Have you ever felt like your life is following a script you didn’t write? In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Jeremy Goldberg—writer, coach, TEDx speaker, and founder of Long Distance Love Bombs—to talk about the moment your heart changes its mind and the courage it takes to follow it.

Jeremy shares how he walked away from a successful career as a behavior change scientist on the Great Barrier Reef to become a poet and help people rewrite the stories that keep them stuck. We dive into intuition, identity shifts, healing shame, and what it means to climb out of the holes our minds make.

If you’ve ever hit rock bottom, questioned who you are, or whispered “there has to be more,” this conversation is your reminder that you’re allowed to choose a different ending.

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Dr. Jeremy Goldberg is a compassion-cultivating, day-making change agent, an empathy-collecting, anti-quitting word wizard, and a ferocious never-giver upper. A connoisseur and collector of fine silver linings, his mission is to make kindness cool and compassion commonplace, and to make the world better than it was yesterday.

He worked internationally for governments and universities for a decade, wrote a PhD about how brains influence actions, gave a TEDx talk called “What if kindness was cool?”, hosted retreats on four continents, and wrote It’ll Be Okay, And You Will Be Too.

An American-Australian word dork living in Canada, he is an ordained minister, author, podcast host, spoken word poet, and giver of keynotes.

He works as a life coach, but is more of a dream doula, helping people confront the stories they hide behind while reminding them of their inherent agency.

His podcast is in the top 1% globally, with more than 600,000 downloads and over 220 episodes.

 

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction to Dr. Jeremy Goldberg

01:45 From Marine Biology to Life Coaching

05:18 The Heart Whisper: Following Intuition

09:55 Letting Go of Identity and Embracing Change

15:51 The Role of Intuition in Decision Making

20:29 Navigating the Tension Between Intuition and Fear

27:23 The Journey from Rock Bottom to Resilience

35:15 Transforming Pain into Growth

39:38 The Connection Between Shame and Healing

41:00 Transforming Shame into Healing

45:45 The Lies of Shame and Radical Honesty

50:25 The Power of Writing in Self-Discovery

55:49 Challenging Limiting Beliefs

01:00:09 Embracing Wholeness Over Happiness

01:10:15 The Journey of Self-Acceptance and Growth

Guest Resources:

Website – https://www.longdistancelovebombs.com
Substack - https://longdistancelovebombs.substack.com/
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DrJeremyGoldberg
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/LongDistanceLoveBombs
Book – https://shopcatalog.com/product/itll-be-okay-and-you-will-be-too/
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/longdistancelovebombs
TEDx talk – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mklMPHGLjo
Podcast - https://anchor.fm/longdistancelovebombs

 

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