Hey, my friend, what is up and welcome back to another episode of Do Life Big. Oh my gosh, this is so freaking crazy. As I'm sitting here right now, in my closet, recording this. I just can't even believe that, today, this episode marks the one-year mark of Do Life Big. Like that is so freaking wild to me. 52 episodes, never missing a week. And I just wanted to say that I am so, so, so, so, so grateful for you. I'm so grateful that you chose to spend your time here with me every single week. And I'm so grateful for you just supporting this whole Do Life Big Podcast, and especially to those of you who go and take the time to leave me a positive review or spread the word to your friends. You are amazing. And thank you, thank you so much. From the bottom of my heart, I don't make any money off of this podcast. We don't run any ads to pump this podcast out there. It truly just exists because I wanted to be able to give back to you. I wanted to be able to help you really live your best life possible. And you make it possible. And you were the reason why it has spread to so many people. So thank you so much for doing that. All right, we're gonna dive into today's episode. And since it marks our one-year mark of Do Life Big, I thought it'd be really cool to kind of spend today's episode doing a little bit of a pep talk here, a little bit of a pep talk about learning how to trust yourself, this is a big one. So it's gonna be a little bit of a pep talk here. Because I just feel that, you know, sometimes ourselves, we are the only one that are standing in our own way, right? Like, you know exactly what I mean. Like you have this idea of something that you want to do, or this little fire in your heart, or whatever it is, it's been burning. And sometimes, we just don't act on it because we're standing in our own way. And I want you to know that you are totally capable and deserving of going after whatever it is that you want in this life. But I also want you to know that maybe just maybe, the reason why you haven't yet is because you don't fully trust yourself, you don't fully trust yourself yet. And I want to remind you that you've got to put yourself out there. You have got to if you have some idea on your heart, some vision for your life of how you want it to look how you want that look to life for you and your family. That idea and that vision is put in you and only you for a reason. It's been given to you for a reason, not anybody else, but to you. So you have to pull those big girl panties up. And you've got to make it happen. When I look back and think about how I knew nothing about podcasting a year ago. And I just had this desire in my heart to create a podcast. You know, I have this idea, oh, I just, you know, I just would love to create my own podcast. Well, I don't really know how the heck to do that. I don't exactly know the equipment I need. I don't know anything about any of that. But I just know that I had this idea that I want to do it. And I just acted on it. I just acted on it because, just from past experience that when you have that little nudge and that feeling, it's better to act on it than not and look back and have regrets and wonder, oh man, I wish that I had just done that podcast or oh man, I wish that I had just started that side business when the opportunity was right there. Right. I don't like to look back and have regrets, and I know that if you're anything like me, you don't like to look back and have regrets, either, right? You will figure it out as you go. You know, when I started this podcast a year ago like I said, I didn't know what I was doing, but I figured it out. I was okay with it being kind of messy. I was okay with myself. Being a beginner, and you learn, you figure it out, like you are totally capable of figuring things out. And everything is figured out double. So I want you to trust yourself just a little bit more. All right. And I know how hard that can be, especially if it's something new, especially if it's new and unfamiliar to you. I know that diving into it is a little nerve-racking. And sometimes, you might question yourself, but you owe it to yourself. Right? Everything that you want in life is out there. It's out there waiting for you. But you've got to ask for it. And then you gotta go get it.
So maybe you've had this idea to start a business or to do a podcast, or maybe write a book or quit your job that you just feel like is sucking the life out of you. Like, I don't know exactly what your thing is, that's been on your heart, that little idea that you've had, that idea that's been pulling on your heartstrings. But I can guarantee you that there is something there tugging on those heartstrings right now that you've been ignoring. There's something there that just keeps popping up isn't there. You know what I'm talking about, but only you know what it is. I don't know exactly what your thing is. But you've got to be the one to call the shots in this life. You've got to call the shots, what do you want, you have to put it out there to the universe, you've got to be vocal about it. You can't keep that inside. Because if it's just you, who knows about that little thing or that idea that you have, then it's so much easier to just give up on yourself, right? Because no one knows about it. But this is going to give you skin in the game by at least telling someone else can you tell someone else tell at least someone, maybe it's a spouse, maybe it's a best friend, or a co-worker, or a neighbor. But tell someone. Otherwise, that dream will die in you if you don't take action. And a lot of times, it's that first step. That very first step is just sharing the idea with a friend or co-worker. Sometimes, that's that very first step that's going to get you going toward that thing that you want. Because that's at least some kind of action, so don't bottle it all up. Don't hold it inside because you're worried and you have fear that maybe you're not meant for it. Or maybe you're not cut out for this. Oh, you absolutely freaking are trust me, you are. You are more than capable, and more than deserving of it. But you've got to have some accountability here. So go tell someone that idea that you've had today. Get it out there.
This reminds me a lot of when we were in massive amounts of debt almost about 11 years ago. And at the time, I had had a four-month-old, and I had a 22-month-old at home. And I had quit my teaching job to stay at home with the babies and raise them. So it was just my husband who was working now. I mean, I was tutoring most nights of the week because we did need the extra income. But it was mostly my husband who was supporting us off of his full-time job. And as the months. And those two years of me being a stay-at-home mom were going by. We were literally digging ourselves further and further and further and further into debt. To the point where we had completely wiped out our entire savings account, we had nothing in it. We had racked up close to $40,000 of credit card debt. And we were sinking by $1,000 every single month. And I was just living with my head in the sand. And I didn't tell anybody at first because I was so embarrassed. And I could not believe that we got ourselves into this really crappy and stressful situation. And I just remember finally just telling my family, you know, about what was going on. I told my family about what was going on. And it was super overwhelming. And I was just mortified that we were in this situation. But I also knew that there had to be a way to fix this. And so in my heart in that moment, even though I could have gone back to my teaching career, which is what my degree was in at the time, and I have my master's degree in special education and worked with those students as well. Even though it would have been easy to be like, just do that, in my heart. I knew that that really was not the right path for me at that time in my life. I knew that teaching had served its purpose for me prior to kids for almost ten years. And I was so, so grateful for it. I absolutely loved it. But I knew that once I was a mom, and when I was in that moment, that that was not the answer to my problem. I knew that there had to be another way. And so these ideas that I had on my heart weren't really necessarily specific ideas. I didn't really know what the hell I was going to do. But what it allowed me to do was it allowed me to keep my eyes open to other opportunities.
It allowed me to keep my eyes opened and my mind open to other opportunities that were outside of the box that I might not have thought about. And sure enough, like I remember praying on it. I remember putting it out there into the universe that says please, something has got to give something has got to change. There has got to be a way for me to stay home with the babies. I need to earn income. How can I do that? And sure enough, like literally not even a weekend later, I was presented with running an online health and fitness business. And that was my very first experience as an online entrepreneur, right? I had no background in it. But I kept my eyes open to it. And I jumped at it. And I was so excited to get started with it. Because I knew that this would be the solution to my problem, I knew that I'd be able to earn an income and be home with my kids. And that was what I wanted at that point in my life. And so, because I had told my parents, they were super supportive when this idea came around, and they were cheering me on every single step of the way because they knew how badly I wanted to be home with the kids. And they knew that I was willing to do whatever it took for me to make that happen. And so that was back in 2014. When I started that business, I had to fix the problem that I was in, and I had a little calling on my heart. And then it was presented to me, and I just dove in. I didn't know what the heck I was doing. I was posting, you know, workout selfies and, you know, these cheesy things on social media, which I had never used social media before. And, you know, I was telling my friends and family about it. And I was doing all the things. And that was scary. Because I had never been on social media. Now I was also running a business, which I knew nothing about. And I also wasn't in great shape. I was like 35 pounds heavier. So who the heck is gonna think of me as a health and fitness coach, right? But I did it anyway, I started messy, inexperienced, I started as a beginner. And I was okay with, you know, just not being great at the beginning. But I knew that I would learn it. I knew that I would learn it. And so if you're looking for some kind of transformation, or whatever it may be in your life right now. It's going to require you to take some sort of risk. It is going to require you putting yourself out there in some way. But it's time for you to truly trust yourself that this idea would literally have never in a million years been planted in you. If it were meant for you. Trust me. If you are gifted the vision, then you're also gifted the resourcefulness to figure it out. Listen, you've got this one life. One freakin life. I say this all the time. People take it for granted. And if I was standing across from you right now, I probably put my hands on your shoulders. And I would shake you a little bit, and I'd say, listen, you don't need to have the same vision that I do. You don't have to want to be a stay-at-home mom like I was. You don't even have to want to run a business or move to a new state like I did. I don't care. But what is it that's been on your heart that you've been somewhat curious about? Because it's time for you to freaking go for it. It is time for you to freaking go for it, my friend. You deserve this. Maybe you need to walk away from something that's no longer serving you in this period of your life. Maybe that's the transformation and the change that needs to happen for you. You know, that happened with my very first business I just told you about in network marketing with my health and fitness business. And I remember this was such a confusing time for me in my life because I had been building that business for years and years and years and years and years. And I loved it. And it brought me joy. And I loved health and wellness. And then, I was leading by example for my children. And I loved being able to empower other moms to know that they could, you know, get their body back and feel good about themselves or build a business from home and be a kick-ass mom. I loved it. But I hit a point where I was like, something is freaking off here. Like, I'm just not feeling it anymore. And it was so confusing. For me, internally, it was like this internal tug of war. Because on paper, everything looked fantastic. From the outside looking in. Everything looked fantastic financially. It was great. And I was really confident in what I was doing. Because I had been doing it for many, many, many, many years. But something just wasn't sitting right with me anymore. It just wasn't sitting right about it anymore. And it just wasn't serving me anymore. And then that's when I went and created this podcast just last summer, a whole year ago, and created my very first online course called the mindset accelerator program. I just knew that it was time for me to make a shift in my life. And I'm telling you all of this because sometimes when we're faced with this internal confusion, it's really easy for us to tell us that, you know, we're not going to even bother trying. Because then, if we don't try, guess what that means? It means that we can't fail. If you don't try and you don't make this move, and you don't make that change. And you don't make that one little bit of action toward what that little thing is on your heart that's telling you to do, then you don't ever have to deal with failing. It's so easy for us to talk ourselves right out of it, isn't it? Like we say things to ourselves like, Well, I mean, that would be kind of stupid if I did this, or what's the point? Or I don't even know anything about that, or I'm too old for this. And the list goes on and on and on and on. But here's the thing. If you don't try, if you don't at least try, then you never get the opportunity to frickin win. Right? You never get the opportunity to win. You never get the fulfillment and that clarity and that excitement in your life. You miss out on that pride. You miss out on the joy. You miss out on the excitement. So what are you going to miss out on if you don't start trusting yourself and just go for it and do this thing that's been on your heart. If you're looking for proof from your past, to prove that you can actually do this, just think of all the things that you are currently doing now that you've mastered that at one time were new and unfamiliar. We all have those experiences, whether it's a job, or a new relationship, or learning to do a new hobby, or starting a new business. Everything that we have mastered to this date right now was once new, and unfamiliar and scary. And you doubted yourself, and you thought maybe I'm not cut out for this, or I don't know what the hell I'm even freaking doing. But guess what? You stuck with it, didn't you? And now look at you go. You want 100% have what it takes. You're going to develop the tools along the way. You don't have them all now. But you're going to develop them along the way. So listen, please, I'm begging you. Trust yourself a little bit more. I know that first step is often the hardest step first, sure, hands down. But just trust yourself. Loop people in just one person. Tell them your ideas. Trust yourself more and just go, go, go go because the last thing we want is to look back and have all those Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda, as if you had just gone for it. Trust me. The time is now. So draw a line in the sand and make today be your day. So I hope that you enjoyed today's episode. I think that you are freaking awesome. I think that you're amazing. I totally believe in you 1,000%. And if you're still struggling with the self-doubts that creep in those thoughts that are kind of keeping you stuck where you are right now and you want to grow, make sure you snag my free guide if you haven't already at Kathi reuter.com/think this knot that will teach you how to start thinking some more positive empowering beliefs that are going to propel you to go after what it is that you really freakin want in this life. So, have an awesome day. Thanks for being here. You know, I love you. And I will see you the next time. Bye.
