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The Discomfort Practice


The Discomfort Practice explores the value of discomfort in shaping who we are, how we are in the world and how it can be a catalyst for positive social evolution.

Betsy speaks to leaders, activists, athletes, creatives and others who, like her, are ‘professional discomforters’ about comfort zones, having a conscious ‘discomfort practice,’ and the superpowers that lie on the other side of stepping into the unknown. Come get uncomfortable with Betsy...

Nov 28, 2021

In my latest solo episode of The Discomfort Practice, I’m excited to dive into some of my current self exploration as part of my own discomfort practice.  

I have gotta confess: doing these episodes has been the real edge of my own comfort zone. It is truly uncomfortable - part of my own discomfort practice - to reveal myself on the Internet. Not the professional persona, not the stuff that’s already public. The real stuff going on in my life right now, set loose for others to interpret through their own filters. Yikes.

But I have found my new comfort zone, which is actually really the aim of a discomfort practice: to watch the edges of your comfort zone melt and expand. And then you find yourself with a spangly new expanded comfort zone. And that's where I am now: comfortable with the level of self exploration that I'm doing out loud. Because I am (contrary to popular perception), quite a private person. 

This episode covers themes such as finding the energetic leaks in my life, the things that might be causing misalignment and holding me back from living my purpose. Whether it’s a corner of my home that needs to be cleaned or a grudge I realise I’ve been dragging around.

For me, being aligned is about being in my purpose and having all the pieces of my life working to help that flow. We all have a purpose. Your purpose comes from the essence of who you are. And you find it by tapping into and listening to your deep inner knowing about why it is you're on this earth this time around. And for me, I'm very clear on my personal purpose. I'm here to work with people with power to create new systems that actually work for everyone on this planet. And from that everything flows.

So sit back and have a listen and let's get uncomfortable together.

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