Leaving Fear: Recent Episodes

Essra Azim

Welcome to The Leaving Fear Podcast, your invitation to conquering life and living a soulful journey. Through a mix of guest stories, solo episodes, and personal accounts, we’ll discuss how to overcome fear to start living the life you’ve always wanted. We’re here to empower you to learn and conquer your fears.

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Lylah, Yogi From Queens, embarks on a life-changing adventure to India, where she discovers her love for yoga. Eventually enabling her to find her path of self-love and self-discovery. She encounters her fear of spending 5 days in complete silence. Listen as Lylah opens up about her story to finding enlightenment.

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Teaching during a pandemic has never been done, well, at least not for this long. In this episode, Bayan Founas, educator, poet, and author, discusses her virtual learning experience as a teacher, the struggles, and her motivations. Tune in to understand the effects of virtual learning and how to influence students.

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In this episode, I sat down with Abraham Aiyash, State Representative for Michigan and an activist, to listen to his inspirational story about how he overcame defeat and ran for office for a second time. Tune in to hear how he overcame loss and how you can always pick yourself up and keep going.

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Tune in today for a special episode with Sakeena Rashid discussing the fear of public speaking.

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Trying to think and speak in another language can be physically painful, and frankly, no one ever wants to look like a fool. Today, we're listening to Baraa's story on how she overcame the nervousness of speaking a secondary language.

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They usually say taking the first step is always the hardest. Well, we're here to discuss the first step to overcoming your fear. Rather than chasing your dreams, today, we're chasing our fears and living our dreams. Join Essra Azim, host of Leaving Fear, to reflect on the first step to moving forward.

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In this episode, Nadiya Ahmed speaks about her crazy adventures and the reality of traveling solo. She spent over a decade, traveling around the world to some of the most breathtaking locations.

For many, traveling alone to an unfamiliar place can be terrifying. I asked Nadiya about the most common fears I've heard about Solo Traveling and ways to overcome them. If you're in the fence about taking that solo trip for the first time or wondering how to travel the world, definitely don't want to miss this episode!

Her insight and tips for coping with the fear of traveling will ignite your motivation to get out there and see the world.