Dr. Tabatha BarberI teach women how to fast their way to a faith-filled, hormonally balanced, fabulous life!

Embrace the New: Novice or Expert? #shorts

7 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In this short monologue, Dr. Tabatha Barber reflects on a mindset shift toward constantly approaching life as a newcomer. She emphasizes treating each day’s body, mind, and experiences as new, using past knowledge as lessons while viewing new challenges as opportunities for growth. She cites a powerful statement—"Would you rather be an expert in the old or a novice in the new?"—to illustrate the value of staying adaptable in a rapidly changing world. The speaker advocates setting the mind on discovering and recreating fresh solutions rather than clinging to past expertise.

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looking forward has really shifted. Like, I just have to be like, I'm new every day, and my body's new every day, my mind is new every single day, has really helped me to not— I mean, I, I take the old stuff as learning lessons, but the new stuff as, um, as growth. So I heard a great statement, statement, and it was like would you rather be, um, uh, an expert in the old or a novice in the new? And it was really powerful because of all the way things are changing, um, in our whole world. And, you know, and it even goes back to our bodies. Like, I would rather be a novice in the new. I would just rather set my mind to figuring out and recreating new solutions for myself.