Passion is life force. It doesn’t need applause to be true. When we stop proving, the purity of our yes gets louder.

In this episode Kirsty and Carissa crack open the word “passion” and strip it of performance. They explore the difference between true soul-fire and the noisy urge to prove, how passion can be quiet, invitational, and deeply body-led, and why depletion is data - not destiny.

From inherited passions, to values like adventure, they map the middle path: observe objectively, choose cleanly, and let life force - not rigidity - move you.

Expect neural-pathway machetes, Egypt initiations, mothering without control, and a reminder that passion doesn’t need an audience to be real.

What we explore

• Passion as life-force vs. passion as performance

• Letting the body lead (Human Design: two Generators following the pulse)

• Inherited passion, enmeshment, and finding your true yes

• Proving, rigidity, and why they quietly murder enthusiasm

• Depletion as intelligence: noticing when the signal is off

• Parenting, autonomy, and the discipline of non-control

• Vipassana’s “observe objectively” applied to daily life

• Building new neural highways (machete first, Ferrari later)

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