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Podcast Episode 349 - Your Courageous Life Part 8 - God Didn’t Get Your Calling Wrong—Your Story Did

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Summary

What if the thing keeping you stuck isn’t your skill set—but the story you’ve been believing about yourself? In this episode of The Courageous Life, we’re diving further into Secret #2 of living courageously: Discovering Your Identity by uncovering the narrative that’s been shaping how you show up in business and life. You’ll learn how to spot the story that’s been sabotaging your confidence, decisions, and calling—and how to rewrite it with God’s truth.

Because God didn’t get your calling wrong—your story did. It’s time to change the story so you can step boldly into your purpose.

Takeaways

Your biggest roadblocks often aren’t external—they’re the internal stories you’ve believed about yourself.
Your earliest experiences likely shaped the way you see yourself today—often in ways that are still driving your decisions.
Hiding parts of yourself to avoid conflict can lead to living out a false identity.
Your thoughts, your words, and even your blind spots all reveal the story you’re currently living by.
What you believe about yourself directly impacts how you show up in business, relationships, and life.
Self-sabotage often stems from lies we’ve believed for so long, we don’t even realize they’re there.
God never called you to shrink back—He created you to walk boldly in His truth.
You have the power to rewrite your story by identifying the lie and replacing it with God’s truth.
Blind spots can keep you stuck, but asking the Holy Spirit to reveal them brings freedom.
You don’t have to live by your old story—God is doing a new thing, and it’s time to step into it.

Sound Bites

“God didn’t get your calling wrong—your story did.”
“The biggest roadblocks in our lives aren’t external—they’re the stories we’ve believed about ourselves.”
“Your words are prophesying your future—make sure they align with God’s truth.”
“You don’t have to stay in your old story. God is doing a new thing—step into it.”

Chapters

00:00 Breaking Through Self-Doubt

02:10 Where did my beliefs come from?

03:40 Unpacking My Old Story

07:00 The Power of Our Narrative

09:10 1. Discovering Your Old Story—Where It All Started

13:48 2. Exposing Your Current Story—How It’s Driving Your Life & Business

25:31 3. Rewriting Your New Story—Aligning with God’s Truth

29:16 Recap - Old, Current and New Story

30:33 Courageous Action - Discover Your Old Story, Expose Your Current Story and Rewrite Your Story

Courageous Action

✅ Uncover Your Old Story:

Think back to your earliest memory of how you saw yourself as a child. What’s one belief about yourself that took root early on? Maybe it came from something a parent, teacher, or friend said—or an experience that shaped how you saw your worth. Write it down.

✅ Expose Your Current Story: how is it driving your business and life?

What are the words you’ve been speaking over yourself? How are these beliefs shaping your confidence, decisions, and business? Are there blind spots—hidden fears or patterns of self-sabotage—that keep you stuck? Identify one belief or habit that is limiting you right now.

✅ Rewrite Your New Story: God has already written a new story about you—it’s time to step into it.

Find one truth from Scripture that contradicts the false identity you’ve believed.

What new story do you want to create with this truth in mind?

Write it out in detail and read it daily for the next week.

Resources

Hello, Courageous! The Gal’s Guide to Delight, Discover, and Direct Your Divine Life by Heather Bunch: https://hellocourageous.com

Or get it on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CP3BZ7ZP

Heather Bunch – The Courageous Coach

Heather is a certified life and Enneagram coach, speaker and author who helps women of faith close the gap between their dreams and reality by Live Fearlessly Free. Now they can stop hiding, show up fully themselves and fulfill their God-given purpose–courageously.

Heather also uses her ninja writing skills to help other coaches, speakers, and authors get their ideas out of their heads into their signature system so they can create the income and income they dream about.

Heather’s book is available on Amazon––Hello, Courageous! The Gal’s Guide to Delight, Discover, and Direct Your Divine Life by Heather Bunch: https://hellocourageous.com/hcbook