This message has been alive in my work for a long time, and it’s one that still lands with new layers every time I return to it. If you’re constantly looking for answers outside yourself, waiting for the “right” strategy or seeking permission to move forward, this is your moment to pause and come back home to your own wisdom.
In this piece, I’m exploring three hidden patterns that keep us stuck in doubt and indecision. External noise overpowering your wisdom, internal noise feeding your self-doubt, and the myth that clarity comes from consumption rather than action. These aren’t surface habits. They’re energetic patterns, and when you see them clearly, you can shift back into alignment.
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When External Noise Overpowers Your Wisdom
We live in a world where information is everywhere. And while that can be empowering, it can also become overwhelming. You start your day by checking social media, reading emails, scanning posts, and before you’ve even connected with yourself, you’ve already taken in dozens of opinions and energies that don’t belong to you.
I’ve done this more times than I can count. I’ve caught myself scrolling before I’ve even had a moment of silence in the morning. And it’s okay. I meet myself with compassion when I notice it. But then I come back. I make space to hear my own voice again.
When you’re constantly listening to what others are doing, saying, or recommending, it becomes harder to hear your own intuition. One expert says one thing. Another says the opposite. Suddenly, what felt clear now feels confusing. The longer you stay in that cycle, the more disconnected you become from what you already know. Not because it isn’t there, but because you can’t hear it through the noise.
That’s when I know I need stillness. A walk. Breath. Time offline. It doesn’t have to be a big ritual. Just something that lets me land back in my own system so I can listen from within again.
When Internal Noise Keeps You in Doubt
Even when you step back from the external world, there’s often still a loud voice inside. The voice that hesitates. That second-guesses. That wants to do it right, and be sure, and get confirmation before it acts.
That voice is often just a part of you trying to keep you safe. Maybe it learned that trusting yourself wasn’t allowed. That mistakes weren’t safe. That leadership meant getting it “right,” and that meant checking in with everyone else first.
For a long time, I believed that. I believed someone else knew better. That their way was safer. That their system would protect me from failing. But all that did was disconnect me from my own compass. And the more I tried to follow someone else’s method, the more tangled things became.
Rebuilding self-trust isn’t about ignoring that voice. It’s about gently challenging it. It’s asking, “What do I know right now that’s true for me?” and letting that guide your next step, not the fear of getting it wrong.
When Clarity Comes From Action, Not Consumption
This is one of the biggest shifts I’ve made in my business and my personal life. I used to believe that if I just learnt a little more, I’d feel ready. That I needed to take the course, watch the videos, and master the method before I could move. But it never worked. Because the more I consumed, the more overwhelmed I felt. And the more I waited, the harder it became to begin.
Real clarity doesn’t come from consuming. It comes from creating. From moving. From trying something and seeing what happens. It doesn’t have to be big. It just has to be yours.
And when I say clarity comes from action, I don’t mean frantic pushing. I mean aligned, embodied movement. You get clarity by doing. You hear your intuition more clearly when you act on it. You stop overthinking when you show yourself that you’re willing to lead from within.
If you’ve been waiting for the green light, let this be it. Not because everything’s perfect. Not because you’ve figured it all out. But because your inner knowing matters, and it’s time to start listening.
Final Reflections
You don’t need another strategy. You don’t need another opinion. What you need is the space to remember that your voice is already valid. Your knowing is already strong. And your next step doesn’t need permission.
When you stop outsourcing your power and start trusting yourself, everything softens. You begin to lead differently. You begin to create from alignment, not fear. And that’s where your clarity, your magnetism, and your momentum come alive.
Here for the links that may have been referenced in the show or is complementary to this episode.
- Podcast – Ep 145: Trusting Yourself as a Businesswoman
- Podcast – Ep 96: Is It Fear or Intuition?
- Podcast – Ep 153: Overcoming Overthinking & Trusting Your Intuition
More in-depth content and resources:
- Blog Post – Devotion Is the New Discipline
