Annie F. Downs: What’s Really Holding You Back?
episodePreviously titled “What’s Really Holding You Back? with Annie F. Downs” — renamed by the publisher on Sep 15, 2026
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What inspired Annie to write her first book and how did she overcome early rejections?
I was sitting at a dinner with some friends and I say with my mouth, I wish I lived here. I would, we would do this all the time. And one of the girls says, you know, what's funny is we've been friends for seven years and everything you say you're going to do, you do accept this.
Oh, she called you out. No matter who you are, life can feel like a roller coaster, but it's so much better when we go through it together. Welcome to the Candice Cameron Bure podcast. You know this podcast is not about me. I have made it for you. I'm here to share open conversations with my friends about life's challenges, celebrations, and everything in between. Have you ever met someone who makes you feel like faith is the most interesting adventure that you could possibly be on? That is my friend, Annie F. Downs. Annie is a best-selling author, a speaker. She has her own podcast called That Sounds Fun, which has been going on for years and has a ton of incredible guests. She has written books that have sat on nightstands and been underlined and passed from friend to friend, including 100 Days to Brave,
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It's a more transparent, supportive approach without the stress. go to joincrowdhealth.com and use the code Candice. CrowdHealth is not insurance. It's a better approach to healthcare that puts people and community first. We've done a few. I've been on your podcast a couple of times. Is that where we met? Yes, at your house. That was the first time? Okay, that's what I thought. Because I feel like you talked about it. Well, you do talk about a lot of Christmas movies. Yes. And I feel like that's where we kind of met. Yeah,
that's right. That's exactly right. I mean, probably... Eight, ten years ago now?
Right. Yeah. You were talking about Christmas movies.
I
feel like we had a lot of friends. And you had something coming
out. Yeah, I don't know.
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