Why You Keep Abandoning Yourself in the Little Moments (Personal Development Wisdom Snippets) | #653

“You can’t slow down. You can’t afford to slow down.” That was the voice in Dr Jessica Houston’s head for years. From the outside, she looked successful. On the inside, she was carrying far more than anyone could see: the fear of ever being broke again, the need to be liked, and a habit of saying yes to everyone except herself. Perhaps you know that voice too. Many high achievers do. It tells you that slowing down is risky, that saying no will make people think less of you, and that the m...

What if the identity you’ve built your whole career around was based on an arbitrary decision you made as a child? A moment from the podcast archive that I felt deserved to be heard again. My guest Kate Kayaian, former professional concert cellist turned career coach and author of Beyond Potential, shares why so many high achievers feel trapped in an identity that no longer fits, and the first two steps to creating distance from it and redefining what else is possible. Press play to hea...

What if the most important action you take today happens before you do anything at all? For 650 episodes, I have kept returning to one word: mastery. In episode 150, I saw it as a journey. In episode 550, I described three aspects of it: mind mastery, flow mastery and living mastery. For this milestone, I return to the story of the Chinese bamboo tree from episode 400 and look at it from below the ground, where something quieter has been growing all along. * Discover why awareness is the ro...

What if happiness is not something that happens to you, but something you practise every single day? A moment from the podcast archive that I felt deserved to be heard again. Today, my guest Andrew Matthews, a globally celebrated author and speaker whose books on happiness and resilience have sold over 8 million copies, shares three simple but powerful daily practices that happy people do consistently. Press play to discover what genuinely happy people do differently, and how you can st...

What if the people you admire or resent most are quietly showing you something about yourself? Back in 2022, for episode 250, I sat down with Dr John Demartini, human behaviour expert, author, and one of the featured experts in 'The Secret', to talk about mastery. As we approach episode 650, I felt drawn to return to this conversation, because it remains one of the foundation stones of how I understand self-mastery today. In this episode, you will: Understand why John sees mastery of the mind...