’re playing small, and why clarity often comes after action, not before it.

This one is reflective, direct, and quietly activating.

Highlights

(02:14) – You open with the tension between knowing what you want and still hesitating to move toward it.

(05:37) – The difference between being productive and actually being aligned with your bigger vision.

(09:52) – How fear often shows up dressed as “logic” and convinces you to delay the very thing that would grow you.

(14:08) – The identity shift required when you decide you’re no longer available for your old patterns.

(18:26) – Why waiting to feel fully ready is a trap and how readiness is created through action.

(23:41) – The subtle ways high-capacity people self-sabotage while calling it responsibility.

(28:55) – What it looks like to take ownership without spiraling into shame.

(33:12) – The uncomfortable truth about outgrowing versions of yourself that once kept you safe.

(38:47) – How clarity tends to arrive after movement, not before it.

(44:03) – The moment you realize discomfort is actually evidence of expansion.

(49:18) – Reclaiming self-trust by making and honoring decisions, even small ones.

(54:36) – The closing invitation to stop negotiating with your potential and choose differently.

Marsha Vanwynsberghe — NLP Storytelling Trainer, OUTSPOKEN NLP Coaching Certification, Author, Speaker, and Podcaster

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