498. Overcome Self-Doubt and Step Into Your Confidence Now
In this week’s Fuck Yeah Friday, Lesley Logan celebrates wins—big and small—from the community and her own journey. Inspired by Reese Witherspoon’s advice on confidence, she highlights the power of simply starting, rather than waiting to feel ready. She also shares community wins, including a successful holiday event, attracting the right clients, and making big business decisions. Plus, she opens up about her personal journey of letting go of pressure and embracing self-kindness.
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In this episode you will learn about:
- A community member’s win in hosting a memorable holiday event.
- How simplifying processes helped attract new clients.
- Facing big transitions and trusting the next step.
- Letting go of pressure and embracing self-kindness.
- A powerful mantra to reconnect with your wild side
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Lesley Logan 0:00
It's Fuck Yeah Friday.
Lesley Logan 0:01
Fuck yeah.
Lesley Logan 0:02
Get ready for some wins. Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guest will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.
Lesley Logan 0:48
Hi, Be It babe. How are you happy? March 14th 2025. Whoa. This year is flying. I'm really excited that you're here. I'm excited you're listening. I love this episode of each week. It has a special place in my heart because I get to celebrate things that you did, and I get to give you some inspiration, and I get to give you a mantra, and it kind of just makes me feel like I get to be in your ears, supporting you, hopefully, support you, and remind you you're doing amazing things. You're doing a really good job.
Lesley Logan 1:14
So, the person who inspired me on the internet, this is really cool. I came from Her Midlife Empowerment and it's a Reese Witherspoon video, so I'm sure she's just reusing it. But basically, Reese was asked how she has the courage and confidence to do a job and all that stuff and to know that they're confident in it. And Reese was basically like, you don't wait to have confidence that you can do it. You actually just need to have the confidence to start. Because when you start, yes, you'll make mistakes, but you'll get better at it, and the more you do it, the more confidence you'll get. So you don't have to have confidence that you're going to be a great nurse. You just have the confidence to start to be a nurse. You don't have to have the confidence to be an entrepreneur. You just have the confidence to start the business you think. We just have to get started. The courage to get started needs to be celebrated. And I really love this. I'll make sure the link is in the show notes. But I just really thought it was so brilliant because one of the reasons this podcast exists is everyone thinks you're so confident in everything you do, you're so, you're so good. I'm scared to death, but I have enough confidence and courage to start the thing and then trust that I'll get pulled along the journey, and as it's going I get better. For example, I don't even know what number this is when it comes out. When I started, I did not think I was confident as a podcast host, but I was definitely confident I could start to be a podcast host. And so the first episodes probably are a little bit weird. I'm still working on things out, but I've gotten so much better, and now I'm very confident in being on anyone's podcast, or having any guest on the show, like I'm very confident. Having my favorite guest on Episode 400 didn't scare me, because I was really ready for them, right? So thanks, Reese for that amazing reminder that we don't need to have the confidence to be something. We have to have the confidence to start to do the thing.
Lesley Logan 2:55
So now, a win of yours. This one is from Stephanie Eder, also an eLevate grad and an agency member. I threw a kick ass holiday party charity drive for my clients this week. Music suites, table, photo booth with the Grinch appearing. I love that. Pilates, trivia prizes from local businesses and Korean beauty facials. I'm selling the product at my studio starting in January, so it gave me early exposure. So I don't think it would have been as good without the help of LL. We discussed the party on my quarterly call. She helped with the little details like the goodie bag and approaching businesses. She had the ideas of doing all the things, for-your-feet goodie bag, a branded rally towel, marbles, pencil and thick rubber band. She made sure I thought of all the elements to make it a success. So many thank yous for my clients and great event to create community. My husband was a trooper and jack of all trades helper last night, and made a comment that it was such a nice group of people. I really felt that last night, and felt very lucky to have all these people in my life. So Stephanie, it was so fun to plan your holiday party for your business with you. It's one of my favorite things to think about. I think it's still been fabulous, because I definitely didn't think about the Grinch with the photo booth. That's great. And you had to go and do all those things, right? So thank you for having the call and asking me that question so we could just brainstorm and dream up, because there's no bad idea in a brainstorm. And I'm so happy that they loved it so much. I mean, really, I wish I could be there. I wish I could have been there. I would have loved to have taken a picture of the Grinch, and I would love to meet everyone, but you attract amazing people. You really do. I have been able to meet them, and you really do. So I want to highlight these wins, because the win for Stephanie is the event of it all, as opposed to, sometimes we're like, okay, into the holiday party, then get me 17 other things. No, it's the actual, a party itself. You threw this party. Many people don't, or if they do, they half ass it, but you were intentional about it, and celebrating your intentionality is so worthwhile. It's so amazing.
Lesley Logan 4:44
All right, I'm going to give you one more win from you guys today. It's from Mary Dellanina. Mary's went on retreats with us and on Agency, and she wrote, wins the past few months. So, great coaching call with Rachel Piper, who gave me the words to move on from my current studio. A new student stated that my onboarding process was the easiest he's worked with. I was the fifth Pilates studio who tried to get an appointment with they need LL. Yes, Mary, they do. My gosh. Also, let's just shout out. What a win. This guy kept trying different places, and you were number five. That's amazing. Number three, I've had two sessions, my first professional athlete, a professional baseball player. He's so easy to work with as each movement matters. He's loving how each movement is challenging him. He shows me how the movements work with him and how he has to bat, which is very fun and interesting. Fourth, my December is extremely busy. I'm happy about this. And I'm headed to bike in Chile, and then a hike in Patagonia in January. Oh my God. Fifth, this is my last quarter on my home studio. I'm afraid, excited and sad. I've lived in the same area for 37 years and grown this business for the past 10 years. But I know my move will be a win for my spirit. It really is going to be exciting, Mary. Number six, wishing you all a blessed holiday season and a 2025 that feels right for you. And number seven, I'll be hosting my first retreat, which people will travel to in 29 Palms California. I'm excited to be in the desert and share it with others. We absolutely love the Palm Springs area. It's so fun. We were there in January as well, Mary, and these wins are just beautiful. I love that you collected them, and I love that you have a variety and just got to see how all these different things you're doing, you're making big challenges, like changing a studio space can be so scary, and yet it served its purpose, and now it's time to go to another purpose, go to another space. You know, we've all, never want to overstay our welcome at a party, right? So thank you for sharing that.
Lesley Logan 6:34
Okay, a win of mine. So my win is that I have been working really hard at giving myself permission that what I did was enough. And this is not easy, and I actually do not think that I'm great at this yet, but I don't like to drive at night like a thing, like I just really don't, and it really stresses me out. And I was feeling really overwhelmed by it, and I was feeling like I would let our household down if I didn't drive through the night. And I gave myself permission to check in with myself at the halfway point, not the halfway but almost half, more than halfway point. And then I could stay if I needed to, and sleep, and then I could go. And I know this sounds like oh, Lesley, don't drive if you're tired, but I wanted to be someone who could get all the way to where we're going, but I also felt pressure doing that. At any rate, this was my first challenge for myself for the year. I was driving our new-to-us car, used car, but a new-to-us car home from Tempe at night, and I did it, and I was so proud of myself, but also, when we got to our stopping point, I even allowed myself to go you can stay here if you want. What you've done is enough. And having a little self-talk, little self-chatter was really helpful. Having a little self-talk and a little self-chatter was really helpful, not only to get all the way home, but to realize I was doing a great job, and I actually was awake and I wasn't tired. And I share that with you, because I think we all have these conversations with ourselves, and we always when we wonder, like, did I do enough? Self-evaluating or judging, even today, something happened in my text messages, and I was like, oh my God, did I do the wrong thing? And then I was, hold on, I did all the things right. I don't know what's going on, but I can't control that, so I'm gonna let that go. It's a daily conversation. It's really annoying. My Be It loves, like, this daily conversation of talking to yourself about what's real, what are we making up? What is possible, what are we doing? But in doing that so far this year, like I'm having a much better year and having a more confident year, and there's a lot more kindness in it. So essentially, basically, to sum it up, my win is that I did a thing. I didn't force myself to do more than I could. I was able to do more than I thought. And it wasn't because I pushed myself, it's because I could do it, and that's great. So if you can take anything from it, just ask yourself, if this is all I can do today, okay, great. I did it. That's what I needed to do, and celebrate that. It's going to help. It's going to make your life so much easier.
Lesley Logan 9:02
So your mantra is from the Deck of Plenty. I break bread with all priestesses of pleasure, and I co-create with those who adore the wild within me. I break bread with all priestesses of pleasure, and I co-create with those who adore the wild within me. Ooh, that's fun. That's a fun one. That one means you gotta get excited, gotta find the wild in you. She will have it.
Lesley Logan 9:27
Thank you guys for being amazing listeners. Thank you for being you. We couldn't do this podcast without you. And so I hope that you send in wins of yours, send in people that inspire you, so we can celebrate them and until next time, Be It Till You See It.
Lesley Logan 9:27
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Brad Crowell 10:23
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Lesley Logan 10:28
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Brad Crowell 10:33
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Lesley Logan 10:40
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Brad Crowell 10:43
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