The Simba Mindset

Why do we start every health kick with the best intentions, only to watch the old patterns quietly return by week six? Dr. Lloyd Glauberman, a clinical psychologist with over four decades of experience and creator of the Lifestyle Intelligence (LQ) framework, offers a striking reframe: we weren't born lacking the intelligence to be healthy — we've been slowly hypnotized out of it.

In this conversation, Lloyd explains how the patterns we absorb from family, culture, and screens override the instincts we had as infants, when we ate when hungry, slept when tired, and moved when our bodies called for it. He shares why lasting change isn't a discipline problem but an intelligence problem, why "appropriate amounts of failure" are essential to transformation, and how paying attention to what our bodies have been telling us all along may be the key to getting it back.

At seventy, Lloyd brings something rare: the lived experience of doing it wrong, then doing it right. It's a hopeful reminder that it's never too late, and that you already know more than you think.

Connect with Dr. Lloyd Glauberman:

🌐 Website: https://lifestyleintelligencelq.com/

💓 Train your heart and brain to work together with HeartMath:

https://www.heartmath.com/resilient

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Every relationship moves through six predictable stages, and according to Thais Gibson, most people never make it past the third. In this episode, Thais breaks down what those stages are, why stage three is where so many relationships quietly fall apart, and what it takes to move through it instead of repeating the same painful cycle.

As the founder of the Gibson Integrated Attachment Theory™ and The Personal Development School, and a counselor certified in 13 modalities, Thais reveals how your attachment style and subconscious beliefs shape the way you show up in love, and how to change those patterns at the root.

Whether you're single, struggling, or simply want to understand your relationships more deeply, this is a roadmap most of us were never taught.

Connect with Thais Gibson:

• Website: https://university.personaldevelopmentschool.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepersonaldevelopmentschool/

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What if the biggest reason you struggle with self-love isn't because you're broken, but because you've been taught that love has to be earned?

In this episode, we explore the difference between conditional and unconditional self-love, uncover the hidden beliefs that keep you stuck, and share practical tools to help you build a healthier relationship with yourself. You'll also learn the SIMBA Framework, a simple process to identify limiting beliefs, process emotions, and create lasting inner change.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why most people confuse self-love with achievement and external validation.
• The hidden barriers that prevent genuine self-acceptance.
• How childhood experiences shape your beliefs about love and worthiness.
• The SIMBA Framework for changing limiting beliefs and emotional patterns.
• How boundaries, self-discipline, and self-compassion strengthen self-love.
• Why forgiveness and healing past wounds are essential for personal growth.
• Practical habits to cultivate unconditional self-worth every day.

Whether you're struggling with self-esteem, healing from past experiences, or simply looking to build a stronger relationship with yourself, this episode will help you begin practicing the one kind of love that changes everything—the love you give yourself.

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Self-Love, Self-Worth, Personal Growth, Emotional Healing, Mindset, The Simba Mindset

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Dr. Arielle Schwartz is a licensed clinical psychologist and internationally recognized expert in trauma healing. She is a sought-after teacher and award-winning author of eight books, including The Post-Traumatic Growth Guidebook. Her work centers on applied polyvagal theory, which addresses the imbalances in the nervous system that underlie many mental and physical health conditions. As the founder of the Center for Resilience Informed Therapy, she teaches a mind-body approach to healing and shares practical mental health guidance through her writing, speaking, and online community.

Connect with Dr. Schwartz

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drarielleschwartz/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arielle-schwartz-0756b62a/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arielleschwartzboulder/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5LUxnXbReV7I5cEzvb46sQ

Explore tools from past guests of the podcast. Some links below are affiliate links, meaning we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you:

💓 HeartMath: https://www.heartmath.com/resilient

🧠 Muse: https://choosemuse.com/resilientmind

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Indie Lee, founder of the award-winning clean beauty brand Indie Lee Skincare, shares how a life-changing brain tumor diagnosis reshaped her understanding of health, success, and purpose. In this episode of The Simba Mindset, she opens up about building a mission-driven business, navigating autoimmune disease, and finding strength through uncertainty.

Indie also explores the meaning of true wealth, the connection between beauty and wellness, and why living with intention matters more than chasing perfection. This is an inspiring conversation about resilience, conscious living, entrepreneurship, and turning personal adversity into meaningful impact.

Learn more by visiting: https://www.thebodylanguagetraininginstitute.com/

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You said the wrong thing. Or you froze and went blank. Or you rambled and lost your point. Everyone has been there, and most people never learn what to do next, so they cringe, avoid the person, and replay it for weeks.

This episode is about what happens after the fumble. We get into amygdala hijacking, the split second where your threat response shoves your thinking brain offline, and why "just stay calm" is useless when the calm part of your brain is the part that went dark. Then we get practical: what to say after you freeze, what to say after the wrong thing lands, and the one move that makes it worse.

You cannot think your way out of a freeze while it is happening. Your body has to already know the move, and the only way it learns is reps. That is what we practice inside Confidence Academy. Stop learning, start practicing. Link in the show notes.

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You have more intelligence than you're using, and the reason it stays locked has nothing to do with how smart you are.

In this episode, we trace an idea from Sadhguru and from Maxwell Maltz's Psycho-Cybernetics back to a single mechanism: your self-image is the operating system, and every gift you own can only run inside the permissions it grants.

You'll learn why you can know exactly what to do and still not do it, why your best breakthroughs quietly correct themselves back to baseline, and why information alone has never changed anyone. Then we get practical, walking through the three inputs that actually move your identity, including the imaginal "theater of the mind" reps you can run tonight before you sleep.

If there's a version of your life you can see but can't seem to reach, this is the episode that shows you which door is actually locked.

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Ever found yourself freezing in important conversations—going blank when it matters most, struggling to speak up in meetings, or losing your words under pressure? In this live webinar, we explore why this happens—not as a lack of communication skill, but as a nervous system response shaped by stress, meaning, and perception.

You’ll learn how your brain assigns meaning to situations that trigger fear, how that meaning activates your stress response, and why even highly capable people suddenly “go blank” in high-pressure moments.

This session goes beyond theory and focuses on practical awareness, emotional regulation, and real-world application so you can start responding instead of freezing.

• Why you freeze in conversations and high-pressure situations
• How your brain assigns meaning that triggers stress and blanking out
• How your fight, flight, freeze, and fawn responses affect communication
• How to reframe fear and build confidence through action and practice

Stop freezing. Start understanding your mind, regulate your nervous system, and learn how to stay calm, clear, and confident when it matters most.

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Ever found yourself freezing in important conversations—going blank when it matters most, struggling to speak up in meetings, or losing your words under pressure? In this powerful episode, we break down exactly why this happens—not as a skill issue, but as a nervous system response.

You’ll learn how the fight, flight, freeze, and fawn responses shape your communication, why your brain assigns meaning to situations that trigger anxiety, and how that meaning directly impacts your ability to think and speak clearly. Most importantly, this session shows you how to shift from self-judgment to self-awareness so you can stay present even under pressure. 

What you will learn:

• Why you freeze in conversations and social pressure situations
• How your brain assigns meaning that triggers anxiety and blanking out
• How to regulate your nervous system using simple awareness tools
• How to reframe fear into action through real-world practice

Stop freezing. Start understanding your mind, and learn how to stay calm, clear, and confident when it matters most.

Learn more by visiting: https://www.thebodylanguagetraininginstitute.com/

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Everything you've been told about negative emotions is backwards.

Feel good. Stay positive. Good vibes only. We've built an entire industry on the idea that disappointment, dissatisfaction, and disgust are toxins to get rid of as fast as possible. But what if they're the most reliable fuel you'll ever own?

In this solo episode, I break down a simple framework for turning your hardest emotions into real, lasting change — and expose the one move, so normal you probably made it this week, that quietly burns that fuel for nothing.

You'll learn:

• Why Jim Rohn called disgust the most useful emotion of his life

• Bob Proctor's case for why "be happy with what you have" is only half the truth

• The three-rung ladder — disappointment, dissatisfaction, disgust — and how to read each one

• How David Goggins turned a 297-pound, dead-end life into the discipline the world now calls superhuman

• A three-step process to convert any negative emotion into action before it goes cold

This isn't toxic positivity. It's what to actually do with the dark instead of pretending it isn't there.

If it lands, share it with one person who needs it — and come back to it weekly, because the idea isn't the hard part. Using it is.

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