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The Grateful Podcast with Jack Wagoner
Episode 69
Guesting Daniel Smith

In this absolutely fantastic conversation with my good friend, poet, and podcaster Daniel Smith, we discussed many things, including:
- The magic of life and how to cultivate it
- How to live your life like a myth and its benefits
- Why explicit personal development content is less effective than fiction
- The difficulties of never being satisfied
- The constant need to do more that both Daniel and I feel
- Each of us have a subjective truth, no objective truth
- There is a massive difference between faith and religion
- How to ground in the "present"
and some other pretty fun things too.

Daniel just left for a trip in which he hopes to find some quiet and peace away from all of the things he pushes himself to do. In the conversation, we talk about this problem of "never enough," and one of the reasons we relate is because it is that very problem that plagues me every day. In fact, next month I will be taking a trip with a similar goal.

Listen to Daniel's newest AMAZING podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rage-is-a-tumor-sooo-cut-it-out/id1602998894?i=1000705646751

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dannifesto/

Chapters:
00:00 The Magic of Life
00:43 Exploring Authenticity and Presence
03:45 Faith Beyond Religion
06:37 The Search for Truth
09:22 Living a Mythical Life
12:21 The Role of Myths in Understanding
15:44 Creativity and Expression
18:39 The Importance of Curiosity
21:29 Chasing Fun and Wonder
24:26 The Impact of Childhood on Perspective
27:24 The Power of Storytelling
30:44 Art as a Means of Connection
33:39 The Balance of Seriousness and Playfulness
41:26 Navigating the Balance of Seriousness and Humor
47:07 The Complexity of Untimely Questions
53:15 Exploring Moral Ambiguities
59:38 The Pressure of Self-Criticism and Expectations
01:05:25 The Journey Towards Finding Quiet and Reflection
01:11:33 The Excitement of Creative Expression and Authenticity
01:23:50 Introduction to the Grateful Podcast
01:23:51 Conclusion and bro dap up


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Newsletter (Magic, Meaning & Momentum): https://magic.beehiiv.com/v1/aa6b0945-43aa-43c8-b320-0fde6998f852?email=%7B%7Bemail%7D%7D
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jack_wagoner_/
1:1 Coaching & Dream-Chasing Guidance: [email protected]

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🎙️ About Jack:
I’m an 18-year-old high school student with a big dream: to show the world that you can be grateful and ambitious at the same time. Through The Grateful Podcast, I explore what it means to live a meaningful life—one deep conversation at a time.

Support the show

InnerVue — a complete self-awareness tool
→ yourinnervue.com
Use code GRATEFUL20 to receive 20% off a Tier 1 InnerVue, along with a complimentary coach-led debrief of your report

☕ Magic Mind — My daily performance shot:
→ https://magicmind.com/wagoner20
Use code WAGONER20 for 20% off a package or 48% off a subscription.

🧠 More from Jack:
► Website: https://jackwagoner.co
► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jack_wagoner_/
► 1:1 Coaching: [email protected]
📺 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Jack_Wagoner

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🎙️ About Jack:
I moved to France alone at 16, started my first business at 17, and launched this podcast because I kept meeting people who had the answers to questions I didn't even know I was asking.  My philosophy: you can set massive goals while being deeply fulfilled right now. That's the duality of gratitude and ambition.

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The Grateful Podcast with Jack Wagoner
Episode 68
Guesting Beejal Bilimoria

What if everything you’re chasing is already inside of you?

In this deep and inspiring episode of The Grateful Podcast, host Jack Wagoner is joined by Beejal Bilimoria—a leadership and identity coach for purpose-driven visionaries. Together, they explore what it really means to lead yourself, heal the nervous system, and live a life of authenticity and expansion.

Beejal shares her personal story of walking away from societal success to embrace deep self-trust and freedom. The conversation moves beyond surface-level mindset work and dives into identity, energy, and embodiment—revealing how safety, surrender, and compassion unlock our truest power.

✨ If you’re navigating self-doubt, imposter syndrome, or simply want to feel more you, this episode is a guide to coming home to yourself.

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⏱️ Timestamps

0:00 – Welcome + Beejal’s intro: Leading with identity, energy, and embodiment
1:14 – Why our self-talk often mirrors childhood voices
4:49 – Children’s internalization of praise and rejection
6:46 – Duality, self-awareness, and unity consciousness
8:25 – “Imagine letting go of who you thought you had to be…”
10:07 – Nervous system safety & the hidden cause of self-sabotage
13:24 – Redefining freedom: from pushing to being
15:05 – Gratitude vs. ambition: How to hold both
18:35 – Identity work, inner voices & leadership from within
20:52 – Beejal’s story of leaving a successful life that wasn’t hers
23:42 – Authentic freedom: Why coming home to yourself is the goal
28:24 – Dynamic identity & cultural survival through adaptability
30:06 – Jack’s reflection: Can authenticity change by context?
32:16 – What happens when leaders aren’t leading themselves?
34:36 – Visionaries as expanders & the courage to walk first
36:40 – True leadership vs. traditional roles: “People don’t follow orders—they follow alignment.”
39:24 – Expansion through ease: the emotional fuel for growth
40:59 – Surrender as an active, courageous process
43:36 – Purpose isn’t what you do—it’s who you are when you do it
48:09 – Coming home to yourself
48:22 – What Beejal is grateful for right now
49:33 – Final reflections and closing blessings

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🔗 Links & Mentions
 • 🔗 Follow Beejal on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beejalbilimoriacoaching/
 • 🎧 Beejal’s Podcast: Authentic Freedom wherever you get your podcasts

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Newsletter (Magic, Meaning & Momentum): https://magic.beehiiv.com/v1/aa6b0945-43aa-43c8-b320-0fde6998f852?email=%7B%7Bemail%7D%7D
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jack_wagoner_/
1:1 Coaching & Dream-Chasing Guidance: [email protected]

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🎙️ About Jack:
I’m an 18-year-old high school student with a big dream: to show the world that you can be grateful and ambitious at the same time. Through The Grateful Podcast, I explore what it means to live a meaningful life—one deep conversation at a time.

Support the show

InnerVue — a complete self-awareness tool
→ yourinnervue.com
Use code GRATEFUL20 to receive 20% off a Tier 1 InnerVue, along with a complimentary coach-led debrief of your report

☕ Magic Mind — My daily performance shot:
→ https://magicmind.com/wagoner20
Use code WAGONER20 for 20% off a package or 48% off a subscription.

🧠 More from Jack:
► Website: https://jackwagoner.co
► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jack_wagoner_/
► 1:1 Coaching: [email protected]
📺 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Jack_Wagoner

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🎙️ About Jack:
I moved to France alone at 16, started my first business at 17, and launched this podcast because I kept meeting people who had the answers to questions I didn't even know I was asking.  My philosophy: you can set massive goals while being deeply fulfilled right now. That's the duality of gratitude and ambition.

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The Grateful Podcast with Jack Wagoner
Episode 67

In this solo episode of The Grateful Podcast, host Jack Wagoner dives deep into why we make the decisions we make, challenging the common belief in human rationality. Drawing from insights in The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis and the groundbreaking research of Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, Jack questions whether logic and reason are really guiding our behavior—or if we’re missing something deeper.

He shares a vulnerable personal story of choosing between Harvard and Northeastern and explains why trusting his gut feeling led him to a more expansive, fulfilling decision. This episode explores themes of behavioral psychology, intuition, self-examination, and how to build a life based on internal truth rather than external validation.

📚 Referenced:
 • The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis
 • The work of Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky
 • Socratic wisdom: “The unexamined life is not worth living”

🎧 Listen if you’re curious about:
 • Why most of us don’t actually understand our decisions
 • How intuition may be more trustworthy than logic
 • The self-fulfilling prophecy of rationality
 • Letting go of needing to explain your choices to others
 • Designing a life based on inner fulfillment, not prestige

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⏱️ Chapters & Timestamps:

0:00 – The Illusion of Rational Decisions
1:24 – Introducing The Grateful Podcast & Jack’s Passion
2:40 – The Undoing Project & the Irrationality of Economics
5:12 – Thought Experiment: Gains vs. Losses
7:00 – The Problem With Over-Rationalizing
8:47 – Sponsored Segment: SweetDash
10:00 – Examining What You Can Control
11:36 – The Harvard vs. Northeastern Decision
14:10 – Trusting Gut Feelings vs. External Validation
16:03 – The Power of Subjective Evidence
17:28 – Temper Tantrums & Learned Behavior
18:52 – The Trap of Needing an Explanation
20:00 – Final Thoughts: Examine Your Behavior
21:30 – Mother’s Day Reminder + Outro

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🧠 More from Jack:
Newsletter (Magic, Meaning & Momentum): https://magic.beehiiv.com/v1/aa6b0945-43aa-43c8-b320-0fde6998f852?email=%7B%7Bemail%7D%7D
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jack_wagoner_/
1:1 Coaching & Dream-Chasing Guidance: [email protected]

💬 If you found this conversation meaningful, send it to a friend and leave a review. It really helps more people find this kind of soul-nourishing content.

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🎙️ About Jack:
I’m an 18-year-old high school student with a big dream: to show the world that you can be grateful and ambitious at the same time. Through The Grateful Podcast, I explore what it means to live a meaningful life—one deep conversation at a time.

Support the show

InnerVue — a complete self-awareness tool
→ yourinnervue.com
Use code GRATEFUL20 to receive 20% off a Tier 1 InnerVue, along with a complimentary coach-led debrief of your report

☕ Magic Mind — My daily performance shot:
→ https://magicmind.com/wagoner20
Use code WAGONER20 for 20% off a package or 48% off a subscription.

🧠 More from Jack:
► Website: https://jackwagoner.co
► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jack_wagoner_/
► 1:1 Coaching: [email protected]
📺 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Jack_Wagoner

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🎙️ About Jack:
I moved to France alone at 16, started my first business at 17, and launched this podcast because I kept meeting people who had the answers to questions I didn't even know I was asking.  My philosophy: you can set massive goals while being deeply fulfilled right now. That's the duality of gratitude and ambition.

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The Grateful Podcast with Jack Wagoner
Episode 66
Guest: Tristan Gregoire

What if you could enjoy the present moment and chase your highest potential?

In this episode of The Grateful Podcast, I sit down with Tristan Gregoire, the 23-year-old creator of The Best Self Protocol. We dive deep into the mindset that separates stagnant ambition from sustainable growth. From detaching your happiness from outcomes to making peace with the “now,” this conversation is a masterclass in living skillfully.

🎯 Topics we cover:
• The “trifecta” of spiritual, mental & physical growth
• Why you need a personal compass, not a fixed roadmap
• Balancing gratitude and ambition
• Overcoming the productivity guilt loop
• Wisdom from Socrates, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, and Naval
• How action—not just introspection—creates clarity

⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro to Tristan & The Best Self Protocol
02:00 - Who is your best self?
04:20 - Why process matters more than outcome
06:15 - The paradox of wanting more
09:00 - Choosing between “good enough” and “great”
11:30 - The North Star & your personal compass
13:30 - What Tristan wants most in life
17:30 - Introspection and finding answers within
20:30 - Stoicism, Buddhism & ancient wisdom in modern life
23:00 - What true balance really means
26:30 - Coaching through imperfection and action
29:00 - Lazy ambition vs. real progress
32:00 - Productivity guilt and the happiness equation
36:00 - How to hold ambition and peace at the same time
39:30 - Coaching older clients at 23
44:00 - Age vs. wisdom and intentional growth
48:30 - Why Tristan is a guide, not a guru
50:00 - Fiction vs. nonfiction: where the deepest truths hide
57:00 - Downloading wisdom through stories
1:04:00 - Final thoughts: walk your own path

📌 Connect with Tristan:
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamtristangregoire/
• Free community is linked in his bio

Key Takeaways
• You are both the artist and the canvas. Your best self is not a finish line—it’s a direction.
• Gratitude doesn’t slow you down—it fuels ambition.
• The rules holding you back are often imaginary.
• You can hold two truths at once: hunger for growth and peace with now.
• True intelligence is measured by your ability to get out of life what you want.
• Books and mentors offer guidance, but the answers are already inside you.
• Wisdom is not about age—it’s about intentional experience.

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🧠 More from Jack:
Newsletter (Magic, Meaning & Momentum): https://magic.beehiiv.com/v1/aa6b0945-43aa-43c8-b320-0fde6998f852?email=%7B%7Bemail%7D%7D
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jack_wagoner_/
1:1 Coaching & Dream-Chasing Guidance: [email protected]

💬 If you found this conversation meaningful, send it to a friend and leave a review. It really helps more people find this kind of soul-nourishing content.

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🎙️ About Jack:
I’m an 18-year-old high school student with a big dream: to show the world that you can be grateful and ambitious at the same time. Through The Grateful Podcast, I explore what it means to live a meaningful life—one deep conversation at a time.

Support the show

InnerVue — a complete self-awareness tool
→ yourinnervue.com
Use code GRATEFUL20 to receive 20% off a Tier 1 InnerVue, along with a complimentary coach-led debrief of your report

☕ Magic Mind — My daily performance shot:
→ https://magicmind.com/wagoner20
Use code WAGONER20 for 20% off a package or 48% off a subscription.

🧠 More from Jack:
► Website: https://jackwagoner.co
► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jack_wagoner_/
► 1:1 Coaching: [email protected]
📺 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Jack_Wagoner

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🎙️ About Jack:
I moved to France alone at 16, started my first business at 17, and launched this podcast because I kept meeting people who had the answers to questions I didn't even know I was asking.  My philosophy: you can set massive goals while being deeply fulfilled right now. That's the duality of gratitude and ambition.

Subscribe and turn on notifications so you never miss an episode.

Stay grateful, stay hungry.

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The Grateful Podcast with Jack Wagoner
Episode 65
Guesting Susan Piver

What if meditation wasn’t about fixing yourself—but about discovering who you truly are?

In this soul-expanding episode of The Grateful Podcast, Jack Wagoner sits down with Susan Piver, bestselling author, longtime Buddhist practitioner, and founder of the Open Heart Project, the world’s largest virtual mindfulness community. Together, they explore the magic of meditation—not as a productivity tool, but as a profound path toward truth, love, self-compassion, and awakening.

They unravel the paradox of non-attachment in a goal-obsessed culture, reframe suffering through the Buddhist lens of dukkha, and dive into the difference between improving yourself and becoming yourself. If you’ve ever felt like meditation was supposed to calm you down—but instead opened something deeper—you are not alone.

This is not your typical “5 tips to meditate better” kind of conversation. This is a re-enchantment of mindfulness. A reminder that presence is magic. That sitting quietly might be the most rebellious, loving act in a noisy world.

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⏱️ Timestamps:

00:00 – Intro: Who is Susan Piver?
01:38 – “If attachment is suffering, how do we pursue anything?”
06:25 – The Western misunderstanding of meditation
11:04 – Dukkha as dissatisfaction, not suffering
14:12 – What is meditation really asking of us?
18:30 – When data flattens the soul of the practice
22:41 – The danger of meditating with an agenda
27:20 – Can American meditators call themselves Buddhists?
31:18 – What does it mean to live without a self?
35:55 – Meditation as a path to love, not self-improvement
39:02 – “You don’t need to know”: Wisdom in unknowing
42:30 – Final reflections on joy, truth, and the path ahead

🧘‍♀️ Follow Susan Piver
Website: https://susanpiver.com
The Open Heart Project: https://openheartproject.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/susan.piver
Books: The Wisdom of a Broken Heart, Start Here Now, The Four Noble Truths of Love

📺 Watch the full episode on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/JcAf9zKsmyE

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🧠 More from Jack:
Newsletter (Magic, Meaning & Momentum): https://magic.beehiiv.com/v1/aa6b0945-43aa-43c8-b320-0fde6998f852?email=%7B%7Bemail%7D%7D
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jack_wagoner_/
1:1 Coaching & Dream-Chasing Guidance: [email protected]

💬 If you found this conversation meaningful, send it to a friend and leave a review. It really helps more people find this kind of soul-nourishing content.

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🎙️ About Jack:
I’m an 18-year-old high school student with a big dream: to show the world that you can be grateful and ambitious at the same time. Through The Grateful Podcast, I explore what it means to live a meaningful life—one deep conversation at a time.

Support the show

InnerVue — a complete self-awareness tool
→ yourinnervue.com
Use code GRATEFUL20 to receive 20% off a Tier 1 InnerVue, along with a complimentary coach-led debrief of your report

☕ Magic Mind — My daily performance shot:
→ https://magicmind.com/wagoner20
Use code WAGONER20 for 20% off a package or 48% off a subscription.

🧠 More from Jack:
► Website: https://jackwagoner.co
► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jack_wagoner_/
► 1:1 Coaching: [email protected]
📺 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Jack_Wagoner

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🎙️ About Jack:
I moved to France alone at 16, started my first business at 17, and launched this podcast because I kept meeting people who had the answers to questions I didn't even know I was asking.  My philosophy: you can set massive goals while being deeply fulfilled right now. That's the duality of gratitude and ambition.

Subscribe and turn on notifications so you never miss an episode.

Stay grateful, stay hungry.

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The Grateful Podcast with Jack Wagoner
Episode 64

In this episode, I reflect on my upcoming graduation from high school and the changes it will bring to my self-image and identity. I discuss the pressures of perfectionism and achievement that have shaped my life, as well as the duality of comparison in the age of social media. I emphasize the importance of finding balance between ambition and gratitude, and how I am learning to appreciate the present moment while looking forward to the future (The duality of gratitude and ambition).

Takeaways:
I love my life. I truly do.
Graduating high school will affect my self-image.
Perfection and achievement have been core pillars of my identity.
Comparison can be both a blessing and a curse.
I've been craving inner peace and contentment.
Balance in life is not a constant state.
Ambition and gratitude can coexist in different phases.
Living a vivid life experience is what I crave.
Time is a finite resource that I need to manage better.
Sharing this podcast helps it grow.

Chapters:
00:00 Embracing Change and Gratitude
01:16 Reflections on Identity and Achievement
03:51 The Pressure of Comparison
06:10 Finding Balance in Life
09:55 Living Vividly and Immersively
11:26 The Journey Ahead and Future Aspirations

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🧠 More from Jack:
Newsletter: https://magic.beehiiv.com/v1/aa6b0945-43aa-43c8-b320-0fde6998f852?email=%7B%7Bemail%7D%7D
IG: https://www.instagram.com/jack_wagoner_/ 
Coaching: [email protected]

💬 If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend and leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts!

You can WATCH the full episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/BP52wfr35ts

Support the show

InnerVue — a complete self-awareness tool
→ yourinnervue.com
Use code GRATEFUL20 to receive 20% off a Tier 1 InnerVue, along with a complimentary coach-led debrief of your report

☕ Magic Mind — My daily performance shot:
→ https://magicmind.com/wagoner20
Use code WAGONER20 for 20% off a package or 48% off a subscription.

🧠 More from Jack:
► Website: https://jackwagoner.co
► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jack_wagoner_/
► 1:1 Coaching: [email protected]
📺 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Jack_Wagoner

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🎙️ About Jack:
I moved to France alone at 16, started my first business at 17, and launched this podcast because I kept meeting people who had the answers to questions I didn't even know I was asking.  My philosophy: you can set massive goals while being deeply fulfilled right now. That's the duality of gratitude and ambition.

Subscribe and turn on notifications so you never miss an episode.

Stay grateful, stay hungry.

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The Grateful Podcast with Jack Wagoner
Episode 63

Nicholas Hutchison (@nicklovesbooks) has read over 500 personal development books—and built an entire business teaching people how to implement what they read. In this conversation, we dive into how reading changed his life, why most people never apply what they learn, and how to use books as tools to build the life you want.

Basically, we just nerd out about books. It is awesome.

🎯 What you’ll learn:
 • The 5-step system to retain and apply what you read
 • Why audiobooks don’t work unless you do this one thing
 • The biggest lessons from James Clear, Ed Mylett & more
 • How to build confidence and clarity from books
 • The secret to turning knowledge into power

Chapters:
00:00 – Intro: Who is Nicholas Hutchison?
01:36 – How Rich Dad Poor Dad changed his life
04:50 – Reading vs. scrolling: The big mental shift
07:12 – Nicholas’s first business ideas and college years
10:45 – Creating the BookThinkers brand
13:30 – Why physical books still matter
16:05 – The problem with passive audiobook consumption
18:42 – Identity transformation through reading
22:10 – From reader to action-taker: A 5-step system
26:30 – Stories of authors who changed his life (James Clear, Hal Elrod)
30:18 – On being your own biggest fan
33:40 – How to build confidence through clarity
36:22 – The power of long-term consistency
39:10 – Helping authors and scaling impact
42:55 – The future of BookThinkers and his mission
45:33 – Final advice for readers and dreamers
47:20 – Wrap-up: Take action on what you’ve learned

🧠 Follow Nicholas: https://www.instagram.com/nicklovesbooks
📚 BookThinkers: https://www.bookthinkers.com
🎙️ Listen on Spotify/Apple: [Insert Link]

Subscribe for more deep conversations with thinkers, creators, and people building meaningful lives. 🙏

🧠 More from Jack:
Newsletter: https://magic.beehiiv.com/v1/aa6b0945-43aa-43c8-b320-0fde6998f852?email=%7B%7Bemail%7D%7D
IG: https://www.instagram.com/jack_wagoner_/ 
Coaching: [email protected]

💬 If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend and leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts!

You can also find full video episodes on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL7rwtc5s_KcTZMHSJng-FQ

Support the show

InnerVue — a complete self-awareness tool
→ yourinnervue.com
Use code GRATEFUL20 to receive 20% off a Tier 1 InnerVue, along with a complimentary coach-led debrief of your report

☕ Magic Mind — My daily performance shot:
→ https://magicmind.com/wagoner20
Use code WAGONER20 for 20% off a package or 48% off a subscription.

🧠 More from Jack:
► Website: https://jackwagoner.co
► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jack_wagoner_/
► 1:1 Coaching: [email protected]
📺 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Jack_Wagoner

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🎙️ About Jack:
I moved to France alone at 16, started my first business at 17, and launched this podcast because I kept meeting people who had the answers to questions I didn't even know I was asking.  My philosophy: you can set massive goals while being deeply fulfilled right now. That's the duality of gratitude and ambition.

Subscribe and turn on notifications so you never miss an episode.

Stay grateful, stay hungry.

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The Grateful Podcast with Jack Wagoner
Episode 62
Guesting Katie Turner

What if your gut feelings were more than just feelings? 🎧 In this mind-opening episode of The Grateful Podcast, host Jack Wagoner sits down with psychologist and intuitive guide Katie Turner to explore the science and spirituality behind intuition, fulfillment, burnout, and spiritual awakening.

Katie breaks down:
 • How intuition works (and how to develop it)
 • The clash between Western mental health and ancient wisdom
 • The dark side of hustle culture and toxic spirituality
 • What neuroscience says about spiritual connection
 • Why most high achievers still feel stuck

🎓 Jack and Katie go deep on quantum physics, self-development, and living a truly fulfilled life — not just a productive one.

🔗 Take Katie’s Intuition Quiz: https://katieturnerpsychology.com/
🎙️ Subscribe for more soul-shaking conversations every week.

#SpiritualAwakening #Intuition #MentalHealth #Podcast #KatieTurner #JackWagoner #gratefulpodcast 

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction to Intuition and Spirituality
03:01 Understanding Intuition: A Personal Journey
05:57 Empathic Abilities and Their Impact
08:58 The Science Behind Intuition and Decision Making
12:01 Intuition vs. Logic: Finding Balance
15:13 Quantum Physics and the Nature of Reality
18:03 Spiritual Awakening: A Collective Experience
31:27 Exploring Spiritual Experiences
32:18 The Convergence of Mental Health and Spirituality
33:28 Intuition and Spiritual Guidance
34:28 Understanding the Universe and Spirituality
35:37 The Intersection of Science and Spirituality
38:36 Defining Toxic Spirituality
41:01 The Dangers of Toxic Positivity
42:58 The Achiever Mindset and Its Pitfalls
50:11 Balancing Fulfillment and Material Success
54:43 From Awareness to Action
59:23 Outro


🙌 Katie's links:
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Website: https://katieturnerpsychology.com/

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Inside the Grateful Mind | Jack Wagoner

The Grateful Podcast with Jack Wagoner 
Episode 61

In this episode of The Grateful Podcast,  I dive deep into the science of gratitude — and how it can literally rewire your brain for greater happiness, emotional resilience, and life satisfaction.

I blend cutting-edge research from neuroscience and positive psychology with personal stories to show how cultivating gratitude changes your brain’s biochemistry, improves emotional regulation, and strengthens your mental health.

Key Takeaways:
 • Gratitude is a mindset and daily practice, not just an emotion.
 • Practicing gratitude consistently reshapes the brain’s neural pathways (Zahn et al., 2009).
 • Gratitude activates brain areas associated with moral cognition and emotional regulation.
 • Small, daily acts of gratitude dramatically boost happiness and life satisfaction (Emmons & McCullough, 2003).
 • Gratitude fosters deeper connections, stronger self-esteem, and long-term well-being.

Chapters:
00:00 – The Essence of Gratitude
02:57 – The Science Behind Gratitude
04:42 – The Neuroscience of Gratitude
07:39 – The Impact of Gratitude on Well-Being
10:32 – Transforming Perspective Through Gratitude
13:53 – Practical Steps to Cultivate Gratitude

Cited Research:
 • Zahn, R., Garrido, G., Moll, J., & Grafman, J. (2009). Individual differences in posterior cortical volume correlate with proneness to pride and gratitude. NeuroImage. Link
 • Emmons, R.A., & McCullough, M.E. (2003). Counting blessings versus burdens: An experimental investigation of gratitude and subjective well-being in daily life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Link

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I moved to France alone at 16, started my first business at 17, and launched this podcast because I kept meeting people who had the answers to questions I didn't even know I was asking.  My philosophy: you can set massive goals while being deeply fulfilled right now. That's the duality of gratitude and ambition.

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The Grateful Podcast with Jack Wagoner
Episode 60
Guesting Noah Tanner  @biggfellabrand  

In this episode of the Grateful Podcast, Noah Tanner, aka The Big Fella, and I discussed the importance of simplicity in fitness, the challenges of overthinking, and the need for mental health awareness in the fitness journey. We explored the duality of gratitude and ambition, emphasizing that true fulfillment comes from balancing the two. Noah shared insights on celebrating small wins, the significance of authenticity in communication, and the importance of creating something meaningful in life. Our conversation highlighted the disconnect between creators and the workforce, urging listeners to recognize their achievements and prioritize self-care. 

Takeaways:
Keep it simple to avoid burnout.
Overthinking complicates fitness journeys.
Celebrate small wins to build confidence.
Productivity should focus on fulfillment, not just tasks.
Mental health is crucial in fitness success.
Authenticity resonates with audiences.
Create something to find fulfillment.
Figure out what you would regret if you were on your deathbed, and do that.
Gratitude and ambition can coexist.
Recognize the importance of self-care.
The fitness industry needs a mindset shift.

Chapters
00:00 The Importance of Simplicity
04:04 Overcoming Burnout and Mental Health
06:58 The Dangers of Over-Optimization
09:59 The Reality of Fitness and Supplements
12:51 The Shift in Fitness Industry Motivations
15:53 Connecting Mental Health and Fitness
18:59 Finding Flow and Enjoyment in Life
22:01 Redefining Productivity and Fulfillment
24:51 Life Philosophies and Regrets
35:42 Navigating the Entrepreneurial Mindset
39:00 The Importance of Creativity in Everyday Life
43:40 Balancing Gratitude and Ambition
51:25 Recognizing Wins and Building Confidence
01:07:02 Outro

🙌 Noah's links:
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@biggfellabrand

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Use code WAGONER20 for 20% off a package or 48% off a subscription.

🧠 More from Jack:
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► 1:1 Coaching: [email protected]
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⸻
🎙️ About Jack:
I moved to France alone at 16, started my first business at 17, and launched this podcast because I kept meeting people who had the answers to questions I didn't even know I was asking.  My philosophy: you can set massive goals while being deeply fulfilled right now. That's the duality of gratitude and ambition.

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Stay grateful, stay hungry.