We all know these voices…they are constantly chirping away at us. For some, they voices are loud and paralyzing. For others, they are a faint noise that shows up in moments of uncertainly. They trap us in our comfort zone and keep us from fully experiencing the life we want to live.
Laurence Boldt wrote a short book (“How to Find the Work You Love ”) that is full of endless wisdom. Voices of doubt are public enemy number one. There are four main voices, doom and gloom, conformity, self-diminishment, and idle complaint.
Boldt frames this discussion beautifully by identifying the fear associated with the voice of doubt and providing a way to overcome your voices of doubt.
| Voice of Doubt | Fears About | Creative Response |
| Doom and Gloom | Financial Security | Trust Yourself |
| Conformity | Straying from the Pack | Free Yourself |
| Self-Diminishment | Not Being Good Enough | Express Yourself |
| Idle Complaint | Taking Responsibility | Challenge Yourself |
I would venture to say that we have all experienced each one of these voices many times in our lives.
Take trust for instance. Do you trust yourself?
We welcome what we allow. We resent what we resist. Trusting ourselves gives us the courage to face our challenges and obstacles. We are able to take risks and make our dreams come alive. Trust removes our resistance and allow us to live.
Why do we choose to resist when we can allow something new to emerge in our lives?
When you have complete trust, you have complete confidence in every decision you make for yourself. Without much thought, you know what is in your best interest and what is not. The voices of doubt chatter is what stops us from taking action to achieve what we desire.
The secret to moving past these voices of doubt is to avoid being trapped by the toxicity of these negative energy patterns. If we cannot mute the volume, then we need to turn the volume down low. We can learn to adjust the volume by allowing our creative juices to flow. We can choose to allow ourselves to experience more joy in our lives.
Can you imagine a life where every decision is fully supporting what is best for you?
Utopian maybe, but it would sure be fun to live every day in that flow.
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