With just over half the country vaccinated, there's lots of room to talk about why more people are not getting the shots. Many express FEAR of the COVID-19 vaccine. While the reasons range from simple to extreme, we're talking about a myriad of vaccine fears on this in-depth and important episode with guests Dr. Jess Steier, public health scientist, CEO of Vital Statistics Consulting and co-host of Unbiased Science podcast and her ER physician husband Dr. Ethan Chapin.

Dr. Chapin talks about what he's witnessing in his Florida emergency room, what patients are telling him about why they refuse to get vaccinated, and the moral and emotional dilemmas he deals with everyday. Dr. Steier talks about the vaccination science, if the pandemic will ever be gone and much more. No politics, just science. Be sure to tune in!

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Survivors of narcissistic relationships often experience some residual goop left over from the relationship like fear, anxiety, and PTSD sparked from the days, weeks, months, and years of abuse. But writing her first book, Married to a Narcissist: Enduring the Struggle and Finding You Again, host Catenya McHenry says was a cathartic experience helping her to slowly heal. This podcast has also provided healing from the pain and has empowered her to speak about the experience without tears but with more peace and wisdom.

In this very personal episode though, she shares one of her fears and a short chapter titled "The Grip of Fear," from her second book she's in process of writing. It expresses the electric shock of fear to the heart, body, and soul. Catenya also talks about how she broke the bounds of fear and anger and she offers guidance to her listeners on how they too can experience the joy and happiness of a liberated life.

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"Change is inevitable," says Radical Forgiveness Expert Kym Kennedy. "It's something that's going to happen no matter what and the better we are at adapting to whatever changes come, the more successful we'll be. If you are doing the same thing all the time, you're not growing."

Change is not only inevitable, it's also something that frightens a lot of people. And in this pandemic season, change has been forced on everyone. Some are handling it without resistance, and others, not so much. On this new episode, we're talking about why change is fearful.

Audience favorite Kym Kennedy returns in season two to talk about the change she's experiencing and she talks through how others can experience the positive side of change.

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Scrolling social media can sometimes cause one to feel horrible about themselves because it's easy to get swept up in self-doubt, professional doubt, and depression when looking at what other people are doing or how they portray to be living their lives. Imposter syndrome will trick us into believing others are doing extraordinary things and we're not. On this new episode with CEO of Lamik Beauty Kim Roxie, we discuss adopting the belief that not all of what you see is real and if it is, so what, we are all on our own paths and our own journey.

"When we're talking about looking at all these things and fearing that we're not where we're supposed to be compared to someone else, I have to check myself and remember that's not my calling and I should be rooting for that other person and be their biggest cheerleader," says Roxie. "In order for me to reveal the beauty of women, I've got to cleanse and detox on jealousy and envy everyday."

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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 3.9 million Americans quit their job in June 2021 and our next podcast guest, Deseré Cross Ward has joined the movement- what's been dubbed as The Great Resignation. She was a popular previous guest, whose episode Fear of Speaking Out was No.1 for weeks. Deseré returns to talk about the next chapter in her journey, why she quit her job - but not without fear- and how she's encouraging others to find their inner peace and joy.

"At the end of the day, it comes down to self-love, says Deseré. "Do you love yourself enough to change your situation, do you love yourself enough to free yourself from what you're experiencing, so that you can experience joy, so that you can experience the greater that God has for you?"

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Fuck Fear host Catenya McHenry says she's often felt anxiety after applying for a job, afraid that she's going to hear a 'no' and be turned down. In this episode, she expresses she's felt the same fear as a serial entrepreneur and communications consultant pursuing a big contract, new client, or even wholesale orders for her sock company SoleMate Sox.

"I'm constantly questioning myself and wondering 'do they like me, 'am I what they're looking for, is my rate too high, and will I even hear back.'"

In this new episode, she talks honestly and candidly about her fears as an employee and entrepreneur. She also gives tips on how to step into your badass nature with confidence in hopes that those in The Great Resignation movement can find something relatable.

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"We are fearful of things like rejection, failure and anything that will alter our self-concepts, we are really good at imagining our best selves and anything that will detract to that, will give us a lot of anxiety which we experience," says Bermiss.

Have you just gone through evaluation season at work? If it caused stress, anxiety and fear, you should definitely listen to this episode as my guest, Sekou Bermiss explains the why. He is an associate professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flager Business School. He studies management, people analytics, managing human capital, organizational theory and design and has a deep understanding about why workers sometimes are afraid of being evaluated and fear related to the performance evaluation.

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"There is no seamless to this, as women and as Black women, we were taught to hold your head up with confidence and just do it, f*ck fear," says guest and serial entrepreneur My-Cherie Haley. "So those times when I felt like I was most weakest and get out of bed and know what my next move would be and didn’t know whether or not I’d be able to make rent that month, I just did it because I know I had to do it."

She's considered brave because she’s changed careers several times and seems to have done it successfully, but if you ask the next F*ck Fear guest My-Cherie Haley, she tells a different story that you should definitely hear on this new episode.

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On this episode, returning guest, Austin-based Life Coach Ellen Torreyson says not living their truth is the No. 1 issue her clients bring to her. 

"They either aren’t living their truth, or they aren’t sure what their truth really is and they feel like something is off and they aren’t sure why, or they recently decided to live their truth and are navigating all the uncertainty, and judgement and fear that comes with that," says Ellen.

If you aren't living your truth in life, love, or in your relationships, Ellen will show you how to work through the fear of figuring it out.

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Many of the fears we face as adults originated from childhood traumas, and if not dealt with, those fears can chase us for years. It's the topic of conversation in this episode with Catenya's cousin Mai Young. The two discuss a number of fears including fear of abandonment stemming from nearly a year that Mai and her three siblings were left home alone by their Mom who suffered from drug addiction. The four missed an entire school year and were later separated and placed in foster care. That trauma, along with many other traumatic incidents throughout her life has induced many of Mai's adult fears but with therapy, she's still learning to work through them in order to live fearlessly.

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