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March 27, 2024 25 mins

Overcoming Imposter Syndrome and Making Your Dreams a Reality

In this episode of the KAYA Podcast, Kambria shares her heartfelt gratitude for the support received since the launch of the podcast, which coincided with Spring Equinox, marking a significant milestone after a seven-year journey of hope and hesitation. Kambria delves into the common experience of imposter syndrome, discussing personal fears, subconscious belief systems, and life realities that often hinder individuals from pursuing their dreams. Through relatable stories, including dealing with allergies and the emotional process of starting a project, the episode encourages listeners to take a leap of faith despite fears and self-doubt. Kambria emphasizes the importance of action over perfection and the powerful impact one can make by influencing even just one person. The podcast serves as an inspirational call to listeners to reflect on their unfulfilled aspirations and to courageously take the initial steps toward achieving them, highlighting the transformative power of embracing vulnerability and overcoming personal barriers.

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00:00 Welcome to the KAYA Podcast: A Journey Begins 00:23 The Launch of FIVE Podcast: Reflections and Gratitude 00:56 The Long Road to Podcasting: From 2018 to Launch 01:28 Behind the Scenes: Confronting Imposter Syndrome and Self-Doubt 11:41 The Power of Doing: Overcoming Hesitations and Taking Action 18:12 The Importance of Support and Community in Achieving Dreams 24:09 Embracing the Journey: Encouragement and Final Thoughts

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Kambria Davis (00:04):
Hey y'all, welcome back to the KAYA Podcast.
Super excited to have everybody hereand really, really just want to express
such deep gratitude for all of you whojoined in and listened to the first couple
episodes that we launched last week.
With the beginning of the FIVE podcast,we launched it on Spring Equinox, and

(00:29):
that was very intentional, very specific.
And I just want to thank every singleperson, for those of you that showed
support through social, listened to thepodcast, followed, downloaded, anything.
It was a really, really good day,and I feel super grateful, super
humbled, and just really, really,really, Proud, I should say, on being

(00:52):
able to finally launch the podcast.
Now I say finally because truthfully, Ilooked at my phone and I had a note in my
phone from 2018 that said, podcast topics.
And I know that around that time,potentially even before I had already

(01:14):
been speaking about wanting to do apodcast or, Hey, that would be super fun.
Or something would come up.
I'm like, Oh man, I havea lot to say about that.
Or I would love to talk about that.
And so on today's episode, I want togive you all a little bit of behind
the scenes of what came up for melast week when the podcast launched.

(01:38):
And dive into a little bit about howall of us in some form or another
experience this form of impostersyndrome, or maybe you find yourself
in a place of not feeling ready to dosomething or ready to love something.
And I'm just going to share on today'sepisode about a lot of the fears

(01:59):
and worries and subconscious beliefsystems that have held me back.
And also just some of the purelife realities that get in the way.
So that's what we're going to betalking a little bit about today.
And, you know, like I said, youknow, I've kind of gone back
and forth like, okay, cool.
Well, people want to hear aboutastrology and we're currently in a

(02:21):
really big astrological season witheclipses and all that's happening.
That being said, we justlaunched a podcast last week.
And I think it's important to talkabout what was the journey to get to
that point because I know for me aseven year journey there's a lot that's
going to happen in that time frameand maybe somebody here can relate.

(02:45):
I think we often can look at otherpeople when they birth a business, they
birth a podcast, they birth a child,they get married, They go to college,
they graduate, like we have all of theselike, wow, you know, that was amazing or
that's amazing that that person did thatand what a milestone or how beautiful

(03:09):
that is that someone created that and Ithink it's very easy to look at others
and kind of have this subconsciousthought of like, well, that's for them
and that's not something I could ever do.
Or we can look at others and be like,Oh, I don't have the confidence that they
have, or I don't have the personalitythat they have to do that, or I don't

(03:30):
have the skill set to do this thing.
All of those things can come into play.
So as I mentioned before, 2018, I havea note in my phone about podcast topics.
And since then, I have many, manymore notes of multiple topics.
If you listen to episode one of theCHI podcast, it's really just kind

(03:52):
of a background episode sharing withy'all who I am, what a little bit
of my story, my personal story andjourney has been to get to this point.
But in there, I do talk about, you know,really wanting to do a podcast for the
better part of the last seven plus years.
And I could tell you a bunch of reasonsFirst and easiest to address that's,

(04:18):
I think, held me back within the lastyear, year and a half ish, is I have
totally been self conscious about beingcongested and having super bad allergies.
So, my cute little French bulldog, Mr.
Gray, is epileptic, and that meansthat he has seizures fairly often.

(04:39):
And I love him, but I am a littlebit allergic to him, so this morning
I, he had two seizures, and so Iwas holding him a lot more than I
typically hold him, and that hascaused me to be extremely congested.
And just, again, as I've shared overthe last year, year and a half, I've had
issues with congestion, sinuses, and it'sjust, you know, when I talk to a lot of

(05:04):
people, You know, I have a dear, dearfriend who has been dealing with some
alopecia stuff and he's in the processof putting together a hair product line.
So the irony that I think is reallybeautiful and powerful is often the
things that we are meant to do willshow up in such a way, right, that

(05:30):
the energetics or the excuses or thesubconscious fears Can totally prevent
us from stepping into our power.
If we let it, I am totally guilty ofbeing self conscious and not wanting
to watch a podcast because my wholelife I have had what I consider a

(05:51):
very powerful voice and very, verypowerful opinions and have been very
blunt and spoken clearly to the point.
And then as soon as I start takingactual steps to launch a podcast.
Simultaneously, my nose andmy throat get congested.
Oh, man.

(06:11):
So, as I'm speaking about this for aminute, I want you to think, or I invite
you to think about where in your lifeare those things popping up, right?
Is there something in your life thatyou feel super passionate about?
Or did you get really excited?
Or did you, you know, feel like, oh,that would be so great, that would
be so fun, that would be so cool?

(06:32):
And you're like, uh, I can't, you know,no, I can't do that because of this.
I can't start a podcast becauseI have a stuffy nose and
I'm congested all the time.
I can't watch a hair care product linebecause my hair is falling out, right?
Who am I to talk aboutBlake because Blake?

(06:53):
And that's what really holds usback from stepping into our power.
So I feel you guys on that.
I think a lot of us have heard of impostersyndrome, but I also feel like sometimes
it can get a little bit overused as ameans of preventing us from starting.
So there was that.

(07:14):
I also recognized when the podcast waslaunched, I had a huge wave of emotion.
I was nervous.
I'm super nervous, right?
And all these little voicescoming Nobody's gonna give a shit.
Who cares?
What if nobody listens?
Nobody is gonna listen.

(07:34):
Or you're gonna offend people bythe things that you say, or you're
gonna hurt somebody's feelings,or So much was coming up for me.
Another thing that came up forme too was like, whoa, this feels
really vulnerable and really scary.
When we launch something or weput something out into the world.

(07:54):
So even if it's not a project,like how about just sharing our
feelings with another person?
How about just being vulnerable,whether it be with your friend or your
spouse or your kids or a coworker
or a boss that can feel scary because there's
always
a profound sense of rejection that's floating around.

(08:18):
And I observed that for myself last week.
And thank goodness, I feel like being anathlete for the majority of my life has
prepared me for being an entrepreneur,which has prepared me for being somebody
who's able to put something into theworld, have my little moments of fear

(08:40):
or worry or vulnerability and doubt, andthen move through it and be like, well,
If nobody listens, nobody fucking listens.
And
then that's just it, right?
Like, great.
And then I reminded myself that I've kind of had this motto when I

(09:02):
have held retreats or I have held eventsor when I was a coach or when I was a
manager, district manager, anything.
And it wasn't about pleasing everybody.
It wasn't about reaching everybody andtrying to make a difference for everybody.
It was about, can I makean impact for one person?

(09:24):
One person is enough.
Can I influence somebody'slife for the better?
Just one person.
And as I observed these feelings oflike fear and doubt and nervousness
come podcast was launched, Ireminded myself that if one person

(09:44):
hears an episode That is enough.
That is enough.
So again, I invite you to not minimizethe impact that we have by just
impacting or influencing one person.
Another thing that kind ofprevented me from doing the

(10:06):
podcast was I didn't prioritize it.
I talked a lot about it.
I talked a lot about it to so many people.
And across all spaces of my life.
And it, every time I talkedabout it, I got really excited.
I could feel the energy move.
I could feel like excitement, but itwas not something that I was putting

(10:29):
a lot of time and energy into.
There were times, there were times Iwould sit down and write together with
my assistant, MK, all the ideas I've had.
I mean, we literally have a hugeExcel sheet of on top of each other.
. I try to co-collaborate with one ofmy besties to do a podcast with him,
and then he ended up moving outtastate, so that didn't come through.

(10:52):
And then I, every time I would sitdown to try to do it, I was like, okay.
Literally, I will tell you.
All right now I am recording
on a
new Yeti mic.
I have another Yeti mic and I havefour, no, three other microphones.
That I have ordered and forgottenabout in the last few years.

(11:16):
So, here's this project, right?
It is
like, I've ordered equipment,I'm pretty sure I have.
Multiple
tripods, I have several microphones.
At least one, maybetwo sets of headphones.
and I've got, you know,like, okay, I'm gonna do it.
Order all the product, I'm ready, I'm set.

(11:36):
And then the momentum fizzles out.
I think in life that there'stwo sides of things, right?
So we talk a lot about the energeticsand I have a huge, huge, huge believer in
timing and a big believer in that thingswill land when we are ready for them.
Things will show up whenwe are ready for them.

(11:59):
And I, I definitely can sign with thebelief system of like everything happens
for a reason or everything happensin the right synchronicity timing.
That being said, I have also beena very successful salesperson,
manager, coach, parent.
And one of the things Idefinitely can say is.

(12:23):
Sometimes we just haveto do the fucking thing.
Just do the fucking thing.
Okay.
Regardless of what's happening,like the podcast was not perfect.
I remember taking a podcasting class andthey're like, okay, before you launch
a podcast, you need 10 episodes baked.
I did not have 10 episodes bakedwhen we launched the podcast.

(12:44):
And you need to have a podcasting studio.
I do not have a podcasting studio.
I didn't even have this and Iwas like, Oh my gosh, that's
overwhelming.
If we have learned anythingy'all in the last few years,
it's that a lot of what we've been told we need to do
and the order we need to do it inmight not actually be working anymore.
Yeah.

(13:05):
So I got my little iPad.
I got my new Yeti because theother Yeti's cord is broken
because I probably moved with
it.
I don't know, moved it aroundtoo much or stored it away for a
couple of years.
It was all keep.
So here I am with my prettybasic, you know, basic setup,
non professional, but the bottomline is I did the fucking thing.

(13:27):
So let's maybe just takea risk, take a chance.
It doesn't matter becauseputting it out there, right?
I'm like, who am I?
Who am I to hold a podcast, right?
Imposter syndrome.
Okay.
I have allergies.
I shouldn't be talking over the phone.
Okay.
I am not an expert in this, but Ijust have big feelings around that.

(13:49):
Or I have had a lot of experiencein this, but I don't have a degree.
So all of that shows up.
So we're going to take a moment here,like an actual intentional moment here
on the podcast, whether you're listeningto it at home, you're on a walk,
you're in your car, whatever, you
know, you're using it to like fall asleep.

(14:10):
I just want everyone to justliterally take just a moment.
And take a deep inhalethrough the nose and exhale.
Let's do two more of those.
One more.

(14:36):
I want you to close your eyes and Iwant to ask you just one question.
I want you to trust theanswer that comes through.
What is the one thing thatyou know and feel you want to
do but you haven't done yet?
What came to mind?
Don't second guess.

(14:57):
Maybe it surprised you.
Maybe you were like, okay,I'm not going to do that.
I'm driving.
I can't breathe.
That's cool.
Breathe.
You don't need to close your eyes.
That would be highly dangerous.
But I just want to ask one more time.
So if nothing came to you, try again.
Take a few deep breaths here.
I'll let you do it on your own.

(15:21):
Clearing the head, clearingthe mind, clearing the heart.
And I want to ask you again,what is the one thing you want
to do that you haven't done yet?
Hopefully something dropped in.
And I don't want to give too much timeto think because the brain wants to come
in and be like, yeah, we can't do that.

(15:44):
There's the imposter syndrome.
Yeah, but that's goingto take too much work.
Remember?
Oh, you don't have all the
product from Amazon.
Remember?
Right?
Oh, you're not an expert.
You can't do that.
Oh, you have allergies?
You can't do that.
We don't want to give thebrain any opportunity.
So hopefully you took a moment, and ifyou weren't able to, I invite you later
to just take three really deep breathsand ask that question to yourself.

(16:07):
And it could be somethingthat you want to put out.
It could be an idea.
It could be a piece of art.
It could be a conversation thatyou've been avoiding for a while.
I think when we're about to, I like totalk about like, Jumping timelines or
kind of elevating our life or elevatingour soul or stepping more into our

(16:28):
soul's calling, which is exactly what Ifelt like when I watched this podcast.
I did feel as though I was steppinginto a new version of myself.
And I am a firm believer andscientifically proven that any time
we do something we don't want todo or do something that scares us,
part of our brain grows, right?
So I know for me, last week watchingthis podcast, I did something that,

(16:53):
yes, I absolutely wanted to do.
I was very excited and it wasdefinitely emotional process and that
all of that emotion was excitement.
And so when we do things that wehave maybe struggled to do, or we're
nervous to do, or we're not sure,we literally change our chemistry.

(17:13):
And energetically, I believe thatwe jump timelines or we level up
or we step into a new vibration.
And that can be a really,really powerful space.
But again, it doesn't mean thatnow we have made it and it's like,
Oh, everything's going to go great.
No, what it means just as that, Hey, Iwas willing to do something that my soul

(17:34):
was calling and had been calling for.
I do feel like again, There were thingsin the last seven years and times and
opportunities that I could have launchedmy podcast and would it have gone on
and would it have been great and I wouldhave had great success or who knows,
but I'm not going to sit and dwellon that because like I said, while I

(17:57):
feel very strongly about it, watchinga week ago on it's for Equinox, I do
also know that sometimes part of whatprevented that was my own personal.
hesitations and belief systems, right?
So working through those, and thenalso arming myself with people

(18:17):
in my life who believe in me, whosupport me that has been huge.
I remember over the last year or sosaying, I just want to sit down, record
an episode, or record a coffee datethat I have with one of my friends,
or Just record a conversation.
This was another piece of wherethe podcast really came from was

(18:39):
I would sit down with coffee or bein the car with my friends and we
would just have like the coolest,deepest, most profound conversation.
And then after we'relike, damn, what the fuck?
Wish we could have recorded that.
There was like so muchgood stuff in there.
It's like we trip, like we kind oflike have this little bubble around us.

(19:00):
So we.
Totally move and leave somewhere elseoff the planet and then come back, right?
And so I was like, Oh,I gotta do a podcast.
So, you know, it's like having thesemoments come together and then being able
to say, okay, just putting it into action.
And I remember over the last little bitof time saying, I just want to sit down,

(19:24):
record an episode, and then be done.
And have somebody else produce it, youknow, choose the, like, give me the
song, do the artwork, like, I don'tknow, all this technology type of stuff.
I'm kind of a girl, so I'm kind oftechnology, and I definitely follow the
rule, like, make it fun or easy, right?
I'm a Leo, so make it fun or make it easy.

(19:45):
And lo and behold, a few monthsago, I met this super cool
guy, Just Blane from Ragawave.
com, which is producing this podcast
currently.
And he
literally was like, Oh, I produce podcasts and it's
basically plugged and played.
So between my super supportive partner whobelieves in me and She has provided such

(20:11):
beautiful belief and space, my amazingassistant, you know, I all of a sudden
found myself with a team of people aroundme to help the thing become the thing.
And that's also what I think part ofimposter syndrome is, or part of us
hiding our gifts, or hiding behind ourfears to put our power into the universe.

(20:34):
Is we don't always have the mostsupportive people around, or we don't
have the right teammates around.
So now I've got support.
I've got my assistant who literally ison the same vibe and wavelength with
me, who I trust with all my heart.
And then I've got somebodywho produces the show.
And so putting all of those pieces, right.

(20:56):
And I was calling the production piece in.
I have the support.
I have my assistant.
And I was like.
I don't want to search all this.
I don't, I want to make decisions.
Give me five choices.
I'm solid.
This is exactly what happened.
And I chose, right?
Hey, here's a picture I like, work it out.
Okay, cool.

(21:17):
And so there's, when we are wantingto do something, like who's around
you, think of, think of going backto the one thing that you know you
want to do, but you haven't done yet.
Maybe it's a conversation.
Maybe it's preparation for a toughconversation that you have to have,
but you know, you want to have,and you know, you need to have.

(21:39):
So go to a confidant, go to somebodyyou love and trust and say, Hey,
can I practice this with you?
Hey, can we role play?
Reach out for help, y'all.
There are people,
call it in.
Just within this last week, I met with somebody in the real
estate industry, which is, you know, Italked about, maybe I haven't talked about
I am a realtor and

(22:00):
I love the aspect of helping people buy and sell their
homes, but I talked to somebodyin the industry that we're going
to start doing some work together.
And she's like, Oh, you know, I've been,I've been following you on Instagram for
a while, and I've been wanting to do,you know, stuff with you, get to know
you better and do some deals with you.
But I didn't know if you alreadyhad your people lined up.

(22:20):
And what's so funny is Like, she justcame into, a month ago, came into my mind.
And I had seen her around and was,whatever, but, all of a sudden I was
like, oh, and then she kept poppingup, kept popping up, kept popping up.
So I finally just reached out and waslike, hey, should we get coffee and
see if like working together will work?
And she was like, oh my gosh.
So then she tells me in our in personmeeting, I have literally been putting

(22:43):
it out in the universe to work with you.
I've been putting it out there.
That like, well, the universedelivered because I could hear it.
So I tell you all this because it'slike, what, what are we missing out on?
Why aren't we tappinginto the people around us?
Do we take enough time each day to reallylisten to the messages that we're in?

(23:06):
And when we have a
beautiful, big, broad, bold
dream or idea, do we just brush it off?
Like, nah, can't do that.
I don't have time for that.
No, I don't have the equipment, right?
No, I don't have the voice.
Or can we get inspired andjust say, fuck it, let's go.
What is the worst that'sgoing to happen, right?

(23:26):
I
record a podcast for ayear and nobody listens.
I get over it and move on.
And then what?
My life still moves on, yo.
And it is what it is.
Or let's sweep the pendulum the other way.
I go out and I record a podcastand if nothing else, it provides a
really cool place for me to sharethings that I want to talk about.
And I'm not a huge journaler.
I'm not great at journaling.
So maybe it's something abouta personal verbal journal.

(23:48):
You just never know, right?
Maybe you go have that conversationthat you're scared to have.
Maybe you're scared to talk about,like, I don't know, if you're dating
somebody, you're ready to make it serious.
Then I'm like, hey, I've been waiting too.
The end of that simply ends upbeing your forever partner because
you wouldn't have the conversation.
We just never know.

(24:09):
So, I just wondered if I'ddraw I had imposter syndrome.
I had a million reasons to not do this.
I didn't do this for many years.
I
tried
and I came back and I tried, but I never gave up the dream
because it was something that lit meon fire for a really, really long time.
So whatever came to you today, or ifthere's been something that's kind

(24:29):
of been nudging you or poking at youduring this episode, peek in, take
a listen, look around, call on theteam that you need to get it going,
call on the support that you need.
Because we are all connected.
So that's it for today's episode.
Hopefully, whatever comes to mind issomething that you are still ready and

(24:51):
passionate to do, and I know that it canbe rocked with big emotions, but it's
okay because the emotions will fade.
And at the end of the day, you'll besuper proud of whatever you put out and
you'll be able to say, Hey, I was superscared or it wasn't ready, but I did
it anyway, and here's the cool outcome.
So, until next time y'all, hopefullyyou can have a good one, and I'll see

(25:14):
y'all soon.
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