Welcome back to the Awakening Her Podcast! Today we're talking about a very specific feeling - being Scared-cited — that place where you're excited about something, but you're also terrified.
You know the thing. The business you want to start. The offer you want to launch. The book you want to write. The health habits you know would change your life. The next chapter quietly calling your name. It's so exciting but also terrifying. You're Scared-cited.
You can feel the possibility. You can see the vision. And yet every time you think about moving forward, your nervous system lights up. Suddenly you're overthinking, procrastinating, avoiding, researching, preparing, questioning yourself, or convincing yourself you just need a little more clarity.
If that sounds familiar, this episode is for you.
We'll talk about:
• What it means to be Scared-Cited
• Why fear and excitement often arrive together
• How your nervous system responds to growth and change
• The hidden ways fear shows up through procrastination, perfectionism, overthinking, and avoidance
• Why "just push through" often doesn't work
• The importance of building self-trust and emotional capacity
• How to move forward without needing the whole plan
• The difference between forcing action and taking aligned action
• Why confidence grows through movement, not before it
• The simple framework I use with clients to move through resistance and into momentum
Mentioned in This Episode...
Scared-cited - A 4-Week Accelerator For The Moment When You’re On The Edge Of Something Big - And It's Kinda Scary! In this program, we will turn overwhelm, overthinking, and possibility spirals into clarity, confidence, and forward movement. You will get personal coaching, education, tools and accountability as you move forward toward "the thing"!
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📖 Book - The Delicate Art Of Transformation - Personal growth is anything but delicate and straight forward but through ironic laughter, sheddings, spontaneous breakthroughs, twisted detours, and the messy, gooey beauty of becoming — this book meets you where you are and guides you forward. In a world obsessed with hustle, reinvention, and constant self-improvement, this book invites you to dive into the natural pattern of growth and moving forward - just like the butterfly.
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Work With Me: This is exactly what I support my clients with — helping self-aware people stop living in their heads and start moving forward in real life, by turning insight into action and possibility into reality. Please send me a DM on Instagram or email me at support@taliajoymanifestation.com and let's chat about mentorship.
If this episode resonated with you and you’re in a season of transition, expansion, or reinvention, you’ll feel deeply at home in my work.
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