#187: HOW TO STOP CARING WHAT PEOPLE THINK

HOW TO STOP CARING WHAT PEOPLE THINK PODCAST #187 In this week’s episode of Confidence on the Go we’re chatting about: * How to stop wasting so much emotional energy and effort worrying about and caring about what other people think about us * 5 specific ways to start changing how you let people interfere with you living your best life yet and your full version of yourself – how to really live free as who you were created to be * A powerful mantra to use when you find yourself sucked into the siphon of self-comparison and self-doubt that is birthed from worrying about what people think about you Just a quick hello to all of my Keep the Faith listeners out there – thanks for being part of the community of contagious encouragement. SPONSORSHIP NOTE: I am proud to be an educator and consultant for Beautycounter, a B-Corp company on a mission to get safer products into the hands of everyone.   The lack of regulation in the personal care and cosmetic industry is astounding and it is harming our health in very serious ways. We need more voices to join up on our mission. If you want to put your passion to purpose while being generously compensated, then I would love to start a conversation with you about what it means to be involved in the #saferbeauty tribe that is Beautycounter. Join the movement of #betterbeauty and message me via email to make your voice really resonate for a cause. Shop for your own Beautycounter collection at www.beautycounter.com/trishblackwell HOW TO CHANGE YOUR UNBALANCED PATTERNS: Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. –Steve Jobs The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions. –Leonardo da Vinci The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent, when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls. –Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1). Realize that you have no control over what they think (2). Reprioritize what matters to you (3). Refine your definition of success and joy CARING ABOUT WHAT WE CAN’T CONTROL GETS US NOWHERE Makes us feel overwhelmed and helpless Distracts us from being able to live well and in the present Obsesses us on external success standards Creates conflict in what we know to be true and what we live out to be true Keeps us stagnant, never growing and always fearful and on edge internally Misaligns where we get our acceptance and our value 5 WAYS TO START CHANGING AND FINDING FREEDOM: (1). Explore yourself – figure out what you love and trust your interests, your personality, your likes, your gut and your understanding of yourself (2). Adventure outside of your normal circle – it can be suffocating to stay in one’s routine and it subconsciously brainwashes us with a scarcity mindset to believe that we must be like those who are around us because that’s what and how we have to behave to be accepted. Exploring other cultures and places and social circles will free you to realize that in the abundance of people in the world – there is a place that you fit. You fit wherever you are – and though it may not always feel like it, there are plenty of people out there who get you. (3). Figure out what it is you really want in life – how do you define succ...