In this episode of The Mastry Experience, Francesca Sipma sits down with Matt DeGroat for a deeply honest conversation about healing abandonment, self-forgiveness, emotional awareness, and how this inner work directly impacts leadership, relationships, and performance.
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Matt shares his personal journey through HypnoBreathwork®, including the profound realizations that surfaced while moving through Unblock Your Purpose and certification training. He discovered blocks he didn’t even know were running his life — from relationships to money, leadership, and self-trust.
This episode explores why self-awareness is not personal development, but personal responsibility, and why many high performers rely on compartmentalization to succeed — until they realize it’s limiting their ability to lead, connect, and love.
This conversation is especially powerful for:
- Leaders and managers
- High performers and entrepreneurs
- Men doing emotional healing work
- Anyone struggling with abandonment, self-forgiveness, or emotional blocks
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
- How abandonment wounds show up as fear of rejection and control
- Why forgiving yourself is essential for real healing
- How unconscious emotional blocks affect money, leadership, and relationships
- The difference between compartmentalization and emotional maturity
- Why not everyone can “leave it at the door” — and why leaders must understand this
- How emotional healing improves compassion, loyalty, and performance
- Why HypnoBreathwork® accelerates awareness, regulation, and change
Key Takeaways:
- Unhealed pain doesn’t disappear — it becomes behavior
- Awareness is the first breakthrough
- Self-forgiveness unlocks forward movement
- Conscious leadership starts with emotional responsibility
- Healing the past changes how you lead, love, and live
Connect with Matt DeGroat:Follow Matt's journey as a HypnoBreathwork Coach and corporate leader on social media.
Instagram : @matthewroberthbw
Email : [email protected]
Landing Page : matthewroberthbw.com
Connect with Francesca Sipma & The Mastry Experience:Website: francescasipma.com & mastryexperience.com
Instagram: @francescasipma & @mastryexperience
Timestamp Highlights:- [00:00] - Introduction & The Mastery Card Question: The craving for authenticity
- [03:45] - Unblock Your Purpose: The "most brutal experience" that started the transformation
- [07:10] - The impact of the abandonment wound and learning to forgive himself
- [10:30] - The expansive effect of Matt's vulnerability on the women in the community
- [13:45] - The unexpected intuitive call to the Netherlands Certification
- [16:50] - Leadership Transformed: How HypnoBreathwork changed his management style
- [21:15] - The power of not carrying your "stuff" to work: Why you can't leave trauma at the door
- [25:00] - Where he is now on the journey with love and relationships
- [27:50] - Spiritual insight from Jules: Why he is not meant to be alone
- [30:50] - Custom Heart Opening HypnoBreathwork Session
- [33:10] - Post-Session: Overwhelming gratitude for his support system
- [38:15] - Breaking down the Subtle Blocks: Fear of getting hurt and avoidance
- [41:00] - The feeling of "Whole" and the power of gratitude
- [43:00] - The Intuitive Vision of his high-level partnership (and cooking!)
- [46:40] - Final thoughts and next steps for the journey
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