Do It Scared® with Ruth Soukup
Do It Scared® with Ruth Soukup is the podcast created to help you face your fears, overcome adversity, and create a life you LOVE. Each week you’ll discover actionable strategies for greater productivity, motivation, entrepreneurship, creativity, fulfillment, success, and happiness, along with the motivation and encouragement to actually start making real changes that lead to big results.Each week we’ll address topics that delve into those things that we are so afraid of, and how it holds us back in our day to day lives—then focus on easy-to-implement advice for how we can face our fears and overcome adversity in order to create a life we truly love. The podcast will also feature bi-weekly interviews with authors, influencers, and other notable guests who have dared to do it scared in their own lives.
Do It Scared® with Ruth Soukup
The Big Mistakes I'm Most Grateful For
Join me LIVE for a powerful 5-Day Virtual Event designed to help you step into the best version of you. The life you want is actually so much closer than you realize.
In just 5 days, you'll map out a vision so clear you can feel it, then walk away with the plan in hand to actually make it happen.
You’ve spent years showing up for everyone else—at work, at home, and in every corner of your life.
But somewhere in the middle of all that doing, you forgot who you are, or what you want. You forgot what makes you come alive.
It’s time to come back home to yourself—to remember your dreams, your spark, and your strength.
And that’s exactly what these five days are for.
Join me to Ignite Your Best Year Yet HERE.
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This isn’t your typical Thanksgiving gratitude episode. In one of her most honest and heartfelt episodes yet, Ruth Soukup reflects on the moments in her life and business that looked like colossal mistakes—but turned out to be the greatest teachers. From hitting rock bottom in her twenties, to quitting law school, to walking away from her successful blog brand, Ruth shares how failure, loss, and reinvention shaped who she is today.
You'll walk away with a fresh perspective on what it really means to be grateful—and a powerful reminder that sometimes the hardest things are the ones that matter most.
What You’ll Learn:
- Why your biggest failures might be your greatest gifts
- The power of letting go of identities that no longer fit
- What the Stockdale Paradox is—and why it matters for resilience
- How to reframe your "mistakes" as growth moments
- Why it's okay to quit, pivot, and evolve
Key Quotes:
- “There is always a way back.”
- “You don’t owe the world a version of yourself that no longer exists.”
- “Sometimes the most courageous thing you can do is let go of what was.”
- “You confront the brutal facts—and you never lose hope.”
- “Not the mistakes themselves, but what they taught me. That’s what I’m grateful for.”
Resources Mentioned:
Join me to Ignite Your Best Year Yet HERE.
Find Us:
Website: ruthsoukup.com
Instagram: @ruthsoukup