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The Path of Peace

There’s a fire that can burn inside your head.

The conversation you keep replaying.

The person who pissed you off.

The thing you wish you had said differently.

Fear. Anxiety. Comparison. Bitterness. Worry.

And every time we replay it, scroll through something that triggers us, consume another round of bad news, or tell ourselves the same old story—

we throw another piece of wood on the fire.

In this episode of Yup, I Got You, Tombo explores The Path of Peace and a simple realization that came to him during one of his quiet moments connecting with the divine:

Stop feeding the fire.

Some things in our lives deserve attention. Some wounds need healing. Some relationships need resolution. But endlessly replaying them isn't resolution.

It's fuel.

And today we have an almost unlimited supply.

Social media. News. Comparison. Politics. Advertising. Doom scrolling. Other people's opinions. Other people's bodies. Other people's houses. Other people's possessions. Other people's lives.

We consume so much from the outside that eventually there's barely enough quiet left to hear what's happening on the inside.

Tombo challenges us to begin treating peace as one of our most precious assets.

Because when the fire begins to die down, something else becomes possible.

We can look honestly at ourselves.

We can recognize old habits that may have helped us survive and say:

Thank you. You got me here. But I don't need you anymore.

We can stop comparing our lives to carefully curated versions of somebody else's.

We can allow our own creativity to emerge—even when the first version is rough.

We can rest when our bodies tell us they're tired.

We can notice the changing leaves, the cold morning air, the warmth coming through the heater in the truck, and all those ordinary moments we miss when our minds are somewhere else.

We can look another person in the eyes and actually see them.

And we can reconnect with the divine.

The path of peace isn't about escaping life.

It's about becoming intentional about what gets access to you.

What are you watching?

What are you listening to?

What are you scrolling through?

What conversations are you replaying?

What are you comparing yourself to?

And how much time are you spending receiving input from the outside compared with simply sitting quietly with yourself?

Maybe start shifting that balance.

Turn something off.

Let a thought go.

Bless somebody instead of judging them.

Spend some time in nature.

Rest without feeling guilty.

Listen inward.

And practice gratitude for what is already here.

Because when you stop constantly looking at what you don't have, you begin discovering just how much you already do.

The pathway of peace is the pathway to joy, rest, fulfillment, meaning and purpose.

Protect your peace.

Quit feeding the fire.

And give what's already inside you enough quiet to finally come alive.

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I See You

Everybody wants to be seen.

Not just noticed.

Seen.

In this episode of Yup, I Got You, Tombo starts with the idea of invisibility. Being invisible might sound pretty cool—until you imagine what it would actually feel like to walk into a room, move through the world, and realize nobody really notices whether you're there or not.

Because underneath all our differences is something deeply human:

We want to know that we matter.

And sometimes seeing another person doesn't require anything complicated.

It can be eye contact.

A smile.

A question.

Listening instead of waiting for your turn to speak.

Or simply slowing down long enough to recognize the human being standing in front of you.

Tombo shares his own struggle with this—the tendency to judge, avoid, categorize or simply move past people who make us uncomfortable. He tells the story of a man at the grocery store whom he'd seen many times before without ever really seeing him.

Then one day something changed.

Instead of looking away, Tombo looked at him.

He smiled.

The man looked up and gave him a huge smile back.

A tiny interaction.

But something happened.

Two people saw each other.

And Tombo realized that maybe becoming more connected doesn't require some massive act of generosity or changing the whole world.

Maybe it starts with changing the way we move through the grocery store.

The way we treat the cashier.

The way we respond to the person who annoys us in traffic.

The way we look at someone asking for help.

The way we respond when our schedule gets interrupted by another human being.

Because sometimes our carefully planned order isn't the only order at work. There may be a divine order that places someone in our path who simply needs another human being to stop long enough to notice them.

The challenge this week is simple:

Find four people you normally wouldn't connect with—and see them.

Give them a little extra time.

Look them in the eyes.

Listen.

Smile.

Help if you can.

Make a point of connection.

You don't have to fix their life.

You don't have to understand their entire story.

You don't even have to agree with them.

Just recognize their humanity.

In a world filled with people who feel invisible, sometimes three simple words can carry incredible weight:

I see you.

And maybe when we begin seeing each other again, we become a little more human ourselves.

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The Divine

What if the divine isn’t somewhere far away?

What if it’s already here—and the biggest thing keeping us from experiencing it is all the noise?

In this episode of Yup, I Got You, Tombo explores something he talks about often but has never really stopped to define: the divine. Not as a religious institution, secret formula, or set of rules, but as a realm of peace, insight, healing, love, and knowing that exists beyond what our logical minds can always explain.

Through deeply personal stories, Tombo shares moments when that veil seemed to become thin.

He tells the story of driving during Adrienne’s cancer journey, asking for an anchor point, and unexpectedly seeing two eagles sitting together high in the trees—a moment that brought an overwhelming sense that they were going to make it through.

He goes back even further to when he and Adrienne first met, when two people who initially didn't even like each other experienced something that changed the way he saw her—and ultimately changed the direction of both their lives.

He also shares experiences of fasting, healing retreats, family restoration, reconciliation, and those moments when something inside you simply knows, even when circumstances and logic seem to say otherwise.

But this episode isn't just about Tombo's experiences.

It's an invitation to have your own.

The starting point is surprisingly simple:

Peace.

Turn down the inputs. Put down the phone. Get somewhere quiet. Let the mental noise settle. Be authentic about where you are and what you're carrying. Don't force an answer. Don't demand an outcome.

Just become available.

Because maybe accessing the divine isn't about learning the right words or discovering some hidden spiritual key.

Maybe it's about becoming quiet enough to notice what was already there.

And when something catches your attention—a thought, an image, a moment, something in nature that you've passed a hundred times but suddenly see—pause.

Ask:

What's important about this? What do I need to see?

The divine is subtle. It doesn't require perfection. It meets us where we actually are.

And little by little, those moments become stones we can stand on—bringing more peace, love, patience, kindness, healing, and possibility into the lives we're living right now.

You're worth taking the time to discover that place.

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Remember

Can you remember when you were free?

Not politically free. Not financially comfortable. Not free because somebody or some institution told you that you were.

Free before all the attachments.

In this episode of Yup, I Got You, Tombo explores an idea that came to him in a quiet moment while falling asleep:

Remember.

Remember who you were before the world told you who you were supposed to be.

From birth, we begin accumulating attachments—debt, mortgages, car payments, subscriptions, possessions, social media, entertainment, expectations, institutions and belief systems. Individually, they can seem normal and even necessary. But add enough of them together and eventually you have to ask:

How free am I really?

Tombo doesn't pretend to have a step-by-step formula for escaping all of it. He's working through the question himself.

Instead, he shares the changes he and Adrienne have made over the years: living with older vehicles instead of car payments, working toward eliminating debt, questioning what they actually need, prioritizing raising their family themselves, reducing dependence on systems where they can, and continually searching for truth rather than simply accepting what they've been told.

But the deeper message isn't really about money, subscriptions or possessions.

It's about purpose.

If we're constantly working to maintain everything we've accumulated, constantly consuming information, constantly scrolling, constantly paying for the next thing and constantly responding to what the world puts in front of us—when do we have enough silence to discover who we actually are?

When do we have time to become who we were created to be?

Freedom doesn't necessarily happen in one giant act of rebellion.

It can begin quietly.

Cancel something you don't need.

Pay off a debt.

Put down the phone.

Spend some time alone.

Read a book.

Question something you've always assumed was true.

Seek the divine.

And most importantly, begin changing what you believe about yourself.

I was born free.
I am free.
I am becoming more free.

Every unnecessary attachment you remove is another piece of the stone breaking away.

And as individuals begin remembering, something bigger becomes possible. Families change. Communities form. People begin supporting one another. New ways of living and exchanging value become possible.

You don't have to be loud.

You don't have to be obnoxious.

Just be persistent, consistent and steady.

Maybe freedom isn't something somebody needs to give back to us.

Maybe we need to remember it.

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Sometimes the Divine speaks through something as ordinary as a tree.

For weeks, I kept driving past the same tree on my way to work. I’d look at it and ask, “What are you?” Not just what is it called?—but what can I see if I stop labeling it and actually pay attention?

And the lessons started coming.

A strong tree grows down before it grows up. It develops deep roots so when the winds come, it can bend without being destroyed. Our lives aren't much different. If our identity depends on approval, performance, money, success, or what other people think of us, we're living with shallow roots.

Then there are the dead branches.

A healthy tree doesn't keep pouring life into something that no longer serves it. Sometimes we have to do the same thing—prune old habits, anger, control, manipulation, unhealthy coping mechanisms, and patterns that may have helped us survive once but are now stealing energy from the person we're becoming.

Then there are the leaves—the things taking in light and feeding the tree. That made me ask a harder question:

What am I feeding myself?

Am I taking in things that bring life, peace, truth, and growth—or am I mindlessly absorbing whatever someone else's algorithm puts in front of me?

And then there are the seasons. A tree doesn't fight winter because it thinks it should still be producing like it's summer. Sometimes the season is for growth. Sometimes it's for putting down deeper roots. Sometimes it's for letting go.

Ultimately, I realized I don't just want to admire that tree.

I want to live like one.

Deeply rooted. Strong enough to withstand the wind. Providing shade when somebody needs shelter. Bringing life instead of adding more toxicity to the world around me. Producing fruit when it's the right season—and leaving something useful behind when my time here is finished.

Maybe there's a lesson waiting for you in something you've passed a thousand times.

Slow down. Look again.

Ask: “What is it?”

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EXPANSION

What if the ordinary things around you are only ordinary because your brain has learned to stop looking?

A tree becomes tree.
A car becomes car.
A bed becomes bed.

Identified. Filed away. Move on.

But there's so much more there.

In this episode of Yup. I Got You., Tombo builds on The Moment and What Is It? with the next step: Expansion.

Instead of allowing your brain to quickly label something and move on, pause and ask:

What is it—to me?

A tree isn't just a tree. It can be shade, shelter, food, beauty, a home, a windbreak—or, as Tombo describes a quaking aspen, “a balm for my soul.” 

And that's where expansion begins.

When we stop rushing to conclusions, creativity wakes up. Creativity feeds imagination. Imagination opens possibilities. Possibility leads naturally toward gratitude—and gratitude brings us back to peace. 

Even the simplest experiences can become something more.

Getting into a bed with clean sheets. Driving with the windows down. Smelling a freshly cut field. Listening to another person without predicting what they're about to say.

These moments have always been there.

We may simply have stopped experiencing them. 

Expansion is an invitation to slow down and recover some of what hurry, prediction and constant stimulation have taken from us.

Take The Moment.
 Ask, “What is it?”
 Expand the answer.
 Let creativity awaken.
 Allow gratitude to come.
 Find the peace.

And from that place, leave room for something new.

Because your Best Reality Now may not be something you figure out.

It may be something you finally create enough space to experience.

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What Is It? — Breaking the Brain’s Prediction Code

What if one of the reasons life sometimes stops feeling fully alive is because your brain has gotten too good at predicting it?

We look at a lamp and instantly decide: lamp.
We look at a chair: chair.
We meet someone and almost immediately decide who we think they are.

Predicted. Classified. Filed away.

In this follow-up to The Moment, Tombo takes the idea of pausing the brain’s constant predictions one step further with a simple new tool:

Ask: “What is it?”

Instead of immediately accepting the label your brain gives you, stay in the unknown for a moment.

A lamp isn't only a lamp. It can be an illuminator, a light giver, a brightener. A chair can be a place of rest, conversation, meditation, comfort—and much more. The point isn't to pretend an object isn't what it is. The point is to interrupt the brain's automatic classification long enough for imagination, curiosity and possibility to return. 

And then the question gets much bigger:

Who am I?
Who is that person in front of me?

We are more than the labels our experiences have taught us to use. And the people around us are more than the quick judgments our brains make about them. When we stop assuming we already know, we create room to actually experience ourselves, other people and life again. 

This episode is ultimately an invitation to get off autopilot.

Don't finish somebody else's sentence.
 Don't assume you already know their story.
 Don't let your brain predict, classify and file away every experience before you've actually lived it.

Stay curious. Stay present. Allow yourself to be surprised.

Because maybe breaking the code isn't about escaping reality.

Maybe it's about getting the experience of reality back.

As Tombo puts it:

“We demand our experiences back.” 

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What if your brain isn't telling you what's going to happen?

What if it's simply predicting what it thinks will happen?

Our brains are incredible prediction machines. They assess, judge, anticipate and prepare—often before we've even realized they're doing it.

And because they're wired to protect us, those predictions tend to lean toward what might go wrong.

But there is a space between the prediction and what happens next.

The Moment.

In this episode of YUP. I GOT YOU., Tombo Baldwin introduces another tool for the YUP Toolbox: learning to pause before automatically accepting the reality your mind has predicted.

Instead of immediately deciding what comes next, leave the possibilities open.

Pause the predictor.

Find something beautiful.

Move toward peace.

Let the outcome remain unwritten for just a little longer.

Then intentionally reach for the healthiest, most whole possibility available to you.

It starts with little things—a drive to work, a stoplight, a parking space, a trip for coffee. But little moments become practice, and practice changes the way we experience our lives.

Your brain may make the prediction.

You don't have to accept it.

Push pause.

Take the moment.

And practice building your Best Reality Now.

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🎙️ Fear Loses Its Magic

Finding Peace Before Fear Finds You

Fear has a strange way of growing.

The more attention we give it, the bigger it becomes. The stories in our minds get louder, the possibilities become darker, and before long we're reacting to monsters that may not even exist.

In this episode, Tombo Baldwin explores one of the greatest obstacles to living your Best Reality Now: fear.

Using the familiar idea from Monsters, Inc. as a launching point, he explains how fear often feeds on our attention while peace quietly restores our perspective. Along the way, he revisits several tools from the growing YUP Toolbox—including Shift State, The Way Back Method, Speak Life, The Chalkboard Method, Your Built-In Know, and Keep It or Trash It—showing how they all work together to help us move from anxiety toward clarity. 

This isn't about pretending fear doesn't exist.

It's about recognizing that fear only has as much power as we continue to give it.

When you choose peace...
 fear begins to lose its magic.

Because courage isn't the absence of fear.

It's learning where to place your attention.

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Podcast Summary

🎙️ Pay Attention to Your Attention

What has your attention right now?

Social media. Entertainment. Food. Fear. Other people's drama. Your phone.

We often think the things we casually watch, listen to, and think about aren't affecting us. But your attention is one of the most valuable resources you have—and whatever you repeatedly give it to begins taking up space in your inner world.

In this episode, Tombo Baldwin gets painfully honest about his own attention. From ridiculous TikTok rabbit holes and scripted second-date drama to jalapeño corn dogs, he explores how one small thought can become a full-grown desire simply because we keep feeding it.

The question isn't just, "What am I watching?"

The better question is:

"What am I growing?"

Tombo introduces another simple tool for the YUP Toolbox: the Keep Bin and the Trash Bin. When a thought, image, or story enters your mind, make a conscious decision. Is this something worth planting in your Best Reality Now—or does it belong in the trash?

You don't have unlimited attention.

So stop giving your most valuable resource to things that don't deserve it.

Pay attention to your attention.

Because what you feed grows.

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