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What if nothing is the thing you need right now?
Justin recorded this episode on the bluffs in Pacifica, with the beach and ocean below and a drizzly sky overhead. He had been trying to come up with something important, positive, or useful to say. Instead, he kept coming up with nothing; and he realized that was exactly what was needed.
This is a short invitation to step out of the chase for the next thing and notice what is already here. Justin reflects on the disappointment that can follow getting what you thought you wanted, the difference between trying and allowing, and how a little open space can bring a different perspective, more choice, and a sense of possibility. There is no five-step formula to follow. The experience is the point.
In this episode:
Who are you becoming, and what might that person experience?
Justin would love to hear from you. If this kind of reflective episode resonates, send him a note, subscribe, leave a review, or share it with someone who might enjoy a few minutes of space.
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You’re capable. You’re not broken. But when thinking harder and working longer keeps leading you into the same wall, instead of more of the same, try changing your state instead. What's that? How's that?
Well, in this episode, Justin shares three practical ways to shift your physical, emotional, and mental state: movement, breathwork, and affirmations (or, as he prefers to call them, better-quality thoughts). He also guides you through a short breathing practice you can use almost anywhere to feel calmer, clearer, more connected, and back in command.
You’ll also hear a little behind the scenes from Justin’s recent retreat at Mount Shasta, where he taught his LEAP practice to a spiritually minded group and was reminded that knowing something is not the same as having a tool you can actually use in the moment.
You’ll learn:
What's your favorite way to change your state: movement, breathwork, or better thoughts?
Learn the four-minute LEAP practice live with Justin:
https://www.justinwenck.com/leap
Justin’s next live LEAP workshop is Sunday, September 20 at 5:00 p.m. Pacific. If you cannot attend, use the same link to get on the list for a future session.
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Book — Engineered to Love: https://www.engineeredtolove.com
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Watch the full video episode at Justin Wenck, Ph.D. YouTube Channel!
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You can sincerely love your family, feel devoted to God, and care deeply about your community—and still behave in ways that harm all three. The problem may not be what you care about. It may be that those words don’t help you choose what to do when life gets messy.
In this episode, Justin explores why Family, God, and Community can be meaningful things to love and serve while still being poor operating values. He explains the gap between the values we say guide us and the values our choices reveal, then offers six practical questions for making more aligned decisions.
Key Ideas / Takeaways
Why Listen
This conversation is for anyone who cares deeply about living by their values but suspects their behavior does not always reflect what they say matters. It offers a grounded way to turn a beautiful intention into a useful question—and then into your next response.
Get the free two-page Values Compass and apply the six values to a real situation in your life:
https://www.justinwenck.com/6values
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About Justin: https://www.justinwenck.com/about
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Podcast home: https://www.buzzsprout.com/787193
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@justinwenckphd
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinwenck/
Book — Engineered to Love: https://www.engineeredtolove.com
Amazon book listing: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C2SQ21WV
Audible audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/Engineered-to-Love-Audiobook/B0CCQLSDS7
Mental Wealth audio course: https://grow.emotionsengineering.com/mentalwealth
Send us Fan Mail
Watch the full video episode at Justin Wenck, Ph.D. YouTube Channel!
Check out my best-selling book "Engineered to Love: Going Beyond Success to Fulfillment" also available on Audiobook on all streaming platforms! Go to https://www.engineeredtolove.com/ to learn more!
Got a question or comment about the show? E-mail me at [email protected].
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Just because AI can "do" more than ever doesn't mean you need to be doing more.
When ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Codex, or Claude Code starts working, the instinct is often to open another tab, check email, start another task, or stare impatiently at the screen. Justin has been experimenting with a very different response by using the waiting time to become calmer and clearer.
In this episode, Justin shares the simple 4-6 breathing practice he has fallen in love with and why it fits surprisingly well with AI-assisted work. He explains what slow breathing may be doing physiologically, why a calm state does not mean a passive state, and how giving your mind some open space may help you return to the work with better judgment.
Key Ideas / Takeaways
Why Listen
This is especially useful if you spend a lot of time with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, or other AI tools and regularly find yourself bouncing between tasks while they work. It is also for anyone who wants a very simple way to create more calm and space during the natural pauses already built into the day.
The idea is not to make AI faster.
It is to make better use of the human while the AI is working.
Connect with Justin
Main website: https://www.justinwenck.com
About Justin: https://www.justinwenck.com/about
Free offerings: https://www.justinwenck.com/free-offerings
Events: https://www.justinwenck.com/events
Connect: https://www.justinwenck.com/connect
Podcast home: https://www.buzzsprout.com/787193
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/engineering-emotions-and-energy-with-justin-wenck-ph-d/id1493136576
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@justinwenckphd
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justinwenckphd/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinwenck/
Book — Engineered to Love: https://www.engineeredtolove.com
Amazon book listing: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C2SQ21WV
Audible audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/Engineered-to-Love-Audiobook/B0CCQLSDS7
Mental Wealth audio course: https://grow.emotionsengineering.com/mentalwealth
LEAP practice: https://www.justinwenck.com/leap
Send us Fan Mail
Watch the full video episode at Justin Wenck, Ph.D. YouTube Channel!
Check out my best-selling book "Engineered to Love: Going Beyond Success to Fulfillment" also available on Audiobook on all streaming platforms! Go to https://www.engineeredtolove.com/ to learn more!
Got a question or comment about the show? E-mail me at [email protected].
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You may have a life that looks successful on paper, and still you feel like your life isn't working out how you want it.
Too many meetings. Too many commitments. A workspace you dislike. A home that does not feel like you. When everything feels off, the hardest part is often knowing where to begin.
Enter 'the new bedspread effect': improve one small part of your environment, protect the feeling it creates, and let that become the reference point for what you change next.
In this episode, Justin shares how buying one decent bedspread helped him begin transforming an apartment that still looked like a college student lived there. He then explains how the same principle helped him create better boundaries, protect his lunch hour, choose work more carefully, and become more reliable without working sixteen-hour days.
Key Ideas and Takeaways
Why Listen
This episode is for developers, engineers, leaders, and anyone who feels overwhelmed by their work or discouraged by their surroundings. You do not need to redesign your entire life today. You may only need to find one small thing that feels good—and start building from there.
Connect with Justin
Main website: https://www.justinwenck.com
About Justin: https://www.justinwenck.com/about
Free offerings: https://www.justinwenck.com/free-offerings
Events: https://www.justinwenck.com/events
Connect: https://www.justinwenck.com/connect
Podcast home: https://www.buzzsprout.com/787193
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/engineering-emotions-and-energy-with-justin-wenck-ph-d/id1493136576
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@justinwenckphd
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justinwenckphd/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinwenck/
Book — Engineered to Love: https://www.engineeredtolove.com
Amazon book listing: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C2SQ21WV
Audible audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/Engineered-to-Love-Audiobook/B0CCQLSDS7
Mental Wealth audio course: https://grow.emotionsengineering.com/mentalwealth
Send us Fan Mail
Watch the full video episode at Justin Wenck, Ph.D. YouTube Channel!
Check out my best-selling book "Engineered to Love: Going Beyond Success to Fulfillment" also available on Audiobook on all streaming platforms! Go to https://www.engineeredtolove.com/ to learn more!
Got a question or comment about the show? E-mail me at [email protected].
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Life has a way of throwing things at you that feel completely random, chaotic, and deeply unfair. Maybe someone sideswipes your car, your company downsizes out of nowhere, or you show up for a routine medical checkup only to get hit with an unexpected processing bill before the needle even touches your arm.
When you're constantly playing defense against a world that feels out of whack, the default reaction is to look around and wonder why this garbage keeps happening to you. You work hard, you try to do the right thing, and yet it feels like you're just an innocent bystander getting targeted by outside circumstances.
But here is the truth of the human system most try to ignore: your external environment is an exact reflection of your internal state. If you are constantly hiding away from looking at your role in your life, you might have missed that you’ve positioned yourself right next to an automatic ass-kicking machine.
Episode Overview
In this episode, we dive into the absolute number one value of 2026: responsibility. This isn’t the dry, compliance-driven version of paying your bills on time or doing your chores. We are talking about response-ability—your fundamental ability to respond to anything and everything that shows up in your lifetime. We break down how your deeply ingrained habits function like an unguided property manager for your life, and explain why reclaiming your status as the absolute owner of your mind and your life changes your entire experience of reality.
Key Ideas / Takeaways
Why Listen
This conversation is a direct invitation to stop acting like a passive tenant who constantly complains about the broken plumbing in their life. If you are ready to transition from being a victim of random circumstances to the empowered creator who actually owns the building of their life, this episode gives you the mental blueprints to take back the keys.
Links & Connect With Justin
Connect with Justin:
Main website: https://www.justinwenck.com
About Justin: https://www.justinwenck.com/about
Free offerings: https://www.justinwenck.com/free-offerings
Events: https://www.justinwenck.com/events
Connect: https://www.justinwenck.com/connect
Podcast home: https://www.buzzsprout.com/787193
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/engineering-emotions-and-energy-with-justin-wenck-ph-d/id1493136576
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@justinwenckphd
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justinwenckphd/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinwenck/
Book — Engineered to Love: https://www.engineeredtolove.com
Amazon book listing: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C2SQ21WV
Audible audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/Engineered-to-Love-Audiobook/B0CCQLSDS7
Mental Wealth audio course: https://grow.emotionsengineering.com/mentalwealth
Send us Fan Mail
Watch the full video episode at Justin Wenck, Ph.D. YouTube Channel!
Check out my best-selling book "Engineered to Love: Going Beyond Success to Fulfillment" also available on Audiobook on all streaming platforms! Go to https://www.engineeredtolove.com/ to learn more!
Got a question or comment about the show? E-mail me at [email protected].
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Have you ever considered that the problem isn't what you are wanting from your life, your business, or your relationships, but how you're going about the wanting?
Most of us are stuck in a classic mental trap: the "if-then" fallacy. We tell ourselves, "When I achieve this goal, get that promotion, or fix my health, then I will finally be happy." But your external reality isn't a vending machine that dispenses joy once you input enough hard work—it is an exact reflection of who you are right now. If you are operating from a core state of anger, lack, or constant dissatisfaction, your system will simply keep reproducing environments that reflect that.
Episode Overview
In this episode of Engineering Emotions and Energy, we look at the mechanics of human desire and the subtle ways our rigid expectations block our fulfillment. We dive into why the true purpose of living is about learning how to be happy while in the active pursuit of our desires, rather than waiting for an arbitrary end point. It's time to open ourselves up to receiving what we want in highly unexpected, elegant, and easeful ways.
Key Ideas / Takeaways
Why Listen
This conversation is for anyone who feels like they are grinding away without seeing the signs of success they've been struggling for. If you're ready to build the internal muscle of genuine appreciation, this episode offers the exact perspective shift you need to let things show up smoothly.
Links & Connect With Justin
Connect with Justin:
Main website: https://www.justinwenck.com
About Justin: https://www.justinwenck.com/about
Free offerings: https://www.justinwenck.com/free-offerings
Events: https://www.justinwenck.com/events
Connect: https://www.justinwenck.com/connect
Podcast home: https://www.buzzsprout.com/787193
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/engineering-emotions-and-energy-with-justin-wenck-ph-d/id1493136576
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@justinwenckphd
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justinwenckphd/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinwenck/
Book — Engineered to Love: https://www.engineeredtolove.com
Amazon book listing: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C2SQ21WV
Audible audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/Engineered-to-Love-Audiobook/B0CCQLSDS7
Mental Wealth audio course: https://grow.emotionsengineering.com/mentalwealth
Send us Fan Mail
Watch the full video episode at Justin Wenck, Ph.D. YouTube Channel!
Check out my best-selling book "Engineered to Love: Going Beyond Success to Fulfillment" also available on Audiobook on all streaming platforms! Go to https://www.engineeredtolove.com/ to learn more!
Got a question or comment about the show? E-mail me at [email protected].
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What’s currently renting space in your mind?
If you look around and feel like the world is in pure chaos, or you're constantly overwhelmed, or maybe you just feel completely alone even when surrounded by people you love, then you’ve allowed some bad ideas to take up residency.
We’ve been taught that when we have a problem, we just need to grind away, hustle harder, and work on the solution until it goes away. But you've probably already worked harder than most people realize, even harder than you give yourself credit for, and those same challenges are still staring you in the face. The truth is, your system wasn't designed to just take on the garbage ideas that were handed to you when you were younger and keep running them forever.
Episode Overview
In this episode of Engineering Emotions and Energy, we are looking at the inner real estate of your mind through the lens of a landlord-tenant relationship. Just because a thought, belief, or old habit is inside your head doesn't mean it belongs to you. It’s time to take stock of who is living in your mind rent-free, evict the toxic tenants that are trashing the place, and bring in new beliefs that actually serve your life, your body, and your purpose.
Key Ideas / Takeaways
Links & Connect With Justin
Main website: https://www.justinwenck.com
About Justin: https://www.justinwenck.com/about
Free offerings: https://www.justinwenck.com/free-offerings
Events: https://www.justinwenck.com/events
Connect: https://www.justinwenck.com/connect
Podcast home: https://www.buzzsprout.com/787193
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/engineering-emotions-and-energy-with-justin-wenck-ph-d/id1493136576
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@justinwenckphd
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justinwenckphd/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinwenck/
Book — Engineered to Love: https://www.engineeredtolove.com
Amazon book listing: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C2SQ21WV
Audible audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/Engineered-to-Love-Audiobook/B0CCQLSDS7
Mental Wealth audio course: https://grow.emotionsengineering.com/mentalwealth
Send us Fan Mail
Watch the full video episode at Justin Wenck, Ph.D. YouTube Channel!
Check out my best-selling book "Engineered to Love: Going Beyond Success to Fulfillment" also available on Audiobook on all streaming platforms! Go to https://www.engineeredtolove.com/ to learn more!
Got a question or comment about the show? E-mail me at [email protected].
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You just had one of the best experiences of your life.
A trip. A breakthrough. A relationship moment. A massive win.
And then… it’s over.
Now what?
In this episode, Justin breaks down what actually happens after those peak moments—and how to navigate the “come down” without sabotaging yourself or shrinking back into your old life.
Because the goal isn’t just to have amazing experiences…
It’s to integrate them so your life keeps expanding.
Key Takeaways
If you’ve ever had an incredible experience followed by a weird drop…
Work With Justin
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📩 Reach out to work 1:1 or bring LEAP to your group
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Watch the full video episode at Justin Wenck, Ph.D. YouTube Channel!
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Got a question or comment about the show? E-mail me at [email protected].
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What if growth didn’t have to come through pain?
Most people wait until life forces them to change—through stress, burnout, or something breaking. But what if you could choose growth… before it chooses you?
In this episode, recorded from Istanbul, Justin breaks down why growth is the second most important value for 2026—and how to move from forced, painful evolution into something far more intentional, joyful, and aligned.
Key Takeaways
Next Steps…
Work With Justin
If you’re ready to grow in a way that actually feels aligned:
🌐 Learn more: https://justinwenck.com/leap
📩 Reach out directly to bring LEAP to your group or organization
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Send us Fan Mail
Watch the full video episode at Justin Wenck, Ph.D. YouTube Channel!
Check out my best-selling book "Engineered to Love: Going Beyond Success to Fulfillment" also available on Audiobook on all streaming platforms! Go to https://www.engineeredtolove.com/ to learn more!
Got a question or comment about the show? E-mail me at [email protected].
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