The Niche Is You

In this episode we’ll talk about:

1. Why growth often begins with subtraction, not addition
2. How refinement can feel like loss even when it’s actually progress
3. The difference between losing identity and shedding excess
4. Why strength rarely feels empowering at first
5. Learning to trust who you’re becoming before it feels rewarding
6. How refinement creates stability you couldn’t access before
7. And more…

CONNECT WITH ME…

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→ Apparel — thenicheisyou.com

RESOURCES…

→ Recommended Book List — CLICK HERE

→ Masterclass — CLICK HERE

WORKSHOPS + MASTERCLASS:

→ Need MORE clarity? - Here’s the FREE… 6 Days to Clarity Workshop - clarity for your time, energy, money, creativity, work & play

→ Write, Design, Build: Content Creator Studio & OS - Growing the niche of you, your audience, reach, voice, passion & income

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Faith Isn’t Knowing the Whole Path… It’s Taking the Next Honest Step

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In this episode we’ll talk about:

1. Waiting seasons aren’t passive — they’re formative
2. Love doesn’t arrive because we perfected ourselves
3. It arrives when the inner world becomes stable enough to receive it
4. These questions aren’t meant to be answered aggressively
5. They’re meant to be noticed, felt, and returned to
6. And more…

CONNECT WITH ME…

→ Instagram — @mattgottesman

→ My Substack — mattgottesman.substack.com

→ Apparel — thenicheisyou.com

RESOURCES…

→ Recommended Book List — CLICK HERE

→ Masterclass — CLICK HERE

WORKSHOPS + MASTERCLASS:

→ Need MORE clarity? - Here’s the FREE… 6 Days to Clarity Workshop - clarity for your time, energy, money, creativity, work & play

→ Write, Design, Build: Content Creator Studio & OS - Growing the niche of you, your audience, reach, voice, passion & income

OTHER RELATED EPISODES:

Faith Isn’t Knowing the Whole Path… It’s Taking the Next Honest Step

Apple: https://apple.co/3MB62Iu

Spotify: https://bit.ly/4rZw3RN

In this episode we’ll talk about:

1. Why modesty isn’t about shrinking, silence or humility as self-denial but about confidence so settled it doesn’t need constant reinforcement.
2. The difference between expression and posturing and visibility and validation-seeking
3. Why modesty is so attractive
4. How character, work and contribution naturally draw the right attention… without chasing it.
5. Getting the right attention versus getting the wrong attention
6. And more…

CONNECT WITH ME…

→ Instagram — @mattgottesman

→ My Substack — mattgottesman.substack.com

→ Apparel — thenicheisyou.com

RESOURCES…

→ Recommended Book List — CLICK HERE

→ Masterclass — CLICK HERE

WORKSHOPS + MASTERCLASS:

→ Need MORE clarity? - Here’s the FREE… 6 Days to Clarity Workshop - clarity for your time, energy, money, creativity, work & play

→ Write, Design, Build: Content Creator Studio & OS - Growing the niche of you, your audience, reach, voice, passion & income

OTHER RELATED EPISODES:

Faith Isn’t Knowing the Whole Path… It’s Taking the Next Honest Step

Apple: https://apple.co/3MB62Iu

Spotify: https://bit.ly/4rZw3RN

In this episode we’ll talk about:

1. Inner work begins when we stop avoiding the questions that busyness helps us escape.
2. 10 core questions you need to ask yourself
3. Learning to shift what we pray for
4. Decluttering the inner and outer world
5. Redefining what “success” actually means
6. And more…

CONNECT WITH ME…

→ Instagram — @mattgottesman

→ My Substack — mattgottesman.substack.com

→ Apparel — thenicheisyou.com

RESOURCES…

→ Recommended Book List — CLICK HERE

→ Masterclass — CLICK HERE

WORKSHOPS + MASTERCLASS:

→ Need MORE clarity? - Here’s the FREE… 6 Days to Clarity Workshop - clarity for your time, energy, money, creativity, work & play

→ Write, Design, Build: Content Creator Studio & OS - Growing the niche of you, your audience, reach, voice, passion & income

OTHER RELATED EPISODES:

Faith Isn’t Knowing the Whole Path… It’s Taking the Next Honest Step

Apple: https://apple.co/3MB62Iu

Spotify: https://bit.ly/4rZw3RN

In this episode we’ll talk about:

1. Why it’s completely human to want reassurance from God
2. How trust develops gradually, not instantly
3. Practical ways to move from “checking” to “living in alignment”
4. What changed for me as I learned to trust without constant signs
5. How to work with God throughout the day instead of waiting on God
6. And more…

CONNECT WITH ME…

→ Instagram — @mattgottesman

→ My Substack — mattgottesman.substack.com

→ Apparel — thenicheisyou.com

RESOURCES…

→ Recommended Book List — CLICK HERE

→ Masterclass — CLICK HERE

WORKSHOPS + MASTERCLASS:

→ Need MORE clarity? - Here’s the FREE… 6 Days to Clarity Workshop - clarity for your time, energy, money, creativity, work & play

→ Write, Design, Build: Content Creator Studio & OS - Growing the niche of you, your audience, reach, voice, passion & income

OTHER RELATED EPISODES:

Faith Isn’t Knowing the Whole Path… It’s Taking the Next Honest Step

Apple: https://apple.co/3MB62Iu

Spotify: https://bit.ly/4rZw3RN

In this episode we’ll talk about:

1. Why clarity matters more than intensity in both faith and relationship
2. The difference between striving to become and learning to be anchored
3. How containment creates safety more than constant expansion
4. What it means to lead before anyone is watching or following
5. How masculine presence stabilizes feminine intuition without competing with it
6. The role of receptivity in mature partnership and leadership
7. Why learning to receive is as important as learning to steward
8. How to practice faith as companionship rather than constant instruction
9. How pausing, listening, and timing build trust with God and others
10. Why peace and resonance are more reliable than excitement and adrenaline
11. What it means to become trustworthy with waiting
12. How safety is created through steadiness, not proving
13. Why connection becomes sustainable when no one carries more than they’re meant to
14. And more…

CONNECT WITH ME…

→ Instagram — @mattgottesman

→ My Substack — mattgottesman.substack.com

→ Apparel — thenicheisyou.com

RESOURCES…

→ Recommended Book List — CLICK HERE

→ Masterclass — CLICK HERE

WORKSHOPS + MASTERCLASS:

→ Need MORE clarity? - Here’s the FREE… 6 Days to Clarity Workshop - clarity for your time, energy, money, creativity, work & play

→ Write, Design, Build: Content Creator Studio & OS - Growing the niche of you, your audience, reach, voice, passion & income

OTHER RELATED EPISODES:

Faith Isn’t Knowing the Whole Path… It’s Taking the Next Honest Step

Apple: https://apple.co/3MB62Iu

Spotify: https://bit.ly/4rZw3RN

In this episode we’ll talk:

1. Why caring deeply can quietly turn into over-carrying
2. The difference between support and self-sacrifice
3. How unboundaried empathy leads to burnout
4. What grounded leadership actually looks like
5. Staying steady for others without doing the work for them
6. Leading from wholeness instead of obligation
7. And more…

CONNECT WITH ME…

→ Instagram — @mattgottesman

→ My Substack — mattgottesman.substack.com

→ Apparel — thenicheisyou.com

RESOURCES…

→ Recommended Book List — CLICK HERE

→ Masterclass — CLICK HERE

WORKSHOPS + MASTERCLASS:

→ Need MORE clarity? - Here’s the FREE… 6 Days to Clarity Workshop - clarity for your time, energy, money, creativity, work & play

→ Write, Design, Build: Content Creator Studio & OS - Growing the niche of you, your audience, reach, voice, passion & income

OTHER RELATED EPISODES:

Faith Isn’t Knowing the Whole Path… It’s Taking the Next Honest Step

Apple: https://apple.co/3MB62Iu

Spotify: https://bit.ly/4rZw3RN

In this episode we’ll talk about:

1. Why most conversations quietly turn into power struggles
2. How “winning” a conversation often costs intimacy
3. The difference between being right and being understood
4. Why safety matters more than persuasion
5. How regulated communication creates trust
6. What changes when connection becomes the goal
7. And more…

CONNECT WITH ME…

→ Instagram — @mattgottesman

→ My Substack — mattgottesman.substack.com

→ Apparel — thenicheisyou.com

RESOURCES…

→ Recommended Book List — CLICK HERE

→ Masterclass — CLICK HERE

WORKSHOPS + MASTERCLASS:

→ Need MORE clarity? - Here’s the FREE… 6 Days to Clarity Workshop - clarity for your time, energy, money, creativity, work & play

→ Write, Design, Build: Content Creator Studio & OS - Growing the niche of you, your audience, reach, voice, passion & income

OTHER RELATED EPISODES:

Faith Isn’t Knowing the Whole Path… It’s Taking the Next Honest Step

Apple: https://apple.co/3MB62Iu

Spotify: https://bit.ly/4rZw3RN

In this episode we’ll talk about:

1. Why “what should I do?” keeps people stuck in overthinking
2. The difference between seeking instructions and owning responsibility
3. How clarity comes from capacity, not options
4. What it means to carry something instead of chasing it
5. Why purpose reveals itself through stewardship, not strategy
6. Learning to trust what you’re already equipped to hold
7. And more…

CONNECT WITH ME…

→ Instagram — @mattgottesman

→ My Substack — mattgottesman.substack.com

→ Apparel — thenicheisyou.com

RESOURCES…

→ Recommended Book List — CLICK HERE

→ Masterclass — CLICK HERE

WORKSHOPS + MASTERCLASS:

→ Need MORE clarity? - Here’s the FREE… 6 Days to Clarity Workshop - clarity for your time, energy, money, creativity, work & play

→ Write, Design, Build: Content Creator Studio & OS - Growing the niche of you, your audience, reach, voice, passion & income

OTHER RELATED EPISODES:

Faith Isn’t Knowing the Whole Path… It’s Taking the Next Honest Step

Apple: https://apple.co/3MB62Iu

Spotify: https://bit.ly/4rZw3RN

In this episode we’ll talk about:

1. Why chasing “rooms” is the wrong strategy
2. How validation-seeking weakens your presence
3. Why talent and devotion shift rooms naturally
4. The difference between position and authority
5. How staying close to your work sustains opportunity
6. Why authenticity is what actually gets you invited back
7. How to stop shrinking when you enter high-level spaces
8. And more…

CONNECT WITH ME…

→ Instagram — @mattgottesman

→ My Substack — mattgottesman.substack.com

→ Apparel — thenicheisyou.com

RESOURCES…

→ Recommended Book List — CLICK HERE

→ Masterclass — CLICK HERE

WORKSHOPS + MASTERCLASS:

→ Need MORE clarity? - Here’s the FREE… 6 Days to Clarity Workshop - clarity for your time, energy, money, creativity, work & play

→ Write, Design, Build: Content Creator Studio & OS - Growing the niche of you, your audience, reach, voice, passion & income

OTHER RELATED EPISODES:

Faith Isn’t Knowing the Whole Path… It’s Taking the Next Honest Step

Apple: https://apple.co/3MB62Iu

Spotify: https://bit.ly/4rZw3RN