River views personal transformation as a two-factor equation: a necessary level of self-awareness, coupled with doing the work—owning our projections, transference, attachments, expectations, etcetera. Unlearning our old patterns and practicing new behaviors. Yet most people aren’t doing their inner work… even if they think they are!

Most people are stuck in limiting patterns, and often carry a sense of brokenness. River puts forward the radical view that you cannot actually be broken, even when it feels as such; you can’t be anything less than whole. Further, life changes dramatically when we stop looking through the lens of brokenness.

At some point or other, disappointment is simply part of the human journey; River points out this is largely because of our expectations, attachments, and projections, and that we're creating our own suffering, as usual. Learning to reframe our situation is just one of the golden keys to freedom in this episode.

To launch Season 2, River circles back to the core of his work as a holistic coach, outlining radical integrity as a gestalt of core authenticity and wellness, advocating it as a path to transformation and freedom. Honesty is required on all levels, but so too is assuming full responsibility for your life and how you respond.

Uncertainty is a part of life, yet we seek to avoid it through a variety of mechanisms. River shares a couple of reasons why not knowing feels uncomfortable for most people, and that "leaning into" uncertainty is a learned skill (just like patience)—as well as a golden key for becoming free.

"Change your brain, change your life," is what River says to clients in his holistic coaching program. Beyond the steps and process of how to set the stage for neurogenesis and increasing neuroplasticity, something fascinating happens related to brain frequencies when we practice altruism. Ready to rewire and change your brain?

River frequently points out that most people are creating their own suffering through their thoughts and beliefs, and that the same is true with impatience and entitlement. What if you dropped your agenda? And what if you're precisely where meant to be in every moment, and this minute is exactly as it needs to be, like it or not?

Most people are creating their own suffering and keeping themselves stuck. What if your life instead could be one of alignment and flow? River offers that the role of challenges is to propel one's evolution, and shares the secret to getting free of what limits us.

River explores what it means to be someone who creates publicly and the risk involved with that—especially in a world of critics. Our mainstream notions of success are all based on external validation, but true success, like happiness and contentment, is an inside job. Looking beyond the ego, what is it to be a success as a human being?

For almost 30 years, River has been an "embodiment guide"—helping others learn to access the somatic wisdom of their bodies. As a paradigm shift, he suggests the best source of guidance for life is your own body. And he outlines how learning to trust our intuitive, sensing way of knowing is its own evolutionary journey.