If you have been following my journey, you know I’m no stranger to the “messy middle”—that space between deciding to start something new and actually having the guts to show up. Lately, I’ve been wrestling with that exact friction. I’ve been trying to launch, to speak my truth, and to bridge the gap between my internal world and the external one. It’s been a cycle of overthinking, over-preparing, and inevitably, paralyzing myself. I thought I was just struggling with a bit of “creative block,” but then something happened that stopped me in my tracks. I stumbled across a video by Amanda from The Connected Conduit titled, “Don’t talk yourself out…