Are you afraid of failing—or of living small? In this micro-dose we name the fear beneath fear: the unlived life. Learn why comfort competes with calling, how self-betrayal shows up as anxiety and numbness, and the simple end-of-life exercise that cuts through excuses.

You’ll learn

• Why “failure” isn’t the real fear (irreversibility is)
• How self-sabotage masks as safety
• 3 moves to shift: Grieve • Forgive • Act
  

Chapters

• 0:00 The fear beneath fear
• 2:00 Gift/Calling/Purpose
• 5:30 Self-betrayal signals
• 8:00 The reckoning
• 12:00 The 80-year-old question

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Struggling with high functioning depression? You might look successful on the outside but feel empty inside. I've been there. In this episode, I share the exact spiritual and clinical toolkit that helped me heal and reconnect with life.

In this episode, I open up about my personal journey through high functioning depression and the four-part approach that transformed my emotional and spiritual well-being.

What you'll learn:

• What high functioning depression really looks like (and why it's so easy to miss)
• DBT therapy techniques: Opposite Action, Radical Acceptance, and the TIPP method
• How Jesus taught about "the kingdom within" as a model of conscious awareness
• Abraham Hicks' vibration-shifting approach through appreciation
• Matt Kahn's groundbreaking self-love practices

Key practices covered:

Timestamps:

• 0:00 - My High Functioning Depression Story
• 2:00 - What It Really Looks Like
• 4:00 - DBT Foundations: 3 Life-Changing Practices
• 8:00 - Jesus as Conscious Teacher: The Kingdom Within
• 11:00 - Abraham Hicks: Becoming a Powerful Creator
• 14:00 - Matt Kahn: The Love Revolution
• 16:00 - Your Practical Toolkit to Start Today

Resources mentioned:

• DBT Therapy for Dummies (Marsha Linehan)
• Abraham Hicks teachings
• Matt Kahn's work

You're not broken. You're not behind. You're exactly where you need to be for your next evolution.

Most gratitude practices are keeping you stuck, grateful for scraps, and blocking real abundance. Here's the neuroscience-backed method that actually rewires your brain for opportunity recognition.

In this episode, I expose the "gratitude industrial complex" and reveal why generic gratitude (like "I'm grateful for my health") shows zero lasting brain changes according to Berkeley neuroscientists. But specific appreciation for your current capabilities? That literally rewires your brain's pattern-matching system.

TIMESTAMPS:

• 00:00 - The Gratitude Lie Exposed
• 01:00 - Why Most Gratitude Keeps You Small
• 03:00 - The Berkeley Study Nobody Talks About
• 04:00 - The Coffee Test: Real Abundance Practice
• 06:00 - How I Created More Income in 3 Months
• 08:00 - The Formula: Capabilities Over Circumstances
• 10:00 - Your New Daily Practice
• 13:00 - 7-Day Abundance Challenge

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Berkeley research shows generic gratitude creates no brain changes
• Specific appreciation for capabilities rewires opportunity recognition
• The difference between "grateful for what you have" vs. "appreciating what's working"
• Morning, daily, and evening practices that actually work
• How to flip scarcity-based gratitude into creator consciousness

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

• Berkeley neuroscience study on gratitude practices
• Marcus Aurelius and Stoic philosophy
• Pattern-matching and brain neuroplasticity research

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