The Pocket with Chris Griffin

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The Pocket with Chris Griffin episodes

October 05 #157: Jack's Dining Room: The Difference Between Great Food and a Great Experience
Jack Goldberg built Jack's Dining Room and Yes Chef Group from nothing. This conversation is a masterclass in why hospitality, not hustle, is what actually separates people who win long term. I sat down with him to unpack what real hospitality looks like, why culture is shifting away from drinking, and how he went from a tech consultant at PwC to leading a growing team and a massive online audience.

We also get into why action beats information every time, why chasing success without passion leaves you feeling like a shell of yourself, and why studying who someone became matters more than studying what they did to get there.

Key discussion points
Hospitality is in the small details, not just the product
Culture is shifting away from drinking toward health and connection
Action beats information, you learn by doing, not researching
Chasing something fake eventually burns out
Study who people became, not what they did
Supportive parents build internal confidence to take risks
Redefining success beyond the traditional college to job path
Build without chasing revenue, the money follows
There's never a finish line in entrepreneurship

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00:00 What hospitality actually means
01:22 Great staff vs great food, what makes people come back
03:04 The truth about New York's pace and reputation
03:55 How culture is shifting away from drinking
04:51 Sydney's active lifestyle vs New York's hustle culture
05:34 Yes Chef Group and the run club bringing people together
08:09 Drinking as an escape, not a form of fun
09:44 Rethinking why we actually drink in the first place
11:05 From a guy in college to building an empire
11:32 Meeting his co-founder and starting Jack's Dining Room
12:24 Why chasing something fake eventually burns out
13:09 From a tech consultant at PwC to a 15 person team
15:07 You never know what you're doing until you do it
15:45 Why there's no shortcut, just patience and reps
17:00 Just start, nothing is ever perfect
18:04 Tunnel vision and not caring what people think
19:08 Immediate suffering vs the long term suffering of a life you hate
19:27 Why it's an action problem, not an information problem
21:03 Fail enough and you're guaranteed to grow
21:38 Shorten the gap between thinking and doing
24:33 Shifting priorities as life gets more exciting
25:51 Why every single day matters
26:06 Tom Brady's advice: show up like it's the Super Bowl
27:10 Growth through iteration, from the first dinner to the fourth
28:40 Do something you love and do it every day
29:45 The one exception for chasing something you don't love yet
30:29 Finding passion by first figuring out what you hate
32:55 Helping clients grow their podcasts, and why it lights him up
36:07 Giving back and why that's the most rewarding part
36:54 Why he never posts negative reviews
38:25 The win-win mindset behind his content
40:01 "What did you do" vs "who did you become"
41:14 Study the man, not the money
42:21 His mom's entrepreneurial influence growing up
43:15 "Say yes and figure it out" as a core philosophy
45:47 Why he still went to college despite supportive parents
47:01 Getting the dream job, then realizing he hated it
49:23 Redefining what success actually looks like
50:03 The traditional path problem: a job that can't afford a home
52:07 Being conscious and clear on why you're doing something
54:00 Launching Yes Chef Studios, the next generation Food Network
55:12 Yes Chef Tailgates and bringing food festivals to colleges
56:18 Why there's never a moment you've "got it" as a founder
58:33 Chasing things only to realize they don't matter once you have them
1:00:04 "A goose chase to find out what's already here"
1:01:33 Reinvesting profits into experiences instead of extracting money
1:05:24 What's next: the food festival, the studio, and the tailgates

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1 hr 7 min
September 29 #156: I Went To The World's "Scariest Place" (Profound Realizations)
I went on a trip to Dagestan, Russia... It was not what I expected! Tune into this podcast to hear my lessons from 9 days in a place most people will never experience.

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48 min
September 21#155: Parenting Expert: "Boys Don't Have A Blueprint For Manhood Anymore"
Dr. Shefali has helped millions of parents rethink what it actually means to raise a child, and in this episode she breaks down why most parenting struggles trace straight back to the parent's own unhealed childhood. Se unpacks conscious parenting, the difference between masculinity and toxic masculinity, why boys today are growing up with no real blueprint for manhood, and why every trigger you feel as a parent is really an invitation to look at yourself first.
We also get into raising sons versus daughters differently, why physical challenge matters for boys, and why a parent's own consciousness, not the child's behavior, is what actually shapes how a kid turns out.

Key discussion points
Heal your inner child first

Kids trigger your own wounds

Masculinity isn't the problem, toxicity is

Boys lack a real blueprint for manhood

Toxic femininity exists too, just hidden

Sons and daughters need different parenting

Triggers are invitations to look inward

Boys need older men to guide them

Your consciousness shapes your kid, not your methods

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00:00 What conscious parenting actually means
00:32 Why we blame the child instead of looking at ourselves
01:31 Real child vs inner child, explained
02:04 Why she wrote Raising Conscious Sons before Raising Conscious Daughters
03:38 What the "problems men create" actually look like
04:28 What masculinity looks like without the toxicity
06:17 Are "man up" and the alpha caricature really opposites?
08:47 How to define toxic masculinity
11:11 Are women seen as lesser in this framework?
12:21 Why lumping all men into "toxic masculine" backfires
14:02 The toxic femininity nobody talks about
20:29 Raising kids to combine, not divide
21:00 Honoring differences instead of competing with them
23:07 Do kids even know who they are yet?
25:08 You can't control the world, but you can control your home
26:33 Why two separate books for sons and daughters
27:55 How algorithms already treat boys and girls differently
29:13 The real goal behind conscious parenting
30:01 What sons specifically need from their parents
31:41 Why boys need older men to initiate them into manhood
34:20 Parenting the child in front of you, not the fantasy child
35:30 Why removing challenge and friction is dangerous for kids
37:06 Why physical challenge matters more for boys
41:09 Why censorship is a precursor to people losing themselves
43:22 Every trigger is an invitation to look at yourself
48:02 "Parenting is not for them, it's for you"
49:00 Her 60 second answer on how to help kids in today's world

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51 min
September 18#154: Grayson Hart: The Truth About Women, Love & Becoming a Man
Description
Grayson's back on the show for round two, and honestly this might be my favourite conversation we've had. He unpacks why right and wrong are just judgment, why every relationship in his past served him exactly as it needed to, and why you have to find home within yourself before you can build a real one with someone else.
We get into presence, the difference between fear and love, how Grayson is preparing himself to become a father, and why the most powerful thing a high achieving man can do is surrender rather than control.

Key discussion points
Right and wrong are judgment, not fact, every relationship served a purpose.

You need to feel whole within yourself before you can show up for a partner.

Everything is a mirror, one message lands differently depending on who's hearing it.

Only two real emotions exist, love and fear, everything else stems from them.

Judgment is a feeling inside you, not something being done to you.

Surrender beats control, especially for high achievers used to forcing outcomes.

Masculine and feminine energy live in everyone, alignment is the goal, not suppression.

Fatherhood is teaching him to regulate his nervous system in real time.

His shoe brand grew directly out of his own journey toward alignment.

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00:00 The wrong intentions with the wrong women
00:58 Why past relationships were never wrong, they served a purpose
02:21 Falling into societal conditioning around marriage
06:27 Intention over right and wrong
07:21 Self-awareness, cowardice, and the courage to move on
08:26 Why you have to be whole within yourself first
10:12 Feeling love and belonging from within, not from a partner
13:02 True love is not seeking, it is already whole
15:11 Everything in a relationship is optional
24:40 Is truth subjective or universal
25:16 Truth is being; thought and feeling arise from presence
28:37 How society clouds us from presence
29:12 Nature has no mistakes
53:04 Jesus, love, and "I am the way, the truth and the light"
56:05 The utility of believing in Jesus as the Son of God
1:00:07 Grayson's personal, non-religious relationship with Jesus
1:13:20 Interpreting scripture without getting lost in the words
1:18:01 Team dynamics, rugby, and the masculine feminine union
1:20:37 The Gandhi story: exploring other faiths to deepen his own
1:35:14 One message, a hundred interpretations: the mirror effect
1:37:11 Two human expressions: service to your highest good or victimhood
1:39:27 Regulating himself while his partner is six months pregnant
1:44:17 Creating space to actually feel your feelings
1:57:42 Surrender as the word that defines his biggest life shifts
2:00:48 Masculine and feminine energy inside every person
2:02:43 Why surrender is the greatest move for high achievers
2:39:23 Judgment lives inside you, not in the other person
2:41:02 Love is fierce too, not just soft
2:43:33 The origin story of his barefoot shoe brand

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2 hr 48 min
September 07#153: Sarah Perl: Manifested Millions With One Belief Shift
Sarah Perl went from a scarcity mindset to millions of followers and a thriving business, she says the shift happened the moment she changed her identity, not her hustle. She unpacks detachment, manifestation, and why your subconscious mind cares more about keeping you safe than getting you what you want, while also opening up about reprogramming her childhood scarcity beliefs, the fear of losing control that comes with wanting a family, and what it really takes to trust another person with your heart.

Key discussion points
Embodying the version of you that already has what you want, not suppressing the desire for it

Chasing pushes people and outcomes away; magnetism comes from not needing something

The subconscious mind's only job is to keep you safe, not to help you get what you consciously want

Everything in life is a mirror: you change your reality by changing yourself, not by trying to change others

Burning the boats and removing your own exit unlocks a level of drive most people never access

Spite and pain, reframed correctly, can become one of the most powerful sources of spiritual motivation

Feminine energy is surrender and trust

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00:00 Detachment is the real secret to manifestation
00:41 Why chasing anything makes it run away
02:29 Surrendering control lets things fall into place
03:23 Everything in life is a mirror
04:12 The water analogy: same substance, different state
06:07 You see your subconscious in your outcomes, not your thoughts
07:20 The operating system running your life on autopilot
09:54 Belief, not talent, is what separates people who have what they want
10:21 The law of assumption
11:14 Orbits: how changing identity changes your reality
15:32 Burning the boats: removing your own exit
17:00 Manifestation as laser focus and intuition
18:12 The 1 percent survival instinct hiding in you
19:44 How childhood scarcity shapes identity
22:23 Spite as the greatest spiritual motivation
25:54 Building faith through evidence of what you have survived
26:50 Confidence built through doing hard things
27:40 Confidence versus faith versus ego
29:41 Manifestation as feminine energy, control as false safety
32:16 Turning point: adopting a new identity to escape scarcity
33:28 The alter ego experiment that changed everything
34:48 Letting go of how and trusting divine timing
39:28 Why proximity to people who have done it makes it feel possible
50:39 Denying yourself because you never believed it was possible
52:00 What billionaires and old people both teach about desire
55:04 The game of life: wanting to experience everything
56:33 Challenges of being a woman in business
59:21 Working through subconscious resentment toward men
1:01:09 Love and business both require faith and surrender
1:04:07 Love as action, not just a feeling
1:07:31 The leg of the table versus the plate on the table
1:12:16 Reframing feminine energy and pregnancy as power, not sacrifice
1:17:01 A story about meeting the woman he wants to marry
1:21:35 What a man wants: a helper, not a competitor
1:26:04 Fear of abandonment and the risk of wanting a family

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1 hr 36 min
September 01#152: Jules Horn: The Free Practice That Beats Every Biohack You've Bought
Most people think the fix for stress is another biohack: an ice bath, a supplement, a $150K hyperbaric chamber. Jules Horn says the real fix has been sitting in your chest the whole time.
Former model, now breathwork and nervous system coach, Jules Horn unpacks why most people are stuck in fight or flight without even knowing it, why "what's possible isn't always optimal," and why chasing more, money, validation, relationships, never actually fills the void.

Key discussion points
Chronic stress and nervous system disregulation as the hidden default state of modern life

The "stress cup": auditing what adds vs. removes stress from your day

What's possible isn't the same as what's optimal

Chasing achievement, money, or love never fills an internal void

How trauma stays stored in the body until it's processed

The "perfect breath" and why breath cadence is the lowest hanging fruit for regulation

Why biohacks like ice baths and fasting can backfire without a regulated nervous system first

Jules' burnout story: modelling career collapse, chronic back pain, and a family health history tied to suppressed emotion

Belief and self-imposed limits
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Timestamps
00:00 The hidden cost of chronic stress
00:47 Why medication treats symptoms, not root causes
02:54 The stress cup: what adds vs. takes away
03:29 What's possible isn't always optimal
05:22 High achievers using busyness to avoid facing stress
06:43 Jules' male modeling career and burnout
07:44 The "Happiness" rat race video
08:47 Ego, intellect, and finding the middle path
11:07 The two voices: ego vs. God (intuition)
13:11 Unpacking ego vs. God further
16:08 Why self-love is the bottomless pit nothing else can fill
19:58 Look the monster in the face to release trauma
22:23 Where trauma lives in the body (root chakra breathwork)
27:23 Breath cadence and longevity (turtles vs. humans)
28:33 The perfect breath: 4s in, 6s out
32:11 The book on belly breathing exercise (20 day reset)
35:11 Why ice baths aren't bad, but not first
47:29 Growing up poor in Germany and breaking money scarcity
52:01 Chronic back pain and his family's health history
55:20 Self-love as the root of every optimization habit
58:23 Fixing relationships by healing the inner child first
1:00:48 Why we outsource the free stuff
1:04:07 The 80/20 rule: parasympathetic vs. sympathetic living
1:06:25 Root cause vs. Band-Aid (TRT, laxatives, biohacks)
1:20:53 Belief and breaking self-imposed limits
1:22:34 Collective consciousness and the ant in a circle story
1:24:38 Faith, energy, and spontaneous healing stories
1:28:00 Wrestling with faith: structured religion vs. spirituality
1:36:27 Everyone's gift is service, closing thoughts

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1 hr 40 min
August 20#151: Jack Nauseef: God's secret to unlimited energy
GOOOOOOD MORNINGGGGG. Jack Nauseef joins me on the show and we dove deep.

Absolutely loved this chat. A deep dive on transformation, God, surrender, kindness and how you can’t be grateful and have a bad day at the same time.

Key Discussion Points:
Why doing hard things makes you happier

Having the guts to try

Discipline is how you rebuild yourself

The difference between confidence and ego

Finding something bigger than success (God)

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Chapters:
00:00 The importance of having guts
05:16 Faith, morality and thinking less about yourself
08:51 Why Christianity is starting to make sense
10:27 Ego, success and staying humble
13:05 “I met my wife” — the relationship that changed everything
15:03 How podcasting changed my life
16:04 Gratitude is a way of life
17:25 Bullied, underestimated and finding basketball
19:47 From basketball manager to walk-on
23:11 The underdog mentality and the danger of ego
25:24 Why empathy matters more than taking things personally
31:22 Jesus, ego and learning to walk through the heart
34:43 Losing faith, temptation and searching for answers
37:24 The moment we met: “We have to lock in”
40:13 Rock bottom and feeling God’s disappointment
43:05 Work without knowing where you're going
45:17 There is no finish line in life
52:00 Why heartbreak can completely change a man
01:15:37 The values Jack learned from his father
01:36:10 Love, finding the right woman & why Jesus started making sense

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1 hr 45 min
August 12 #150: Fraser Grut: What's Your Dream, Bro?
Every rule was broken in this episode and I couldn't be happier. Today's episode is with Fraser Grut, my good friend and what better way to do it in his style.

Fraser is on a mission to film 10,000 dreams (a 50 year mission) and he does it in such a cool, raw, authentic style. I let him steer the ship creatively with this one and I love how it turned out.

We deep dive on God, having a mission, the importance of dreams and everything in between.

Fraser is a ball of life and has the most contagious energy. I hope you can feel it through the screen. Enjoy

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1 hr 8 min
August 07 #149: Drew Lynch: The Raw Pressure Of Being A Comedian
Drew Lynch went viral initially for his Americas Got Talent success. He started becoming known as the comedian that stuttered, which lead him down a massive journey of self discovery deep diving into faith, god, the human brain and body, to get to the bottom of how to "return back to normal"

We had a deep chat filled with laughs and cries. Enjoy.

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1 hr 14 min
July 30 #148: Thomas Petrou: Your desires are being manipulated
Thomas Petrou comes on the show. Founder of The Hype House LA.

We deep dive on navigating success at a young age. I loved this chat.

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Chapters:
00:00 Does success get hollow the more you achieve?
07:10 The problem with consistency
13:00 The person you can not escape…
15:38 Why "Being Broke" Is a Mindset
20:36 The Get-Rich-Quick Lie & College Debate
27:59 Why School Doesn't Teach Real Life
30:10 The Dark Side of Overnight Success
35:10 Million-Dollar Success, Depression & Burnout
40:10 Fake Friendships in the Social Media World
44:05 Can Morality Exist Without God?
49:04 How Love & Faith Changed His Life
56:30 The Biggest Misconceptions About Christianity
01:03:30 Living by Conviction Instead of Culture
01:11:56 Social Media Is Replacing Real Life
01:17:50 Identity, Discipline & Becoming Your Best Self
01:25:40 Modern Dating Is Broken
01:29:30 Social Media's Impact on Relationships
01:36:30 Building Strong Relationships That Last
01:43:00 Final Lessons on Success, Faith & Fulfillment

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1 hr 56 min