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160: Choosing Yourself Before You Feel Ready: Why Confidence Comes After Action
Episode Description / Show Notes (Amy Porterfield–Style)
What if the moment you’re waiting for — the confidence, the certainty, the permission — never comes?
In this solo episode of Flying Upstream, host Kristin Medeiros explores the deeply human tendency to delay change until we feel ready. Through personal reflection and lived experience, Kristin challenges the belief that confidence must come before action and offers a powerful reframe: most meaningful shifts happen when we choose ourselves before we feel prepared.
She speaks to the quiet inner voice many of us hear but often dismiss — the one that whispers when a life no longer fits, even if everything looks “fine” from the outside. Kristin shares how choosing yourself rarely begins with bold declarations or dramatic changes, but with honesty, self-trust, and the willingness to move forward without guarantees.
This episode is for anyone stuck in waiting mode — waiting to feel braver, more certain, more validated — and wondering why resentment, restlessness, or disconnection keeps growing. It’s an invitation to stop outsourcing your readiness and start listening inward.
Choosing yourself doesn’t promise ease. But not choosing yourself comes at a cost.
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Episode Chapters
00:00 Introduction to choosing yourself
01:01 The waiting game: confidence vs. action
02:54 Recognizing the inner voice
05:22 The gap between decision and action
07:47 Building confidence through action
09:42 The cost of not choosing yourself
10:41 The bravery of quiet choices
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By Kristyn MedeirosEpisode Description / Show Notes (Amy Porterfield–Style)
What if the moment you’re waiting for — the confidence, the certainty, the permission — never comes?
In this solo episode of Flying Upstream, host Kristin Medeiros explores the deeply human tendency to delay change until we feel ready. Through personal reflection and lived experience, Kristin challenges the belief that confidence must come before action and offers a powerful reframe: most meaningful shifts happen when we choose ourselves before we feel prepared.
She speaks to the quiet inner voice many of us hear but often dismiss — the one that whispers when a life no longer fits, even if everything looks “fine” from the outside. Kristin shares how choosing yourself rarely begins with bold declarations or dramatic changes, but with honesty, self-trust, and the willingness to move forward without guarantees.
This episode is for anyone stuck in waiting mode — waiting to feel braver, more certain, more validated — and wondering why resentment, restlessness, or disconnection keeps growing. It’s an invitation to stop outsourcing your readiness and start listening inward.
Choosing yourself doesn’t promise ease. But not choosing yourself comes at a cost.
#PodMatch
Episode Chapters
00:00 Introduction to choosing yourself
01:01 The waiting game: confidence vs. action
02:54 Recognizing the inner voice
05:22 The gap between decision and action
07:47 Building confidence through action
09:42 The cost of not choosing yourself
10:41 The bravery of quiet choices
Subscribe and Stay Connected
Subscribe to the Flying Upstream newsletter and join a growing community of visionary souls, healers, and creatives
https://flying-upstream.kit.com/5a525057c4
Watch this episode on the Flying Upstream YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCru9Sle2Ms_tmgEL_Bo8ZaA
Explore the Flying Upstream Blog
https://flyingupstreamblog.com/blog/
Follow Flying Upstream on social media
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61563051165826
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flyingupstreampodcast/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/flying-upstream-podcast
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@flyingupstream_
SEO Keywords
self-discovery, personal growth, choosing yourself, confidence, authenticity, inner voice, life decisions, Kristin Medeiros, Flying Upstream, self-acceptance