Ep. 018 - Michelle Kuei - How To Push Through Your Fears

Michelle Kuei is an author, a speaker, a business coach, and the host of the Make It Visible podcast.We all want to accomplish great things in life. We have dreams and goals we want to achieve, but fear usually holds us back. Every human experiences this strong emotion, we can't escape it. Fear can be very debilitating because we see how our dream life is slipping out of our hands due to our inability to push through fear and start taking action.Michelle shares her inspiring and incredible journey of overcoming obstacles after being disabled at a very young age due to a car accident. She also shares the mental and physical challenges she had to deal with in the process of finding her purpose in life and understanding that most of her obstacles were in her head.From being paralyzed with fear and self-doubt to starting to create a new life by knocking down some mental barriers and rewriting old stories she used to tell herself. This episode encapsulates all you need to know about how to start working towards your dream life by challenging and overcoming the fears holding you back.In this episode, you will learn:How to challenge and overcome fearThe importance of rewriting internal storiesHow to embrace your full selfTechniques on how to stay resilientNavigating self-doubt and feeling like you're not enoughThe art of accepting what life has given you and using it to your advantageKeys to position yourself for a better futurePlus much more... 0:00 Intro1:40 Michelle's background and story7:25 The years and challenges post-accident9:20 Life in New York12:55 Building up self-confidence and self-esteem17:20 How to accept and embrace who you are21:10 Preparation and climbing Machu-Pichu28:55 Balancing the drive vs the torment of never-ending achieving goals30:40 How to face intimidating challenges and overcome inaction39:05 Overcoming Challenges in Machu-Pichu42:05 Why is so hard for people to ask for help?44:45 How to change old narratives and stories we've told ourselves48:45 The Most common thing that holds people back53:55 Building resilience through mental strength57:00 Closing question59:40 Where to find MichelleFollow Michelle Kuei:Website:  https://www.elevatelifecoaching.org/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elevatelifecoach/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MichelleKueiSpeakLet's Connect.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danielmcianci/Twitter:  https://twitter.com/DanielMCianciYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@redefiningwisdomEmail: https://www.redefiningwisdom.com/contact-2/Website: https://www.redefiningwisdom.com/