How To Overcome Fear & Doubt When Stepping Into Your Purpose

Stepping into your soul purpose isn’t just about mastering your gifts because it’s about facing the fears that come with being fully seen.
I’ve been there.

When I first started channeling, my ego screamed: “You’re making this up.” The fear of being judged, misunderstood, or rejected was so real, but so was the calling.

What You’ll Learn: Why fear and doubt are normal (and how to work with them, not against them). The fastest way to build confidence in your spiritual gifts (hint: it's not about waiting). Why visibility triggers us and how to move through the fear of being seen. The mindset shift that separates stuck healers from rising light leaders. My personal journey from “Am I making this up?” to leading live events, channelling on stage, and building a soul-led business.

Transcript

Of course,

When I first started channeling,

I had my doubts,

Right?

I wasn't just an idiot.

Oh my God,

A hundred percent.

I trust this,

Like full certainty.

It's a journey,

Right?

Channeling is a journey of a relationship of trust.

And I had inner resistance.

My ego is like,

You're making this up.

Like the ego does,

Right?

That's normal.

Every channel goes through that.

And of course,

I went through that channel too.

I had to deal with the inner resistances of one,

Actually building up the trust of the channeling,

But two,

Then also being viewed and seen as a channel and a psychic out in the world.

So the first part of it was actually the doubt about being able to really trust what I was channeling,

Right?

And even though like you do all the right discernment and the safety and you know,

It's of the light and you're doing all the processes and you're like,

This feels like I can feel it,

Right?

There's still going to be that human ego part that goes,

You're making it up.

This isn't real.

You know,

Telling yourself off.

And for me,

It was a journey of confirmations,

Validations,

And then of divine service for others.

The number one way we get confirmation and validation from channeling is to provide it as a service for other people.

So when I began receiving my channelings and talking to my guides,

I did receive personal confirmations where spirit was giving me signs,

Was having repeats from things that I channeled to confirm things for me.

But then when I began to channel for other people,

Which I did quite quickly,

Because I was very excited about channeling and wanted to get really good at it.

When I began to channel for other people,

When they would then say,

Oh my God,

I literally had a dream about that the other night,

Or yes,

That's exactly what I was thinking,

Or that's so interesting.

Somebody said that exact thing to me yesterday.

And have the confirmation again and again.

I'd be like,

Oh,

Like for example,

One of the ones with some like,

I was like,

Oh,

Your spirit guides say,

You know,

You've actually got the energy of an artist.

And they were like,

That's so wild because I went to the store yesterday and I just thought,

You know what?

I'm going to get a canvas and paint,

Right?

So just stuff like that,

That would happen over and over again in the confirmation.

And obviously,

The more I channeled,

The better I got.

And that's when we really feel the energy.

So I can now recognize,

See,

Hear,

Feel energy.

And that part of me that is in doubt of like,

Oh,

Am I making this up?

Is not there.

It's gone because it is such a visceral,

Lived,

Powerful experience for me.

And the energy is so strong.

And that can take time.

When you first start channeling,

It is not that strong.

It is not that intense.

When I first started channeling,

I was in clairvoyant,

Right?

That developed like,

Yes,

Now I'm full blown clairvoyant.

So it's easy when we see,

We hear,

It's so strong.

But when we start,

It's normal to have those doubts.

So I want to normalize them for you and let you know how you're going to overcome them is by actually channeling and getting the confirmation and validation,

Which your guides want to give you.

So channel for other people,

Receive from them,

Hear from them,

And know that it's a journey.

And you will get to a place where it's so strong and clear and you know,

Right?

Didn't take long for me.

I think it took like a few months of consistent channeling every single day,

Channeling for others where I was like,

I feel the energy so strongly.

I know that I'm channeling.

I know the energy that I'm receiving.

My clairvoyance was developing and there was like the doubt stopped,

Right?

But that's very,

Very normal.

The second big fear and resistance that we see is being seen as a channel and a psychic by the world,

Right?

Like now you go to my YouTube and you see me channeling,

Doing my thing.

There was a time when that would blow my mind that I wouldn't have blown my mind that I'm doing this right now in this way,

Right?

I had a lot of fear about it.

I hid my gifts for a long time,

Just like I know a lot of you did.

I didn't really know anybody who was doing this.

I felt like I would be judged.

People would make fun of me.

I would be criticized.

I would be isolated.

So absolutely I hid it.

And it was something that eventually I just decided I wanna like pursue this and I'm not gonna hide myself.

I'm not gonna hide parts of myself for others.

And I even remember then when I was on the journey and I ran my first trans channeling live event,

Which is actually so funny because that's where I met my husband for the first time.

So I also have a belief that when we take the big soul aligned action,

My ears ringing right now,

We are rewarded,

Right?

So I remember that live trans channeling event.

It was a full soul line.

I'm gonna run this.

I'm gonna put this out there.

I have this gift.

I wanna share it with the world.

And I remember we had about 30 people who were coming and we were all in this room and I was sitting there to channel and I was so nervous.

I wasn't,

I was like,

At that point,

I was like,

I love my channeling.

I'm so confident in my abilities,

But to do it in front of an audience in this way,

It felt very vulnerable,

But I did it.

And I just remember being so scared.

And I don't feel like necessarily that fear is something that goes away.

Like there is some fear,

Even now when I was earlier this year,

When I got on the stage in front of 500 people,

There was still a fear,

Even though like I'm so confident,

Certain,

Connected to my work,

My purpose,

My teachings.

It's still big.

Like,

It's like,

Oh,

I'm still getting in front of 500 people.

And then again,

When I had to get out in front of 400 people again,

The same,

Right?

So it's not always that the fear isn't gonna be there.

It's about becoming friends with the fear and being okay with you feeling it,

Right?

Part of my big fear was also charging for my gifts,

Putting it out there,

Being seen,

Being known as a channel,

But overcoming these ones about the perceptions.

There were a few things that I really had to lean into.

The first thing is knowing that people are not gonna like you no matter what you do.

Like it actually,

I could not channel and people would have an issue with me.

People are not going to like you no matter what you do.

No matter what you do,

People will like you and some people won't.

Like look at any controversial figure in the world.

Some people like them,

Some people don't like them.

Now,

The more controversial and polarized they are,

The stronger their haters and lovers are,

But it doesn't matter.

There's always gonna be someone who doesn't like you,

Always gonna be people who like you.

So you might as well just do what you wanna do because as long as you're not like them,

As long as you are focusing on what other people are perceiving of you,

As long as you are focusing on what others are thinking,

Feeling,

Focusing about you,

You're living for them.

You're not living for you.

You're not living for your purpose.

The whole universe is waiting for you.

Who gives a shit what Debbie from Pilates thinks about you,

Right?

You don't live for them.

I can't live for them.

I have to live for me.

I have to live for my soul,

My purpose,

What I came here to do.

It's such a strong fire and relentlessness in me,

Like this knowing I have to do this.

I have to share this work.

What,

And I'm not gonna do it because someone on the internet is gonna say,

Oh,

I think what you're doing is really bad and I don't like it.

Cool,

Great.

Shut this window.

Turn off the video.

Good for you.

I'm gonna keep doing what I know I came here to do.

What I know is my purpose worked and I'm gonna be okay with people not liking me because I promise you,

No matter what you do,

You're gonna have haters and you get to love your haters.

It's all perfect,

Right?

The next thing I wanna talk about is part of the claiming and stepping into this is also feeling the fear,

The discomfort and being okay with it.

So what I've noticed between people who are very,

Very successful,

Successful,

Very successful light leaders and those who are not as successful yet,

There's a big difference in how they approach fear.

So those who are not so successful,

If for example,

They're like,

Okay,

I should run an event because that feels really soulful but I have so much fear around it.

I'm so scared about this and this and what if this happens?

What if I can't do this?

And they sit in that fear.

They sit in that fear.

They feel the fear.

They're like,

Okay,

I'm gonna try and heal the fear first because it must be from a past life thing.

I'm gonna heal it.

I'm gonna shift it.

I'm gonna work on it,

Which yes,

Great.

That's important.

But what they do is they put the thing that they know they're meant to do on pause because they're in the fear versus the people who are very successful.

They're like,

Oh,

I feel fear,

Cool.

This is an initiation to my next level.

That's why I feel fear.

Okay,

I'm gonna meet the fear head on and they do the thing.

That is such a core difference and you might,

You know,

Even something as simple as the first time I did a live stream on Facebook.

So nervous and it was an awful live stream.

I was so bad,

But I was so scared.

But I did the thing,

Right?

I could have sat there and okay,

I'm gonna like do all this healing work and heal this,

Which yes,

You wanna do that.

But I did the live stream and then I did the healing work,

Right?

So feel the fear and do not see it as something you need to stop what you're doing and work through the fear.

See it as part of the initiation.

You get to do that thing and at the same time,

You get to do the healing work because I'm telling you,

It's never gonna feel like I have no fear and it feels easy.

I have been with people when they've spoken in front of thousands of people,

Right?

I've seen behind the scenes of all of those things and let me tell you that they all feel fear,

Right?

They're all like,

This is big,

I'm anxious.

I've got nerves coming up.

That's human,

It's natural.

But we cannot let the fear stop us.

We greet the fear,

We feel it anyway and we go,

This is my initiation.

The fear is my initiation because now I'm not scared of doing live streams anymore because like this,

I've embodied in it,

Right?

There was in the past a version of me that did feel live stream,

But to become me who I am today,

I had to get comfortable doing live streams.

And what scares you now,

You're gonna normalize in the future.

The next level version of you has already normalized it and embodied it.

And that's why fear is the initiation.

So lean into that,

Right?

Welcome the fear,

See it as an initiation,

Face it head on and whatever you do,

Do not let it stop the action.

That is the number one mistake you can make.

Do the thing,

Do the thing and do not let the fear stop it.

So those are the two things that I kind of learned to work through that specific doubt and resistance.

Let me know if you have any questions,

Any other shares,

Anything that you believe would be helpful,

Post it down in the comments below.

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Thank you for being here,

Beautiful soul.

Reviews

So inspiring🤗All of us have a “Debbie from Pilates” and just do it anyway✌🏻🥰⚡️

Thank you for sharing this energetic track Athina. Face the fear and don't let it stop your action. It helps you level up to the next level. Good advice for sure.
I like the part where you speak of what gifts are you hiding, that the world needs now?

I am glad you showed up on my Top Pick for Me this morning. I am on a thirty day journey letting Insight Timer algorithm deliver what I need each morning.

Thank you. ✌️❤️