BORROW MY BELIEF: Until You Build Your Own

S2 EP 31 — BORROW MY BELIEF: UNTIL YOU BUILD YOUR OWN

What if the reason you don’t believe in yourself yet is because you’re still waiting for proof?

Stefanie and John are BACK—and after missing last week’s podcast, they have a lot to talk about.

A 21-mile bike ride. A much-needed day off. John getting back into jam sessions. A documentary getting closer to completion. A huge upcoming guest. Research, classes, work, life—and the realization that somehow, through all of it, they’re learning something they spent years getting completely wrong:

Go, go, go isn’t how you grow, grow, GROW.

Hustle culture tells us to do more, work harder, never miss.

Diet culture tells us to eat less, try harder, push through, and start over when we “mess up.”

But what happens when pushing harder is exactly what keeps us stuck?

In this episode of Plantspiration® Unplugged, Stefanie and John get into the difference between giving up and giving yourself what you actually need—and why learning to trust yourself may be one of the most important practices of all.

John shares how returning to guitar taught him something surprising about confidence: sometimes you don’t believe in yourself first.

Sometimes somebody else believes in you, you keep practicing, and eventually you collect enough evidence to believe it too.

That leads Stefanie back to a powerful moment inside Plantspiration® when she asked: