The Unhindered Podcast - Episode 322: The Value of Being Limited

We chase the idea of being limitless, but what if the key to true fulfilment lies in embracing our limitations? In this episode, I explore the truth that being human means living with limits. It’s within these very limits that the richness of life is found. I’ll dive into which arbitrary limitations come from our minds, culture, and stories, and should be cast off and then highlight the limitations that are essential to our humanity. These limits help us fully appreciate the wonder of being neither fully divine nor completely animalistic, but authentically human.

Today’s guest is Jennifer, who has just completed The Unhindered Experience coaching process with me.

This is a beautifully honest conversation about what really happens when someone commits to doing the deep work of resolving insecurity. Jennifer shares openly about where she got stuck, what it was like when she got offended with me during the process, and why that moment ended up being so important.

She also speaks about how this experience was different from anything else she’d tried — and what finally caused the breakthrough she’d been searching for (hint: it wasn’t me).

If you’ve ever wondered what this work looks like from the inside, this episode will give you a real and raw insight into what’s possible when you face the truth and stay the course.

On today’s episode, Amity is back in the host chair helping me unpack the most common mistakes people make when it comes to dealing with their insecurities.

If you would like to eradicate insecurity from your life so that you are able to be at your best where it matters most, here is what NOT to do.

These simple mistakes are made for a variety of reasons, but each one of them immediately takes you out of the proven path for overcoming insecurity for good.

Listen in to find out each of the top 5 mistakes to make sure you are not making any of them, and to discover what to do instead.

On this episode, my daughter Amity takes over the podcast and turns the microphone onto me.

For all the new listeners and those just beginning the process of solving their insecurity problem, Amity interviews me on all the basics so you can know exactly where to start.

Even if you’ve been wrestling with the fear of not being good enough for years, this episode will help you come back to basics and understand the only path to becoming unhindered from all self doubt, limiting beliefs and insecurities.

You’ll find:

A clear, step by step summary of the seven essential practices for overcoming insecurity.

Practical examples from both of us about how each of these practices apply in the real world.

An understanding of why personal insecurity is such a predictable and solvable problem.

And, some key mistakes to avoid along the way.

On today’s episode, I’ve compiled the 10 most useful skills from the life-coaching world.

15 years ago, the life-coaching skillset was a missing technology in my tool kit for helping people grow and change and find effective solutions to their most painful problems. Although I was often privileged enough to be invited into people’s lives to deal with their greatest challenges, in hindsight, my heart was always in the right place, but I definitely lacked the skills and tools to facilitate lasting change.

Maybe you’ll find these skill are a missing technology in your life too.

I’m convinced that life-coaching skills (when used well) can only add value to your life and those around you, even if you have no intention of becoming a full-time professional coach.

Over the last 15 years I’ve been a coach, here are my 10 favourite life-coaching skills that are applicable in any area of life, guaranteed to make you healthy, wealthy and wise.

On today’s episode:

Why you should buy more books that you’re never going to read.

Exactly why man’s search for meaning is misplaced inside religion.

How I finally accessed the creative magic inside me for the novel I’m writing.

Why my most outlandish and important life goals are all back online again after losing them in a season of confusion and disappointment.

And the only way to truly get the things you really want through the science of manifestation.

On Today’s episode:

The three things every person must do at least once in their lifetime,

What to do with all the suffering in the world and why I still love Jerry Seinfeld,

The latest iteration of my life purpose statement,

Why drinking Elvis Juice on a rooftop bar in Vegas is always a good idea,

My main regret after meeting a Leprechaun in a canyon bed hot-spring,

And why it’s much harder to become a bad person than most people imagine.

On today’s episode:

My lovely wife shares her personal development journey over the last 5 years and how the coaching space has helped her make key breakthroughs along the way. What makes this even more interesting is that I have been the one that has coached her. I’ve asked her to explain how we were able to have these critical coaching conversations without ruining our marriage.

Katherine also talks about:

How we separated the coaching conversations from the marriage ones

The importance of clean conversations, precise language and being clear about the frame before the conversation is had.

The levels and layers of self awareness required to understand the dysfunctional patterns holding you back.

And, why everyone needs a coach at some point in their life.

On today’s episode:

An update from my annual thinking week retreat,

Why my golf game has drastically improved lately

And a detailed critique of why these 12 ‘truths’ from therapy will not actually change anything.

- Thoughts are not facts

- Your past does not define your future

- Perfectionism is a myth

- Change begins with self-acceptance

- There’s power in vulnerability

- You can’t change others, just yourself

- Forgiveness is for you not the other person

- You can change

- Your inner critic is not your friend

- Your body keeps the score

- You are not responsible for other peoples happiness

- It’s OK to walk away from toxic relationships

And what to do instead that does actually lead to lasting change.

On today’s episode:

Why it is supposed to be hard to find the right playlist to listen to on Spotify, the right movie to watch on Netflix, or the right book to purchase on Audible.

Cutting through the noise and mess of the NLP world back to the heart of what made this technology so wonderful in the first place.

Some pure wisdom from David Henry Thoreau that has opened my future to new possibilities,

And why you have to get your hands on Dr Karl Kruszelnicki’s autobiography - A Periodic Tale.