๐ช๐ฒโ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐.
To see it as a warning sign.
A signal somethingโs wrong.
But the truth isโฆ
๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐โ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐.
In this episode, Sharon unpacks the difference between discomfort and trauma, why your brain clings to the familiar, and how small, deliberate discomforts build confidence, resilience, and momentum โ without burnout.
๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ:
โข Why comfort feels โsafeโ to the brain โ and why it keeps you stuck
โข The neuroscience of growth and neuroplasticity
โข Why efficiency and growth donโt coexist
โข Why you canโt create a new future while rehearsing the same past
โข Distress vs eustress (positive growth stress)
โข How reference points shape confidence and perspective
โข Why modern life removes discomfort โ and why we recreate it
โข Why comfort stops delivering joy
โข How confidence is built through evidence, not affirmations
โข Micro-discomforts that expand you without breaking you
โข The one question to ask daily if you want real growth in 2026
๐ง Listen now wherever you get your podcasts
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