The Dad I Want To Be With Mike Forrester

Do you ever feel like you're constantly giving but not getting the respect or support you deserve? Are you left feeling drained, unappreciated, and stuck in the same cycle with no hope for change? Matt Gerlach joins to share how he broke this cycle and began setting healthy boundaries. It wasn't easy learning to say no, but it was pivotal in him discovering who he is and standing by what's important to him.

As Matt focused on implementing boundaries, both personally and professionally, he discovered his worth and began addressing financial fears that were subconsciously impacting his decisions and actions. Matt is now living from a place of resiliency and confidence, continuing to experience personal growth and helping others to bring about change within their own lives.

In this episode, you will be able to:

· Setting healthy boundaries in relationships for improved personal well-being and happier connections.

· Discover financial fears and gain an understanding of how they can negatively impact your life without your awareness of the fears.

· Focus on your personal development and improve your position in the professional environment.

· Work through life transitions with confidence and resilience, empowering yourself to overcome new challenges.

The key moments in this episode are:

00:09:39 - Importance of Self-Reflection and Patience

00:14:35 - Importance of Goal Setting

00:25:29 - Self-Discovery and Personal Growth

00:27:29 - Financial Trauma and Career Change

00:32:24 - Healing Journey and Setting Boundaries

00:39:51 - Understanding Anxiety and Healing

00:42:27 - Setting Boundaries in Business

Connect with Matt Gerlach

Website

https://www.mattgerlach.com

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/matt-gerlach/

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/iammattgerlach/

Facebook

facebook.com/mattggerlach

Connect with Mike Forrester

Podcast Website

https://LivingFearlessTodayPodcast.com

Coaching Website

https://www.hicoachmike.com/

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hicoachmike/

Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/@hicoachmike

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/hicoachmike

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/hicoachmike

Let's talk about emotional intelligence - what it is and how it can impact your life. If you're feeling trapped in a cycle of emotional outbursts and inner turmoil, you're not alone! Struggling to manage your emotions can lead to strained relationships and missed opportunities at work. But what if there was a way to break free from this cycle and experience a genuine sense of emotional stability and consistency? In this episode, Noble Gibbens gives a behind-the-scenes look at the powerful impact of emotional intelligence and how it can improve your mental well-being.

Noble Gibbens, also known as the EQ Gangster, is coach, speaker and host of the EQ Gangster Podcast who specializes in emotional intelligence. With a background as a West Point grad and Ranger-qualified officer, he chats about the struggles with his emotions and inner chaos, and how it brought about negative results in his life and relationships. He shares about his own ongoing journey of personal growth, this not only makes him an invaluable resource for those of us seeking to improve our emotional intelligence, he shows that it's possible to live a life free of the overwhelming rage we can feel prisoner to in our day-to-day life and connections.

In this episode, you will be able to:

· Mastering Emotional Intelligence for Leaders: Elevate your leadership skills by understanding and managing emotions effectively.

· Overcoming Past Identities: Uncover the power of letting go of the past to shape a healthier and happier future.

· Impact of Emotional Health on Families: Discover how emotional well-being can positively influence your family dynamics.

· Building Emotional Fitness: Strengthen your mental resilience and well-being through emotional fitness strategies.

· Learning Emotional Intelligence Communication Techniques: Improve your communication skills by mastering emotional intelligence techniques.

The key moments in this episode are:

00:12:41 - Defining Emotional Intelligence

00:16:19 - EQ in Personal and Professional Life

00:19:24 - Improving Communication with EQ

00:33:20 - Impact of Emotional Intelligence

00:47:36 - The Fear of Emotions

00:51:51 - The Stigma Around Men's Mental Health

00:54:13 - Family Exercise for Emotional Intelligence

Connect with Nobel Gibbens

Website

https://www.eqgangster.com/

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/noble-gibbens-a2748323/

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/thenoblegibbens/

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/noble.gibbens

Connect with Mike Forrester

Podcast Website

https://LivingFearlessTodayPodcast.com

Coaching Website

https://www.hicoachmike.com/

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hicoachmike/

Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/@hicoachmike

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/hicoachmike

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/hicoachmike

A man can run a big team at work and still dread opening his own front door at night. My guest John Hall spent 30 years as a tech executive, 25 of them at JP Morgan Chase. At work he was the fixer, sent in to turn around struggling teams. People told him years later that he changed their careers. From the outside, he had the house in the suburbs, the pool, and two kids. Inside, he was in a 25 year marriage he describes as abusive, with both of them stuck in childhood patterns. He felt the knot in his gut on every drive home. Around other men, he worried about being found out. He kept telling himself to work harder and fix it alone. Then one morning he passed out making coffee and hit his head on the tile floor. It took 12 stitches and an ambulance ride. That moment finally opened the door to outside help.

Breathwork became John's most practical tool for change. As a tech guy, he wanted to know why it works, so he studied the mind body connection. He tells Mike Forrester that willpower alone rarely changes anything. Awareness does more, because noticing a pattern while you're in it starts to break it. John teaches a simple breath anyone can try. Put one hand on your chest and one on your belly. Breathe slowly through your nose so only the belly hand moves, then exhale longer than you inhale. That signals safety to your body. He also shares his BPM tool for conflict: breath, physiology, mindset. Citing Dr. John Gottman, he explains how a racing heart takes the logical part of the brain offline in an argument. Telling yourself to calm down, he says, is like a six year old telling an 800 pound gorilla to relax. Mike shares how the sight of a utility truck used to set him off after years of shutoff notices.

One of the most honest moments is John's group counseling story. In 28 minutes, the group counted more than 30 apologies from him. He was even apologizing for apologizing. He had no healthy boundaries and carried everyone else's problems as his own. He also believed he didn't belong with other men. John compares limiting beliefs like that to a pearl. It's an irritant coated over so many times that it feels smooth, and it never belonged there. Today he leads men and runs his own coaching business. Mike teaches men to quit trying to fix themselves by themselves, and John's change began the day he finally let others in. For the married dad who braces himself in the driveway every night, try one slow belly breath before you open the door. Your family will feel the difference.

What You'll Learn In This Episode:

• Recognize the gap between the confident man at work and the anxious man walking in his own front door.
• Understand why awareness of a pattern, more than willpower, starts to break it.
• Use belly breathing through your nose with a longer exhale to calm your body in minutes.
• Walk through the BPM tool, breath, physiology, mindset, to stay calm when an argument with your wife starts to escalate.
• Spot over-apologizing as a sign of weak boundaries, and see how taking on everyone's problems wears you down.
• Learn how a short daily pause helps you uncover the limiting beliefs holding you back at work and at home.

The key moments in this episode are:

00:03:14 - what happens when life looks successful but home is falling apart

00:06:01 - the fear of being found out as an imposter

00:08:11 - dreading the drive home after a successful day at work

00:10:21 - the wake up call that finally got him to ask for help

00:11:53 - how becoming aware of a pattern starts to change it

00:14:41 - why constant apologizing points to weak boundaries

00:17:32 - how inner work changes how you show up at work

00:19:36 - why pausing during your day builds self awareness

00:22:09 - why you're never too old to change

00:24:53 - how limiting beliefs are like a pearl

00:30:57 - a simple belly breathing exercise to calm your body

00:35:24 - how to stay calm in an argument with your wife

Connect with John Hall

Website

https://breathe-with.me/

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnthomashall/

Instagram

http://instagram.com/johnhallcoaching

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/johnhallcoaching

Connect with Mike Forrester

Podcast Website

https://LivingFearlessTodayPodcast.com

Coaching Website

https://www.hicoachmike.com/

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hicoachmike/

Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/@hicoachmike

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/hicoachmike

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/hicoachmike

Breaking a poverty mindset often starts the day a man meets someone like him who built something bigger. My guest Joel Gandara left Cuba as a small child in the 1980 Mariel boatlift. The overcrowded boat rode out a four hour storm, and the ocean is still his biggest fear. His family landed in Northern California, where Joel failed his first school year because he spoke no English. He grew up an outsider in a rough neighborhood near Oakland. The richest man on his block sold drugs. Joel started stealing from employers and reselling the goods at school. He was arrested 17 days after turning 18, and again at 19. The friend arrested with him both times later died of an overdose. Joel decided he was done and poured everything into work. He took a $7 an hour job at a radio station and once logged 109 hours in a single week. By 22 he had saved $32,000 and bought his first house in a better neighborhood.

Joel's father passed down a different lesson. At 17, his dad was sent to a forced labor camp in Cuba cutting sugarcane. He taught his sons to get a job and avoid risk. Joel's thinking changed when a girlfriend's stepdad gave him a tour of his lighting company. He was a Cuban immigrant who started with electrician classes and lamps in his garage. Joel realized he was a normal guy who took one step at a time. Joel quit his job to grow his flea market and eBay side business while his wife was pregnant with their first son. Then the 2008 crash took his net worth from about a million dollars to below zero. His wife worked overnight weekend shifts as a nurse for seven years. Joel even got rehired at his old job, then had the best trade show of his life and stayed the course. A shirt he wore on the boat from Cuba still hangs in his closet as a daily reminder.

The line that changed Joel most came from Jocko Willink. Joel sold him the Jocko domain for a relationship instead of a big check. When Joel asked how he handled the stress of his first business, Jocko said no one could die. Joel now gives himself about 20 minutes to feel bad, then takes action. He tells Mike Forrester that action calms the stress, so he snaps less at his wife and kids. He also stopped feeling sorry for himself and started upgrading his circle of friends. Mike teaches that who you are is separate from the roles you fill. Joel kept his identity apart from the business through every crash. Every dad's kids are watching how he handles money stress. Joel shows how the next setback can teach them perseverance instead of panic.

What You'll Learn In This Episode:

• Recognize the poverty mindset you may have inherited from your father and how it keeps you playing it safe.
• Understand why taking action within minutes of bad news calms stress and keeps you from snapping at your wife and kids.
• Use voluntary hard things, like cold plunges or a tough workout, to build resilience on your own terms.
• See how Joel kept his family steady after losing nearly everything in the 2008 real estate crash.
• Learn the simple question "is anyone going to die?" for putting work stress in perspective.
• Walk through how to level up your circle of friends and build relationships that last.

The key moments in this episode are:

00:03:21 - how cold plunges, ultramarathons, and jiu jitsu build resilience

00:05:38 - escaping Cuba as a child on the Mariel boatlift

00:07:03 - what it's like to start school in a new country without speaking the language

00:08:38 - facing your biggest fear with the help of a psychologist

00:13:36 - how getting arrested pushed him to turn his life around at 19

00:15:48 - how hard work and saving helped him buy a house at 22

00:17:57 - how a poverty mindset passed down from your father holds you back

00:21:48 - why leveling up your circle of friends changes your life

00:25:21 - what to do after losing everything in a financial crash

00:29:00 - how to keep your family steady through money stress

00:34:25 - what Jocko Willink taught him about stress at work

00:38:28 - why you need to stop feeling sorry for yourself

Connect with Joel Gandara

Website

www.31DailyChallenges.com

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelgandara/

Instagram

www.instagram.com/joelgandara

Connect with Mike Forrester

Podcast Website

https://LivingFearlessTodayPodcast.com

Coaching Website

https://www.hicoachmike.com/

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hicoachmike/

Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/@hicoachmike

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/hicoachmike

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/hicoachmike

Devon Ash joins us to share about social fluency and human connection. From moving throughout his childhood on a yearly basis and then having skin cancer at the young age of 23, he learned practical strategies for reading the room, understanding body language, high-status humor and enhancing conversational agility. Devon then moved on to helping countless individuals navigate social situations with confidence and authenticity.

Devon discusses the importance of facing discomfort as a means to build confidence and resilience. He explains that the journey of social fluency is slow and steady, and allowing yourself to gradually face small fears can lead to significant personal transformation. Devon exposes the damage we inflict from making self-deprecating jokes compared with boosting your self-confidence through high-level humor. Devon stresses the significance of taking action regardless of your current situation or experience level, that starting somewhere and making consistent efforts is better than waiting for the perfect moment.

In this episode, you will be able to:

· Mastering social fluency skills for effortless interactions and meaningful connections.

· Changing your perception by ditching self-deprecating jokes and boosting your self-confidence.

· Projecting confidence and charisma in social situations for more fulfilling interactions.

· Unveiling the power of social connections for personal growth and professional success.

· Unleashing high-status humor techniques to captivate and engage your audience.

The key moments in this episode are:

00:10:04 – What is Social Fluency

00:15:52 - Overcoming Ingrained Behavior

00:18:08 - Seeking Acceptance and Self-Worth

00:26:44 - Creating Change through Behavior

00:31:48 - Developing a Healthy Self-Worth

00:33:43 - Understanding Status and Self-Perception

00:34:27 - Overcoming Discomfort through Daily Challenges

00:36:24 - Gradual Progress and Building Endurance

Connect with Devon Ash

Website

http://www.socialfluency.com/

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/socialfluency

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/social_fluency/

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/devon.ash

Connect with Mike Forrester

Podcast Website

https://LivingFearlessTodayPodcast.com

Coaching Website

https://www.hicoachmike.com/

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hicoachmike/

Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/@hicoachmike

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/hicoachmike

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/hicoachmike

From a childhood filled with anger and abuse to overcoming that engrained anger by practicing the 5 love languages, Paul Zolman has changed his trajectory in life 180 degrees. Paul talks about his sister-in-law revealing to his girlfriend the only emotion the Zolman family knew was anger. Wanting to dispute this statement, Paul found himself reacting in anger, which sealed the deal and brought the realization front and center for Paul. Determined not to have this remain as a truth in his life he set out to discover how to change and express love instead.

One of Paul's resources was the book 'The 5 Love Languages' by Gary Chapman. After reading it multiple times, he felt no closer to understanding how to determine someone's love language. In his quest to express love through love languages, he created a set of love language dice. By using them, he transformed the way he showed love to everyone throughout his day, as well as increasing his ability to receive love. Join us to discover the power of intentional love and its deep impact on creating lasting, meaningful relationships.

In this episode, you will be able to:

· Transform anger into love and improve your relationships.

· Understand and apply love languages to deepen your connections.

· Learn strategies for personal growth through love to enrich your life.

· Cultivate self-awareness and kindness for more fulfilling relationships.

· Build healthier family dynamics and create a more harmonious home.

00:07:41 - Determining Who You Want to Be

00:15:17 - Childhood Challenges and Family Dynamics

00:19:20 - Recognizing Family Patterns

00:22:27 - What are the Love Language Dice

00:25:03 - Understanding Love Languages

00:31:30 - Breaking Generational Habits

00:44:47 - The Impact of Kindness

Connect with Paul Zolman

Website

https://www.roleoflove.com/

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/roleoflovedice

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/roleoflovedice

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/roleoflovedice

Connect with Mike Forrester

Podcast Website

https://LivingFearlessTodayPodcast.com

Coaching Website

https://www.hicoachmike.com/

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hicoachmike/

Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/@hicoachmike

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/hicoachmike

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/hicoachmike

Many successful men aren’t enjoying the life they worked so hard to build. My guest Angelo Valenti has spent more than four decades as a business psychologist and leadership coach. He sees the pattern often in the leaders he coaches. They look hugely successful from the outside, but inside they can’t enjoy the fruits of their labor. That’s why he wrote his book, You’re Making This Way Too Hard: Find Your Easy Way to Enjoy Life. Angelo knows hard seasons himself. His second wife was diagnosed with ALS and was sick for three years before she passed. Today he’s a husband, father, and grandfather. He says he can’t remember a time when he’s been happier.

Angelo walks Mike Forrester through the tools he uses with clients. When you feel stuck with no choice, ask what advice you’d give a friend in your shoes, and then take it. He separates happiness from joy. Happiness rises and falls with events, like a football game swinging back and forth. Joy comes from within and can last all day. After a layoff, he says to remember that what you do and who you are are two different things. If you died tomorrow, your job would be posted the next day, but your family would miss you forever. For gratitude, he suggests writing down three things you’re grateful for today and three from your past. He also teaches gratitude with a twist, finding the humor when the coffee maker breaks. Finally, he asks one question about the past: what can you do about it now?

The heart of the conversation is time with your kids. When his first son was born, the song Cat’s Cradle hit Angelo hard, and he decided he wouldn’t be that dad. He brought his sons to the tennis court and his stepson to the golf course, and they still play together today. Mike shares that when money was tight, his family went camping instead of to Disneyland. He felt like the worst father, but his kids remember those trips as amazing. Angelo’s view that you’re more than your job fits what Mike Forrester lives and teaches. Who you are is separate from the roles you fill. Angelo puts it simply when he says your past is either your teacher or your jailer. This one is for the dad with kids still at home who is working hard and putting joy off until someday. He wants his kids to remember time with him and pass that on to their own kids.

What You’ll Learn In This Episode:

• Use the friend test to see the choices you’re missing when you feel stuck at work or at home.
• Understand the difference between happiness and joy, and why joy is the one to aim for.
• Recognize that who you are is bigger than your job, especially after a layoff.
• Learn gratitude with a twist to find the humor in frustrating moments and protect your health and mood.
• See why simple memories with your kids, like camping or a donut run, mean more to them than you realize.
• Walk through how to turn your past from a jailer into a teacher.

The key moments in this episode are:

00:02:41 - Why successful men still don’t enjoy their lives

00:05:12 - Why you have more choices than you think

00:06:37 - How to see your options when you feel stuck

00:11:10 - The difference between happiness and joy

00:14:54 - How to keep your identity after a layoff

00:18:50 - How to use a gratitude journal for your past and present

00:20:25 - How to handle frustrating moments with gratitude and humor

00:24:26 - Why you shouldn’t wait until retirement to make memories

00:27:14 - What his wife’s ALS taught him about life and people

00:32:47 - How to spend more time with your kids when work is busy

00:36:34 - Why your kids want your undivided attention

00:40:30 - How to make your past a teacher instead of a jailer

Connect with Angelo Valenti

Website

https://angelovalenti.com/

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelovalentiphd

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/doctorangelovalenti/

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/AngeloValentiAuthor/

Connect with Mike Forrester

Podcast Website

https://LivingFearlessTodayPodcast.com

Coaching Website

https://www.hicoachmike.com/

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hicoachmike/

Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/@hicoachmike

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/hicoachmike

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/hicoachmike

Getting a family out of debt starts when a dad quits waiting for next month and tells his wife the truth. My guest Jason Weening was working a commission sales job with two little kids at home. He started paying the mortgage with a credit card, and he knew it was a bad idea. He didn’t tell his wife, because they just weren’t talking about money. The cards maxed out, and he missed a couple of mortgage payments. He had to ask his parents for money. His wife’s card was declined at the grocery store with the kids watching. A two week job helping in his family’s farm equipment business turned into ten years of steady work. Today Jason is a dad of nine living on eight acres in Saskatchewan. He co-hosts the Life Guards Show to help men thrive at home and at work.

Dave Ramsey’s baby steps gave Jason and his wife a plan. The first step was saving $1,000, and that cushion lifted more worry than he expected. Next came the debt snowball. They paid the smallest debt first and rolled each payment into the next one. His wife skipped a $1.33 tea, washed cloth diapers, and bought used furniture. Near the end, they had saved almost $20,000 for a 15-passenger van. His wife asked to put it all on the remaining debt, and they did. Then they saved for the van from scratch. Jason drew a vanometer on the wall, and the kids colored it in every $2,000. He paid cash and brought his oldest daughters along to watch. In this conversation with Mike Forrester, Jason also shares how he stays close to so many kids. He brings them to the hardware store, the bank, and even a city council meeting. Time with his wife might be a 20-minute walk or a grocery run together. He plays drums with his boys and runs obstacle races with his teen daughters. That way his own stress relief becomes family time.

The turn in Jason’s story came when he stopped carrying it alone. Looking back, he sees red flags he ignored for years. He owed Visa, Mastercard, his sister, his brother, and his grandma, and nobody knew but him. He was afraid of looking like a failure, so he kept hoping it would get better. When it all came out, his wife met him with grace and became his partner in the plan. Mike Forrester teaches that a man can change on his own, but it’s much harder and much slower. Jason’s years of waiting show what that costs a family. Now he tells his kids he’s never parented a 14 year old before and he’ll make mistakes. He asks for grace and reminds them they’re on the same team. This one is for the dad with kids still at home who is quietly drowning in bills and hasn’t told his wife. He wants his kids to see a father who asks for help and leads the family out together.

What You’ll Learn In This Episode:

• Recognize the red flags, like paying bills with a credit card, that mean it’s time to change what you’re doing.
• Use a $1,000 emergency fund and the debt snowball to start paying off debt as a family.
• Understand why talking openly with your wife about money turns her into your partner on the plan.
• Learn how a simple goal chart on the wall can get your kids excited about saving.
• See how to turn your own stress relief, like music, reading, or running, into time with your kids.
• Walk through how to bring your kids into the adult world, from the hardware store to a city council meeting.

The key moments in this episode are:

00:06:54 - How a commission sales slump turned into credit card debt

00:08:15 - Paying the mortgage with a credit card and not telling your wife

00:12:05 - Why saving your first $1,000 changes how debt feels

00:14:37 - Red flags that mean it’s time to change what you’re doing

00:16:17 - Why you should ask for help before money gets worse

00:17:47 - How to talk to your wife about money

00:20:38 - Using the debt snowball together as a couple

00:24:59 - How to get your kids involved in a family savings goal

00:30:24 - How to parent a teenager when you’ve never done it before

00:31:45 - Bringing your kids along into the adult world

00:35:20 - Simple ways to stay connected with your wife that cost nothing

00:38:25 - How to turn your stress relief into time with your kids

Connect with Jason Weening

Website

https://heydads.ca/

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-weening-024950139/

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/jasonweening/

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/jason.weening

Connect with Mike Forrester

Podcast Website

https://LivingFearlessTodayPodcast.com

Coaching Website

https://www.hicoachmike.com/

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hicoachmike/

Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/@hicoachmike

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/hicoachmike

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/hicoachmike

Many of us haven't been taught how to set healthy boundaries with people, and as a result, our relationships struggle. This week I am joined by Anthony Godaire, to talk about setting boundaries, how to protect your energy and about the toxicity of perfectionism. He shares his remarkable journey of conquering depression through self-awareness.

Anthony reveals how using the life wheel to review his life and activities helps keep him on track for his goals and away for the spiral of depression. He shared an analogy on how limiting beliefs can hold us captive, similar to how fleas can be trained to believe they can only jump so high. Join us to hear Anthony's journey of rising from perfectionism and boundaries to managing his energy and mental capacity through awareness.

In this episode, you will be able to:

· Discover the power of self-awareness in overcoming depression and reclaiming your mental well-being.

· Uncover the hidden impact of perfectionism on your mental health and learn how to break free from its grip.

· Unlock the benefits of coaching for personal development and take charge of your growth journey.

· Master the art of managing depression with daily routines and create a more balanced and fulfilling life.

· Learn the art of setting boundaries with energy vampires and reclaim your emotional energy for self-care and growth.

The key moments in this episode are:

00:09:41 - Mirror Work and Self-Discovery

00:19:24 - Self-awareness and Life Wheel Exercise

00:23:48 - Setting Strategic Goals and Daily Behaviors

00:28:15 - Addressing Depression and Energy Levels

00:28:31 - Identifying Signs of Depression

00:35:19 - Setting Boundaries and Prioritizing Self-Care

00:42:16 - Recognizing Energy Levels and Mindset Shifts

00:47:44 - Negative Effects of Perfectionism

Connect with Anthony Godaire

Website

https://thesuperlativeyou.com/

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/thesuperlativeyou/

Connect with Mike Forrester

Podcast Website

https://LivingFearlessTodayPodcast.com

Coaching Website

https://www.hicoachmike.com/

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hicoachmike/

Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/@hicoachmike

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/hicoachmike

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/hicoachmike

In this episode, I'm joined by Stephan Neff, whose journey explores overcoming negative self talk, building resilience and personal development. Throughout his story, Stephan reminds us of the destructive nature of addictive behavior and that healing starts with acknowledging we're not alone in our struggles. Due to unresolved trauma, he attempted to medicate until an intervention directed him to confront the situation.

Stephen didn't stop with becoming sober, he continued to push forward with personal development, changing his environment and perspective. He began journaling, which was the key to slowing down his thoughts, revealing harmful thought patterns. Let's get ready to uncover the secrets of removing self-limiting beliefs and beginning journey into personal growth.

In this episode, you will be able to:

· Discover how personal growth can lead to lasting freedom from addiction.

· Uncover the powerful benefits of journaling for a healthier mind and heart.

· Explore the deep impact of trauma on the journey to overcoming addiction.

· Learn strategies to build self-worth and resilience for a brighter future.

· Understand the pivotal role of community and mentorship in both breaking free from addiction and personal development.

The key moments in this episode are:

00:11:55 - Consequences and Emotional Struggles

00:17:31 - Taking the First Step at Rehab

00:22:09 - Shifting Perspectives

00:31:48 - Uncovering Lies and Healing

00:35:25 - Recognizing and Dealing with PTSD

00:37:20 - The Power of Hypnotherapy

00:42:50 - Self-Reflection and Journaling

00:47:50 - Taking Action and Seeking Help

Connect with Stephan Neff

Website

http://www.neffinspiration.com/

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephan-neff-author/

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/neffinspiration/

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/neffinspiration

Connect with Mike Forrester

Podcast Website

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