Sept. 11, 2025

Amy L Bernstein ~ Self-Kindness: The Best Solution to Self-Doubt

The art of navigating self-doubt on our path to creating the book within us that is waiting to be written.

 

#selfacceptance #selflove #meaningfullife

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About my guest Amy L Bernstein:

Amy L. Bernstein is a multi-genre author, professional book coach, and former award-winning journalist. Her latest award-winning book is Wrangling the Doubt Monster: Fighting Fears, Finding Inspiration.

 

What we discussed:

00:48  Who is Amy Bernstein

01:50  Self-doubt and internal anxiety

03:36  Our culture encourages comparison with others

05:22  Famous people have self-doubt too

07:37  The difference between self-doubt and humility

09:04  How to turn self-doubt into creativity

11:32   Was she born with kindness to self?

13:37  When is the right moment to work on self-doubt?

17:25  Conscious dance for shifting self-doubt

20:00  Ways we can help ourselves step out of self-doubt

21:51  We need real allies around us

25:30  Taking the pressure off our relationships

27:47  Accepting when our friends don't get what we're doing

29:00  How she helps her clients with self-doubt

30:30   What is the greatest barrier to writing a book

32:29   Self-doubt creates tunnel vision

34:12  She is a highly supportive coach

34:58  Her advice to leaders today

38:05  Her favourite part of the conversation

38:48  Reflection question for the listeners

 

#writing #creativity #writercoach

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Founder & Facilitator at Being Space | Humanistic Psychologist | Writer | Podcaster | Conscious Dance Facilitator | Pellowah Teacher | Transformational Coach | Cat Person

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Amy L. Bernstein

Author/Book Coach

Amy L. Bernstein is the author, most recently, of Wrangling the Doubt Monster: Fighting Fears, Finding Inspiration, shortlisted for the Eric Hoffer Grand Prize. Her new novel, Seed, will be published by Running Wild Publishing in 2027. Amy teaches writing and creativity workshops and brings an empowering message to writers and multi-media artists around the world. Her weekly Substack, Doubt Monster, explores the realities of living a creative life. As a professional book coach, Amy helps aspiring and established writers to develop commercially viable nonfiction books and memoir.