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How To Overcome Fear and Achieve Your Dreams with Lisa Bilyeu #289

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Jul 5, 2022

Lisa Bilyeu is a British-born entrepreneur and co-founder of Quest Nutrition, now a force in the world of self-empowerment. In this conversation, she discusses how fear can hold us back from our dreams and emphasizes that confidence comes from taking action. Lisa shares her journey from a stay-at-home wife to a successful entrepreneur, highlighting the importance of radical honesty, emotional awareness, and embracing rejection. Her insights provide valuable strategies for listeners looking to define and pursue their own aspirations.

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ADVICE

Relationship Rules

Establish clear communication rules with your partner to avoid resentment.
Be radically honest, even when difficult, and never apologize unless you mean it.

ADVICE

Managing Triggers

When triggered in an argument, do internal work to understand the root cause.
Communicate your triggers to your partner without blaming them, and ask for their support.

ANECDOTE

Gut Health and Emotions

Lisa Bilyeu's gut issues initially hindered her emotional awareness.
After healing, she recognized her gut as a crucial signal system for her well-being.

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CAUTION: This episode contains mild swearing.

What’s holding you back from pursuing your dreams? What if the ‘when’ you’re waiting for never comes? Today’s guest believes confidence is a by-product of taking action – and she wants you to take action now.

Lisa Bilyeu is a British-born but now American-based entrepreneur who co-founded the billion-dollar company Quest Nutrition. She also hosts a weekly YouTube show, Women of Impact, and is the author of the brand new book, Radical Confidence. It’s a lively and inspiring read – part memoir, part self-help manual for anyone who wants to rewrite their own script and overcome ‘the purgatory of the mundane’.

In this conversation, Lisa explains how she went from being a supportive, stay-at-home wife to husband Tom (Bilyeu, who you may remember from episode 110) to someone in hot pursuit of her own dreams. Being a housewife for eight years was an arrangement she and Tom agreed on, to enable him to make their fortune. But with time, her gratitude for their comfortable life was holding her back from fulfilling her potential. She explains how her own ‘radical confidence’ came as the result of taking a risk and trying something new.

I think that’s such a powerful way of looking at it, that confidence is a consequence. It’s a useful way of seeing so many areas of life where we might be telling ourselves we can’t change, be it losing weight, getting fit or getting that new job. The truth is, says Lisa, we already know what we have to do. We just need the conviction to get going.

This conversation is packed with other gems of wisdom from Lisa’s life. From the intentional communication that underpins her marriage, to the realisation that the only hero she really needed was herself. From finding the solution to her gut-health problems, to the ‘No BS’ trick she and Tom use for working out what they really want from life. All this, and much more, in this fantastic episode. I hope you enjoy listening.

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