The Niche Is You

By Matthew GottesmanSociety & Culture Alternative Health Health & Fitness Education Self-Improvement

The Niche Is You episodes

June 16Many Don't Have an Intuition Problem… It Might Be a Courage-to-Obey-It Problem
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why most people hear their intuition clearly but choose not to follow it
How the gap between knowing and doing is almost always a courage gap not a clarity gap
Why obedience to your own knowing is one of the hardest practices you'll ever develop
How ignoring your intuition repeatedly trains you to distrust the very thing designed to guide you
Why God often speaks through intuition and delaying obedience to it is delaying obedience to God
What shifts when you stop waiting for certainty and start honoring what you already know
And more…

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→ Recommended Book List — CLICK HERE
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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
25 min
June 15Most of What We Call Doubt Is Actually a Refusal to Release the Version of the Plan We Wrote First
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why most doubt isn't actually doubt in God — it's attachment to your own version of how things should go
How we mislabel control as faith and then call it doubt when God doesn't follow our script
Why releasing your plan isn't the same as losing your faith
How attachment to the original vision blocks the expanded version God is trying to reveal
The difference between doubting God and being disappointed that God didn't do it your way
What shifts when you stop calling it doubt and start calling it what it really is
And more…

START HERE…
→ Join The Niche Is You® — my Substack (20K+) — Weekly essays, the full workshop library, the private community + the Quarterly Challenges.
→ https://mattgottesman.substack.com/about
NEW HERE…
→ 6 Days to Clarity Workshop — clarity for your time, energy, money, creativity, work & play.
→ https://mattgottesman.com/reverse-engineer-your-life (FREE)
CONNECT WITH ME…
→ Instagram — @mattgottesman
→ TikTok — @mattgottesman
→ YouTube — @mattgottesman
RESOURCES…
→ Write • Design • Build — my Content Creator Studio & OS masterclass (Included when you join my Substack) — Growing the niche of you, your audience, reach, voice, passion & income — CLICK HERE
→ Recommended Book List — CLICK HERE
→ Apparel — thenicheisyou.com
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
22 min
June 12Alignment Doesn't Feel Aligned at First — It Feels Like Loss
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why the beginning of alignment almost always feels like something is falling apart
How loss and alignment share the same entry point and why that confuses people
Why God's realignment process requires the removal of things you thought were permanent
How to recognize alignment when it's disguised as disruption
Why the discomfort of transition is evidence of repositioning not punishment
What becomes possible when you stop resisting the loss and start trusting the rearrangement
And more…

START HERE…
→ Join The Niche Is You® — my Substack (20K+) — Weekly essays, the full workshop library, the private community + the Quarterly Challenges.
→ https://mattgottesman.substack.com/about
NEW HERE…
→ 6 Days to Clarity Workshop — clarity for your time, energy, money, creativity, work & play.
→ https://mattgottesman.com/reverse-engineer-your-life (FREE)
CONNECT WITH ME…
→ Instagram — @mattgottesman
→ TikTok — @mattgottesman
→ YouTube — @mattgottesman
RESOURCES…
→ Write • Design • Build — my Content Creator Studio & OS masterclass (Included when you join my Substack) — Growing the niche of you, your audience, reach, voice, passion & income — CLICK HERE
→ Recommended Book List — CLICK HERE
→ Apparel — thenicheisyou.com
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
26 min
June 11Most Good Communication Is Actually Two People Being Safe Enough to Be Wrong Out Loud
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why what we call good communication is less about technique and more about safety
How most communication breakdowns aren't skill problems — they're safety problems
Why being wrong out loud in front of someone is one of the deepest forms of intimacy
How safety in communication changes what people are willing to say and how quickly things resolve
Why the best communicators aren't the most articulate — they're the most safe to be around
What shifts in your relationships when you stop performing correctness and start practicing honesty
And more…

START HERE…
→ Join The Niche Is You® — my Substack (20K+) — Weekly essays, the full workshop library, the private community + the Quarterly Challenges.
→ https://mattgottesman.substack.com/about
NEW HERE…
→ 6 Days to Clarity Workshop — clarity for your time, energy, money, creativity, work & play.
→ https://mattgottesman.com/reverse-engineer-your-life (FREE)
CONNECT WITH ME…
→ Instagram — @mattgottesman
→ TikTok — @mattgottesman
→ YouTube — @mattgottesman
RESOURCES…
→ Write • Design • Build — my Content Creator Studio & OS masterclass (Included when you join my Substack) — Growing the niche of you, your audience, reach, voice, passion & income — CLICK HERE
→ Recommended Book List — CLICK HERE
→ Apparel — thenicheisyou.com
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
26 min
June 10The Decision That Scares You the Most Is Often the One Your Future Self Has Already Made
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why the decisions that carry the most fear are usually the most aligned
How your future self has already resolved what your current self is still debating
Why the fear isn't confusion — it's the weight of knowing what's next and not feeling ready for it
The difference between fear that warns you and fear that confirms you
Why most people stay stuck not because they don't know what to do but because they know exactly what to do and it terrifies them
What shifts when you start making decisions from the person you're becoming instead of the person you've been
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
23 min
June 09The Relationship You're Praying for Is Also Praying for You
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why the waiting season in love isn't just about your preparation — it's about theirs too
How God is simultaneously preparing two people for each other without either of them knowing the full picture
Why your faith during the wait is connected to something happening on the other side that you can't see yet
How trusting the process changes your relationship with the waiting itself
Why the preparation happening in you right now is making you ready for the kind of love most people only pray about
What it means to hold faith for something that's being built in two places at once
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
20 min
June 08Prayers Aren’t Magic Tricks… They’re Invitations
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why prayers are invitations into becoming not shortcuts to receiving
How activation is where the real work begins — not where it ends
Why bold prayers come with bold preparation attached
How God gives you the blessing and the becoming at the same time
Why resistance after prayer isn't a sign you're wrong — it's a sign you're growing into what you asked for
What it means to receive what you prayed for and then continue growing with it
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
25 min
June 05Your Peace Is More Valuable Than Your Immediate Response
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why the urgency to respond immediately is almost never as urgent as it feels
How protecting your peace in the moment produces better outcomes long-term
Why the pause between stimulus and response is the most powerful space you'll ever develop
How our wiring pushes us toward reaction when wisdom is asking us to wait
Why the most respected people in any room are the ones who don't respond immediately
What changes when you start valuing your peace more than your need to be heard
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
23 min
June 04The Best Relationships Don't Start When Two People Find Each Other... They Start When Two People Find God and Then Recognize Each Other on the Path
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why the strongest relationships are rooted in shared devotion not just shared attraction
How finding God first changes who you attract and what you recognize as aligned
Why chemistry without shared foundation always has a ceiling
How two people walking with God independently creates the strongest foundation for walking together
Why recognition on the path feels different than attraction in the world
What it looks like when a relationship is built on shared devotion in practice
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
27 min
June 03The People Who Shift Culture Usually Start By Ignoring What Everyone Else Is Chasing
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why the people who change culture never did it by following what was already established
How ignoring what everyone else is chasing isn't rebellion — it's alignment
Why the early seasons of building differently feel like falling behind before they reveal themselves as being ahead
The difference between being contrarian and being called
Why devotion to what's true always outlasts devotion to what's trending
How to trust the path that doesn't match the current landscape
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
28 min

About The Niche Is You

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Hi, I’m Matt Gottesman (@mattgottesman on Instagram) and this is my daily podcast where I offer practical thoughts and perspectives to un-complicate life, creativity and the pursuit of your highest self.