If you are stuck in a fixed narrative of who you are and what you can't do, Asha, as his name suggests, will inspire you with the hope that any change is possible. Asha was a drug addict and dealer with ADHD for 10 years before he made an extreme remodeling of his identity in a week. He changed his environment, started working for charity, stayed in Osho Centre in India for 3 months and now established a new life purpose, dedicating his life to mindfulness and coaching people on self-love. In this episode, we discuss breaking old identity, recognition vs validation and how self-love is the bedrock to any self-development work we do. Dive into the inner experience of someone with ADHD and substance abuse disorder, and develop the compassion and wisdom for the suffering underneath the surface.

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Asha is an intelligent businessman and adrenaline junkie who won a writing award at 18, started his own clothing brand, cycled 5,000 km across South America. His unfortunate journey to substance abuse led him to get kicked out of one of the best schools in Brussel and going into a dark path. After 10 years of abuse, as he likes to put it, he "flipped like a pancake". He left behind all that was possessing him, did self-hypnotherapy and healed his trauma. Today he is coaching people on mindfulness, self-love, and making big positive changes in life.

What we discuss:

3:48 The power of naming our identity

8:05: How Asha started abusing drugs

12:32 What ADHD feels like

14:37 Breaking 10 years of identity as a drug addict

22:00 Change is within reach

26:32 Validation vs recognition

31:12 Flipping like a pancake with one week of isolation

38:10 Positive addiction and new neural highways

45:44 Seek something bigger than yourself

51:19 The calling to Osho centre and becoming a coach

01:00:05 Self love as the bedrock to any transformations

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