Unusual Ways to Overcome Trauma, Fear and the Need for Approval | Brett Bailey

What can birth teach us about fear, control and change? This episode of Pursuit of the Impossible with homebirth midwife, conscious birth mentor, and somatic trauma therapist Lianne Schwartz explores intuition, nervous system regulation, pain versus suffering and finding purpose - alongside fathers’ transition into parenthood.

Haha!! This is a test recording we did that we never intended to publish!!! but it turned out that a really beautiful conversations unfolded in the process so we thought we'd just put it out there and see if anyone wants to listen!We talked about following your joy, trusting your intuition, taking risks, navigating fear, letting go of expectations and learning to recognise the difference between genuine excitement and good old trauma patterns kicking in, including me (Jade) admitting to thinking I didn't "feel the spark" when I first met Rich haha. Anyways, if you watched this. Leave us a comment to let us know you were here and if you want more of this sort of stuff!!Jade xCHAPTERS00:00 First test recording 00:23 Bashar’s five principles for following your excitement 01:38 Making room for small moments of joy 02:02 Knowing the answer while fear negotiates 03:09 Taking the leap and staying aligned 04:20 How long would you keep going without visible success? 04:54 Setting a financial runway for the podcast 05:28 Why Jade wants to focus on one thing 06:20 The income opportunity she chose to turn down 06:49 Savings, security and fear of failure 08:03 Following joy when opportunities come up 08:38 When excitement comes from trauma, not joy 11:07 How to tell joy from trauma driven desire 11:41 Contraction, compulsion and unconsciousness 13:06 What joy feels like in the body 14:23 Wrapping up the first studio test

In this episode, Rich sits down with Mike Chang, founder of Flow60 and creator with an audience of over 4 million, to explore how the body, nervous system and consciousness shape our capacity to pursue impossible things. They explore fear, relaxation, self-trust, letting go of outcomes and why true fulfilment requires more than external success. Mike also opens up about the recent death of his mother and how he stayed present through grief, acceptance and loss. A conversation about training the body, expanding what we can hold, and learning to fully meet life as it comes.

What if the experiences that break us are also the experiences that create us?

What does it really take to build an extraordinary life, not just in business, but in who you become along the way? Christian Reyno is a successful entrepreneur and founder of The Nude Group, but this conversation goes far beyond business. He speaks with unusual honesty about the inner work that success has demanded of him, confronting childhood wounds, learning from failure, trusting his intuition and having the humility to recognise where he still needs to grow. Christian shares how the pressures of entrepreneurship became an unexpected catalyst for personal growth. In his words, business doesn't give you the luxury of pausing while you work on yourself: the challenge is happening now, and sometimes you have to grow quickly enough to meet it. The conversation explores ambition, vulnerability, fatherhood, relationships and what happens when your definition of success begins to change. Christian also opens up about the role his wife has played in his evolution — bringing a perspective and intuition he doesn't naturally possess, and challenging the idea that success has to be achieved alone. This is a conversation about the work nobody sees behind an extraordinary life — and why what you're building externally may demand that you evolve internally. @pursuitoftheimpossible explores what happens when ambition becomes a vehicle for transformation — and who we become in pursuit of the things that once seemed impossible.