Show notes:

In this week’s episode, I’m joined by high performance mindset coach and hypnotherapist Christian Baker to unpack the mindset blocks that hold so many wedding professionals back. We discuss why even the most successful business owners struggle with self doubt, how limiting beliefs are formed, and why your brain is often working hard to keep you safely stuck where you are. Christian shares practical strategies for overcoming overthinking, building confidence, and finally showing up consistently on camera.

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Time stamps:

00:00 – Understanding the Three W’s

02:25 – The Journey into Hypnotherapy

10:24 – The Importance of Mindset in Business and Life

18:25 – Understanding Limiting Beliefs

28:31 – Overcoming Limiting Beliefs and Building Confidence

35:44 – Understanding Avoidance Strategies in Social Media Engagement

43:32 – Practical Tips for Overcoming Video Anxiety

45:49 – The Power of Reframing in Business

55:17 – Mindset and Social Media Success

Transcript:

Christian
00:00:00.160 – 00:00:27.200
I have a concept which I call the three W’s. First of all, we need to establish where somebody is. So that’s taking a snapshot of the current situation. So what are the excuses?

What are your avoidance strategies? What are you not doing? What is it you’re not happy with?

You know, if you carried on repeating this avoidance and not showing up as much as you would like, what impact would that have on you? The mind works on two levels to avoid pain, but then towards pleasure. So most people get stuck in that pain cycle.

Becca
00:00:27.580 – 00:01:38.120
I’m Becca Pountney, wedding business marketing expert, strategist, speaker and author.

Over the last decade, I’ve combined my love of marketing with my knowledge of the wedding industry to help thousands of wedding pros and venues just like you learn new skills, strategize, get re energized and grow their businesses. Because after all, that’s how you stay top of your game. Whether you’re brand new into this industry or been here forever, I want to help.

So grab a cup of tea or a cocktail, sit back and enjoy a brand new episode of my award winning podcast, Wedding Pros who are Ready to Grow. Let’s get going with today’s episode.

Today I’m chatting with Christian Baker, a high performance mindset coach and hypnotherapist with 24 years experience working with business owners and TV personalities. He’s helped countless people get out of their own head.

Christian’s aims are to help you overcome self doubt, overthinking and those internal blocks that stop you showing up. And I know that all of you listening have them.

Christian has become a great entrepreneurial friend of mine and I think this is a topic we all need to hear more about. I cannot wait to dive in and chat with him further. Christian, welcome to the podcast.

Christian
00:01:38.200 – 00:01:41.600
Thank you for having me on your award winning podcast. That’s very kind of you.

Becca
00:01:41.600 – 00:01:50.480
I know it’s very exciting and everywhere I go that little awards in the background because I don’t think that’s ever going to get old. I’m very excited about my award and so it shouldn’t.

Christian
00:01:50.480 – 00:01:52.880
I know it’s a while ago, but congratulations again for getting it.

Becca
00:01:52.880 – 00:02:01.140
I’m counting down the months because come October someone else will be the title holder. So I’m just living in the moment. But I will always be the twin 2025 title holder.

Christian
00:02:01.140 – 00:02:02.820
No one can take that away from you, Effy.

Becca
00:02:02.820 – 00:02:33.410
Absolutely. Well, it’s an absolute pleasure to have you on the podcast. Now I said in the introduction, we’ve known each other A while now, actually.

We’ve been in various business communities and mindset, mentorship programs, all sorts of things together.

And I’ve loved following your journey and I know you’ve watched what I’ve been doing as well, but I don’t think I’ve ever asked you the question about how you actually got into this in the first place. How. How does one even become a hypnotherapist? So take the listeners back on the journey. How did you get into this world? Have you always done it?

Did you have another job before?

Christian
00:02:33.810 – 00:03:53.210
Do you know what? After all these years, I should come up with a really good story. But I’ll tell you what happened. I’ve done it longer than anything else.

I have had a variety of jobs before this, but I got into this when I was quite young. But looking back, actually, there isn’t a complete disconnect.

All the roles I had before were of a helping kind, customer service, kind of system support. You know, I even worked for a courier and my. I was involved in helping to find lost parcels. I was always, always helping people in one disguise.

But, yeah, I was, I was at a bit of a crossroads. I was involved in. I actually worked on a contract for. For Virgin Mobile when they launched in the uk.

So at the beginning it was quite exciting, but then I kind of fell into a kind of a computer role but had no qualifications, so I thought I better get some. And then I stumbled across a course for a weekend introduction to hypnotherapy.

And at that point I had no interest in it becoming a profession of any kind. It just personal curiosity. Oh, it looks interesting, yeah.

And I went on the course and have invested far too much money ever since on different courses and, yeah, quickly got the bug and was fascinated by the topic. And, yeah, here we are nearly 25 years later since I trained and I.

Becca
00:03:53.210 – 00:04:15.770
Think it’s a really interesting subject, particularly for those of us in the wedding industry, because there’s kind of two areas that we see, hypnotherapists and mindset coaches. So there’s what you do, which is. Tends to be in the business coaching field, helping people overcome their mindset.

But we also have people that go to weddings as a hypnotherapist entertainer that we see at weddings. You know, it’s a piece of wedding entertainment. So is it the same thing? Are they different things?

Christian
00:04:16.170 – 00:05:46.960
They’re very similar. It’s the same process that’s being used, but obviously for a different purpose. So in the uk, we tend not to see the stage stuff so much anymore.

When I first started out, it was still quite prominent and there was, you know, some big arena tours of the, you know, the big name was still going at that point, but in America, I know it’s still quite a popular thing as well.

The level of awareness that is used is the same, but obviously when a stage hypnotist is doing it to entertain people, he’s using it for a different reason or they’re using it for a different reason. And.

And then obviously when I’m looking to help people make changes, the outcome is very much aligned with what they want, rather than me just trying to amuse people with what’s possible. But, yeah, it is the same, but for a different reason.

But I think the caveat that I must put in there, because it’s something that comes up all the time, people often, particularly in the early days, would say to me things like, you can’t make me do things I don’t want to do. Well, you wouldn’t be able to make me do this. And I always say, you’re absolutely right, I couldn’t and I wouldn’t want to.

Everybody has the natural ability to respond to it, but equally everyone has a natural ability to resist it. And that’s the same.

If someone comes to me who has got a block over something they want to change or improve, as good as I think I am, I cannot make somebody do it if they really don’t want to or they’re not ready yet. So it’s my role is that of a glorified guide.

I’ve got some tools, techniques and strategies that can help you if you want the help, but if you don’t, don’t waste your time or investment just yet. Wait till you are.

Becca
00:05:46.960 – 00:06:16.190
That’s good to know. So if we work together, you’re not going to make me dance like a chicken.

I imagine that’s the sort of thing people are scared of, but actually this is a very different skill and one that’s. Yeah, that is interesting. I think it’s just interesting that it’s the same technique but used in a very, very different arena.

You’ve worked in this area now for a long time. I said 24 years plus experience. What are some of your career highlights?

Looking back from that moment you took the course until now, what are some of the cool things you’ve done in this field?

Christian
00:06:16.190 – 00:07:07.340
You know, it’s been a blur, but I think looking back, there’s quite a few. I mean, the obvious ones have got to be, you know, some of the TV Stuff I’ve been privileged to do, which has been quite exciting.

You know, from x factor to 10 years younger to earning my Blue Peter badge, you know, there’s been some really good things that I never would have thought would have been something I would get involved in when I started out. But I think even just, you know, I always said when I started doing this if I just help one person it’s going to be worthwhile.

And some of the smaller breakthroughs that my own one on one clients have had to see the transformation people make. I still take great pride and pleasure in helping people to get unstuck and move from where they are to where they want to be.

And yeah, that’s why I’m still doing it. Running a business isn’t easy, as we all know, but helping people just makes it worthwhile.

Becca
00:07:07.340 – 00:07:27.600
Yeah, absolutely. It’s the results that you see.

Now, I know you’ve worked with all sorts of names and you’re not going to give away any of the people that you’ve worked with, but can you tell us any stories, any success stories of people? Feel free to change some details, to keep them anonymous.

But it’d be great to know the kind of success people have seen, particularly in the business arena around having worked with you.

Christian
00:07:27.600 – 00:10:00.410
Yeah, there’s been countless nights you say I do have client confidentiality but many of my clients, particularly as social media has evolved, have mentioned me in posts and obviously the TV works in the public domain. So although that’s not business orientated, people have seen that and can see that.

So yeah, I think I am very lucky to work with some very accomplished, successful people and they’re not immune to the same blocks, the same stresses, the same obstacles that we all face. And you know, it doesn’t matter if someone’s starting out on their journey or they’re about to exit their company for millions of pounds.

They’re human, so they have the same kind of emotions that we all have.

So yeah, there’s been, there’s many where, you know, someone’s struggling with a particular season there in their life which is affecting the business and that could be financial, it could be health, it could be family matters, or it could just be the stress and overwhelm and demands and the responsibility of doing what they do.

So yeah, a big part of what I do, regardless whether it’s somebody who is performing on the pitch or on stage or in the business arena, is to help them to kind of get that internal reset to calm things down and to kind of get them back on Track doing the things that they want to be doing rather than getting distracted by the internal head noise. That’s, you know, often very debilitating. And, you know, people often say, oh, it’s all in your head.

Or, you know, they dismiss it for mental health reasons as if it’s not significant, but it’s, you know, it’s, it really does impact people’s lives. And yeah, in business, actually, that’s one thing that comes up quite a lot.

The amount of business leaders, whether that be line managers or, you know, CEOs or founders of companies who will say to me things like, geez, for years I’ve just thought people have been pulling the wool over my eyes, or, you know, mental health card. You know, I didn’t believe it’s true.

But when they had a season in their own life where they’ve, they’ve been faced with, whether it be stress or anxiety, suddenly they, they have a new perspective and they go, okay, I get it now. So unfortunately that someone has to have that experience before they take it seriously. But, yeah, that’s happened quite a few times.

And I think that’s quite invaluable because then what that does is that person then takes that into.

Back into their business, back into their life, back into their family, and they have a whole other kind of approach and empathy for people who they come into contact with thereafter.

Becca
00:10:00.490 – 00:10:35.350
Yeah. And I often say it on stage and to the coaching clients I work with. So much of what goes on in your business is down to what goes in your mind.

Like mindset blocks are such a big thing.

And I think what’s really interesting is something that I want to pick up on, that you said that you work with all these really successful people, and from the outside, there’s probably other people that look at those people and go, they’re absolutely smashing it. And they would be shocked to know that they’ve had to come to you.

So why do you think it is that even the most successful people, the people who are doing the most amazing things, still struggle in this area because they’re human.

Christian
00:10:35.590 – 00:12:20.180
That, that, that’s, that’s it, you know, And I have had people come to me and they’ll say, if my staff, if my family members, if my friends knew that I was getting help for this, they wouldn’t believe it. Because externally and in so many areas of their life, they do look like they’ve got it all together.

And, you know, and that often fuels frustration with people because, you know, I’ve had people who on paper have got it all, you know, and, and it’s happened so many times where people have come back from an amazing, luxurious holiday, no cares, no stresses. Currently they have had before to get to that point, but in their life now it’s like now of all times, you know, why now?

Things, things are good and it is often the mind just keeps going and it gets to a point where it’s kind of like I need a reset. You know, enough’s enough. But yeah, I always say it, we’re all human. We’re all human.

And if we put that into a different context, it’s like, you know, a doctor can still get ill, a physio can still get injured. You know, a professional sports person who has a huge team around them that keeps them in, in top condition, they can still get injured as well.

So, you know, it doesn’t matter how successful, how compass you are, how much experience you’ve got, thoughts, feelings, emotions, the mindset has a part to play.

And it’s one of those things that, you know, a little bit like fitness, you don’t go to the gym once, do a few exercises, take it off and never have to do it ever again. It’s something that you can constantly improve, evolve. And then, you know, that classic what got you here won’t get you there.

So as you faced new seasons, as new growth, new areas of development in life and in business, then you come up against different things that challenge you, that cause you to either grow or stay stuck. And the choice we have is to either do something about it or leave it to chance.

Becca
00:12:20.340 – 00:12:29.700
So in your opinion, then if we get a breakthrough, that’s not the end of the journey. It’s something that we’re constantly having to come back to and revisit at different seasons of our life.

Christian
00:12:29.860 – 00:13:25.910
100%, Yeah, I think, you know, and those clients I work with on a long term basis, you know, said many of the clients I work with who are very successful, they, they have their own team around them if you like.

You know, for years before I retired, I had this business coach who would constantly send his clients to me because they were working on the strategy piece.

You know, he was giving them like the guidance to grow the business, but he’d come up against resistance because the mind was getting in their way of growing. So he’d say, go, go to Christian. And that’s where the name for one of my frameworks came from.

He used to say, go to Christian, get headshot sorted out. And you know, in order to move forward, we often have to update what’s going on in our head. So, yeah, you know, these people are successful already.

Often they’ve got a business coach, they’ve got a good team around them, they look after themselves. But still, you know, different, different things come up.

Becca
00:13:25.990 – 00:13:44.030
And what do you think are some of the attributes that these highly successful people share? Because most of the people you work with are successful people, either in the different various fields or in business.

Outside of them having to kind of go through this mindset work, do you think there are some common attributes that you see across the board?

Christian
00:13:44.590 – 00:14:30.010
Yeah, I think, you know, one of the reasons they’re so great to work with is because they’re highly focused, driven, motivated and they want the outcome and the result. And I think that’s what sets people apart.

And it’s not to say people, you know, it’s right or wrong, but some people are quite content and happy with where they are, with the job they’ve got, with the life that they’ve got.

But if somebody is either not fulfilled with that, they know they’ve got more in them, they want to strive for something different, then my role is to help them to achieve that as effectively as they can.

But, you know, if, if someone’s happy doing what they’re doing and they’re not deemed a success or highly high achiever from the outside, then, you know, if they’re happy and content, then I think that’s still success, isn’t it?

Becca
00:14:30.010 – 00:15:37.010
Yeah, absolutely. I think it’s really interesting and particularly more recently for me, I’m having an insight into it in a sporting sense.

So I don’t know if, you know, my daughter is now, she’s nine and she’s currently signed to Arsenal for a year. And what’s really interesting in that environment is so much of it, I believe is down to mindset and I can see it for myself.

So all of those kids in there are so talented, but some of them thrive under pressure and some of them crumble under pressure. And we had a review, like a mid season review, and I was chatting to the coach about her and you know, it was like, how’s she doing on skill?

How’s she doing on social? And then she said, and how’s she doing on mindset?

And so at that level, they’re already at nine, going, we want to know how these kids react when they lose? How do these kids react when it doesn’t go their way? How do these kids react when they are constantly under pressure?

Have they got the mental strength to deal with it? And you see some of Them have got the skill, but as soon as they’re in that pressured environment, they fall apart.

And so, yeah, it’s really interesting, even at such a young age, for me in that arena, to see the emphasis put on the mind and the brain at such a young age.

Christian
00:15:37.170 – 00:16:44.730
Yeah, that’s amazing because to get that introduced at such a young age makes a massive difference. And I think that’s the. The biggest one, the biggest difference from when I started out.

I think the whole mind, you know, mental health thing had still had a huge stigma attached to it. And, you know, I’ve met people who have been working within football clubs for decades before I even got involved in this.

And they had to be there under a different title because it was always frowned upon to be seen that a club or a player or a coach or a manager was using somebody to help with that side of the game. But, yeah, luckily things have evolved and moved forward an awful lot. But, yeah, it’s great for that to be instilled at such a young age.

And you’re right in what you’re saying that if you’ve got two players of equal ability, one’s got a slightly different mindset, one’s got a slightly stronger or growth mindset, whatever you want to call it, who’s the one that’s going to be more consistent and keep pushing through when things get tough. And that’s where having that winner’s mentality or a growth mindset will pay dividends in the long run.

Becca
00:16:44.810 – 00:17:14.160
I think it’s interesting because as you said, times have changed and that is becoming more of a norm for my children’s generation.

But actually, those of us that miss out on that, we shouldn’t be ashamed that we still need to catch up on that mindset work because we didn’t have it necessarily instilled in us, depending on our upbringing, depending on our education, but definitely not in the same way as it is coming now. And I think.

Do you think there is still a bit of stigma around people feeling like, oh, I don’t want anyone to know that I’ve got to do this mindset stuff 100%.

Christian
00:17:14.240 – 00:18:24.170
Yeah. But just not as much as it was. So, yeah, there’s still a huge stigma.

You know, times people will reach out to me and they’ll say, you know, they feel weak for feeling the way they’re feeling, or they feel a failure that they’re having to kind of seek out some external help to assist them through that patch. But one thing is one, one thing that’s for sure is when they get to the other side, they’re so, so glad they did.

And if anything, they beat themselves up for not having done it sooner. So, yeah, there is still a huge stigma attached to it. And again, going back to the.

You know, with physical illness or an injury, you know, I say to them, well, if you kind of injured your leg, you know, you wouldn’t beat yourself up for having that injury or having to use crutches or having to go to rehab to get it better. And why should the mind be seen any different? It’s. It’s part of us. It, as we’ve just talked about, has a huge impact on.

On our kind of perspective of the world, the life that we live in.

So if anything, if something can have such a big impact, I would consider it more of a failure not to utilize it than ignore it because of the stigma of feeling like it’s a weakness.

Becca
00:18:24.250 – 00:18:40.110
That’s so true.

I want to talk to you a little bit about limiting beliefs, because this is something I see with my clients a lot in the wedding industry, where they’ll look at something. Maybe they’ll look at something I do. They’ll say, becca, you’ve done this amazing thing. You’ve been on this podcast, you’ve won this award.

You’ve been on this stage.

Christian
00:18:40.430 – 00:18:41.670
It’s easy for you, Becca.

Becca
00:18:41.670 – 00:18:42.430
Yeah, it’s easy.

Christian
00:18:42.430 – 00:18:42.750
I.

Becca
00:18:42.750 – 00:18:58.270
But then they say, I could never do that. I would never get that opportunity. And I always just want to be like, why not? What makes you any different? To me, we’re just.

We’re just people giving things a go. Why do you think people struggle so much with limiting beliefs? Is it something going on in our mind?

Christian
00:18:58.750 – 00:19:49.280
Yeah, that’s where it is. That exactly is the root of it. And again, it’s not right or wrong. It’s. We could. I could talk about this all day. So I’ll do my best to keep.

Keep it succinct. You know, it’s where my shite framework comes from. You know, and over all the years of working with people, I distilled it to the. The. The.

The framework that, first of all, we’ll be looking at self. You know, it’s. It’s self worth, self belief, self esteem.

And then we have to look at habits, you know, the things we do consistently is what we do in moving us towards what we want or further away from it. Then we look at the identity piece, which is kind of really linked in with the limiting beliefs. It’s how we see ourselves.

It’s what we believe to be True about ourselves. And in business it comes up a lot. Particularly because if you think about it, give me an example of someone in your world who may have said that.

Photographer or, you know, a wedding planner or something.

Becca
00:19:49.600 – 00:19:56.560
Yeah. So I worked with a celebrant recently and we had this conversation. He said no one would ever want to interview me on a podcast.

Christian
00:19:56.640 – 00:21:23.920
Yeah. So firstly, what’s going on is, particularly when they’re looking at you, you and what you’ve achieved, they’re comparing. But.

And I get it a lot as well, I hear people say to me, it’s easy for you. You know, you’ve done this, you’ve done that hasn’t always been easy for me. And I didn’t start out doing those things.

I’ve worked hard, I’ve done a lot that people don’t see to get to that point.

So again, it’s that classic of it’s unfair to make comparisons with somebody else’s chapter 10, with our chapter one, you know, someone else’s highlight reels with the stuff that goes on and the bloopers that are not seen behind the scenes. So I think that needs to be considered.

But coming back to the identity piece that sell Celebrant, for example, just, I’m making some assumptions here that they weren’t born a celebrant and haven’t been doing it all their life.

So often what happens with the identity piece is that if somebody has ventured out into something new or they’ve become self employed, their mind is still often operating to an identity of when they’re an employee or a different role they had in their life, or the husband, the wife, the partner, the child, the friend that other people see as having a different role to play in life. So it’s almost like they’ve run into this identity and this programming that is now out of date for where they are now.

So the work I do with people is to help them to update that identity piece and get that aligned for where they are for the outcome they want, for the results that they want to achieve in their life now, not for how it used to be in the past. Does that make sense?

Becca
00:21:24.000 – 00:21:27.840
Yeah, that makes perfect sense. Okay, so that gets us to I. What are the last couple of bits?

Christian
00:21:27.920 – 00:23:22.500
Framework thoughts?

You know, that internal script, that dialogue, the inner narrative, the phrases that people say both out loud, like they did to you, I could never do that. Or the things they say to themselves. And often that is happening at the level of identity that they’re currently holding.

So it’s reinforcing that I can never do that, I’m not good at this, I can’t do that, I’m not enough. All those things that go on which simply reinforces where they’re at. And it’s the mind doing a brilliant job.

The mind’s primary objective is to look after us, to protect us, to keep us as we are. So if the mind has this program in to this old identity, it’s just trying to look after it and protect it.

So that’s why we often need to update it for where we are, for what we want to be doing, rather than run into out of date software. Again. I make that comparison with technology. If you’re using, I’ve got one here and it’s just coincidental.

I found it the other day, my very first mobile phone, loved it, amazing, brilliant. All those years ago. But it can’t do the things that phones can do today. So if that’s what I had to use every day, it’d be frustrating.

And our mind is the same, so it’s not right or wrong. The programming, the identity that we hold from the past probably served us well then, but we’re in a different place now.

So we just need to update that kind of necktop computer for where we are, for what we want, rather than just kind of get frustrated with trying to use something that just doesn’t work.

You know, even on our modern phones, if the app, the phone’s always getting updated, you know, if the latest software means that an app that you love and use no longer works, but you hadn’t done the software update, you wouldn’t be surprised. You just update it.

But in life, when it comes to things like self belief, limiting beliefs and identity, we just kind of keep beating ourselves up for what we don’t want and that keeps us stuck where we don’t want to be. So that’s where we have to make a change.

Becca
00:23:22.500 – 00:24:03.050
Yeah, and it’s really interesting that you say that we’re operating from this kind of old operating system.

I think I’ve been going through that myself recently with some opportunities and the way I’ve changed because sometimes I have to say no to opportunities that Becca three years ago would have said yes to. And I have to remind myself I’m not the same Becca I was three years ago.

And that was a big opportunity then, but actually I’ve moved on, I’ve evolved, I’ve done different things and that’s okay, but I have to constantly tell myself that or have other people around me going, what? Why have you Said yes to that. Why is Becca now said yes to doing that that, you know, is so far past what you should be doing now.

And yeah, so even, I mean, it’s.

Christian
00:24:03.050 – 00:24:22.010
Like a ladder, isn’t it? And you know, we.

Somebody who’s looking in at you and what you’re doing now and what you’ve achieved and your award and everything else that wasn’t on your radar when you’re starting out. But as you progress, as things move forward, opportunities open up and things change.

But if we hold on to those old limiting beliefs, then it can slow us down and get in the way.

Becca
00:24:22.010 – 00:25:04.340
I don’t know on your thoughts on this, but I would love to just get your perspective if you’re happy to share around nature versus nurture in this area. So I already mentioned my child who plays football and she has, I often talk about her because she has currently very little limiting belief.

She believes she can do everything. She’s very self confident.

And then I have another child, the older child, who is the absolute opposite, who says, oh, I could never do that, or I don’t want to be the center of attention or I don’t think I’m good enough even when they are. And I think I bought these two humans into the world in the same household, in the same upbringing, and yet their mindsets are so different.

And it’s incredibly frustrating because sometimes I think you need to be a bit more like you and you need to be a little bit more like you.

Christian
00:25:04.340 – 00:26:30.200
And that’s again, you know, we’re all, we’re all different. And you know, you’ve given us a clear example.

But you see it countless times where people have come from the same environment, the same upbringing, and they’ve turned out completely different. And yeah, it’s, it’s, you know, taking children out of the equation for a second.

You know, I’ve worked with a lot of people who often it’s not even big events that have shaped people.

You know, sometimes it can be something really trivial that someone or their mind has latched onto which has then caused them to think and feel a certain way.

So, you know, you could have the perfect upbringing, the perfect teaching, the perfect home environment, but there could have been something that you’ve picked up along the way that just has shaped you. And again, once the mind has learned something, once it’s, it’s adopted a way of thinking and feeling, the mind kind of protects it.

But you know, in your context, the good news is with that it’s, it’s hopefully encouraging that it’s possible for people to kind of be a bit more like that if they wanted to. And it’s.

I think, you know, I like to remind people that even if some people are naturally more confident than somebody else, it’s all trainable, you know, it’s still learnable. It, you know, it isn’t. You’ve either born with it or you’re not.

Yes, of course, your upbringing plays a huge part of it, but it’s still absolutely changeable.

Becca
00:26:30.460 – 00:26:50.620
I think that’s really important as well because there’ll be some people listening, talking about limiting beliefs, who already be saying to themselves, yeah, well, that’s okay, but I couldn’t do that because I’m not that person or I should be that upbringing. It’s just who I am. But actually what we’re saying is, no, it’s not. You can, you can absolutely re, reboot, reset that, mind that in your head.

Christian
00:26:51.100 – 00:27:21.370
And it’s not to diminish whatever someone’s been through, you know, but like I said to you, I’ve worked with people who’ve had some really horrific events in their life, and I’ve had.

People have had something really minor in comparison, but the impact on them have been the same or sometimes the, the lesser one has had more of an impact.

So it isn’t kind of quantifiable in that way, but it’s more about if you get to a point where enough’s enough, you don’t want it, you’d rather have a different way of thinking and feeling, then it is 100% changeable.

Becca
00:27:21.370 – 00:27:38.230
And we’re not saying that changing our thinking is the driver to lead to success.

But what we’re saying is it, you know, as in we’re not saying, oh, well, you can just take that away and you’ll think differently and then everything will be perfect. That’s not what we’re saying, is it? We’re just saying that we’re going to attack it with a different perspective.

Christian
00:27:38.390 – 00:28:16.950
Yeah. And it can have a huge impact in helping you to achieve the things that you want. And it will certainly help and aid it.

But of course, you’ve got to have a plan. You’ve got to have a strategy. You know.

You know, I work with people and I say it’s strategy alone isn’t enough because usually I’m working with people who’ve got the strategy. They’ve got the plan, they’ve got the know how. They’re, they’re, they’re very intelligent. You know, they know a lot already.

I’m not telling them how to do that thing. But it’s the kind of mind that’s the missing piece that we need to help them with. So it’s getting the two working in alignment together.

But you’re absolutely right. If you’re full of confidence but you’ve got no plan, that’s not a great combination either.

Becca
00:28:16.950 – 00:28:58.050
Yeah, I just wanted to get clarity on that because I don’t want anyone going to bed tonight thinking if I just lie here and think tomorrow I will become a millionaire, that they’re going to wake up the next day and it’s all solved. Because that’s not what either of us are about. It’s about the two things, the mindset and the planning and strategy working together.

Now, Christian, you’ve got some new work which I’m incredibly interested in, and I want to ask you a few questions about it now.

So you have recently started talking about something that I know that my listeners 100% struggle with, and that’s how to help people get out of their own head and feel comfortable and confident on camera. So talk to me about where this has come from. Why now? Why do you think this is a conversation we need to be having in 2026?

Christian
00:28:58.370 – 00:31:12.630
It’s a new version of something I’ve been doing for years. If you.

I think, you know, starting out, I’ve always helped people with, you know, fear of public speaking, getting ready to do presentations, you know, whether that be just a team meeting or whether that be a CEO who’s got to address, you know, the board or do massive on stage, you know, keynote speeches, you know, wedding speeches. Over the years, I’ve helped with them all.

And the contestant I work with on the first year of X Factor, it was performance nerves and she kept forgetting the lines, the words of the. The lyrics. So it’s something that I’ve always done. But I think the way we work, obviously, the.

The huge popularity of social media has meant that things have shifted slightly. Where I’ve had a lot of people say to me, like we were saying earlier, you know, I’ve. I’ve been putting content out for years in one form or another.

I haven’t always found it easy, haven’t always found it comfortable, but I just do it. And people will say, and I’ll do a lot of live kind of broadcasts and webinars and zoom things, and people say, oh, it’s easy for you.

I wish I could do that.

And, yeah, there’s just been more and more chatter, more and more conversations, and a number of clients, particularly in the last six months, you know who, if it’s. Even if it’s not a business person, you know, I’ve had this young lady came to me who she called it. She keeps getting the team’s terrors.

So every time that she has to do a teams meeting, she was petrified. You know, in the office, in the same meeting, she’s absolutely fine.

But there’s something about the camera and the screen that just took the anxiety to a whole nother level. And that’s happened quite a few times.

Probably more so in the last couple of years when we were doing a lot more online, where people who had confidence to deliver it in one format were really struggling with it in another format. But from a business point of view, I think we’ve all heard that video is good for business. I’m not saying that everybody should do video.

If you don’t want to do video, it’s your business, don’t do it. Find another medium.

But if you want to do video and you’re struggling to put yourself in front of the camera consistently, then there’s some work that can be done to make it easier for you. For sure.

Becca
00:31:12.710 – 00:31:49.810
Yeah, absolutely. And right now, in 2026, I’ve been talking about it a lot to people. If you want to do well on social media, social media is a choice.

But if you want to do well on it, particularly on Instagram, you gotta get on camera, you’ve gotta get your face on. The old way of doing it. Posting pretty portfolio pictures right now isn’t working.

And I think we’re definitely in this trust recession with AI where people don’t believe anything they see. And so actually seeing you showing up on camera is important to them. So what do you think are some of the common reasons?

I know the ones that people give me, but I’d love to hear it from you. What are some of the common reasons people would say to you, this is why I don’t show up on an Instagram reel, for example.

Christian
00:31:50.130 – 00:32:50.920
I mean, before we go there, just back up to what you said. I think why video is so beneficial is because the basic that is always taught in marketing is the know like and trust factor, isn’t it?

And I think there’s no other replacement for how video can do that. Not the only way.

And I’m not saying you should if you don’t really want to do it, but if you want to, if you want to give yourself the best possible chance, like you say, in the, in the world of AI and that trust recession, it’s the fastest way to build that know like and trust factor and create that kind of human connection with people. And will you be for everyone? No, but that’s fine. But you will attract the ones that do vibe with you and you’ll repel the ones that don’t.

And that’s great because you. You save yourself an awful lot of time if someone’s not met you or spoken to you before and you don’t connect well.

If they reach out to you and they want to do business with you, there’s a high chance if they’ve consumed some or a lot of your video content, then you’re already further down that process than what you would be if it was just pretty pictures or text alone.

Becca
00:32:50.920 – 00:32:55.320
Yeah, so true. So let’s go into those. Why. Why do people not want to do it?

Christian
00:32:56.120 – 00:35:44.550
I think it’s. We all struggle to do anything that feels uncomfortable and that’s it. You know, there’s. There’s so many things that make it uncomfortable. As we’ve.

As I said earlier, the tech is a huge thing. You know, often if you’re recording on your own, you talk into a camera, which is a foreign alien thing.

If you’ve not done it much before, there’s the fear of being judged. There’s the worry that no one’s going to want to listen to you. Who are you to kind of be the one doing this? Yeah. Fear of failure, fear of success.

Just that visibility of. Of sticking your head up and being seen can be uncomfortable.

And when I say uncomfortable, why that matters from a mindset perspective is that when we do anything that feels uncomfortable, the mind is triggered into that protection mode that I mentioned to you earlier that its primary objective is to keep us safe. The mind is not programmed for visibility, it’s programmed for protection.

So if we do anything that feels slightly new, different, or uncomfortable, the mind goes, whoa, what’s going on? And then it goes into that protection mode.

And that’s where often then people experience feelings that can feel a bit stressy, a bit kind of panicky, a bit worried. Or then we go into that overthinking loop and we try and talk ourselves out of it by justifying why we shouldn’t be doing it. And.

And then that stalls us and keeps us stuck. So, yeah, that, that’s primarily why it’s. It’s uncomfortable.

But if you think of anything, you know, if you go back to your daughter, for example, if she went to a training and they started a new drill that she’d never done before, the first few times it’s going to feel a bit uncomfortable. But we have the ability to either persevere and practice it so it becomes more comfortable, or go, whoa, I’m not doing that.

And miss out on the opportunity of developing by giving it a go and kind of learning and growing as we go is. Is a phrase I like to kind of use. You know, no one starts out accomplished and comfortable doing anything.

You know, if anything we’ve ever learned in life, if you look at it, driving is a good example.

You know, when people first learn to drive, they’re thinking about the process, you know, the mirror, signal, maneuver, and being aware of everything. But now most people, once they’ve passed the test and have been driving a while, they just get in and drive.

They don’t think about it often, not until they see blue lights behind them and then they start making erratic moves. But that’s because they then start to think. And the moment you start to think, that’s when we get in our own way and trip ourselves up.

Whereas if you can practice something and get comfortable enough with something so it just becomes something you do on autopilot, you might not enjoy it. But if you can do it neutrally just as a task, then even better, Even better. Did that answer your question?

Becca
00:35:44.630 – 00:36:12.170
That did answer my question. And I think another thing I wanted to ask you about because I want to call out some listeners who are already thinking these things in their mind.

Do you think our mind protects us with avoidance strategies? Because I hear all sorts of excuses from people who haven’t shown up. Oh, I’ll just show up once I get a better camera.

Oh, I’ll do it when I’ve had my hair done. Oh, I’ll do it when I’ve got more time. And they’ve convinced themselves of a really good reason why they’re not doing it.

But I think it’s just an avoidance strategy.

Christian
00:36:12.330 – 00:37:43.000
Yeah, I’ll be kind to those people a little bit. It’s not a conscious thing. I don’t believe anybody wakes up and says, right, how many excuses can I come up with today?

What are the reasons I can stop myself from doing this? It is the mind’s protection.

The mind is the biggest excuse making mechanism in the world in order to justify our current programming, our state that it’s trying to protect. So, yeah, your mind will throw up all the reasons in the world.

And it’s a little bit of frustration of mine, of a mice when it comes to kind of the coaching world that often coaches will kind of blame people for not doing the things they want, because, you know, people do want to do it. It’s just that their mind is programmed to do something else. So they’re, they’re having this massive internal power struggle and battle.

So our job is to help them, to guide them, to assist them, to make it as easy for them as they possibly can. But yes, 100% avoidance is a natural response to doing something that’s uncomfortable.

And yeah, there’ll be some really bizarre things that people will come up with. And I think if you ask them, they would be surprised sometimes with the excuses they come up with themselves.

But it’s just the mind going, let’s stay safe, let’s stay in this place. Yeah. So it’s about making the unfamiliar feel more familiar, which then feels more comfortable, and then you can feel more confident.

Becca
00:37:43.080 – 00:38:31.420
I love that. And I think it’s really important, that differentiation because actually it might be that they want to do it.

They just are struggling internally that they can’t do it.

And often I’ll ask people follow up questions when they ask me these things, and then they start to realize, oh, it’s actually a whole lot deeper than it seems on the surface. Because actually it’s easy to just go, well, just do it. Just, just, just do it right now, tomorrow.

And that’s the most frustrating thing to anyone to hear. And I’m sure I’m guilty of saying that to people in the past, but actually they might just be thinking, well, I do just want to do it, but I can’t.

So let’s get practical for a minute because I’m sure there’s people in this, in this podcast episode listening and thinking, yes, I see this problem. I have it myself. Do you have any practical things, any frameworks, any tips to help them move a step forward?

Christian
00:38:31.740 – 00:42:16.300
Loads. How long have you got? The first place I always start is looking at the, the foundations and that is kind of getting clear on why they want to do it.

You know, if we focus on video for a second, then if somebody wants to do more video. All right, I have a concept which I call the three W’s. First of all, we need to establish where somebody is.

So that’s taking a snapshot of the current situation. So what are the excuses? What are your avoidance strategies? What are you not doing? What. What is it you’re not happy with?

You know, if you carried on repeating this avoidance and not showing up as much as you would like, what impact would that have on you? The mind works on two levels to avoid pain, but then towards pleasure. So Most people get stuck in that pain cycle.

They recognize that they’re not comfortable. They might force themselves to put one video out, and then as soon as they’ve done that, they retreat and then don’t do one for months.

And again, that’s the mind going, whoa, that was weird, that was uncomfortable. Let’s go back to that safe place. But if you keep talking about, I’m not very good, I can’t do that. It will keep you stuck there.

And if you think in a simplistic way that the mind has almost like its own inbuilt GPS system, so it’s only as good as the programming you give it. So if you think, you feel, you believe that you can’t do something, you’re just reinforcing and you’re going to stay on that, on that path.

So then we need to look at the next W, which is, if anything was possible, if you could wave a magic wand, if you could have the self belief, if you could have the self confidence, what do you actually want to be doing and get really clear on that.

So if it’s somebody who wants to post one video a week, two a week, one every day, whatever it might be, get clear on what it is that you actually want and also how you want to kind of be. So if it is calm and comfortable on camera, you’ve got to kind of get your mind kind of primed and activated towards making that happen.

And then a lot of people can get to that place on their own. Obviously, with work we do together, we kind of really get clear on both of those.

But the missing piece for a lot of people that they don’t really connect to as much as would be helpful is to connect to the why? Why do they want it? Why do they want to do more video?

What impact would that have to them personally, to their opportunities, to their business, to their income? Because nobody, nobody wants to do more video. But there’s a reason behind it.

It’s like when I was at the gym this morning, there wasn’t many people smiling in there. I don’t think many people wanted to be in there, but they wanted the result they’re getting from being there.

And that’s kind of what, you know, video is. It’s another task, it’s another tool that could possibly accelerate your business. So I’d encourage people to just give that some thought.

What is it they want and why do they want it? Resistance is usually because of lack of clarity. When you haven’t got clear on what you want and why you Want it.

That’s the resistance then keeps fueling the direction you take. So, yeah, everyone’s different so you know there isn’t a right or wrong.

It’s kind of connecting to your own unique personal kind of driving force, momentum, if you like.

And if we stick with the GPS analogy, I say to people, if you had decided that you’re going to go on a road trip, you’ve planned for it, you’re prepared for it, you’ve been looking forward to it, you’re really excited for it, you’re getting the car to go, but you’ve got no fuel in the tank. That’s pretty frustrating. And with electric cars, most people often don’t have enough charge to get where they want to go.

But connecting to your why is about connecting to your own unique personal charge. So then the kind of fuel is about getting the outcome and enjoying the outcome rather than the vehicle that’s going to help you get there.

So it isn’t about the video, it’s about the result the video will give you. Does that make sense?

Becca
00:42:16.300 – 00:42:57.210
Makes perfect sense. And I see it in my own life in another area because I am terrified of flying. I do not like going on planes.

I definitely feel uncomfortable for the entire plane journey, but I make myself do it because the reward at the end, it’s so worth it. And I guess it’s that same. It’s that same thing. I. I still do not feel comfortable. Do I feel more comfortable than I used to? Probably.

But is it something I would choose to do for fun? No. But do I want the thing at the end of it enough to put myself through that discomfort? Yes, I absolutely do.

And so, yeah, that makes perfect sense to me because actually if they can see what they’re trying to achieve at the end and they want it enough, it’s worth the discomfort overcoming moment.

Christian
00:42:57.290 – 00:43:32.410
Yeah. And actually just using that with sheer willpower, determination and, you know, conscious effort.

So for you to be able to put yourself through something that uncomfortable and still do it is brilliant.

But some people would be able to do the same with video to the until it gets more comfortable or it’s learning some other strategies and techniques that will help make it even easier for you. And you know, I help a lot of people with fear of flying and it’s the same, you know, some people can just do it and not enjoy it.

Others are completely petrified about it and need that little bit of extra help to enable them just to get there, let alone get on the plane.

Becca
00:43:32.410 – 00:43:44.050
What about in that moment? Is there any Practical tips. The person’s like, right, I’m going to do this. They get their phone up, they’re about to go live or record their thing.

Any practical tips for what they should do to prep themselves for that moment?

Christian
00:43:44.450 – 00:44:57.150
If people first focus on that foundation piece, can’t overlook how impactful that will be.

Because once you take the pressure off the video bit and focus on why you’re doing it, and you know, also, again, no, it applies to your people as well. It’s how you’re helping people, what you’re sharing with people that’s going to help them have the most amazing day that they possibly can.

If you’ve got something to share with somebody that can make them have that magical day, then you’re doing yourself and them a disservice if you’re not sharing that message with them. So it’s. Putting the focus on one person is kind of the first point.

If you like, instead of trying to appeal to everybody, have that ideal client that you would love to work with in your mind.

I know people talk about having that client avatar, but even if you just make it a little bit more simplistic than that, you know, if you’ve had the perfect couple that were just a dream and a pleasure to work with, think of them or think of a new version of them. So that when you’re making video, it’s like you’re talking about into the lens, which is another tip.

But you’re talking to that one person sharing that one message, and then you’re not kind of feeling like you’re talking to the whole of the social media world.

Becca
00:44:59.310 – 00:45:07.630
That makes sense. And I think realizing that you’re talking and helping them rather than trying to make it about you is a great reframe. What are your thoughts?

Christian
00:45:07.630 – 00:45:26.360
Take it off. You take it off. It’s not about you. It is not about you.

You’re delivering the video to grow your business, to bring more income, to have more of an impact, but to help that couple that that individual have the outcome that they want and make it about that.

Becca
00:45:26.360 – 00:46:03.470
What are your thoughts on reframing? Because I think I’ve got through a lot of my life in business by reframing things.

So, for example, your example there, when I first went live years ago and I talked about something and someone came up to me afterwards said, thank you so much for that video. I wouldn’t have come to this event if I hadn’t have heard it. And from that moment, I did that reframe in my head.

And I say that to People all the time like it. Don’t think about what is about. You think about, you know, I’m doing a disservice to that person if I don’t do it.

So what are your thoughts on reframing? Can I throw a couple of things people say to me at you and see how we could reframe them 100%?

Christian
00:46:03.470 – 00:46:22.330
Reframing is a really powerful tool and it’s more than just kind of people often that’s just area fairy positive thinking and things like that. It isn’t. And you talking and asking me earlier about limiting beliefs. It’s one of the fastest ways of flipping it around is to.

Is to reframe it and focus on the opposite of what you want rather than be stuck in what you don’t want. But, yeah, throw some at me.

Becca
00:46:22.330 – 00:46:30.370
Okay, let’s reframe this one. Becca. I. I would go live on Instagram. I would do an Instagram reel, but I’m really worried my friends will see it and laugh at me.

Christian
00:46:30.530 – 00:47:14.410
Firstly, before we reframe that, because this, this comes up an awful lot. Your friends, I’m assuming, aren’t your ideal client. They’re not who you’re trying to target.

They’re not going to pay your bills, they’re not going to bring you income. So you should be thinking about them. Absolutely. They’re none of your business. What they think of you is none of your business either.

Some will be supportive, some will snigger, some will mock you, but that’s because they see you as that identity that they hold about you. The friends, the person used to do something different. So, firstly, yeah, just they’re not your person. They’re not who you’re trying to attract.

So do not focus on them in the first place. So that is a bit of a reframe. Anyway. Ask me the question again.

Becca
00:47:14.570 – 00:47:19.930
So, Becca, I don’t want to go live. I don’t want to go on the reel because I’m worried my friends will see it and laugh at me.

Christian
00:47:20.250 – 00:48:17.730
Okay, well, firstly, if you don’t want to go live, don’t go live. Just don’t do it. If you do want to, then focus on what we’ve said. Why do you want to go live and what benefit will it have to you?

The reframing is coming. You don’t have to go live when you think you have to or you should be. It’s putting pressure on you. Instead, everything we get to do is a choice.

So you are choosing to go live so you’re actually in a very Privileged position. When I started my business. When you started yours, Becker, we didn’t have the platforms available to us. So we’re very privileged.

We’re very fortunate. We have the ability to get our message out there, to get in front of new people faster than we’ve ever done before. So we actually get to go live.

We get the opportunity to do that. So any negative. If we can turn it into a. I get to. That comes from a place of empowerment rather than a debilitating fear of not wanting to do it.

Becca
00:48:17.730 – 00:48:51.120
Yeah, that is really helpful. That’s a great way of thinking about it because we’re fortunate to have these tools. It’s funny, I’ve been talking about social media a lot.

We talked about it earlier about this rise of video.

And I make jokes with my members because if we go back three or four years, talking specifically about Instagram, my members would say to me all the time, becca, Instagram is so frustrating. I wish I could reach people who didn’t follow me. The only people who see my content is people that follow me. I’m in a loop.

The only people that see it. I can’t grow my Instagram.

And now Instagram has totally transformed their tools and given us every single tool we need to be able to reach people who don’t follow us.

Christian
00:48:51.200 – 00:48:51.880
There’s a new Instagram.

Becca
00:48:51.880 – 00:49:05.610
You don’t want to use them. And so, you know, you’re right. We have to. We have to know. We’re lucky to have these tools.

We’ve been asking for these tools for ages now we have these tools. Do we want to use them? Why do we want to use them?

Christian
00:49:05.610 – 00:50:15.830
I think that’s the problem there, isn’t it?

It goes back to we’re focusing on the tool, we’re focusing on the medium, we’re focusing on the platform rather than, you know, the purpose behind it. What’s our intention, why do we want to do it? And what’s the possibility, what’s the opportunity if we were to do it?

And I think also the consistency comes into play quite a lot. You know, I don’t think many people. I think we’ve also got that comparison of feeling.

Not that everyone wants to go viral, but, you know, if we only get a few likes or we only get a few views, then. Then it wasn’t worth doing. But you only need that one person to see it or to like it or to.

To reach out to you to more than make it worth its while in doing it.

So, you know, this whole thing of one video out or a Few videos out or doing it for a week, or even doing it for a month, and then expecting immediate results is another place where people kind of hold themselves back because they don’t see the results happening and then think, well, what’s the point? But if you’re consistent with it over time, you know, look at some of the massive, biggest Instagram or YouTube channels in the world.

There’s not many that are overnight successes.

You know, there was some pretty dodgy videos that went out in the first place, but they’ve kept going, they’ve persisted, they’ve been consistent, and it’s paid off in the end.

Becca
00:50:15.830 – 00:50:42.210
And I think that big numbers thing is another limiting belief, another mindset thing. That’s something I love to say to people at the moment. I said it on a call today to a few people, actually.

It’s like, why are you complaining to me that only 100 people watch your video? I don’t want to post in case only 100 people see it.

And then I say, well, if you stood there and I invited 100 people into this room and said, tell me about your business, you think that was amazing. But for some reason we see that and we think, oh, we failed. We failed. Only 100 people.

Christian
00:50:42.210 – 00:50:43.170
Big numbers, aren’t we?

Becca
00:50:43.650 – 00:50:45.410
Yeah, but why do we do that?

Christian
00:50:46.290 – 00:52:02.760
Because that’s, that’s our internal kind of interpretation of what a successful video looks like. And it, but it is it. And that’s where we need to reframe and kind of change our own kind of filter of how we’re looking at things.

And like you said, you know, in, in the olden days, if we had 100 people turn up in a room to listen to us, that’d be an amazing, that’d be a packed room, you know, and it’s, it’s kind of almost choosing and deciding what your definition of success would be. And, you know, if you put a video out there, what do you want from that video? Is it just to build a relationship?

In which case you don’t need massive numbers. But if you continue to build a relationship with somebody, if you got, I don’t know what would be a sensible number for your people.

But if you’ve got one couple reach out to you, wants to work with you, would that be worth doing? How many a month, how many a year would you want to be able to attribute to your social media videos?

And it’s probably not anywhere near as big as you think it is. So you probably don’t need the big numbers that you think you need. So Just kind of dial it down and lower your bar.

Not your standards but your expectations of what you should be doing and just focus on delivering, being consistent, showing up, being visible and building that know like and trust factor.

Becca
00:52:02.760 – 00:52:25.490
Yeah. And bringing it back to reality. I just think it’s a really interesting subject. I could talk to you about it all, all day.

I had someone else recently who said to me, I just want to go viral on social media. I wish I could reach these big numbers. Fifty thousand, a hundred thousand. And then I said, well, how many weddings do you want a year?

They said 15 and I’ve already got 10 booked. So I was like, you don’t want to go viral. You don’t need all these people. You need five bookings. That’s it.

Christian
00:52:25.890 – 00:52:47.980
It’s again vanity, isn’t it? It’s, it’s our own ego. It’s what people looking in.

You know, if your friends look at your videos and you’re getting 10 to 100 views, they’re not what they’re going to think of you. Whereas if you could show that you’re getting thousands of thousands, if not more, then we feel that we’re being more successful.

And if that’s not what you need for your business, then there’s no need to have that as a standard.

Becca
00:52:48.220 – 00:53:00.460
I’m sure there’s people listening to this are thinking, help, Christian, I need more help. I can feel myself struggling in this area.

Do you have any resources that I can send people to if they want to do some more thinking or work around this area?

Christian
00:53:00.700 – 00:53:32.290
Yeah, it would have been rude of me not to. I have created some short video tips to help people which is on my YouTube channel.

But if people go to my website, ChristianBaker.netforward/camera I’ll link all the resources and people can find everything on there. There’s a, a kind of camera, pre camera recording checklist as well.

So yeah, go and have a look at that and if, if you’ve got any other questions, feel free to reach out and you know, I’ll, I’ll make a video to cover that or if anyone needs any help, just, just yeah, reach out, let me know.

Becca
00:53:32.600 – 00:53:41.600
Fantastic. I’ll make sure I link to that in the show notes. And if people feel like they need more help than that.

Do you do one to one, do you do one off sessions with people? Is there any other ways people can work with you?

Christian
00:53:41.600 – 00:54:04.270
Direct 100? Yeah, I do work with people both virtually on zoom and in person. So yeah, there’s different options for different people for where they’re at.

But yeah, 100%. If people want to move forward feeling like they’re stuck, feeling like they just need some kind of personal help, then, yeah, that’s what I do.

So feel free to get in touch.

Becca
00:54:04.270 – 00:54:17.510
Fantastic. I will make sure I put the links to your website and all those resources in the show notes.

Now, I always have my podcast, Christian, with the same question which I’m going to pose to you now. And it’s this. What’s one thing you personally wish you’d known sooner in business?

Christian
00:54:18.070 – 00:54:57.090
Good question. Good question. I think to stop overthinking. You know, I’m the master overthinking myself.

And just to take that consistent action and don’t wait to be ready. Just do it and get better as you go. And confidence comes from doing that.

If you wait till you’re ready, if you wait for the confidence to show up, it’s going to slow you down, it’s going to hold you back or it may never happen. So, yeah, just make today day one. Don’t put things off to one day. Make today day one. Take the next step and keep going. And yeah, 100%.

Wish I’d done more of that in the early days.

Becca
00:54:57.170 – 00:55:16.290
Fantastic. Christian, it’s such a pleasure as always to chat to you.

I love this new work that you’re doing around people needing to get more confident to be on camera. I think it’s much needed in the business world and thank you for taking that and for putting those resources together for people.

I will put all of the links in the show notes and I hope to see you somewhere again very soon.

Christian
00:55:16.370 – 00:55:17.250
Brilliant. Thank you.

Becca
00:55:17.730 – 00:55:48.740
Love that conversation with Christian.

I think the more I’m in business, the longer I’m in this industry, the more I realize how important mindset is and how many of you are held back by limiting beliefs by mindset blocks and just not able to overcome them.

So I encourage you, if you’ve resonated with anything today, go and check out Christian, go look at his website, go and watch some of those videos because there’s no reason that you should be saying, I can’t do these things. There’s a time for you to reset your brain and think of it as resetting that computer. Hope you’ve enjoyed today’s episode. I’ll see you all time next.

Next time.