Breverie Handbook with Olena Mytruk
Telling personal stories is one of the most powerful and most underrated self-discovery and personal growth tools ever invented.
It's like a handbook. Your memories and life stories are like pages in your very own life manual, and all you need to do is be willing to look through those pages, read through them, and learn from them.
Sharing your personal stories out loud is like making a peace pact with yourself. Once you let it out, once you give yourself permission to let it out – something that you kept deep inside for so long – it liberates you.
And it begins to finally make sense. Your life, your deepest thoughts and desires, your wildest dreams and aspirations, your biggest fears and doubts – you begin to get it.
My name is Olena Mytruk, and it took me a while to learn the power of storytelling. But once I discovered it, I never looked back.
I invite you to join me on this adventurous and inspiring journey as I flip pages of my Breverie Handbook – trying to figure out what it really takes to be a hardworking, passionate, multifaceted woman in today’s world.
Breverie Handbook with Olena Mytruk
The Page About Rock Climbing, Comparing Yourself to Others, and Facing Your Fears
Sometimes we want to do something, we are about to do something, and we know we have the skills to do it. But then we start comparing ourselves to other people, and we fill ourselves with doubts.
We think to ourselves, “If they don’t do it, if they can’t do it, then I won’t be able to do it either - because they are so much better, or smarter, or stronger than me!”
But if we are brave enough to face those doubts, if we decide to do it anyway, we might get rewarded with the best possible feeling – the feeling of great pride and the biggest accomplishment. And it is in those moments that we discover what we are truly capable of.
In this episode, I’m sharing the story of how I confronted my doubts and fear of heights by rock climbing.
EPISODE BREAKDOWN:
- [01:06] When your doubts, fears, and comparison keep you from doing something
- [02:25] Our family’s weekly rock climbing adventures
- [03:18] The two challenges we face when we go rock climbing
- [06:44] The goal: build up our physical and mental endurance and climb all the way to the top
- [09:00] Taking my turn after my husband failed to make it to the top
- [11:56] I did it!
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“Just do it!” The Worst Advice for Overcoming Fear (And What You Should Do/Say Instead)
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