Swimming Lessons: Sometimes You Must Swim or Go Down With The Ship. Choose to Swim.
Swimming Lessons: Sometimes You Must Swim or Go Down With The Ship. Choose to Swim.  
Podcast: Talks with Dr Shafer
Published On: Sun May 26 2024
Description: Swimming Lessons: Sometimes You Must Swim or Go Down With The Ship. Choose to Swim. Thank you for joining me for this Short Talk on Talks with Dr Shafer. I'm a physician, mom, life coach, musician, author, and I am passionate about using storytelling as a tool to help you reclaim and reframe your story and move forward to build your most beautiful future. Today on this short talk, I wanted to read something I wrote called Swimming Lessons. It's time. You feel it in your bones. It's time to change. At first, the knowing was a quiet drip in the background. This way of doing things was no longer keeping the water out. But this is the way you've done things for as long as you can remember. So you kept going on about it. Hours, days, weeks, months, and even years, knowing a change was necessary, but stuck in the rut of your old habits, stuck in a vessel that was taking on water. Drip, drip, drip. Eventually, what was once a whisper became a louder, sharper dissonance, and the leaking vessel no longer could be ignored. This is your ship, but it is just a ship, just a thing created to take you to where you want to go. But it isn't doing that any longer. The ship is going down. You can stay in it. But the habits and lifestyle that you have created are taking on water and you can either go down with the ship or change. There comes a time in life where it is sink or swim. The waters may be rough and uninviting, but in order to move on in life, we simply have to do it. We must face our fear, jump in and swim. The scariest moment is right before you decide to jump. Every moment after, there is no room for fear. There is only room for moving towards your goal. Once you commit to your dreams and take action, there is no time for fear. All of your energy is used to stay afloat and moving forward. You are no longer in the sinking ship. You are now in charge of your destiny. You did not go down with that ship. You are still here. Keep swimming. Thank you for joining me on this short talk with Dr. Shafer. Stay safe and take care. I'll talk to you soon. We Hope You Enjoy Today's Episode. Please Like And Subscribe To Get The Next Inspiring, Growth-Focused Episode Of Talks With Dr Shafer, And Comment, Follow And Rate The Podcast To Help Spread Dr Shafer's Message Of Growth, Healing, And Reclaiming Your Story To As Many People As Possible! #Talkswithdrshafer #swimminglessons #Podcast #lifecoach #Mindset #Growth #shorttalkswithdrshafer Little House Of Dreams Entertainment, 2024. All Rights Reserved. Produced by: Shafer Stedron. Hosted by: Shafer Stedron. Written by: Shafer Stedron. Music Credit: Shafer Yost, Impulse.