Safety Stops: How to Freak Out Without Losing Momentum in Your Business

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You’ve made the decision to leave corporate medicine and start your own practice. It’s exciting. It’s bold. It’s exactly what you’ve been working toward. And yet… you find yourself hesitating. Procrastinating. Convincing yourself you’re “not ready enough.”

These safety stop moments are completely normal. In fact, they can be a valuable part of your decision-making process—if you know how to handle them. But when they go unchecked, they often lead to endless overthinking, getting pulled off course by other people’s opinions, and staying stuck in analysis paralysis instead of building the practice you envisioned.

In this episode, I’ll walk you through a simple three-step framework to help you spot and move through these moments so you can manage overwhelm and take confident action (even if you don’t feel fully ready). Whether you’re preparing to leave corporate medicine or facing another major business decision, these tools will help you navigate doubt with clarity and momentum.

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Audio Stamps

[00:54] What is a Safety Stop: Why entrepreneurs naturally pause before making big decisions.

[03:00] Common Safety Stop Behaviors: The unconscious behaviors that signal you're in a safety stop moment and how they can derail your progress.

[06:37] Three Categories of Safety Concerns: Business risks, ego fears, and concerns about impact on loved ones.

[07:30] Working Through Safety Stops: A three-step framework for turning these moments into opportunities to strengthen your decision-making.

[11:37] The Advice Filter: How to determine if someone's entrepreneurial opinions are worth considering or just noise that creates paralysis.

[13:00] Confusion and Procrastination: Finding your North Star when you're unsure which direction is forward, plus strategies for taking tiny baby steps and "no regrets" moves.

[17:21] Managing Overwhelm: A simple technique for sorting through conflicting thoughts and emotions to gain clarity and move forward.

To work with Amanda Sabicer or find out more, check out her website at www.amandasabicer.com.