Living To Learn

What happens when you finally begin to recognize your own worth, but still find yourself needing someone else to see it?

In Episode 2 of Living to Learn, Matt and Justin explore the complicated relationship between self-worth, validation, and the beliefs we've carried about ourselves for most of our lives.

What starts as a reflection on recording their first episode turns into a much deeper conversation about the need to be liked, the desire to be chosen, and why the opinions of a few people can sometimes outweigh the love and acceptance of so many others.

Matt opens up about the pain of relationships where he doesn't feel chosen, and the challenge of separating someone else's decisions from his own sense of worth. Justin reflects on how years of people-pleasing shaped even the way he communicates, and why learning to value himself has made moments of feeling undervalued unexpectedly more difficult.

Along the way, they explore fatherhood, emotional reactions, boundaries, and the small but meaningful moments that reveal whether we're actually growing or simply talking about growth.

And somewhere in the middle of it all comes a question worth sitting with:

What are you still trying to prove, and who are you trying to prove it to?

Because recognizing your worth and no longer needing to prove it are two very different things.

This isn't a conversation between two men who have it figured out. It's two longtime friends comparing notes, challenging old beliefs, sharing a few laughs, and learning that becoming a better version of yourself doesn't mean you've stopped wrestling with the person you used to be.

Two Students of Life. Comparing Notes.

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What happens when you spend so much of your life trying to be who everyone else needs you to be that you lose sight of who you actually are?Welcome to Episode 1 of Living 2 Learn!We're Matt Brock and Justin Ingolia, best friends of nearly 20 years, and we're kicking things off with an honest, unscripted conversation about life, friendship, fatherhood, childhood experiences, people-pleasing, and the patterns we carry into adulthood.Despite growing up in very different environments, we discover that we've wrestled with some surprisingly similar struggles: seeking validation, fearing rejection, trying to earn love, and learning how to recognize our own worth.We also get real about the challenges of being fathers, the lessons we've learned from our families, and the things we're still trying to figure out.We're not therapists. We're not experts. We're just two lifelong students of life comparing notes, challenging each other, laughing at ourselves, and hopefully growing along the way.Because sometimes the hardest thing to learn is that you were enough all along.🎙️ Welcome to Living 2 Learn. We're glad you're here.Subscribe and join us for real conversations about life, relationships, healing, personal growth, and everything we're still learning.#Living2Learn #PersonalGrowth #Fatherhood #PeoplePleasing #SelfWorth #MentalHealth #Podcast