The Quiet Cost of Waiting: Reclaiming Your Power to Choose
About This Episode
In this Sunny Side Up episode, Jessie May explores the hidden cost of waiting, and how fear of change often disguises itself as safety.
Through personal reflection and science-backed insight, this conversation examines how the nervous system responds to uncertainty and why staying stuck in the familiar can quietly drain momentum, creativity, and choice.
This episode invites you to recognize waiting as a pattern, understand how small, heart-led actions can rewire your brain, and gently move toward the life you’re longing to create.
What You’ll Learn
The neuroscience behind freezing when change calls
How the nervous system associates uncertainty with threat
The emotional toll of staying stuck in familiar patterns
Why small actions create real psychological momentum
How courage shifts your chemistry over time
Reflection prompts to help you take the next step
Why Listen Now
You feel stuck waiting for clarity or certainty
You’re navigating fear around change or growth
You want to take aligned action without overwhelm
You’re noticing indecision patterns in your life
You’re ready to move forward gently but intentionally
Come listen in, and if this episode resonates, share it with someone who’s learning to trust their timing and choose courage anyway. Sometimes change begins with one small step.
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