Overwhelm — Blog posts for self improvement and personal development | Increase confidence and self esteem

The Secret Signs of Self Doubt & How to Stop the Destructive Habits

Self doubt’s a sneaky little snake, isn’t it?

You find yourself struggling to get anything done, failing to find your mojo and feeling like you’re just not doing a good enough job.

I’ll let you in on a little secret: Self doubt is the biggest thing that’s held me back (+ still does sometimes) in my biz.

I can have the clarity, the strategy, the step by step plan, the motivation + all the excitement in the world for what I’m doing but the second there’s a hint of doubt in the air, game over.

I’ll admit, it’s not easy to spot.

There’ve been times where I’ve been stuck in overwhelm, procrasti-scrolling for weeks at a time and then not understanding why I haven’t been achieving the success I want.

Business, Confidence, Imposter syndrome, Mindset work, Overwhelm, Self worth, Self beliefRebecca HawkesFebruary 23, 2023Comment

WHO AM I TO BE SUCCESSFUL?: HOW TO OVERCOME THE LIMITING BELIEFS THAT HOLD US BACK FROM THE SUCCESS WE DESERVE

If you’re an entrepreneur, chances are this has happened to you.

You thought of an idea - either a new business or a new service/product within that business - got lost in a whirlwind of passion, excitement and enthusiasm for how you’d bring it to life.

You spent hours mapping things out, creating a task list for all the steps you needed to take and had an excitable conversation with someone you love (who still doesn’t really ‘get’ what you do) about this awesome thing.

You couldn’t sleep, you forgot to eat - you were so engrossed in making your dream come to life.

But then you stopped.

You woke up one morning feeling less excited, less passionate.

Doubts started to creep in.

What ifs started to show up.

Overwhelm hit you like a ten tonne truck.

HOW TO STOP PROCRASTINATING + START TICKING OFF YOUR GOALS EVERY WEEK

We’ve all been there, haven’t we?

Faced with that one task that we keep pushing to tomorrow, pretending it’s not important and doing everything in our power to avoid looking at it on our to do list.

We can’t put our finger on it but there’s just something about it giving us chills.

It’s staring us in the face, teasing us, making us feel guilty, like a failure, for not eating the frog first (disclaimer, I haven’t read that book so apologies if completely wrong analogy).

The closer the deadline gets, the more the overwhelm rises.

We turn to Netflix, cleaning the kitchen, putting on a meditation and pretending we really need to do the mindset shizz right this second. Or we tell ourselves a power nap will help and accidentally (on purpose) forget to set a 20 minute alarm.

Oops. No time for the task now!

Business, Confidence, Overwhelm, Productivity, Social media managerRebecca HawkesApril 16, 2020Comment