Join Fatima Bey The MindShifter as she reads her original written works in her own voice. These are not podcasts interviews or commentary. They are spoken thought seeds.
As an International MindShift Coach known for deep life wisdom, Fatima explores the inner patterns that shape how we think, choose, and live. Each audio blog offers a focused reflection designed to interrupt autopilot thinking and invite real internal change.
These episodes are for listeners who prefer depth over noise and clarity over motivation hype. Whether you are commuting, resting, or intentionally making space to think, the Audio Blog delivers reflection you can sit with and return to.
In a digital landscape filled with artificial voices and surface-level content, The MindShifter Audio Blog is intentionally human. Every episode is recorded in Fatima’s real voice, carrying the nuance, emphasis, and presence that written words alone cannot convey.
Listen often. Let the thoughts land. Growth happens quietly.
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Join Fatima Bey The MindShifter as she reads her original written works in her own voice. These are not podcasts interviews or commentary. They are spoken thought seeds.
As an International MindShift Coach known for deep life wisdom, Fatima explores the inner patterns that shape how we think, choose, and live. Each audio blog offers a focused reflection designed to interrupt autopilot thinking and invite real internal change.
These episodes are for listeners who prefer depth over noise and clarity over motivation hype. Whether you are commuting, resting, or intentionally making space to think, the Audio Blog delivers reflection you can sit with and return to.
In a digital landscape filled with artificial voices and surface-level content, The MindShifter Audio Blog is intentionally human. Every episode is recorded in Fatima’s real voice, carrying the nuance, emphasis, and presence that written words alone cannot convey.
Listen often. Let the thoughts land. Growth happens quietly.
👉 Explore coaching for clarity and inner growth:
FatimaBey.com/mindshift-coaching
👉 Read the original written blogs or search by topic:
👉 Media, speaking, and collaborations:
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In this episode of The MindShifter Audio Blog, Fatima Bey exposes how fear disguises itself as logic, responsibility, realism, and common sense and quietly sabotages growth, purpose, and momentum.
This episode breaks down the many “reasonable” excuses fear uses to keep people stuck, why waiting is often just fear in disguise, and how decisions, not feelings, are what ultimately change lives.
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https://www.fatimabey.com/stop-mistaking-fear-for-common-sense
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:14 Stop mistaking fear for common sense
1:03 How fear disguises itself
1:48 The many costumes fear wears
3:09 When playing it safe becomes self-sabotage
4:30 Choosing intuition over fear
5:55 What fear is really costing you
7:10 Fear is not your advisor
8:45 Courage is a decision, not a feeling
9:37 Name the excuse
11:04 Fear’s time is up
MindShift Moments
• Fear rarely announces itself
• Excuses often sound like wisdom
• Waiting is not always responsible
• Decisions create momentum
• Courage acts before confidence
Quotes
“Fear dresses up as common sense.”
“Waiting is just another word for dying slowly.”
“Courage is a decision, not a feeling.”
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