#52 Ten Lessons From Launching A Podcast And Learning To Live With Courage

Ever notice how “I’ll start when I feel ready” quietly turns into never? We’re celebrating a full year of weekly publishing with ten hard-won lessons about choosing courage over comfort, plus a bonus that changes how we lead at home and at work. From battling resistance that looks suspiciously like reorganizing the laundry drawer to recording on the road with imperfect gear, Sharon pulls back the curtain on what it really takes to build momentum and keep going.

We unpack why confidence shows up after the reps, not before; how commitment removes the exit ramp; and why mindset outperforms skill set when life gets messy. You’ll hear practical ways to detach from other people’s opinions, reframe confusion with “everything is figureoutable,” and make “ready” a decision rather than a feeling. Along the way, we explore growth as a whole-person shift: when you step forward in one area, your identity expands and the ripple touches marriage, parenting, prayer, and purpose.

If you’ve been craving a nudge to start the thing—applying for the job, having the hard talk, rebuilding a habit, or launching your own creative project—this conversation gives you a simple map: expect resistance, begin messy, keep your promise, seek wisdom, and welcome discomfort as the price of transformation. The closing charge is personal and urgent: go first, go often, and go on purpose. Subscribe, leave a review, and share this with a friend who needs a loving push. What’s the one step you’ll take today?

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Transcript

One Year And Why It Matters

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Hello and welcome to my podcast. My name is Jaren Murphy, and I'm a certified life and mindset coach, and I help women who stick to be happy and holy. Each week I'll bring you tools and insights to help you on your journey to the heights. I'm so glad you're here. Hey everybody, welcome back. I am super, super pumped to be with you today, and that is that's honestly not, it's not some line that I'm just throwing at you to try and get you excited about the episode. I am really, really excited. And the reason I'm really excited is because it has been exactly one year this week since I started my podcast. Yes, last February, I think it was the 27th when it was released. But basically it's a year. And you know, I have this thing with time. If you've been listening to me at all, I have a I talk about scarcity and how we we deal with scarcity in our lives, and we really want to be moving to a place of living and abundance because it affects how we we do everything in our lives, the decisions we make. But I have an issue with time. I have a scarcity with time, and I know this when I'm working on it, so bear with me. But I feel like time is just flying by, like there's never enough time. And so when I think about the fact that it's been a year, there's parts of me think, I cannot believe it has been a year. And yet when I think about all of the work I've put in, it feels like even longer than that. But what I want to do today is I want to just share with you. I've been thinking about what I wanted to do when I got to my one year point. And I think that I just want to kind of do a recap of what I've learned and what it has meant to me, some of the things that I've learned along the way. And so that's what I want to share with you today, because it's not just about the podcasting, it's about lessons that I've learned in life and that I think will be very valuable, hopefully valuable to you as well. So I'm gonna get right into them because I have a few of them. I was deciding how many I wanted to go with, and my mind, you know, being the kind of person I am, I was coming up with like 15 or 20, and then I was thinking maybe five. So I settled on 10. So we're gonna go with 10 lessons that I learned. I tried to group them together. So the first one is the first lesson I learned is that when you commit to something, you will meet resistance. And what do I mean by that? Life will get in the way. Life will get in the way. You're gonna experience doubts, you're gonna have things that'll pull your attention in other areas. You'll decide that it's the perfect time to reorganize your clutter drawer in your laundry room that may have happened to me. Seriously. You know, all of a sudden it was like, okay, I need to, I'm gonna do this podcast thing. And all of a sudden, my mind was like, boy, our laundry room is really messy. I think I should really probably start cleaning out those drawers. And that's what resistance does. It steps in and it tries to distract you. So we see that a lot when we're trying to set goals, especially at the new year. You know, we we start out real strong and then we get pulled in other ways, or we're we're thought, yeah, it's probably not a good time. So resistance shows up in a lot of ways. You can call it a spiritual attack, you can call it your brain's way of keeping you safe or conserving energy. Either way, just expect it. That's really the point. And again, like I said, it looked like wanting to clean the laundry room, but it also looked like great distractions, kids, family, commitments, things that would gnaw at me in my time. It looked like me, you know, deciding that I wanted to knit on every cool knitting project I had ever seen. You know that I'm a knitter if you know me at all. If you didn't, I'm a knitter, I'm an avid knitter. I don't have nearly enough time for it in my life. I don't make time. See there, I'm back on that time thing. But either way, this is what resistance looks like. Number two, be willing to be bad at first. Often we don't try things, new things, because we've never done them, right? Naturally, and we likely won't be super skilled at them. And so therefore, we're like, well, I don't know how to do it. And really what you're saying is, I don't want to look stupid. I'm gonna be bad at it. It's just feeling that discomfort of not knowing something and recognizing that we're not gonna be super proficient or skilled at it. You know, when we're young, we accept this and because everything's new, right? We're going through school, we're learning things. We understand that we're in a learning phase of our lives, but as we get older, this becomes much more challenging in part because, you know, we get proficient, like I said, in so many areas of our lives. We're good at our work, we're good at managing things. And so to take on something new, it's going to require you to go back and to be a beginner. And that can be tough. For me in podcasting, that looks like sounding bad, bad audio, figuring out how to record and edit and messing up all the things. So if you're just new turning tuning in, you're probably thinking, well, you haven't gotten a whole lot better. But for those of you that have been with me since the beginning, I have improved. At least in in some areas, I'm improving. Let's just say that. So I'm definitely not proficient, but I'm better than I was. I will say that as an honest statement. So thank you for still following me along this path if you've been with me since the beginning. But the point is, is that when you start something, you have to recognize that you're not going to be very great at it. In fact, you might kind of suck. And so just accepting that, and you know, the only way to get to be proficient is to do something and to do it repetitively. So that's number two. Number three is when you're committed, very little can stop you. And I've talked about this before, but when you commit to something, being really committed, it makes all the difference. Because even if you have things that distract you and you want to give up, you know, like if we talked about the resistance coming in, or if you're feeling like I'm not as good as I'd like to be, just talking about that. If you're committed, you're going to find a way through. You're going to do hard things. You're going to push through when resistance pulls at you. You're going to keep going when you fall on your face, because being committed is basically saying it's a done deal. I'm seeing this through. Now we all have these things in our lives already that we're committed to. It might be in your marriage, in your faithful life. It might be committing to being the best parent we can to our kids. We don't just throw in the towel when it gets tough. So I'm just asking you to take the same level of commitment to every area of your lives because it's going to reap great benefits. And that's really the approach I took when I started this. When I began, I committed to I'm going to podcast every single week, release a podcast every single week for a year. And I committed to that. And I held myself to that standard. And there was a lot of times and a lot of weeks where it didn't work out very well. There was times where we were traveling and I needed to record in advance. Sometimes three, four episodes, sometimes they weren't the greatest quality. Sometimes the content wasn't the greatest. Sometimes they were shorter, and I couldn't edit like I wanted to, so on and so forth. This is true in every area of our lives. We all have things that we need to commit to. And there's going to be times where it's not going to it's not going to turn out like we like. It's not going to be easy. But when we're committed to it, we don't give ourselves an out. Number four, it's confidence comes after, not before. Now we all want to feel confident before we try something new. And spoiler alert, this is not the way it works. We think we can work up the confidence to try something new or to do something that we've been avoiding. Maybe it's just like having a difficult conversation with somebody, and we've been putting it off, and we just feel like I just want to feel more confident, or it's going after a job we might want. But the reality is that confidence, we don't have that prior to. That's available to us after. Confidence comes after you've done something and yet you realize you're capable of it. You have proof or evidence. Confidence comes when we feel capable, and we can't feel capable if we've never done something. So whether you're wanting to take a different career path, like I said, or have a difficult conversation that you've been putting off with your spouse or child, remember that you need to draw upon courage. That's what we need to tap into. It's available to you. You need to ask for it, pray for it, and then just step forward. And the more you do this, the more confident you're going to become. It can be in any area of your life. The more you just learn to step out and courage in any area of your life, the confidence will follow. So for me, I had to just, I had to bolster a lot of courage. I really did to record my first episode. I was, I can remember being very, very, I mean, visibly like kind of shaking and being nervous. And I'm still not as confident as I'd like to be. I know there's a lot of things that I don't know in a lot of ways I need to grow when it comes to podcasting, I'm talking about. But I definitely know that I'm capable of doing it. And with that, my confidence is growing with every recording. And that's true for all of us in every area of our lives. Number five is mindset matters more than skill set. Now, this is true for every area of our life. Most of us, we go about trying to figure out best practices and we work on developing our skill sets, which is absolutely necessary. And we find success. We find some levels of success for sure. But what's true for me and what's true for each of us is that we are limit, we limit our ability to achieve and accomplish what we desire for our lives, whether that's spiritually, emotionally, mentally, physically, our relationships, our work, our purpose, all those things, we limit ourselves because we only focus on our skill sets and we neglect what's happening between our ears. And when I talk about mindset, I use that term, and I've had I have a whole episode on it, and I throw that around with the understanding that you know what I'm talking about. But really, what I'm just meaning is that in simple terms, your mindset is really just how we think about things. When we work on our mindset, when we work on getting our minds clear of what's blocking us and hindering us from moving forward, in addition to working on our skill sets and applying those things that we learn, that's when we see real transformation. That's when the magic happens. So just remember skill set is important, but mindset is far more important. Number six, detaching from others' opinions is a superpower. Yes, detaching from others' opinions is a superpower. I can remember when I began to start this process, I was like, oh my goodness, what are people gonna think? And it wasn't necessarily a fear of, you know, oh my gosh, people are gonna judge me. But I realized that this was immediately where my mind went. And it wasn't just about this, it had affected almost every area of my life. And I bet you can find areas in your own life where you've done this or not, maybe you've, I should say you've done something or not done something simply because you were concerned about what people thought about you. And so I want to offer you this other people's opinions of you is none of your business. It really isn't. We have such little power and control over what people think of us. We think we can try and do these things if we do them perfectly, if we do them just the right way, if we look or act a certain way, then people will approve of us, they'll accept us, whatever it is we're trying to accomplish. We're trying to make sure that their opinion of us is what we'd like it to be. And we have zero control over that. We really do. That can either be bad news or good news for you, but it's the truth. Now, to me, I have to say it's freeing. It eliminates a lot of hustle and performing, and it allows me to be who I am and who I want to be without feeling like I have to live into someone else's idea. This is available to you as well. So I just want to offer you this. Other people's opinions of you is not really any of your concern. And when you can detach from that, it really is like a superpower. And again, it's not easy. It isn't, but that's why I call it a superpower because I think I can think of very few things in our lives that are worth working on as much as this. Or maybe not even working on or letting go of. But there is work involved with that, but that's a big one. Number seven, everything is figure outable. Everything. Marie Forle, maybe you've heard of her. She's an entrepreneur and she authored a book by this exact title. Everything is figure outable. And I love it. I love that just it's so simple. Everything is figure outable. And it in fact it is. And we can get stuck in this. We can we can say, well, I don't know. I don't know how to. I don't know how this works. I'm I'm not sure what to do here. I've never done this. The reality is, is everything in our lives, there is a solution to it. Whether it's doing something you've never done before, like starting a podcast with zero equipment, no experience, no clue basically, and very little technical knowledge. I don't know technology really at all. You know, the only experience I had was that I loved listening to other people's podcasts. For me, that was really all I had. So whether it's something that like that that you've never done before, or whether it's some complex problem that's landed on your lap, you can figure it out. We like to get stuck in confusion, and yet there is a solution available to us. And when we know that there's a solution available to us, and maybe we just don't know what that is right now, at least it eliminates a lot of the confusion and fear and overwhelm. For many of us, it might just be figuring out how to manage the crazy schedules in your household without losing your sanity, because that's where some of us are at right now, and others have done it, so so will you. So you can do it. If other people have figured it out, you will as well. And I know you will. And just remember there's always a solution. It might not be one that you've thought of, and maybe you need to wait for the Lord to reveal it to you.

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Lesson 8: Ready Is A Decision

Lesson 9: Growth Ripples Everywhere

Lesson 10: Discomfort Drives Growth

Bonus: You Must Go First

Recap And Gratitude

Closing And How To Connect

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Maybe it's something that you're really struggling with in your personal life right now, and it's a challenge that you just don't see a way out. And I understand there can be very difficult and painful situations for some of us, but I promise you there is a solution. There is a way out, and the Lord will reveal it to you. It's there, I promise. Number eight is ready is a decision, not a feeling. This one falls in line with courage and confidence thing and being bad at first. I think they kind of are similar, but I want to mention this separately because so many of us think that we need to feel ready. Like there's a certain element that needs to be in place, or certain elements, or certain things that need to happen for us to feel ready. And I'm here to tell you, ready isn't a feeling, ready is a decision. Now, this is not to say that I think you should always leap before discerning. I don't want you to be foolish, but I do want you to realize that there's no perfect time. There's no perfect circumstance, and that we spend most of our lives waiting for the right time. You're not too old, you're not too young, it's not too late, it's not too early. The best time to go after what it is that you've been thinking about, what you've been dreaming of, what you've been desiring for your life in any area of your life, whatever that is, the perfect time is now. If it's in your heart and on your mind, the time is now. Now, the next one, number nine, when you step out and pursue growth in one area of your life, it's going to impact every area of your life. So I'm going to say that again. When you step out and pursue growth in one area of your life, it will impact not just that area, but it will impact every area of your life. And the reason this is, is because we are whole persons. We are integrated beings. What we do in one area of our life affects every area of our life. So for me, when I decided to do a podcast, let me correct that. When I actually published my first podcast, not when I made the decision to do it, but when I actually physically did it, I published it, it changed something in me. I saw myself differently because I did something I had never thought I would or could do. For years I listened to podcasts and I thought, that's so cool that people do that. And that was it. That wasn't, it was really nothing more than that. It was just a thought of like, wow, because I had placed these people as something other than myself. They were those people who did that thing. And I was not one of those people. When I put myself in that position and I did it, something shifted. I did something that I never even dreamed possible or that I ever thought I would or could do. And that had ripple effects. This very act alone, it brought me more confidence in each area of my life. It opened my eyes to what was possible and available to me in every area of my life. It moved me from a place of I can't do that. That thought of like, that's for those people that I had had, essentially what I was telling myself was, well, I can't do that. Now, the truth is, is yes, I can, and I have. I'm not sure why I thought I couldn't, but it moved me from a place of I can't do that to why not? If somebody else did it, why not me? Now, this is I'm referring to the podcasting, but this is true for you in every area of your life. And what essentially that meant was that I was living in a state of having a fixed mindset. It moved me from having a fixed mindset to a growth mindset. That I can't do that, or that's those people categorizing them as something that wasn't achievable for me, that's a fixed mindset. A growth mindset says, why not? Why not me? If somebody else has done it, it's absolutely available to you. And that growth mindset, that same mindset that I had that shifted within me, it follows, it's it's part of my mindset. And I take my mind with me everywhere I go throughout my days and every conversation I have in every arena of my life. That mindset, it doesn't just stay with me there. It's in every area of my life. And so therefore, it impacts every area of my life. Number 10. Now I prefer not to mention this one because I know that it makes people uncomfortable, which is a little ironic when you hear me say this, but it's necessary. So this one is that growth is not possible without discomfort. Growth is not possible without some discomfort. So I talked about resistance earlier, but here I want to talk more about the discomfort we feel. Because yes, we feel resistance when we take on something new, but the discomfort that I'm talking about is more of uncomfortable feelings and emotions that are going to come up, limiting beliefs that we need to face in ourselves, in our ability, in our past failures, etc. It's the beliefs that we hold. If you want to grow in some area of your life and you want to try something new, you're gonna you're going to need to face these things. You're going to need to get uncomfortable with your fears, with your limiting beliefs, with your fixed mindset. And I say this because most of us stop right here. We don't move forward because we'd rather not get uncomfortable. We don't like that feeling of discomfort. And this isn't just about personal development. Hear me out here, because a lot of times people are like think that it's just about achieving some sort of goal or dream. It's true for every area of our lives. If we want to grow in intimacy with our spouse, if we want to connect and restore our relationships that have been damaged with our kids, or our siblings, or our parents, or our loved ones, or some friends, we're going to need to feel some discomfort. We need to face some uncomfortable feelings. But I want to remind you of this. Pope Benedict XVI stated that we are not made for comfort. You were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness. And there's a book that I read one time a number of years ago. It's called The Comfort Crisis, and it's by Michael Easter. And in it, he talks about the crisis in our world we have today of seeking comfort and how we can and should seek out and embrace discomfort, you know, to help us become resilient and to endure in times of crisis because we're so we live in such a time where things are at our fingertips and things are readily available for us. And I've talked about that in other episodes, but we should embrace discomfort to help us become resilient and to endure difficult times. And I know that that isn't necessarily what I'm referring to here. I'm talking about growth. And so it's a little off topic, but it offered some great insights about how we've become a culture that seeks out and relishes in comfort. And when we do this, we miss so many opportunities to live a life that provides us with fulfillment and purpose and meaning, which is really what Pope Benedict was referring to when he said a life of greatness. We don't ever seek opportunities to grow. So that's the 10 things. Now, I wanted to stop there, but I'm I, you know what? 10 is a nice round number, but I have another one, and it's it, so I'm just gonna say a bonus. I'm not gonna use 11 because I don't like the number 11. But I have to include this because I think it's one of the most important. And this one is that we need to go first. What do I need by we need to go first? Well, as a coach, I help people who feel stuck, who need to help moving the needle in their lives. I help you overcome whatever it is that's blocking you from living the life that you desire, whether that's in your relationships, whether it's in personal growth, your health challenges, physical, spiritual, mental, whatever that might be, help you live a life that you desire, a life of meaning, purpose, fulfillment, one that's centered on joy, contentment, and hopefully striving for holiness. That said, I cannot help others in this area if I'm not doing the work to live this life myself. When I first had the big idea of doing a podcast, I came up with a million reasons why it wasn't right for me. It wasn't the right time. It would be so much better if I had regular guests lined up. I had all these excuses, all these reasons why it just wasn't for me. It wouldn't work. But then I realized that I needed to overcome my fear, my lack of confidence, and that I needed to just feel the discomfort and to go for it. That I needed to decide. That I was ready. This is what I help others do. And it's what I love about what I do. And so this isn't really just about a podcast at all. It's essentially what each of us is called to in our lives. We're called to go first. And that means that we're we're called to work on our own emotional well-being before we attempt to help our kids self-regulate. We're called to work on our own body image issues before we try and help our kids navigate those same muddy waters. We're called to take authority over our own minds and our mental mess before we preach to our kids or spouses to think more positively and go after what it is they want. We need to go first and do the hard work of growing in a loving and intimate relationship with our spouse so that our kids can witness what a strong and healthy marriage looks like. We need to go first in developing and growing our own skills and abilities to make a contribution in the world before we can call out others to live theirs. We need to go first to work on our own spiritual life and our relationship with God as the primary and most beneficial means of evangelizing others. In short, the old saying of, you know, do as I say, not as I do, it couldn't be more wrong. Most of us know this, but we still find it so much easier to teach what we know to be true than we do living it. Those are the 10 things with the bonus. I'm not going to say 11. Those are those are the things that I have learned from my year of podcasting. But they're also things that I've learned in my life. And that really is the whole point. These are the things that we need to learn about how to live a life well. And that's why I actually dove into podcasting in the first place, is because I wanted to grow myself, to stretch myself. And the lessons that I've learned reach far beyond podcasting. They they, like I said, go into every area of my life. And that's why I share this with you because I'm inviting you to do the same. It may not be podcasting for you, it may be something completely different. It can be in any area of your life, but whatever that thing is for you, I want you to consider taking the leap. So I'm just going to summarize these things really quickly, just to bring it all back for you. Number one, when you commit to something, you're going to meet resistance. Anything that's going to seek to distract you or pull you away from your goal or your plan. Number two, be willing to be bad at first. Suck up your pride and be willing to start at the bottom, guys. You won't stay there, I promise. You will get better. That is my hope as well. I hope that five years from now, when I listen to this exact recording, that I will probably cringe. I'm hoping that's the case, that I've gotten so much better at this that even now I will recognize the growth. Number three, when you commit to something, little can stop you. Commit is a key word here. Find a way to be committed. Make your why strong enough that nothing will pull you away from your commitment. Number four, confidence comes after, not before. When you see people who are doing what they do and they're doing it well and they're confident, just remember they didn't start there. We just got over the Olympics. We're just aired. And of course, we all watch that and think, wow, those people are so good at it. They're so skilled and just the way they handle themselves. They've been doing this in their entire lives. It's the same thing for all of us. They didn't start there. It started with a a grain or an ounce or just a tiny speck of courage, which leads to feeling capable, which eventually results in confidence. So you got to put in those reps to be confident anything. Number five, mindset matters more than skill set. We all want to know the how, we want the tools, we want the techniques. Give us the short version. We don't want to worry about getting in our heads, right? It's a big mistake. We can see gains, but we will never experience transformation in our lives, and especially in the amount of peace that we experience if we don't work on the mental stuff. How we think about things and the beliefs we hold are critical to our lives and to our well-being. We got to do the mental stuff. Mindset is super, super important. Number six, detaching from others' opinions is a superpower. I talked a lot about this already, but if you want to eradicate the biggest roadblock to living the life that you desire, and for most of us, that simply looks like one of peace, joy, contentment, fulfillment, then you need to work on this one. What other people think about you is none of your business. This whole thing detaching from others' opinions for you of you is it falls under mindset work. That's the stuff that you got to do, the mindset stuff that you got to work on. But this is so huge that I just set I listed it separately. And I do believe it's a superpower if you can get there, which you can. Number seven, everything is figure-otable. Everything. Every obstacle, every problem, every dilemma, every challenge. There is a solution. Between God and AI, you got this. I know some of you are gonna give me give me junk for that, but just trying to add a little humor. But it's true. It's true. We can find out any information we want online, and God, as our source of of all things, will lead us and guide us and and get us to the right solution. So between those two, we're good to go. We really have nothing to fear. Number eight, ready is a decision, not a feeling. Stop waiting to feel ready. The perfect time to say you're sorry, it's right now. The perfect time to start your new exercise program is right now. The perfect time to pursue your dream of being, whatever that is, is right now. The perfect time to go to confession is now. The perfect time to reconnect, it's now. You get the idea. Don't wait. There is no perfect time. There's no perfect circumstances. You're not too old, you're not too young, it's not too late, it's not too early, it's not too soon. It's now. Number nine, you are a whole person. Growth in one area affects every area of your life. If you choose to grow in one area, it's going to impact your entire life. You might have you might have so many areas of your life where you want to see changes. Or maybe, maybe it is just one. But for a lot of us, we can get overwhelmed. There's so many things. That's okay. Just pick one. Work on your marriage, pursue a dream you've always pushed aside. It doesn't matter. Just start growing and doing the work to become a better version of you in some area, and you're going to see the ripple effects it has in every area of your life. Number 10, growth is not possible without discomfort. But you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness. This isn't a suggestion. If you think you'd rather stay in a place of comfort, you're going to find yourself frustrated and dissatisfied. My suggestion for you is to pursue the life that you desire and to greet your good friend discomfort that's coming along for the ride. He's going to be with you, but that's okay. Because the payoffs are so well worth it. The discomfort that you feel, it's minor. It's minor. And finally, this is my bonus one that I'm adding in is you go first. Always. If you want to influence the lives of the people around you in a positive way, if you want to impact the world and those you love, for most of us, that starts with the people within our own home, right? That's really what we the area that we want to make the most impact and influence the most. But it's our communities and it's at the world at large, really. That's our call. We need to live it. We need to go first. And as one of my favorite coaches likes to say, not only do we need to go first, we need to go first, we need to go often, and we need to go on purpose. It's about leading the way, doing our own work every day, and doing it with intention. For most of us, it often just looks like making the steady climb up the mountain. But as you know, I'm right here with you. I'm right here with you on that mountain. I'm climbing right alongside of you. And with that, I really want to say thank you for going first and taking the time to tune in today to invest in yourself and your own growth, and for letting me share my thoughts with you about this year and what I've learned. I know some of you have been along the ride since the very beginning, and I can't tell you how much I appreciate you, your constructive criticism, your input, your encouragement, your sharing of what I've shared, your support and your help and your love and your prayers, and just your companionship and being a part of my life has made has made this all so worth it. So I really, really appreciate every one of you, everybody that's taken the time to tune in and listen. I am overwhelmed with gratitude. And I have to say it has truly been a remarkable year for me. One of growth, yes, but also a lot of discomfort, a lot of fear, a lot of figuring things out, a lot of courage, and definitely a lot of detachment. A lot of detachment. Deciding to be ready and absolutely going first, going often, and going on purpose. So until next time, onward and upward, my friends, to the heights. Thanks so much for listening today. If you have any questions or would like to go deeper into this topic or how it affects you in your own life, you can find me at SharonKcoaching.com. That's Sharon the Letterk Coaching.com. If you've enjoyed listening, please subscribe and leave a review on your favorite platform. And feel free to share with anyone you think might benefit from what you've heard.