How do you break free from scarcity mindset, self-sabotage, and limiting beliefs? In this powerful episode of Hidden Wisdom, Megan Farner sits down with Greg Denning to explore abundance, agency, alignment, family leadership, spiritual maturity, and what it truly means to live an extraordinary life.

Greg shares his journey from poverty and hardship at age 16 to building a thriving family, business, and life of freedom. Together they unpack how false identities keep people stuck, why results don’t lie, how words shape reality, and what God may truly want for us beyond blind obedience.

If you’ve ever felt trapped, limited, spiritually frustrated, or ready for more—this conversation will challenge and inspire you.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction to Greg Denning
01:30 Greg’s difficult childhood and leaving home at 16
03:15 A life-changing encounter with God
04:42 Mission experience and discovering purpose through teaching
05:43 God, abundance, and breaking scarcity beliefs
07:30 How victim mentality keeps people poor and stuck
10:16 Why money isn’t evil—and why abundance matters
11:30 How scarcity mindset gets programmed into us
15:27 Identity, ego, and false beliefs
17:37 Nothing changes until you change
20:06 Alignment: the secret to getting what you want
23:50 Why hypocrisy blocks spiritual growth
27:02 Start here: do what you say you’ll do
30:22 The power of words to shape reality
33:29 Why conformity kills courage
35:26 God exists outside the boxes
40:27 Facing the abyss and spiritual maturity
43:03 Does God really want obedience?
46:28 Becoming who you truly are
48:08 Results don’t lie: the fruit of alignment
52:08 Practical steps to build an abundant life
55:06 Where to connect with Greg
57:53 The “upper fringe” idea and spiritual special forces
01:00:19 Closing thoughts

Greg Denning is a family lifestyle and business consultant, speaker, coach, and author focused on helping parents and entrepreneurs build extraordinary family lives. He and his wife Rachel have been married for 25 years, raised seven children, traveled to over 60 countries, and built a location-independent business. Greg is the founder of Formidable Family Man and co-creator of Extraordinary Family Life.

Formidable Family Men: FormidableFamilyMen.com
Extraordinary Family Life: ExtraordinaryFamilyLife.com
Greg’s Podcast: Formidable Family Man
Greg & Rachel’s Podcast: Extraordinary Family Life

Resources & References
Books Mentioned:
Outwitting the Devil — Napoleon Hill
The Science of Getting Rich — Wallace D. Wattles
Religionless Christianity — Eric Metaxas
Letter to the American Church — Eric Metaxas
My Descent Into Death
The Genius of Jesus

Thinkers Mentioned:
Carl Jung
Wayne Dyer
Francis Bacon
Henry David Thoreau
Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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