BEYOND AVOIDANCE: Cultivating Courage for a Bigger Life

About this episode

This episode explores how avoidance limits potential and how to cultivate courage to overcome it.

"Text us your thoughts and questions!" Are you living a smaller life than you want because avoidance has become your default? In this episode, we explore how our ancient brain wiring keeps us "safe" but limits our potential - and most importantly, how to cultivate the courage to expand beyond those limitations. 🧠 What You'll Learn: Why your brain treats networking events like saber-toothed tiger attacks The hidden cost of avoidance (spoiler: it creates more anxiety, not less) How to tell the...

People in this episode

Hosts: Karen Lee Lynskey, Christina Caro

Topics covered

• courage
• avoidance
• personal growth
• brain wiring
• anxiety
• networking

Keywords

• avoidance
• courage
• anxiety
• personal development
• brain
• networking

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