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You can genuinely want something different and still find yourself returning to the same familiar patterns.What if that resistance isn't weakness, but your subconscious trying to keep you safe?──Signature Quote“This is true because of my past. Does that need to dictate how you live? No, right?”Ethan makes this distinction while explaining how past experiences can shape present responses without having to determine what comes next.───Why This Quote MattersIt captures the heart of the conversation: your past can explain a pattern without earning the right to control your future. Understanding why something developed can become the beginning of changing your relationship with it.───Episode DescriptionWhy do we sometimes keep doing things we know aren't helping us?In this episode of The Audacious Living Podcast, hypnotherapist Ethan Reisboard explores the fascinating tension between what we consciously want and what our subconscious has learned to perceive as safe. Ethan explains why repetition and predictability can feel protective, how old coping mechanisms can outlive their usefulness, and why simply knowing what needs to change doesn't necessarily make change easy.Drawing from his own experiences with nicotine use and a later struggle with chronic pain and depression, Ethan shares how his personal healing journey eventually changed the direction of his life. The conversation challenges us to look at resistance differently: instead of only asking “Why can't I change?”, what might happen if we also asked, “What was this pattern originally trying to do for me?”───This Episode Is For You If...you're frustrated by patterns you understand but still struggle to changeyou're wondering why familiar choices can be so difficult to leave behindyou're learning to separate your past from the future you want to createyou're trying to replace an old coping mechanism with something healthieryou're ready to take action even when part of you still feels resistance───Guest BioEthan Reisboard, CHt, is a hypnotherapist whose relationship with hypnotherapy began personally. While in college, he sought hypnosis for nicotine use and says he has remained nicotine-free for more than five years.Years later, after a concussion left him dealing with chronic pain and depression, Ethan returned to hypnotherapy after trying numerous other approaches. That experience eventually led him toward becoming a hypnotherapist himself and helping others explore the relationship between subconscious patterns, emotional responses and the nervous system. His journey also took him to Costa Rica, where he has built a dramatically different life from the one he once expected to.───Guest LinksWebsite: ethanreishypnotherapy.com───Listen on Major Platforms🎧 Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/2jVR6V7X2kRiCCDXE0FTyl?si=IR3TsfEWR3WA6BzfBRnVXQ🍎 Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-audacious-living-podcast/id1547447345📦 Amazon Music → https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/9f7902bb-dec8-4bd9-918d-d1fef21b7c67/the-audacious-living-podcast?ref=dm_sh_pGv57yQvAmAQVp2IIaXoDwtFt───Call To ActionEnjoying the show?Share this episode with someone who needs to hear this.⭐ Leave a review:👉 https://ratethispodcast.com/audacious
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You have an idea. Maybe you have had it for years, sketched on a napkin or sitting in a journal. The difference between you and the inventor on QVC is not talent. It is knowing the right way to move. Signature Quote "Do not share your information until the ink dries." Lisa learned the hard way that an unprotected idea is a vulnerable one. This line from her book is the rule she lives by, and the one she wants every new inventor to hear first. Lisa Ascolese, known as The Inventress, has spent decades turning everyday frustrations into products that sell. Her first invention came from being embarrassed to breastfeed in public, so she created the Bosom Buddy nursing cape. A sock she used to tie her hair into a church-ready bun became the Bun Tie, her first product on QVC. A lost pair of scissors while wrapping gifts became the Wrap and Store organizer, which sold out on QVC. In this conversation, Lisa shares what inventing the right way actually means. Do your due diligence. Build a working prototype before you ever call a patent attorney. Do not add so much to a simple product that it can never get made. And keep your idea close until it is protected, because the naysayers will talk you out of it before it has a chance. She also talks about the audacity it took to pick up the phone and call buyers and celebrities, including a 30-year relationship with Dionne Warwick that started with one cold call, and why she founded the Association of Women Inventors and Entrepreneurs to lift other women up. This is a practical, no-fluff conversation for anyone sitting on an idea. This episode is for you if... - You have an idea sketched somewhere and no clue what to do next - You have wondered whether to patent first or prototype first - You want to get a product onto QVC, HSN, or a store shelf - You have been burned before and want a trustworthy guide this time - You believe inventors should lift each other up Lisa Ascolese is known as The Inventress, a name her publicist coined years ago and one she has since trademarked. Born in London and raised in Brooklyn by West Indian parents, she was inventing as a child, taking things apart around the house and making them work for her. Her first product, the Bosom Buddy breastfeeding cape, sold nationally and internationally, and she went on to sell multiple products on QVC, including the Bun Tie, the Wrap and Store organizer, and the Perfect Pockets organizer, which she later redesigned for HSN. Today Lisa helps inventors go from a napkin idea all the way to the marketplace, teaching them to do it the right way with due diligence, working prototypes, and protected ideas. She is the founder of the Association of Women Inventors and Entrepreneurs, now celebrating its 13th year, and host of The Inventors Podcast. Her book is "The Inventress Guide to Inventing the Right Way: All or Nothing, Now or Never." Her mission is simple: lifting each other up two hands at a time. 🌐 Website: https://inventingatoz.com/ Her podcast, The Inventors Podcast, and her social channels are all linked from her website. Listen on Major Platforms 🎧 Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/2jVR6V7X2kRiCCDXE0FTyl?si=IR3TsfEWR3WA6BzfBRnVXQ 🍎 Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-audacious-living-podcast/id1547447345 📦 Amazon Music → https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/9f7902bb-dec8-4bd9-918d-d1fef21b7c67/the-audacious-living-podcast?ref=dm_sh_pGv57yQvAmAQVp2IIaXoDwtFt Enjoying the show? Share this episode with someone who needs to hear this. ⭐ Leave a review: 👉 https://ratethispodcast.com/audacious