Today I am joined by Colt Gordon, Therapist and Social Worker, to discuss our connection to our family, how that impacts us and the decisions we make, and how to break free from it.

00:00 - 1:10 - Introduction

1:20 - 1:50 - Introducing our guest today, Colt Gordon!

1:50 - 4:00 - Colt explains his background of broken family issues and mental health issues

4:20 - 5:20 - How getting the tools for success turned Colt’s life around

5:20 - 8:00 - Dylan and Colt discuss foundational relationships

8:05 - 10:10 - How do you get out of a dysfunctional family relationship?

10:10 - 13:15 - How does playing the caretaker role effect your financial decisions on a daily basis?

13:30 - 15:40 - Does Dylan maintain his “live free” advice when making his own purchase decisions?

16:00 - 18:00 - Should replacing something like a backpack at the end of its life carry so much guilt?

18:10 - 22:00 - What advice would Colt give to someone in a caretaker position that is trying to live free?

22:15 - 24:00 - Change your language to focus on the path you want to be on!

24:30 - 26:10 - Make a shitty draft of your dream life and work towards it

27:00 - 31:00 - How and why Dylan took control of his financial situation after being asked to commit fraud as a teacher

33:00 - 37:30 - How generational trauma runs through families and how to overcome it

37:40 -  41:00 - “Your family always has your best interest at heart” or do they?

41:30 - 47:00 - Is blood really thicker than water?

49:10 - 50:00 - You can self differentiate into a wrong decision

50:30 - 55:00 - People aren’t always going to agree with you self differentiating and will ask you to “be your old self”

55:00 - 1:00:00 - You have to be prepared for people’s reactions to your self actualising as it will be hard to overcome

1:00:00 - 1:03:00 - People are either going to get on board or they’re going to leave, but people remember the ones that step out of the mould

1:03:00 - 1:06:00 - What was Dylan’s path to getting his finances together?

1:06:00 - 1:09:00 - Was it easy for Dylan in the beginning of his journey? And how he feels about his finances now

1:09:00 - 1:12:00 - What does it mean to be financially savage?

1:12:20 - END -  Wrap-up & Outro