How to Stop Overthinking and Start Moving Forward with Dr Shadé Zahrai #608

Our self image is the blueprint of our entire lives. If you do not believe you are worthy, capable, have some degree of power, you either will not try or you will sabotage yourself because when you hit a roadblock, you'll say, see? Told you so. So we need to imagine that our self image, our limiting beliefs are the pot that we have planted ourselves into. The issue is that when we're in that pot, that's all we see. But all you need to do sometimes is recognize you're in a pot, Move yourself to a bigger pot, or better yet, plant yourself in open soil. Hey, guys. How are you doing? Hope you're having a good week so far. My name is doctor Rangan Chatterjee, and this is my podcast, Feel Better, Live More. Many of us want to feel calmer, have better health, and ultimately live a more meaningful life. Yet so often, we hesitate, overthink, or delay making the changes we know that would really help. Well, this week's guest believes that what holds us back is not a lack of motivation or confidence, but a lack of self trust, which is the foundation that shapes everything from our habits to our relationships. Doctor Sadeh Ziray is a behavioral researcher, award winning educator, and leading authority on confidence and self doubt. In her brand new book, Big Trust, Rewire Self Doubt, Find Your Confidence and Fuel Success, her message is really simple. We need to stop getting in our own way, loosen the grip of self doubt, and learn how to back ourselves when it really counts. During our conversation, we discuss why self trust sits at the heart of confidence, action, and meaningful change, The four key attributes that make up self trust, acceptance, agency, autonomy, and adaptability. How repeatedly breaking promises to ourselves erodes our identity. Why small daily actions become meaningful proof points of who we want to become, how comparison and people pleasing are signs of low self acceptance, and why confidence is not the starting point, but the result of action and evidence. Shanae believes that we are not defined by our doubts, but by the choices we make when doubts appears. And this conversation offers a compassionate and practical guide to strengthening the trust we place in ourselves, which in turn opens the door to everything worthwhile, closer relationships, better health, and a happy and contented life. In one of your social media posts recently, you wrote this. Over the last ten years, I've learned that self trust is the ultimate life enhancer, performance amplifier, and success multiplier. It separates those who do from those who wish. What is self trust and why is it so important? So in order to explain self trust, I have to take it a few steps back. So Rangan, let me ask you a question. Without thinking about it too hard, what would you say is the opposite of self doubt, which we know …