Welcome back to the follow-up everyone's been asking for. After "Slut for Self-Help" became my most-listened-to episode ever, it's clear we've all been caught in the same cycle—consuming endless advice while staying stuck in the same patterns.

This week, I'm diving deeper into why we keep seeking external solutions instead of trusting our own wisdom. Spoiler alert: almost everything in the $50 billion self-help industry is just repackaged ancient wisdom with fresh branding and a fucking app.

What we're unpacking:

* Why the Glennon Doyle Substack drama perfectly illustrates how we try to control external circumstances to feel better internally (and why that never works)

* The one thing that has to happen BEFORE any book, podcast, or course will actually create lasting change

* How your brain literally evolves when you learn to think for yourself instead of following someone else's blueprint

* Why facing uncomfortable truths without immediately trying to fix them is the secret sauce nobody talks about

The bottom line: You already have more wisdom than you think. You just can't hear it over all the noise of seeking, fixing, and avoiding.

Be real with me - how many self-help books are sitting on your shelf right now collecting dust?

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