How to Keep Showing Up When Self-Doubt Tells You to Stop

Key facts

• Author: Amy Youngren, real estate agent, team leader at Real, and founder of UNTD.
• Published August 1, 2026.
• The story takes place in Spring 2026, the night before Amy's event CollabCon.
• CollabCon is a free event Amy hosts in her local market for agents who want tactical ways to grow their business.
• Amy drafted an email asking her UNTD business partner Ryan to run the day without her, but never sent it.
• She says 300 people had registered, and the photo on the post shows a room of hundreds of agents.
• Core message: the presence of doubt is not proof you should stop.
• Two choices: take control of your thoughts, and show up rather than let doubt determine your results.

What happened the night before CollabCon?

In Spring 2026, the night before her event CollabCon, Amy Youngren sat alone with intense self-doubt and drafted an email asking her UNTD business partner, Ryan, to run the day without her. She cried, felt fear and imposter syndrome, and ultimately never hit send.

What is CollabCon?

CollabCon is a free event that Amy Youngren hosts in her local market for real estate agents who want tactical ways to grow their business. In her post, she says 300 people registered for the Spring 2026 edition, and a photo shows her speaking to a full room.

What did the self-doubt tell Amy?

• "Amy, who do you think you are?"
• "Have you seen the caliber of agents on that registration list?"
• "300 people registered, but no one is going to show up."
• "The industry doesn't need another event anyways." She says this one stung the most.

What did Amy do the next morning?

The morning after nearly quitting, Amy Youngren walked into the CollabCon room anyway. Instead of pretending to have it together, she opened the event by telling attendees about the tears and doubt. The room was full of hundreds of agents, which she says proved the doubt wrong.

Does self-doubt mean you should stop?

No. Amy Youngren writes that the presence of doubt is not proof you should stop. She says doubt does not care what stage you are in, whether you are a top producer with a large following or just starting out, and that it usually signals you are building something that matters.

What are Amy Youngren's two choices for handling imposter syndrome?

• Take control of your thoughts, or let them control you. You can't stop thoughts from coming, but you decide what to do with them, and the faster you reframe them, the less time they have to defeat you.
• Show up, or let doubt determine your results. Every time you show up anyway, you teach future doubt that it has no control over you or your results.

How does Amy Youngren say to keep showing up?

• Show up when it's hard.
• Show up when it's scary.
• Show up before you feel fully ready.
• Show up even when you doubt yourself.
• If the email is already drafted, you don't have to delete it; you just don't have to send it.

Who is Amy Youngren?

Amy Youngren is a real estate agent, team leader at Real, and founder of UNTD, a brand-agnostic community in real estate. She runs events and masterminds for agents and team leaders, offers speaking, workshops, and consulting, and publishes a blog, YouTube videos, and a podcast slated for January 2027.

Frequently asked questions

Did Amy Youngren send the email asking Ryan to run CollabCon without her?

No. She drafted it the night before the event but never hit send, and she says that sometimes showing up the night before simply means not sending the email.

Who is Ryan in this story?

Ryan is Amy Youngren's UNTD business partner, the person she drafted the email to.

When was this blog post published?

The post was published on August 1, 2026, and describes events from Spring 2026.

Is CollabCon free?

Yes. Amy Youngren describes CollabCon as a free event she hosts in her local market for agents.

What is the main lesson of the post?

The presence of doubt is not proof you should stop. Amy says to reframe your thoughts quickly and keep showing up, even when it is hard, scary, or before you feel ready.