Welcome back to The Anxiety Recovery Podcast! I’m your host, Valerie Rubin, and today we’re diving into a fear that keeps so many of us stuck: “What if I get this wrong?”

You know the spiral — your chest tightens, your brain won’t shut off, and you second-guess every move because one wrong choice feels like it could ruin everything. Whether it’s love, career, or everyday decisions, self-doubt can feel paralyzing.

My guest today, Danielle Bongiorno — speaker and author of Take the Leap — knows this fear intimately. But more importantly, she knows how to move through it.

Together, we unpack:
✨ Why the fear of being wrong has such a chokehold on us
✨ What happens in our minds and bodies when we’re taught not to trust ourselves
✨ Danielle’s most vulnerable leaps — and the turning points where she chose trust over fear
✨ The hidden cost of living in indecision and hesitation
✨ Practical tools you can use right now to build unshakable self-trust

If you’ve ever found yourself frozen in limbo, spiraling in “what if I get this wrong?”, this conversation will give you the permission — and the tools — to take the leap anyway.

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