If you want to unlearn self-doubt, you have to re-learn self-trust. And trust isn’t something you magically wake up with one morning—it’s something you build, little by little, by taking risks and seeing that those risks don’t lead to disaster.

And I’m not talking about massive, life-altering leaps here. If you’ve spent years second-guessing yourself, the idea of suddenly trusting your gut on something huge is going to feel impossible. That’s because self-trust isn’t built in grand gestures. It’s built in small, daily decisions—the kind that slowly teach you that your instincts are, in fact, worth listening to.

So start small. Pick something low-stakes. Maybe it’s choosing a paint color without asking five people for their opinion. Maybe it’s trusting yourself to style a shelf your way instead of waiting for permission from an “expert.” Maybe it’s simply noticing that tiny gut reaction you have when something feels right—and actually following it.

The goal isn’t perfection. The goal is to start collecting evidence that you can trust yourself. Because once you start proving to yourself—over and over again—that your instincts aren’t leading you into danger, your brain stops fighting you so hard. And suddenly, bigger decisions don’t feel so impossible.

So take a small risk today. See what happens. And then take another one tomorrow.