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When the World Seems Like it’s Ending: 2 Questions I’m Asking Myself

When the World Seems Like it’s Ending: 2 Questions I’m Asking Myself

by Katherine Golub | Jun 27, 2025 | Overcoming Fear & Building Self-Confidence

How’s your heart? Yes, I know that’s a big question that’s hard to answer, especially since we’re reaching out to each other through the ethers, unable to look each other in the eyes in person. As I write, though, I imagine that we’re sitting side by side, me with my...
3 Shifts to Let Go of Perfectionism

3 Shifts to Let Go of Perfectionism

by Katherine Golub | Sep 27, 2024 | Overcoming Fear & Building Self-Confidence, Practicing Gratitude & Self-Appreciation

The other day, a client in my Career Clarity Group asked this question: What are the most effective ways for me to continue to work at letting go of perfectionism? She wrote: “Perfectionism really permeates every area of my life, from the utterly mundane—making sure I...
3 Steps to Checking Your Emotional Reactions When You’re Hurt

3 Steps to Checking Your Emotional Reactions When You’re Hurt

by Katherine Golub | Jul 11, 2024 | Overcoming Fear & Building Self-Confidence

This week, a new client wrote me this question: How do I learn to check my emotional reactions when I’m super frustrated, hurt, etc.? I ramp up so quickly that it becomes a very physical reaction. My whole body gets rigid, including my brain, and I struggle to...
Why It’s Hard to Ask For What You Need

Why It’s Hard to Ask For What You Need

by Katherine Golub | May 17, 2024 | Courageous Conversations, Overcoming Fear & Building Self-Confidence

This week, a new client wrote me this question—Why is it so hard for me to ask for what I want and need? Why do I let myself get so run down? Do you have a hard time asking for what you need? And does this struggle lead you to feel run down, exhausted, and...
Why it Can Be So Hard to Move Out of Our Comfort Zones

Why it Can Be So Hard to Move Out of Our Comfort Zones

by Katherine Golub | Apr 1, 2024 | Overcoming Fear & Building Self-Confidence

If you were ridiculed when trying something new in the past, it can feel vulnerable to try new things now. Sometimes, we need healing support to leave a frozen / stuck state and feel safe opening ourselves up to trying a new thing now. And, sometimes, all we need to...
a personal update and the gift of shoulder-to-shoulder-ness

a personal update and the gift of shoulder-to-shoulder-ness

by Katherine Golub | Mar 18, 2024 | Overcoming Fear & Building Self-Confidence

Yesterday, I received an email from a teacher I admire (one of the only people I receive newsletters from—Carmen Spagnola). In it, she shares how she’s realized that she failed her child in some big ways during their senior year of high school and that’s been going...
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