How Small Acts of Courage Can Change Your Life with Scott Simon

02/12/25 • 58 min

Scott Simon, author of Scare Your Soul and the global movement by the same name, joins me to explore the power of taking small, courageous steps toward personal growth.

Scott shows us that you don’t need massive, life-altering goals to create meaningful change. Instead, it’s the everyday acts of bravery—like striking up a conversation with a stranger, offering a simple gesture of kindness, or embracing vulnerability—that push us out of our comfort zones and help us grow.

Scott even shares how his framework can be applied to dating, helping people open up and approach meeting a potential partner with confidence and authenticity. If you’ve ever felt stuck or unsure how to take action in your life or relationships, this conversation will inspire you to start scaring your soul with small, intentional steps that can lead to profound transformation. Tune in to discover how embracing discomfort can lead to a fuller, more meaningful life. Share this episode with a friend!

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Website: https://scareyoursoul.com/
Book: Scare Your Soul: 7 Powerful Principles to Harness Fear and Lead Your Most Courageous Life

Guest Bio: Scott Simon is a happiness entrepreneur, author, and founder of the global courage-building movement “Scare Your Soul.” With a unique approach that blends neuroscience, positive psychology, and behavior design, Scott has inspired thousands worldwide to embrace small acts of courage as a catalyst for growth and success.

Scott Simon, author of Scare Your Soul and the global movement by the same name, joins me to explore the power of taking small, courageous steps toward personal growth.

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Website: https://scareyoursoul.com/
Book: Scare Your Soul: 7 Powerful Principles to Harness Fear and Lead Your Most Courageous Life

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How to Have a Soulful Marriage with Dr. Rachel Glik

In this powerful interview, Dr. Rachel Glik and I explore how to create a soulful marriage. We dive deep into the essential elements of relationship growth, unpacking critical insights about self-love, healing after challenges, and building genuine connection. Key highlights include:

The transformative power of self-love in relationships
Understanding what truly defines a soulmate connection
Navigating and overcoming relationship challenges, including infidelity
Practical strategies for cultivating intimacy and spiritual connection

Dr. Glik reveals how loving yourself first is the foundation of any healthy partnership. Whether you’re seeking to strengthen your current relationship or understand deeper relationship dynamics, this episode offers transformative wisdom for anyone committed to genuine, heart-centered love.

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Book: A Soulful Marriage: Healing Your Relationship With Responsibility, Growth, Priority, and Purpose

Guest Bio: Rachel Glik is a licensed professional counselor with 30+ years as a couples and individual therapist in private practice. Her book, A SOULFUL MARRIAGE: Healing Your Relationship With Responsibility, Growth, Priority, and Purpose, is available now.

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The Girlfriend's Guide to Dating in Midlife with Dish Stanley

If you are widowed, divorced, or never married and looking for dating advice in midlife from a woman who has been dating for over a decade and has a perspective many experts have never shared, this episode is for you! Dish Stanley is on to share her tales of heartbreak, falling in love with herself, and dating with a hopeful mind and open heart.

We discuss why it’s important to focus on self-love, how to figure out your best first date, get her advice on the dating apps, and why it’s better to find a dating coach then get advice from your married friends. We’ve had a therapist on to discuss this topic, but it’s so refreshing and helpful to hear from someone who has so much experience and writes about it regularly. And if you’re married like I am, I think you’ll enjoy it too. If this sounds interesting, tune in and be sure to share this conversation with all of your single friends!

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Books Mentioned: Great Sex Starts At 50 Peter Attia’s Outlive

Guest Bio: Dish Stanley publishes The Crush Letter, a weekly lifestyle newsletter exploring pop culture, love, friendship, sex and other useful things for an audience over 40. Dish, a former lawyer and active angel investor, was widowed in her 40’s and dated through her 50’s. So she’s been midlife dating for over a decade, which she often writes about in The Crush Letter.