I answer this question in two parts because it can be answered two ways.
First, one of the biggest causes of unhappiness is that people refuse to accept life as it is at the moment. Most people are living in the past or the future and complaining about where they are not.

The “space” between where you are and your story about where you think you should be is what I call the “unhappiness gap for many people.
We have to accept “what is” so that we can change and transform what is.

Secondly, about seeing things as we want them to be.

Einstein said, “Your imagination is your preview of coming attractions” in your life.

Whatever you imagine, consistently, is what you program your unconscious mind with.

Research demonstrates that poor people imagine staying poor and rich people imagine and daydream staying rich, hence, programming that manifest as behavior.

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In this episode of The Jim Fortin Podcast, Jim Fortin reveals one of the most profound and underutilized powers available to every human being: the imagination. Far more than a place to daydream, imagination is what Jim calls the language of God — the invisible force that quite literally shapes every circumstance, relationship, and outcome in life. Drawing on wisdom from William James, Henry David Thoreau, and Ernest Holmes, Jim makes the compelling case that everything in the external world — money, health, relationships — is simply the effect of what has already been created in the imagination. 

Most people spend their lives reacting to appearances — the bank balance, the body in the mirror, the job they've outgrown — and treating those appearances as fixed facts. But Jim challenges that assumption entirely. Your circumstances are not facts. They are temporary effects. And the cause of every single one of them traces back to your imagination. The question is no longer whether you're using your imagination — you already are, constantly. The question is whether you're using it consciously, deliberately, and in your favor. 

If you've ever wondered why certain things just won't change no matter how hard you try, this episode gives you the missing piece — and a step-by-step practice to start using your imagination to get anything you want. 

What You'll Discover in This Episode: 

(00:00) Imagination is far more than daydreaming — Jim opens with a foundational reframe: imagination isn't fantasy, it's the God power within you, and every act of thinking is simultaneously an act of imagining. 

(09:34) Your circumstances are effects, not facts — Jim explains that the bank account, the body, and the bank balance are all temporary effects of a deeper cause — and that cause is always the imagination. 

(14:54) The critical difference between thinking of and thinking from — Most people imagine their desires from a place of lack and distance, when the key is to imagine already living from the fulfilled reality. 

(20:13) Why wanting something keeps it away — Jim reveals the counterintuitive truth: telling the universe you want something simultaneously tells it you don't have it — and the universe simply agrees. 

(25:34) How to bring your imagination to life with sensory detail — Jim walks through layering in sound, smell, touch, and physical sensation to make imagined realities feel real, and shares a powerful healing story from a student in his Transformational Coaching Program. 

(29:33) The bedtime practice that programs your subconscious overnight — Jim explains how the theta brainwave state just before sleep is the most powerful window to impress your desires onto the subconscious mind — and why what you "take to bed" can change everything. 

Listen, apply, and enjoy! 

Transformational Takeaway 

Your imagination is not a luxury — it is your salvation. Everything you currently have in your life was first created in the theater of your imagination. That means you are not a victim of your reality. You are its author. Know exactly what you desire. Create the mental scene as if it is already fulfilled. Give it texture — smell it, hear it, feel it. Hand it to your subconscious mind, especially in those precious moments just before sleep. Stop imagining from a place of lack and longing. Start imagining from the life you are already living in your mind. Your external world has no choice but to catch up. 

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Have you ever wondered how truly powerful your mind is?

We all hear different stories about the “Power of the Mind” but have you experienced that in your own life?

Personally, I used my “mind” to heal from a stroke and heart failure, all of which happened in a single year, 2020. And, as I was healing I was searching Youtube for inspirational videos and stories.

I had never even taken so much as a prescription until my ordeals and I was wondering and searching for, “How do I heal myself beyond what modern medicine says I can do?

I came across a video by a man named Bob Cafaro and it was titled, “The Psychology Of Beating An Incurable Disease.” The title sucked me in immediately and the video did not disappoint. As a far of matter, it was the single most impactful video that I watched.

Bob healed himself from an incurable disease, Multiple Sclerosis. You read that right. He headed himself 100% using the power of his mind.

I’m ecstatic because I’m visiting with Bob in this episode and he shares the specific activities that healed him. Before I talked to him, I was blown away because as we were talking, he shared how he “did the impossible,” literally.
So, how does the interview apply to you and help you live a better life? Easy, if you’re in any way physically ill listening to this podcast episode can do one of the most important things you ever do and if you’ve never been in such circumstances, Bob demonstrates the power of doing the impossible.

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In this episode of The Jim Fortin Podcast, Jim Fortin breaks down one of the most misunderstood distinctions in human experience: the difference between the brain and the mind. While the brain is organic and biological, the mind is something far greater. And yet, most people allow an overactive brain to run the show — generating endless cycles of fear, worry, and mental noise they believe they are powerless to stop. 

Jim makes the case that overthinking is not intelligence — it's misplaced trust. Every time we over-analyze or mentally manage our lives, we are telling the universe we don't believe it can handle things without us. But here's the truth Jim returns to again and again: your life is not sustained by your thinking. And once you understand who is actually doing the thinking — and who is watching it happen — everything changes. 

If your mind never seems to quiet down and peace feels out of reach, this episode will give you one of the most liberating realizations available to any human being. 

What You'll Discover in This Episode: 

(00:00) The critical difference between your brain and your mind — Jim opens with a foundational distinction most people have never considered: the brain is organic and biological, but the mind is non-organic, and conflating the two is the root cause of most mental exhaustion and fear. 

(07:05) Overthinking is misplaced trust — Jim introduces a game-changing reframe: every act of overthinking signals to the universe that you don't trust it — and recognizing that truth is the first step toward reclaiming your peace and power. 

(14:15) Your life is not sustained by your thinking — Drawing on the wisdom of Don Javier, Jim demonstrates that universal intelligence — not the analytical mind — is what actually sustains life, and why you can stop white-knuckling your way through it. 

(18:36) You are not your thoughts — you are the awareness observing them — Jim delivers the episode's central breakthrough: you are the consciousness that observes your thoughts, not the fearful, noisy thoughts themselves, and that distinction is where freedom begins. 

(24:19) The trap of identifying with the physical self — Jim walks listeners through why identifying with the body and individual mind is the source of so much suffering — and how shifting into pure awareness breaks that trap. 

(29:11) Silence is not the absence of thought — it's the recognition of noise — Jim reframes what true silence means: not a perfectly quiet mind, but the awareness of how active the individual mind is — and why that awareness alone delivers peace. 

Listen, apply, and enjoy! 

Transformational Takeaway 

The mind is not the self — and the moment you grasp that, something shifts. All the worry, the fear, the frantic mental management of your life — none of that is you. It is noise from an organic brain doing what brains do. You are the awareness behind it. Just as your hands are not you, your thoughts are not you. You are the consciousness observing them. Trust the I am over the me. Universal intelligence already knows what you desire. Your only job is to get still, recognize the noise for what it is, and let something far greater than your individual mind do the work it was always meant to do. You are not a prisoner of your thoughts. You are the awareness that sets you free.

The Seat of the Soul

Universal Human

The Kybalion

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[7:09] The difference between life ownership and responsibility
[10:41] The power of ownership and co-creating
[13:49] How you own your life and what you create
[21:39] The power of commanding your mind
And as you already know, a lot more.

Transformational Takeaway
It’s such a huge thought for most people to get their minds around, but in truth you are the “soul owner” of your body and your life. As such, you have 100% dominion over your mind and body.
You Are The Creator Of Your Life, OWN THAT.

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In this episode of The Jim Fortin Podcast, Jim Fortin tackles a question that cuts to the heart of modern spiritual life: can you truly call yourself spiritual if you're consumed by worry? Jim draws a sharp line between identifying with spirituality and actually living from it — and reveals why so many self-described spiritual people are still trapped in cycles of fear, anxiety, and control. He challenges listeners to look honestly at their own behavior and ask whether their inner life matches the spiritual identity they claim. 

Jim unpacks the fundamental incompatibility between worry and true spirituality, making the case that worry is, at its core, an act of distrust — a signal to the universe that you don't believe in its power to deliver. Rather than offering another technique or mindset hack, Jim redirects listeners toward the only real solution: getting still, merging with universal mind, and releasing the ego's compulsive need to control outcomes. 

If you've ever wondered why your spiritual practice hasn't quieted your anxious mind, this episode will show you exactly why — and what to do instead. 

What You'll Discover in This Episode: 

(00:00) Why identifying as spiritual doesn't make you spiritual — Jim makes the critical distinction between spiritual interest and spiritual being, and why so many people have unknowingly turned their spirituality into just another form of dogma. 

(06:33) Spirituality isn't about talk — it's about how you live — Using vivid real-world examples, Jim illustrates how people can walk the spiritual walk on the surface while being completely untethered from it in their moment-to-moment behavior. 

(13:49) Worry is an attempt to control — and control is the opposite of trust — Jim introduces a game-changing reframe: if you're worrying, you're trying to control something — and true spirituality requires surrendering that control to the power of universal mind. 

(21:08) You are not a being that has consciousness — consciousness has you — Jim shares the wave-and-ocean metaphor to explain why you are already inseparable from the ultimate power in the universe, and why that realization makes worry not just unnecessary, but illogical. 

(25:40) When you worry, you're telling the universe it isn't enough — Jim reveals the hidden message behind every worried thought: a declaration to universal mind that it is not sufficient to create what you need — and why that belief keeps you stuck. 

(30:34) How to stay in inspired action without the fear — Jim outlines the practical alternative to worried doing: staying in movement while simultaneously remaining connected to divine mind through presence, silence, and surrender. 

Listen, apply, and enjoy! 

Transformational Takeaway 

Worry is not a personality quirk or a harmless habit — it is a declaration of disconnection. Every time you worry, you are telling the universe that you don't trust it, that you believe you have to force your reality into existence through sheer physical effort. But here's the truth Jim wants you to sit with: you are not a separate little being trying to connect to something greater. Like a wave that is already the ocean, you are already one with consciousness — with the ultimate power in the universe. The moment you recognize that, worry loses its grip. Get still. Five minutes. No phone, no agenda, no affirmations. Just silence. That silence is where you merge with divine mind, and divine mind — which already knows your desires through your frequency — can finally do its work. Stop micromanaging the universe. Let go. And watch how quickly things begin to move when you get out of the way. 

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Every time you judge someone, you are not judging them, they are reflecting you back to yourself.

This episode is about how we’re mirrors for each other and how when people judge you, they are not judging you, they are just reacting to who they think you are, based upon who they are.

You’ve heard me say before, most people’s two biggest fears are the fear of being abandoned and the fear of inadequacy.

These fears keep most people trapped for a lifetime, it’s time to release them.

In this episode I talk about:
[3:50] How many times your fear is rooted in personal insecurity
[5:32] How people judge out of personal insecurity
[9:36] How many times you judge people for judging you
[12:05] How you judge yourself when others judge you
[12:52] Why people judge
[16:36] Why drives the fear of rejection

And, like I say in every episode recap, much, much more…

In this episode I talk about a few different ways to start BEing so the fear of judgement by others no longer bothers you.

When you change how you interpret judgment, the fear of judgement goes Away.

Listen, apply, and enjoy!

Transformational Takeaway

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In this episode of The Jim Fortin Podcast, Jim Fortin dismantles one of the most widely practiced habits in personal development: affirmations. Jim makes the case that affirmations — far from attracting what you want — are actually a confession of lack. Every time you affirm a truth, you're telegraphing to the universe that you don't yet believe it's real. And the universe keeps delivering exactly that: the absence of what you want. 

The real power lies not in projecting lack through affirmation, but in cultivating a quiet, receptive consciousness — one rooted in faith and knowing, not hoping and asking. Divine intelligence already knows your deepest desires. It doesn't need your reminders or morning rituals. It needs you to get out of the way. 

If you've spent years working hard at manifestation only to feel like you're running in place, this one's for you. 

What You'll Discover in This Episode: 

(00:00) Why affirmations are actually confessing what you don't have — Every time you affirm something, you're broadcasting to the universe that it isn't already true — and the universe mirrors that energy right back to you. 

(05:48) Your affirmations are ego insurance policies, not acts of faith — Most people affirm out of insecurity, not conviction. Repeating affirmations is the ego's way of feeling like it's doing something — and divine mind doesn't need your input. 

(09:06) The apartment story: what happens when you get out of the way — Jim shares a vivid personal story illustrating how surrendering to the consciousness of knowing — without effort or affirmation — delivered exactly what he desired. 

(17:46) The shift from projecting to receiving — Jim introduces quiet receptivity as the alternative to affirmations, and explains why it carries a fundamentally different energetic charge than projecting lack. 

(21:10) The question that replaces affirmations — Instead of affirming, ask: "What is God expressing right now about ___?" Then sit in silence and let supply do the heavy lifting. 

(25:58) Three-step noise audit to identify your hidden confessions of lack — List your top affirmations, ask whether you'd still do them if your desire were already 100% true, then take the silence test — five minutes without an agenda — to hear how loudly the ego is interfering. 

Listen, apply, and enjoy! 

Transformational Takeaway 

Every affirmation you've ever done was a well-meaning confession — a signal to the universe that you do not have what you want. The shift Jim offers isn't a new technique or a better script. Stop screaming at the universe through the megaphone of your ego and start sitting in the quiet knowing that universal intelligence already has it handled. You don't need to remind divine mind of what's in your heart. Every time you feel the urge to fix, force, or affirm — label it as noise. Get still. Get receptive. And let the universe do what it has always been doing: taking care of everything. 

Mentioned Resources:

Dying To Be Me

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When people say, “Do you have it IN you,” they're usually talking about resolve and grit and the fortitude to accomplish something.

I’m going a different direction with this episode.

The Dalai Lama said, “If there is no anger in you, you cannot be angry.”

The same applies to every area of your life. What’s in you is what you create. Poverty, wealth, health, poor health… it’s all created by what’s “in you” mentally!

In this episode I talk about:
[9:25] Identity
[10:57] Identity
[24:17] Identity

Yes, I intended to state the word “IDENTITY” three times. What’s in your unconscious identity is what’s in your life.

Sun Tzu said, “Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.” Anything you want in life you must first be in your internal world.

Even if you think you understand the concept of “identity,” give this episode a listen, as I think you might hear some things you’ve not heard before.

Listen, apply, and enjoy!

Transformational Takeaway

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In this episode of The Jim Fortin Podcast, Jim Fortin launches a new series called Brainwashed: Exit the Lie — a deep dive into the conditioning that keeps us small, stuck, and struggling. After 30 years of teaching transformation, Jim has arrived at a profound shift: the goal is no longer transformation, but transcendence — not fixing the self, but rising above the very identity that created the obstacles. Drawing from his own turbulent 18 months of personal and professional upheaval, Jim reveals that the source of our limitations isn't circumstance — it's the brainwashing we've absorbed our entire lives. 

At the heart of this episode is one paradigm-shattering insight: the reason your mental and spiritual work isn't fixing your life is because you are trying to fix your life. Using the vivid metaphor of the Blue Monkey, Jim unpacks how the desperate need for outcomes is the very thing that repels them — every plan, every "but how?" is ego-driven brainwashing telegraphing lack to the universe, keeping you locked in a cage you're unknowingly holding shut yourself. 

This episode is the beginning of a journey that promises peace, freedom, and power when you finally stop living in the lie and recognize yourself as the ultimate source in the universe. 

What You'll Discover in This Episode: 

(00:00) The shift from transformation to transcendence — Jim introduces the series and explains why true freedom comes from transcending the ego-self that created your limitations — not transforming it. 

(05:48) Why working on yourself keeps you stuck — Jim delivers a major epiphany: the very act of trying to fix your life signals to the universe that you don't yet have what you want. 

(09:03) The Blue Monkey and the Brainwashing — Using the legend of the Alchemist, Jim introduces the Blue Monkey to illustrate how our conditioned doing, planning, and needing is the exact force blocking the gold we're trying to attract. 

(17:45) The need that repels what you want — Jim breaks down how desperation for abundance, love, or health creates the energetic repulsion that keeps those things out of reach, because consciousness responds to state — not want. 

(24:08) To need nothing is to have everything — Jim shares a personal turning point: the things that showed up most powerfully in his life came when he held them as already on their way — without desperation or the Blue Monkey in charge. 

(29:00) There is no dualism — the exit is dropping the ego — We are not a physical body and a soul — we are one — and the brainwashing that keeps us living as separate from Source is the only lie we need to exit. 

Listen, apply, and enjoy! 

Transformational Takeaway 

You have been brainwashed by a lifetime of conditioning that taught you that life is hard and you must do in order to have. But every time you desperately reach for the outcome you want, you send one clear signal to the universe: I don't have it yet. That signal is the Blue Monkey — and it is the only thing standing between you and everything you desire. The exit isn't a new strategy or another affirmation. It's the recognition that you are not apart from Source — you areSource. Stop digging up the acorn to check on the universe. The gold isn't something you have to force or fix your way into. It's already yours — the moment you stop needing it. 

Mentioned Resources:

Dying To Be Me

Seat of the Soul

You Were the Ultimate Power in the Universe

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