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PSALM 23 & Me: Ancient Secrets for Modern Times 2 · Dr. Derek H. Suite MD - The SuiteSpot

• 0:06
  Speaker 1: Welcome, beautiful souls, welcome back.
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  Speaker 1: This is Take Action Tuesday on the Sweet Spot.
• 0:12
  Speaker 1: I'm Dr Derek Sweet.
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  Speaker 1: I'm your host.
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  Speaker 1: As you know, I'm a board certified psychiatrist.
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  Speaker 1: I specialize in sports and performance, but more than that, I enjoy helping individuals.
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  Speaker 1: But more than that, I enjoy helping individuals people just like you live and achieve the best life ever.
• 0:28
  Speaker 1: It's all about living a life we love, and I enjoy being on the journey with you.
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  Speaker 1: As you know, this week we're spending a whole lot of time in ancient wisdom.
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  Speaker 1: Last week, we spent a whole lot of time asking the right questions.
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  Speaker 1: This week, we're looking to ancient wisdom for some answers because, god knows, it's truly overwhelming out there.
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  Speaker 1: All right, so yesterday we spent some time with Psalm 23,.
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  Speaker 1: Remember, so we said that ancient wisdom has so many powerful insights that we can apply that it was worth it for us to go and look at Psalm 23 to see exactly what this David, this King David, who went through so much, why did he send this divine message, this divine text, to us?
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  Speaker 1: Okay, that gives us a blueprint as to how to handle all the stresses we are facing today.
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  Speaker 1: Look, there's a reason that fear works.
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  Speaker 1: It keeps us safe, but it's sneaky.
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  Speaker 1: It shows up at the wrong times.
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  Speaker 1: It can step in our way and stop us from getting the results we're looking for.
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  Speaker 1: It can overwhelm us, it can paralyze us.
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  Speaker 1: And it doesn't just whisper, it shouts.
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  Speaker 1: It tells us to stop, telling us to wait, telling us not yet.
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  Speaker 1: And, the worst part, Fear convinces us that stopping is safer, that hesitation is protection.
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  Speaker 1: But what if I told you, fear isn't as powerful as it seems?
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  Speaker 1: What if the only reason fear feels so big is because we give it permission to stand in our way?
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  Speaker 1: See, there's a reason fear is mentioned so many times in ancient wisdom.
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  Speaker 1: If you look at the scriptures, you'll see that fear is mentioned so many times in ancient wisdom.
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  Speaker 1: If you look at the scriptures, you'll see that fear is mentioned so many times.
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  Speaker 1: It's almost as if they knew that fear was going to be something we, as humans, would have to deal with.
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  Speaker 1: And here we are in this 21st century dealing with some of the same fears, Because people since the beginning of time have struggled with this thing, and no one understood fear better than David, the writer of Psalm 23.
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  Speaker 1: He faced enemies, he faced betrayal, danger and uncertainty.
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  Speaker 1: He faced stress, just like you and I are.
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  Speaker 1: And yet, in the middle of all that he wrote these words Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.
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  Speaker 1: Wow.
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  Speaker 1: Now listen to that again.
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  Speaker 1: Even though I walk through, now listen to that again.
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  Speaker 1: Even though I walk through, not even though I sit down in fear, not even though I run to the other side, no, david says, even though I walk through and that's what we so often forget here on Take Action Tuesday, that fear isn't the problem.
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  Speaker 1: The problem is when we let fear stop us from taking action.
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  Speaker 1: The moment we stop moving, the moment we stop taking action, fear wins.
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  Speaker 1: And science backs us up.
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  Speaker 1: When we face fear and we keep moving, our brain learns that fear isn't a stop sign, it's just an emotion.
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  Speaker 1: The moment we take action, no matter how small the amygdala you remember the amygdala, the fear center in the brain we talked about that it starts to quiet down, literally.
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  Speaker 1: That brain structure doesn't get hyperactive and we literally train our brain to become braver by taking action.
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  Speaker 1: But here's the thing, my friend when we freeze, when we avoid the challenge, when we run away, that same fear grows stronger and that amygdala starts telling us all kinds of stories and creates all this drama in our heads, the brain starts reinforcing the idea that stopping was the right decision and it makes going and taking action harder the next time.
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  Speaker 1: That's why, if you make a mistake or you make an error, they say get up and keep moving and correct it in real time or let it go.
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  Speaker 1: So if fear is standing in your way right now, the best thing you can do is take action.
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  Speaker 1: Do like David did in this ancient wisdom Walk, walk through it.
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  Speaker 1: Move, even if it's just one small step at a time.
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  Speaker 1: Walk through the valley of the shadow of whatever it is.
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  Speaker 1: This is just a metaphor for danger, for worry, for anxiety.
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  Speaker 1: It says here in the scriptures yay, do I walk through the valley of the shadow of death?
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  Speaker 1: But really it's walking through the valley of the shadow of anything.
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  Speaker 1: And think about something you've been avoiding today.
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  Speaker 1: This is Take Action Tuesday.
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  Speaker 1: Think about something that scares you, something that you've been putting off.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe it's a conversation.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you need to go to the doctor.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you have to have a difficult talk with somebody.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe it's an action that you have to take, a goal that you've been hesitating on, a step you know you need to take, but fear is stopping you from taking action.
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  Speaker 1: Fear is whispering, not yet.
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  Speaker 1: Don't do that Now.
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  Speaker 1: Ask yourself what's one small action I can take today to walk through it.
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  Speaker 1: Not the whole thing, I'm not asking you to get it all done.
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  Speaker 1: Just one step.
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  Speaker 1: Think of David, that shepherd that had to lead his sheep through the very valley, the shadows of death.
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  Speaker 1: When you're in a valley, sometimes it's hard because everything is higher than you and looking down at you and it's dark.
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  Speaker 1: But if you take that one step because here's the truth, my friends, you don't have to be fearless, you just have to keep walking.
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  Speaker 1: Let's lock that in with an affirmation, Say this with me or just let it settle in your heart and in your mind I take action even when fear is present.
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  Speaker 1: Fear does not control me.
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  Speaker 1: I move forward with confidence, knowing I'm protected and empowered.
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  Speaker 1: I'll repeat I take action even when fear is present.
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  Speaker 1: Fear does not control me.
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  Speaker 1: I move forward with confidence, knowing I'm protected and empowered.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, fear is just a shadow.
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  Speaker 1: It has no weight, it has no power unless you stop moving.
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  Speaker 1: Walk through it, be like David, walk through the shadow and watch how small it becomes.
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  Speaker 1: And the thing about walking is that you're never alone.
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  Speaker 1: Something is always with you, there's always a power that's with you, but we'll talk more about that, so listen.
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  Speaker 1: That's it for Take Action Tuesday.
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  Speaker 1: I hope you found this helpful.
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  Speaker 1: I want you to keep moving forward.
• 8:26
  Speaker 1: This is Dr Sweet.
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  Speaker 1: Beautiful Souls, please stay tuned.
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  Speaker 1: Tomorrow is Win it All Wednesday and we're going in.
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  Speaker 1: We're going in on Psalm 23.
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  Speaker 1: This week.
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  Speaker 1: We're not letting go.
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  Speaker 1: God knows, there's so much going on that we needed to go back to ancient wisdom for some pearls.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, king David.
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  Speaker 1: A shout out to you and I'll see you on Twitter, on Instagram, on X, and I'm on YouTube as well.
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  Speaker 1: Peace.