Show Notes

Summary

Are your thoughts running the show—and running you into the ground? In this episode, I share how fear hijacks your head brain and pulls you into overthinking, over-controlling, and shutting down. You’ll learn how to renew your mind, interrupt fear’s grip, and move from spinning to spirit-led. If your brain’s been buzzing and your peace has peaced out… this one’s for you.

Takeaways

• Your head brain is the logic and vision center—but fear can hijack it.
• Fear often shows up as fight (control), flight (overthinking), or freeze (shutdown).
• Martha tried to control dinner and missed the moment with Jesus.
• Gideon needed sign after sign—proof before progress.
• Elijah called fire from heaven, then collapsed in a cave from fear.
• Business overthinking shows up as endless planning and delayed launches.
• Freeze can look like procrastination or ghosting opportunities.
• Truth shift: Clarity comes after courageous action, not before.
• God's design includes sound thinking and Spirit-led movement.
• You can interrupt your fear loop and step into peace, one small move at a time.

Sound Bites

"Clarity doesn’t create courage. Courage actually creates clarity."

"Your head brain is a brilliant strategist—until fear hijacks it."

"Control doesn’t equal peace. Trust is where your rest is found."

"You’re not stuck. Your head’s just in safe mode."

Courageous Action

Pick your dominant fear response and interrupt it:

• Fight: Ask Holy Spirit before acting. Act from peace, not pressure.
• Flight: Set a timer and decide. Progress over perfection.
• Freeze: Name it out loud. Then take one small step.

Chapters

00:00 When Your Mind Won’t Stop Spinning

03:04 Head Brain—your brilliant center for logic, vision, and strategy

04:25 I'm an overthinker stuck in freeze with a pinch of flight mode

15:54 When Fear Hacks Your Head Brain

17:53 Fight – The Overcontroller

22:23 Flight – The Overprocessor

29:26 Freeze – The Mental Shutdown

34:20 Recap How Fight, Flight & Freeze responds in your Head

35:29 Courageous Action – Interrupt the Pattern

38:20 The Wrap Up

Who am I?

Heather Bunch – The Courageous Coach

I’m a certified life and Enneagram coach, speaker and author who helps women Christian women entrepreneurs go from feeling stuck, not-enough and fearful to taking focused, confident and courageous action. We’re growing ourselves so we can grow our businesses and fulfill our God-given assignment.

I also use her ninja writing skills to help other coaches, speakers, and authors get their ideas out of their heads into their signature systems, coaching programs and books to create the income and impact they dream of.

📖 Hello, Courageous! The Gal’s Guide to Delight, Discover, and Direct Your Divine Life is available at: https://hellocourageous.com

🔗 Or get it on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CP3BZ7ZP

🆓 Grab my free Beat Procrastination cheat sheet if you need to get busy on the right thing lickety-slit: https://www.heatherbunch.com/beatit

🌐 You can find me at https://www.heatherbunch.com.

📧 Email me at hello@heatherbunch.com

Show Notes

🎯 Summary

Have you ever caught yourself spinning in overthinking, shrinking in shame, or bulldozing your way through business just to feel in control? In this episode, we’re uncovering the 3 places fear hides—your head, heart, and gut—and how to spot your patterns so you can take back the lead. This is your freedom starting point.

📝 Takeaways

1. Fear doesn’t always look like fear—it hides in your thinking, feeling, and doing.
2. Your default fear response will likely be fight, flight, or freeze—and each shows up uniquely in your head, heart, or gut.
3. You are divinely wired with three “brains”—head, heart, and gut—that are designed to work together through courage, not fear.
4. The vagus nerve connects all three, but fear distorts their communication.
5. God’s blueprint of “threes” (like spirit, soul, body) is echoed in how He designed you to function with wisdom, emotion, and action.
6. When fear leads, it produces loops (head), spirals (heart), and stuckness or hustle (gut).
7. You can’t change what you don’t name—awareness unlocks your courageous action.

🎙️ Sound Bites

• “Fear is a master of disguise—it hides in overthinking, people-pleasing, and hustle.”
• “You were never designed to be led by fear. You were designed for courage.”
• “When you can name the fear, you can change the fear.”
• “Father didn’t give you a monkey brain—He gave you a masterpiece mind wired for freedom.”

💪 Courageous Action

Use the Fear Tracker this week:

1. Pause when fear shows up.
2. Ask yourself:
3. • Is this fight, flight, or freeze?
   • Is the fear landing in my head (thoughts), heart (feelings), or gut (actions or inaction)?
4. Journal what you discover.
5. Go to Father and ask:
   “What truth do You want me to believe instead?”
6. Declare daily:
   “Fear does not lead me. I am designed for courage.”

⏱️ Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Face the Fear and Find the Freedom

02:29 I was a bird in a cage with the door open too afraid to fly out

06:01 The Three Major Fear Responses

08:51 Fear and Our Three Brains

11:50 Identifying Fear Patterns

15:31 The Head: Our Thinking Brain

17:46 The Heart: Our Feeling Brain

20:54 The Gut: Our Action Brain

25:07 Which Brain is dominant?

26:13 Recapping the three brains and fear responses

28:11 Courageous Action Steps

29:44 Conclusion and Next Steps

Who am I?

Heather Bunch – The Courageous Coach

Heather is a certified life and Enneagram coach, speaker and author who helps women of faith close the gap between their dreams and reality by Live Fearlessly Free. Now they can stop hiding, show up fully themselves and fulfill their God-given purpose–courageously.

Heather also uses her ninja writing skills to help other coaches, speakers, and authors get their ideas out of their heads into their signature systems and books so they can create the income and income they dream about.

Heather’s book is available on Amazon––Hello, Courageous! The Gal’s Guide to Delight, Discover, and Direct Your Divine Life by Heather Bunch: https://hellocourageous.com/hcbook

Or get it on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CP3BZ7ZP

Beat Procrastination cheat sheet: https://www.heatherbunch.com/beatit

You can find Heather at https://www.heatherbunch.com.

Or email her at hello@heatherbunch.com

Show Notes

Summary

Ever feel like you're winning on paper but not in your heart? In this episode of Live Fearlessly Free, we're flipping the script on what it really means to live in victory. I’ll show you how to rest without quitting, speak life even when it’s hard, and walk like the winner Jesus already says you are.

Takeaways

• Victory isn’t earned—it’s already finished through Jesus.
• Rest isn’t laziness—it’s spiritual warfare that calms your nervous system and centers your spirit.
• You win with your words—what you speak forms your beliefs, rewires your brain, and aligns you with truth.
• Real victory is about position, not performance. You’re seated in heavenly places—walk like it.
• You don’t have to see the win to live like a winner. Worship before you witness the breakthrough.
• You don’t have to feel victorious to be victorious. It’s already finished—Jesus said so.
• Rest doesn’t mean doing nothing—it means doing what God called you to do without the panic and pressure.
• Worship isn’t the cherry on top—it’s how we show up before the breakthrough.

Sound Bites

"We don’t fight for victory. We live from it."

"Rest isn’t weakness—it’s warfare."

"Your voice holds the power to align your mind and body with truth."

"Victory is already finished. Your job? Walk in it."

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Reclaim Your Victory

01:15 Recap Roar Back Series - What have we reclaimed so far?

02:56 Today is for you if...

04:02 I won on paper but still didn't feel victorious inside

06:50 What Does Victory Look Like?

12:03 Key 1: Victory Is a Journey, Not Just a Finish Line

16:29 Key 2: Rest Is a Weapon

22:39 Key 3: Win with the Word

30:00 Recap Reclaim Your Victory

32:16 Courageous Action: Worship Before the Win

37:31 What's Coming Up Next Week? Face the Fear and Find the Freedom

Courageous Action

This week, you’re going to worship before you win.

1. Name the Battle – Write down the fear, frustration, or thing you’ve been avoiding.
2. Pray & Declare – Tell Father the truth, then declare: “This victory belongs to You.”
3. Worship on Purpose – Put on a song that helps you praise before the breakthrough.
4. Act as If You’ve Already Won – Take one courageous step you’ve been avoiding.

Optional: Journal how your thoughts or energy shift. Then write a daily faith declaration. Speak it out loud each morning.

Because you are victorious, friend. Jesus already paid the price. All that’s left is to walk it out.

Who am I?

Heather Bunch – The Courageous Coach

Heather is a certified life and Enneagram coach, speaker and author who helps women of faith close the gap between their dreams and reality by Live Fearlessly Free. Now they can stop hiding, show up fully themselves and fulfill their God-given purpose–courageously.

Heather also uses her ninja writing skills to help other coaches, speakers, and authors get their ideas out of their heads into their signature systems and books so they can create the income and income they dream about.

Heather’s book is available on Amazon––Hello, Courageous! The Gal’s Guide to Delight, Discover, and Direct Your Divine Life by Heather Bunch: https://hellocourageous.com/hcbook

Or get it on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CP3BZ7ZP

Beat Procrastination cheat sheet: https://www.heatherbunch.com/beatit

You can find Heather at https://www.heatherbunch.com.

Or email her at hello@heatherbunch.com