A Nervous First-Time Visitor: A Tale of Anxiety, Self-Doubt & the Courage to Be Seen

Have you ever stood outside a door, heart racing, unsure if you could walk in?

In this heartfelt episode of Whispering From the Rowan Tree, Nell Rowan welcomes A Nervous First-Time Visitor — a man named Oliver, whose life has been shaped by self-doubt, watchfulness, and the quiet cost of nervousness carried since childhood.

What begins as a simple tarot reading becomes something deeper: not prophecy, but reflection — a mirror held up to the ways nervousness shapes who we are, how we love, and how we learn to trust ourselves again.

In this story, you’ll experience:

• A deeply relatable portrait of anxiety and self-doubt

• How childhood survival instincts follow us into adult life

• A tarot reading that reveals nervousness not as weakness, but as memory

• A quiet, healing conversation on self-trust and the bravery of showing up

• A soothing visualization to help you feel seen, safe, and enough

This episode is for anyone who has ever felt “too much” or “not enough,” for those who second-guess themselves in silence, and for anyone longing to know: you are not alone in your nervousness.

Press play, settle in, and let this story remind you that being here — exactly as you are — is already brave.