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EPISODE · Jul 22, 2026 · 14 MIN

Stop Waiting to Feel Ready

from Put it in a bubble

Have you been sitting on something, a dream, a decision, a conversation, waiting for the moment when you finally feel ready to take the leap? In this episode Marilyn gets personal about writing her book and the moment she realized the perfect conditions were never going to arrive. So she just started anyway.This is an honest and encouraging conversation about why waiting to feel ready is one of the most common ways we hold ourselves back, why confidence comes from doing and not from waiting, and why ready enough is all we ever needed to begin.Whether we are holding back a big dream, avoiding a hard conversation, or just stuck in a cycle of endless preparation, this episode gives us permission to start right now exactly as we are.In this episode:A personal story about waiting to write a book and what finally made the differenceWhy we confuse comfort with readiness and what that costs usWhy confidence is built through doing not through waitingHow staying in planning mode can become a way of avoiding what we are actually afraid ofA real life example of waiting for the perfect moment to have a hard conversationHow to use the bubble method when fear keeps us stuck in preparation modeFive practical tools for finally getting startedThis week's takeaway:The perfect moment is not coming. And that is actually good news because it means we can start right now exactly as we are. Not perfectly ready. Just ready enough. And ready enough has always been enough.Connect with Marilyn:www.MarilynBarker.comHashtags:#PutItInABubble #MentalHealth #StopWaitingToBeReady #JustStart #MindsetShift #MentalWellness #ProgressNotPerfection #PersonalGrowth #ReadyEnough #GrowthMindset #TakeTheLeap #EmotionalHealth #YouCanDoThis #LetItGo #BlowItAway

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