Part 1— The Mirror Test

Can you look at your life honestly — strengths and failures — and still choose yourself?

In this episode of Pushing Back Chaos, we start where real stability begins: self-respect.

Not ego.

Not self-hype.

But the ability to assess yourself accurately without tearing yourself apart.

Most men don’t lack confidence — they’ve outsourced their worth.

To approval.

To performance.

To status, success, or validation that never fully settles the nervous system.

We explore:

• Why self-respect is different from ego

• How outsourcing your worth creates emotional instability

• The difference between liking yourself and excusing yourself

• Why earned self-regard — not affirmation — is what actually grounds a man

This conversation isn’t about self-attack or self-justification.

It’s about truth without abandonment.

Because if you can’t sit with yourself in silence, nothing else will ever feel settled.

This episode opens the door without threatening identity — inviting reflection instead of defensiveness — and lays the foundation for everything that follows.

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