If you're always bracing for something to go wrong—especially when things are finally going right—this episode is for you. I'm unpacking why expansion can feel more dangerous than struggle, not because anything is wrong, but because your Automatic Mind mistakes unfamiliar safety for threat and pulls you back into the identity that once kept you alive.

We'll explore how your Inner Critic turns protection into limitation, why your nervous system rehearses loss before joy can land, and what it really means to separate who you are from the patterns that helped you survive.

✨ Tune in to learn how to stop mistaking fear for truth, release the identity built around bracing, and step into the life that's been calling you with clarity, self-trust, and grounded courage—one conscious choice at a time.

Your weekly reflection questions:

• Where in my life am I bracing for something bad to happen, and how might that be an old survival identity—not my true self—running the show?

• What part of my personality have I mistaken for "who I am" that may actually be a brilliant adaptation to a past wound?

• If I stopped letting fear and familiarity decide for me, what expanded version of my life would I feel called to move toward right now—even with fear present?

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