EPISODE #171
171: Can You Trust Yourself Inside a Yes? | Barb Patterson
with Barbara Patterson
About This Episode
What if the real question isn’t whether it will work out, but whether you can trust yourself inside the yes?
In this solo episode, Barb explores what happens after we feel the aliveness, the curiosity, the expansion of a yes, and how quickly the mind and nervous system move in to manage, predict, and protect.
Through reflections from her own life and leadership, Barb unpacks what she calls the “fragility trap”. The subtle way we treat ourselves as if we can’t handle growth, uncertainty, or expansion.
This conversation isn’t about forcing or pushing harder. It’s about trusting your capacity to meet the journey, the contraction and the expansion, and staying present inside your commitment.
If you’ve been hovering at the edge of something meaningful, this episode is an invitation to back yourself and discover you are far less fragile than you think.
Show Notes
- [00:00] - Welcome to the Innerverse of Business and Life Podcast!
- [00:56] - Exploring Trust and Commitment
- [09:32] - The Power of Saying Yes
- [16:25] - Navigating Doubts and Comparisons
- [21:39] - Embracing Growth and Aliveness
- [26:30] - Thank you for listening to the Innerverse of Business and Life Podcast!
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Meet Your Host
Barbara Patterson is the owner of a global coaching and consulting company helping entrepreneurs, leaders, and those who serve them access more clarity and creativity, have greater impact, build powerful relationships, and experience higher levels of fulfillment in work and life. She is the founder of Innerverse Academy, a global platform and community designed to point people to the source of human potential and the relationship between their inner world and their work in the world.
You can follow Barb on Linkedin and Instagram. You can also learn more about Barb and her decades of work here.
