I Had Impostor Syndrome While Running a Global Brand
I Had Impostor Syndrome While Running a Global Brand
I Had Impostor Syndrome While Running a Global Brand
In this deeply personal episode, the host shares the raw, behind-the-scenes struggles of building a global consciousness platform, revealing the fear, doubt, and depression that accompanied his public success. He opens up about navigating a divorce, battling impostor syndrome, and the financial stress of organizing major events, ultimately sharing how he transformed these challenges into a journey of trust, purpose, and healing.
The host recounts his journey from questioning religion at 18 to founding Portal to Ascension in 2008, emphasizing that sharing personal struggles like divorce and depression helped build a genuine community. He details the immense pressure of taking over the New Living Expo, where he faced team departures and logistical nightmares, but overcame fear by focusing on pouring love into his work rather than worrying about attendance. To restructure his business, he learned to delegate, overcome an anti-business mindset, and accept feedback, which tested his leadership and childhood wounds. He shares two key techniques for overcoming impostor syndrome: reframing obligations as choices through gratitude, and practicing forgiveness, including forgiving God to release subconscious resentments. Finally, he explains how to handle fear by holding it in the heart and shifting focus to positive possibilities, advocating for a mantra of safety to calm an exaggerated fight-or-flight response to modern stressors.
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Curiosity is the engine of creation.
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Shifting from fear to certainty
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He chose curiosity over fear.
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Embrace fear, be present, and use gratitude and forgiveness as tools for growth.
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I get to do this instead of I have to do this
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Our minds still apply ancient fears to non-threatening situations.
