What if the most powerful thing you could do when fear shows up… is just get curious?

In this episode, we're trading "what if it goes wrong" for "I wonder what this will teach me" — and exploring why that shift is so much harder than it sounds. Curiosity isn't toxic positivity. It's a deliberate, nervous-system-level practice that can change the way you move through fear, relationships, creative work, and healing.

We're getting into:

• Why fear closes us down and curiosity opens us up — and what that actually looks like in your daily life
• How shame — especially around sexuality and desire — shuts curiosity down at the root
• The body-based difference between anxiety and curiosity (polyvagal theory, but make it relatable)
• How to shift from what if to I wonder in real time
• The connection between curiosity and self-compassion — including insights from Dr. Thema Bryant's Homecoming
• What it means to get curious about yourself after religious trauma or spiritual deconstruction

This one is going to feel like your journal entry come to life, bestie. Settle in.

Adjusting is a podcast for creatives, everyday people, and those healing from trauma and relationships who are learning to live with less fear and more freedom.

Season 3, Part 2 Series: From Fear to Freedom — What If It All Works Out?

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Most of us aren't just afraid of bad things happening, we're afraid of not knowing. In this episode we explore what it actually means to live in the grey, why certainty feels so necessary and what it costs us when we demand it, and how black and white thinking keeps us stuck in our relationships, our creative work, and our healing journey.

We talk about how to expand your tolerance for uncertainty, what the body does when ambiguity feels like a threat, the connection between trust and the unknown, and the spiritual roots of certainty-seeking including what faith actually says about living without all the answers. Plus five things to consider as you start making peace with the in-between.

If you've been waiting for everything to feel certain before you move forward, this episode is going to meet you right where you are.

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How do you know when your anxiety is lying to you and when your gut is actually telling you the truth? In this episode we kick off the second phase of Season 3 with the series, From Fear to Freedom: What If It All Works Out?. We begin by exploring one of the most important distinctions in your healing journey: the difference between fear and intuition.

We talk about what it means to live from scarcity vs abundance, why so many of us learned fear-based thinking as children, how fear and intuition feel different in the body, and the spiritual roots of fear-based living including what scripture says about abundance and overflow. Plus five things to consider as you start making decisions from freedom instead of fear.

If you've been waiting for the part where the healing actually starts to feel like freedom, WHOOP there it is!

Let’s Connect!

Website: www.adjustingpod.com

Social Media: @adjustingpod on Instagram | Facebook | Youtube | TikTok

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/adjusting-podcast/id1748188929

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Disclaimer: Adjusting Podcast is NOT a substitute for professional diagnosis or treatment.