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n this episode of The MindShifter Audio Blog, Fatima Bey draws a clear line between faith and passivity and exposes how spiritual language is often used to avoid responsibility, hard conversations, and real effort.This episode challenges the idea that “trusting the process” means waiting, explains why faith requires participation, and shows how real change only happens when you do your part and trust the outcome.🔗 Read the full blog post: https://www.fatimabey.com/trusting-it-will-all-come-togetherChapters 0:00 Introduction 0:14 Trusting vs avoiding responsibility 1:10 The lies that keep you stuck 2:00 Faith without action 2:41 Fixing finances through participation 3:23 Marriage and avoidance 4:40 Trust vs passivity 5:27 The real cost of inaction 6:31 Why God is not doing your part 7:32 Stop waiting for the right time 8:42 How to start participating 9:55 Faith is active trustMindShift Moments • Faith requires action • Passivity wears spiritual language • Trust is active, not passive • Waiting often hides fear • Participation changes outcomesQuotes “Faith without action is wishful thinking.” “Passivity is not surrender.” “Do your part and trust the outcome.”Read the full transcript on Listen Notes.Thank you for listening.

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.🔗 Read the full blog post: https://www.fatimabey.com/stop-mistaking-fear-for-common-senseChapters 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 upMindShift Moments • Fear rarely announces itself • Excuses often sound like wisdom • Waiting is not always responsible • Decisions create momentum • Courage acts before confidenceQuotes “Fear dresses up as common sense.” “Waiting is just another word for dying slowly.” “Courage is a decision, not a feeling.”Read the full transcript on Listen Notes.Thank you for listening.

In this episode of The MindShifter Audio Blog, Fatima Bey exposes the hidden cost of avoiding unresolved trauma and why the greatness inside you stays buried until the root issues are addressed.This episode explores how undealt-with pain quietly controls reactions, relationships, self-sabotage, and fear, why coping mechanisms often bury healing deeper, and what real excavation looks like when you stop managing symptoms and start addressing the source.🔗 Read the full blog post: https://www.fatimabey.com/buried-treasureChapters 0:00 Introduction 0:14 Is there treasure buried under your trauma 0:50 What you avoid is already running your life 1:29 How trauma buries gifts and purpose 2:20 The dirt gets heavier over time 3:07 Bandaids vs real healing 4:49 Therapy is not one-size-fits-all 5:50 Addressing the root, not the behavior 6:26 Reaction mode vs growth 7:18 What you’re really burying 7:48 What life looks like after excavation 9:43 Stop waiting and start diggingMindShift Moments • Avoidance is not neutral • Trauma controls what remains unhealed • Coping is not the same as healing • Depth creates freedom • Excavation reveals purposeQuotes “You’re sitting on gold you can’t access.” “What you avoid is already dealing with you.” “Healing requires excavation.”Read the full transcript on Listen Notes.Thank you for listening.

When Criticism Is GoodIn this episode of The MindShifter Audio Blog, Fatima Bey breaks down why real change always attracts criticism and how discomfort is often the clearest sign that something necessary is being exposed.This episode explores the difference between harmful recklessness and productive disruption, why history proves that meaningful progress is never comfortable, and how to discern which criticism should be heeded and which should be ignored.🔗 Read the full blog post: https://www.fatimabey.com/when-criticism-is-goodChapters 0:00 Introduction 0:14 When criticism means you’re doing it right 1:10 Discomfort vs harm 2:43 Historical proof that discomfort creates change 4:22 The girls who needed real truth 6:38 When criticism is legitimate 7:37 How to discern good criticism 7:57 When personal growth makes others uncomfortable 9:13 Why real change always makes wavesMindShift Moments • Discomfort is not harm • Real change disrupts comfort • Truth creates resistance before progress • Boundaries expose insecurity • Not all criticism deserves obedienceQuotes “Discomfort is not the same as harm.” “Real change makes waves.” “Criticism isn’t proof you’re wrong.”Read the full transcript on Listen Notes.Thank you for listening.

In this episode of The MindShifter Audio Blog, Fatima Bey reveals the hidden power carried by people in everyday service roles and why no job is small when human lives are involved. Through two real-world stories, this episode exposes how brief moments of presence, kindness, and genuine connection can change the trajectory of a life forever.This is a reflection on unseen influence, quiet leadership, and the power of being human when it matters most.🔗 Read the full blog post: https://www.fatimabey.com/the-power-of-a-walmart-cashierChapters 0:00 Introduction 0:14 You think your job is small 0:51 Sheila at the Walmart checkout 1:56 A moment that saved a life 3:27 Victor on the flight to Atlanta 4:50 One sentence that changed everything 6:27 The power you don’t know you have 7:10 Standing at the edge of decisions 7:34 Why society is wrong about “small jobs” 8:05 The impact you’ll never see 8:11 This is not a small jobMindShift Moments • Presence is power • Kindness changes trajectories • Influence is not tied to title • Small moments create permanent impact • Humanity is leadershipQuotes “You are not just a cashier.” “One minute of presence can save a life.” “Your job is not small.”Read the full transcript on Listen Notes.Thank you for listening.

In this episode of The MindShifter Audio Blog, Fatima Bey dismantles the fear-based misunderstanding of failure and reframes it for what it actually is: practice feedback. This episode explains why most people don’t fail because they lack talent or intelligence, but because they quit too early.From entrepreneurship to academia, this is a grounded reflection on persistence, iteration, and why progress belongs to those who refuse to confuse a failed attempt with a failed identity.🔗 Read the full blog post: https://www.fatimabey.com/failure-is-just-practice-feedbackChapters 0:00 Introduction 0:19 You didn’t fail, you practiced 0:49 The moment failure actually happens 1:24 Why your first attempt didn’t work 2:16 One variable was off 2:46 The academic truth about failure 3:39 Talent vs persistence 4:44 Your origin story, not your ending 5:13 Failure as feedback 5:52 Permission to try again 6:24 Winning belongs to the persistentMindShift Moments • Failure is information • Quitting is the only real failure • Identity is not tied to outcomes • Iteration beats intelligence • Persistence compoundsQuotes “You didn’t fail. You discovered what doesn’t work.” “Winning belongs to the persistent.” “You are a success in progress.”Read the full transcript on Listen NotesThank you for listening.