Ep 71 Putting Yourself Out There When You're Sensitive or Scared: A Nervous System-Friendly Approach

✨ Episode Summary:

If you’ve got a big heart and big ideas—but freeze up when it’s time to be seen—this episode is for you.

In this solo episode, Anna explores what it really means to own your voice as a sensitive creative, visionary, or entrepreneur. Based on her recent workshop, she shares stories, nervous system insights, and grounded tools for working with (not against) your fear of visibility.

Whether you’re procrastinating on that Instagram post, endlessly tweaking your offer, or feeling stuck in an imposter spiral, this episode will help you understand why your nervous system reacts the way it does—and how to gently shift from fear to connection.

 

🔑 In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

• Why visibility feels so vulnerable for sensitive, intuitive folks
• What fear of being seen can look like (spoiler: it’s not always obvious)
• Anna’s personal story of rejection, chronic pain, and finding her voice again
• How to reframe visibility as connection instead of exposure
• Four nervous-system-friendly tools for showing up without burning out
• A powerful journaling method (The Melt-Through Method) to help you move through fear instead of fighting it
• How your private journal entry could become your next piece of content

 

🛠 Tools Mentioned:

1. Journaling with fear (The Melt-Through Method)
2. Graded exposure
3. Self-soothing
4. Co-regulation

 

👋 Want Support?

If this episode speaks to you, and you're craving real transformation—with structure, support, and nervous-system-informed coaching—apply to work with Anna at www.annaholtzman.com

 

💌 Bonus for podcast listeners:
Apply for 1:1 coaching by Monday, May 26th at 5pm ET, and you’ll receive a free bonus workshop from me as a thank-you. You don’t have to commit to anything yet — just apply and I’ll send you the bonus.
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