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Comment “BUCKETLIST” and I’ll send you a DM with a link to the full episode

Had such a great conversation with @garrettgee from @thebucketlistfamily on No Magic Pill.

We talked about mental health, family, business, and what it really means to build a life around adventure, presence, and the people you love most.

Garrett has taken his family around the world, but what stood out to me most was not just the travel.

It was the intention behind it.

The way he thinks about time.

The way he thinks about his kids.

The way he thinks about building a business that supports the life he wants to live, instead of the other way around.

So many of us chase freedom for years.

Garrett is one of those people who reminds you that freedom is not just something you earn someday.

It is something you choose, design, and protect along the way.

Grateful for this conversation.

Full episode of No Magic Pill with Garrett Gee is out now.
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Comment “BUCKETLIST” and I’ll send you a DM with a link to the full episode Had such a great conversation with @garrettgee from @thebucketlistfamily on No Magic Pill. We talked about mental health, family, business, and what it really means to build a life around adventure, presence, and the people you love most. Garrett has taken his family around the world, but what stood out to me most was not just the travel. It was the intention behind it. The way he thinks about time. The way he thinks about his kids. The way he thinks about building a business that supports the life he wants to live, instead of the other way around. So many of us chase freedom for years. Garrett is one of those people who reminds you that freedom is not just something you earn someday. It is something you choose, design, and protect along the way. Grateful for this conversation. Full episode of No Magic Pill with Garrett Gee is out now.
Comment “BUCKETLIST” and I’ll send you the full episode!

Most of us do not lose our closest friendships all at once. We just slowly stop making them a priority until one day we look up and realize we are lonely in a way we cannot quite explain.

Garrett Gee said something on the No Magic Pill podcast that I think every person in their thirties, forties, and fifties needs to hear. The people who knew you as a child are not just friends. They are medicine. Not therapy in the clinical sense. Medicine in the most literal sense. When Garrett gets together with his two closest childhood friends they stop being adults entirely. They goof off, joke around, and play like they are kids again. Nobody else in your life can do that for you. Not your spouse, not your colleagues, not the friends you make at work or at the gym. The people who knew you before you had anything to prove are the ones who remind you who you actually are underneath all of it.

I have felt the loneliness that comes from letting those friendships slide. And I have also felt what happens when you invest in them again. There is nothing like it.

It always comes back to priorities. Not what you say you care about. What you actually make time for.

When did you last reach out to someone who knew you in seventh grade?

The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @garrettgee @nomagicpillpodcast
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Comment “BUCKETLIST” and I’ll send you the full episode! Most of us do not lose our closest friendships all at once. We just slowly stop making them a priority until one day we look up and realize we are lonely in a way we cannot quite explain. Garrett Gee said something on the No Magic Pill podcast that I think every person in their thirties, forties, and fifties needs to hear. The people who knew you as a child are not just friends. They are medicine. Not therapy in the clinical sense. Medicine in the most literal sense. When Garrett gets together with his two closest childhood friends they stop being adults entirely. They goof off, joke around, and play like they are kids again. Nobody else in your life can do that for you. Not your spouse, not your colleagues, not the friends you make at work or at the gym. The people who knew you before you had anything to prove are the ones who remind you who you actually are underneath all of it. I have felt the loneliness that comes from letting those friendships slide. And I have also felt what happens when you invest in them again. There is nothing like it. It always comes back to priorities. Not what you say you care about. What you actually make time for. When did you last reach out to someone who knew you in seventh grade? The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @garrettgee @nomagicpillpodcast
To everyone who has ever told themselves "just get through this, it will be over soon"…

I recorded this conversation with Matthew McConaughey a while ago and I have not stopped thinking about it since.

Matthew said that telling yourself something will be over soon is actually the fastest way to fall apart. And when he explained why, something clicked for me that I had never been able to articulate about my own hardest seasons.

The trick he uses is the opposite of what most of us do. And it is so simple that it almost sounds wrong.

I know some of you are in the middle of something hard right now. And I want you to have every tool that has helped me, from the people who have genuinely changed the way I move through difficulty.

That is why I built No Magic Pill. Not as a podcast. As a place where the conversations I needed to hear when I was at my lowest actually exist.

Thank you for being here. Thank you for listening. And thank you Matthew for this one.

Full episode is live now. Link in bio to subscribe. @officiallymcconaughey
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To everyone who has ever told themselves "just get through this, it will be over soon"… I recorded this conversation with Matthew McConaughey a while ago and I have not stopped thinking about it since. Matthew said that telling yourself something will be over soon is actually the fastest way to fall apart. And when he explained why, something clicked for me that I had never been able to articulate about my own hardest seasons. The trick he uses is the opposite of what most of us do. And it is so simple that it almost sounds wrong. I know some of you are in the middle of something hard right now. And I want you to have every tool that has helped me, from the people who have genuinely changed the way I move through difficulty. That is why I built No Magic Pill. Not as a podcast. As a place where the conversations I needed to hear when I was at my lowest actually exist. Thank you for being here. Thank you for listening. And thank you Matthew for this one. Full episode is live now. Link in bio to subscribe. @officiallymcconaughey
Jim Kwik was about to quit school. His brain felt broken, he had no direction, and nobody had ever stopped to ask him what he actually wanted. Until one man did.

Jim told this story on the No Magic Pill podcast and I could not stop thinking about it. He sat down with a very successful mentor, admitted he was quitting, and the mentor asked him one question nobody had ever asked before. 

Why are you in school? What do you want to be, do, have, contribute? Jim had no answer. He had just assumed you go to school, get a job, follow the path. The mentor handed him sheets of paper, made him write down his dreams and aspirations by hand, and then grabbed the pages out of his hands and started reading them. Jim was terrified. One of the heaviest burdens of not feeling enough is the fear of being judged. And here was this successful man reading the dreams Jim had never shared with anyone. And then the mentor spread his fingers apart and said, Jim, you are this close to everything on this list. He then moved his fingers to the sides of Jim’s head and said, it is what is in between these ears that is the key. 

Ask a new question and you get a new answer. That one conversation changed the direction of his entire life.

The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @jimkwik @nomagicpillpodcast
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Jim Kwik was about to quit school. His brain felt broken, he had no direction, and nobody had ever stopped to ask him what he actually wanted. Until one man did. Jim told this story on the No Magic Pill podcast and I could not stop thinking about it. He sat down with a very successful mentor, admitted he was quitting, and the mentor asked him one question nobody had ever asked before. Why are you in school? What do you want to be, do, have, contribute? Jim had no answer. He had just assumed you go to school, get a job, follow the path. The mentor handed him sheets of paper, made him write down his dreams and aspirations by hand, and then grabbed the pages out of his hands and started reading them. Jim was terrified. One of the heaviest burdens of not feeling enough is the fear of being judged. And here was this successful man reading the dreams Jim had never shared with anyone. And then the mentor spread his fingers apart and said, Jim, you are this close to everything on this list. He then moved his fingers to the sides of Jim’s head and said, it is what is in between these ears that is the key. Ask a new question and you get a new answer. That one conversation changed the direction of his entire life. The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @jimkwik @nomagicpillpodcast
Comment “LIMITLESS” and I will send you a DM with a link to the full pod with me and @jimkwik 

Your mental health is not separate from your body.

For years, I treated my mind like it was floating above the rest of me.

But sleep matters.
Food matters.
Movement matters.
Alcohol matters.
Sunlight matters.
Stillness matters.

If you keep mistreating the body, the brain eventually feels it.

Healing starts with listening.
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Comment “LIMITLESS” and I will send you a DM with a link to the full pod with me and @jimkwik Your mental health is not separate from your body. For years, I treated my mind like it was floating above the rest of me. But sleep matters. Food matters. Movement matters. Alcohol matters. Sunlight matters. Stillness matters. If you keep mistreating the body, the brain eventually feels it. Healing starts with listening.
Comment “JOSHUA” and I will DM you the full episode…

When I was in the deepest depression of my life, one of the things that helped me was a simple mantra:

I am enough.

I have always been enough.

I am enough.

At first, it felt almost too simple to matter.

But I kept repeating it.

Again and again.

Not because it magically fixed everything.

It didn’t.

I still needed therapy.
I still needed support.
I still needed stillness.
I still needed to do the deeper work.

But those words gave my mind something new to hold onto.

And I’ve noticed this in so many people who have been through depression, anxiety, or a dark season and come out the other side:

The story we tell ourselves matters.

The mind can become a very painful place to live when the only sentence playing on repeat is:

I am not enough.

So sometimes healing begins by giving yourself a different sentence.

Not as a cure.

As a practice. 

For @joshuatbassett it was “Love is worth living for.”

What is yours?
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Comment “JOSHUA” and I will DM you the full episode… When I was in the deepest depression of my life, one of the things that helped me was a simple mantra: I am enough. I have always been enough. I am enough. At first, it felt almost too simple to matter. But I kept repeating it. Again and again. Not because it magically fixed everything. It didn’t. I still needed therapy. I still needed support. I still needed stillness. I still needed to do the deeper work. But those words gave my mind something new to hold onto. And I’ve noticed this in so many people who have been through depression, anxiety, or a dark season and come out the other side: The story we tell ourselves matters. The mind can become a very painful place to live when the only sentence playing on repeat is: I am not enough. So sometimes healing begins by giving yourself a different sentence. Not as a cure. As a practice. For @joshuatbassett it was “Love is worth living for.” What is yours?
After selling TOMS I had more money than I had ever imagined. And I still felt like the poorest version of myself I had ever been. Garrett Gee named exactly why on the No Magic Pill podcast.

When Garrett sold his app for 54 million dollars he and his wife sat down and asked themselves a question that I wish someone had asked me at that moment in my life. If someone has no money but a strong marriage and you have a lot of money but a broken marriage, who is actually wealthier? Rich and wealthy are not the same thing. So they made a list of the seven ways they were going to make sure they were wealthier than a poor man, which is what they called it. Because they had been given this enormous blessing and they refused to let it mean nothing. A strong marriage. Strong relationships with everyone in their circle. Being a meaningful part of a community. And then health, broken into three categories they refused to collapse into one. Spiritual health. Mental health. Physical health. And the last one was the one Garrett said has been the biggest lesson of his life since that moment. Freedom.

I sold a company and lost most of those seven things almost immediately. I did not even have a list to measure myself against. This conversation made me want to build one.

Which of those seven do you feel most wealthy in right now and which one are you neglecting?

The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @garrettgee
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After selling TOMS I had more money than I had ever imagined. And I still felt like the poorest version of myself I had ever been. Garrett Gee named exactly why on the No Magic Pill podcast. When Garrett sold his app for 54 million dollars he and his wife sat down and asked themselves a question that I wish someone had asked me at that moment in my life. If someone has no money but a strong marriage and you have a lot of money but a broken marriage, who is actually wealthier? Rich and wealthy are not the same thing. So they made a list of the seven ways they were going to make sure they were wealthier than a poor man, which is what they called it. Because they had been given this enormous blessing and they refused to let it mean nothing. A strong marriage. Strong relationships with everyone in their circle. Being a meaningful part of a community. And then health, broken into three categories they refused to collapse into one. Spiritual health. Mental health. Physical health. And the last one was the one Garrett said has been the biggest lesson of his life since that moment. Freedom. I sold a company and lost most of those seven things almost immediately. I did not even have a list to measure myself against. This conversation made me want to build one. Which of those seven do you feel most wealthy in right now and which one are you neglecting? The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @garrettgee
Gabor Mate said something on this episode that I think everyone needs to hear at least once in their life. Pretty much everything you think is wrong with you actually represents some kind of a wound.

He went back to our earlier discussion of trauma and reframed it again in a way that finally made it click for me. If trauma was simply what happened to us in childhood, then it would be over. Finished. Nothing left to do about it. But that is not what trauma actually is. Trauma is the wound you are still carrying right now. And like any wound, it can be healed in the present. There is nothing fundamentally wrong with you. You are carrying a wound, and that wound is healable. It is going to take some work, starting with the questions you ask yourself. Gabor also pointed me back toward meditation as a path into that work. It does not cost anything, and it can take you deeper into yourself than almost anything else.

I needed to hear this again, even after everything I have already worked through.

The full episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen.
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Gabor Mate said something on this episode that I think everyone needs to hear at least once in their life. Pretty much everything you think is wrong with you actually represents some kind of a wound. He went back to our earlier discussion of trauma and reframed it again in a way that finally made it click for me. If trauma was simply what happened to us in childhood, then it would be over. Finished. Nothing left to do about it. But that is not what trauma actually is. Trauma is the wound you are still carrying right now. And like any wound, it can be healed in the present. There is nothing fundamentally wrong with you. You are carrying a wound, and that wound is healable. It is going to take some work, starting with the questions you ask yourself. Gabor also pointed me back toward meditation as a path into that work. It does not cost anything, and it can take you deeper into yourself than almost anything else. I needed to hear this again, even after everything I have already worked through. The full episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen.
I asked Gabor Mate a simple question. How would you define trauma? His answer completely reframed how I think about my own past.

Trauma is the wound you are still carrying. Like any wound, it can be healed in the present. Most people think of trauma as the things that happened to them, neglect, abuse, family stress, violence, a bad divorce. Gabor told me that is not actually the trauma. Those are the traumatic events. Trauma literally means a wound. That is the actual meaning of the word. It is the wound that has not healed. So it is not what happened to you. It is what happened inside you as a result of what happened to you.

That distinction changes everything about how you approach healing. You are not trying to undo the past. You are tending to the wound it left behind.

The full episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @gabormatemd
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I asked Gabor Mate a simple question. How would you define trauma? His answer completely reframed how I think about my own past. Trauma is the wound you are still carrying. Like any wound, it can be healed in the present. Most people think of trauma as the things that happened to them, neglect, abuse, family stress, violence, a bad divorce. Gabor told me that is not actually the trauma. Those are the traumatic events. Trauma literally means a wound. That is the actual meaning of the word. It is the wound that has not healed. So it is not what happened to you. It is what happened inside you as a result of what happened to you. That distinction changes everything about how you approach healing. You are not trying to undo the past. You are tending to the wound it left behind. The full episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @gabormatemd
If you had asked me when my kids were small what my highest value was, I would have said the happiness of my family. And I would have meant it completely. Gabor Mate told me something that stopped me cold.
You do not tell somebody’s values by what they say. You tell their values by how they behave. If you looked at how I actually lived back then, my real values were success as a doctor would describe it for himself, being someone important to the world, being someone who was giving and making a difference. 

Not that those things are bad. But they were not actually the thing I claimed mattered most. Gabor’s challenge to anyone listening is simple and a little uncomfortable. Do not ask yourself what your values are, because you will tell yourself a really nice story. Just look at how you actually live. Where you spend your time, your energy, your thought patterns. That is the only honest way to find out what is actually important to you.

I have been sitting with this one since we recorded it.
The full episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @gabormatemd
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If you had asked me when my kids were small what my highest value was, I would have said the happiness of my family. And I would have meant it completely. Gabor Mate told me something that stopped me cold. You do not tell somebody’s values by what they say. You tell their values by how they behave. If you looked at how I actually lived back then, my real values were success as a doctor would describe it for himself, being someone important to the world, being someone who was giving and making a difference. Not that those things are bad. But they were not actually the thing I claimed mattered most. Gabor’s challenge to anyone listening is simple and a little uncomfortable. Do not ask yourself what your values are, because you will tell yourself a really nice story. Just look at how you actually live. Where you spend your time, your energy, your thought patterns. That is the only honest way to find out what is actually important to you. I have been sitting with this one since we recorded it. The full episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @gabormatemd
Matthew McConaughey said something in this episode that reframed the way I think about fear.

We have the Icarus lesson completely backwards. The problem is not that we fly too close to the sun. The problem is that we feel the slightest heat and pull the parachute before we ever find out what we are actually capable of.

Most of us quit right before the breakthrough. What would happen if you stayed in the heat a little longer?

Full conversation at the link in bio. @officiallymcconaughey
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Matthew McConaughey said something in this episode that reframed the way I think about fear. We have the Icarus lesson completely backwards. The problem is not that we fly too close to the sun. The problem is that we feel the slightest heat and pull the parachute before we ever find out what we are actually capable of. Most of us quit right before the breakthrough. What would happen if you stayed in the heat a little longer? Full conversation at the link in bio. @officiallymcconaughey
Matthew McConaughey said something in this episode that reframed the way I think about fear.

We have the Icarus lesson completely backwards. The problem is not that we fly too close to the sun. The problem is that we feel the slightest heat and pull the parachute before we ever find out what we are actually capable of.

Most of us quit right before the breakthrough. What would happen if you stayed in the heat a little longer?

Full conversation at the link in bio. @officiallymcconaughey
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Matthew McConaughey said something in this episode that reframed the way I think about fear. We have the Icarus lesson completely backwards. The problem is not that we fly too close to the sun. The problem is that we feel the slightest heat and pull the parachute before we ever find out what we are actually capable of. Most of us quit right before the breakthrough. What would happen if you stayed in the heat a little longer? Full conversation at the link in bio. @officiallymcconaughey
I numbed through tennis the same way Kevin Love numbed through basketball. My friends were at the movies on Friday night and I was at the park hitting against a wall until 10 o’clock at night. And somehow nobody thought that was a problem.

That is what Kevin and I unpacked in this episode of the No Magic Pill podcast. How the thing you love most can quietly become the thing you hide behind. For Kevin it was basketball. A safe haven where no matter what was going on at home, in his head, or in his relationships, he could step between those two lines and escape. A champion, a gold medalist, and one of the most accomplished players of his generation who spent years using the game not just as a career but as a way to avoid everything he wasn’t ready to face.

The passion and the crutch can be the exact same thing. That was true for me. It was true for Kevin. And I think it’s true for a lot more people than we realize.

What do you reach for when you don’t want to feel something?

The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen.
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I numbed through tennis the same way Kevin Love numbed through basketball. My friends were at the movies on Friday night and I was at the park hitting against a wall until 10 o’clock at night. And somehow nobody thought that was a problem. That is what Kevin and I unpacked in this episode of the No Magic Pill podcast. How the thing you love most can quietly become the thing you hide behind. For Kevin it was basketball. A safe haven where no matter what was going on at home, in his head, or in his relationships, he could step between those two lines and escape. A champion, a gold medalist, and one of the most accomplished players of his generation who spent years using the game not just as a career but as a way to avoid everything he wasn’t ready to face. The passion and the crutch can be the exact same thing. That was true for me. It was true for Kevin. And I think it’s true for a lot more people than we realize. What do you reach for when you don’t want to feel something? The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen.
Nobody has benefited more from social media than Garrett Gee. He built an app in college, sold it for 54 million dollars, and used social media to document his family traveling the world for years. He knows better than almost anyone alive what it can do for your life.

And he told me on the No Magic Pill podcast that his default answer when someone asks if they should be on it is no.

Not because the good is not real. He has lived the good firsthand. But because of one question he thinks everyone needs to answer honestly before they hand this tool any more of their time and attention. If someone tears you down in the comments, how long does it live in your head? Ten minutes? A day? A week? The answer is different for everyone. But if a negative comment from a stranger is affecting you for more than five minutes, that is your answer. This is a dangerous tool for you specifically. And no amount of followers or opportunities or goodness it can bring is worth what it is quietly doing to your sense of self underneath.

I spent years chasing validation through social media without ever asking myself that question honestly. I wish someone had made me answer it earlier.

How long does a bad comment actually stay with you?
The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @garrettgee
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Nobody has benefited more from social media than Garrett Gee. He built an app in college, sold it for 54 million dollars, and used social media to document his family traveling the world for years. He knows better than almost anyone alive what it can do for your life. And he told me on the No Magic Pill podcast that his default answer when someone asks if they should be on it is no. Not because the good is not real. He has lived the good firsthand. But because of one question he thinks everyone needs to answer honestly before they hand this tool any more of their time and attention. If someone tears you down in the comments, how long does it live in your head? Ten minutes? A day? A week? The answer is different for everyone. But if a negative comment from a stranger is affecting you for more than five minutes, that is your answer. This is a dangerous tool for you specifically. And no amount of followers or opportunities or goodness it can bring is worth what it is quietly doing to your sense of self underneath. I spent years chasing validation through social media without ever asking myself that question honestly. I wish someone had made me answer it earlier. How long does a bad comment actually stay with you? The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @garrettgee
The ADHD diagnosis my son received never fully sat right with me. Gabor Mate explained why on the No Magic Pill podcast and it completely changed how I see it.
Gabor is a world-renowned physician and bestselling author who has spent decades studying trauma, addiction, and the developing mind. And he told me something that most psychologists and physicians were never actually taught. The tuning out, the absentmindedness that gets labeled as a disease, is not a disease at all. It is a coping mechanism. When there is stress in the environment, whether from a parent’s work, their relationship, finances, or the state of the world, genetically sensitive children pick it up. And the way they respond to that stress is they tune out. The problem is that tuning out happens while the brain is still actively developing. So it gets wired directly into the brain’s template, the template that then governs all future learning, behavior, and health. It becomes a pattern. Not because something is broken in the child. Because the child’s nervous system was adapting to its environment in real time.
That reframe does not make the challenge any less real. But it completely changes where you look for answers.
Are you treating the symptom or understanding what the brain was responding to in the first place?
The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @gabormatemd
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The ADHD diagnosis my son received never fully sat right with me. Gabor Mate explained why on the No Magic Pill podcast and it completely changed how I see it. Gabor is a world-renowned physician and bestselling author who has spent decades studying trauma, addiction, and the developing mind. And he told me something that most psychologists and physicians were never actually taught. The tuning out, the absentmindedness that gets labeled as a disease, is not a disease at all. It is a coping mechanism. When there is stress in the environment, whether from a parent’s work, their relationship, finances, or the state of the world, genetically sensitive children pick it up. And the way they respond to that stress is they tune out. The problem is that tuning out happens while the brain is still actively developing. So it gets wired directly into the brain’s template, the template that then governs all future learning, behavior, and health. It becomes a pattern. Not because something is broken in the child. Because the child’s nervous system was adapting to its environment in real time. That reframe does not make the challenge any less real. But it completely changes where you look for answers. Are you treating the symptom or understanding what the brain was responding to in the first place? The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @gabormatemd
One of the most useful things I have learned about making hard decisions is that your body usually knows the answer before your brain is willing to admit it.

Garrett Gee shared something on the No Magic Pill podcast that I think is one of the most practical pieces of advice in this entire conversation. He has learned this lesson several times in his own life. Sometimes you do not know what you actually want until you are forced to say it out loud. The real answer does not show up in the thinking. It shows up in the moment you have to commit. And by then it is often too late to course correct without real cost.

So here is what he does instead. If he is facing a hard decision he makes it in his mind a week before he actually has to make it. And then he tells his friends he has already made it. And then he pays close attention to how that feels. Because the moment you say a decision out loud to people who know you, your body tells you immediately whether it is right or wrong. The relief or the dread arrives before you can rationalize it away.

I wish I had this framework twenty years ago. It would have saved me from signing on a few dotted lines I already knew were wrong.

What decision have you been sitting on that you already know the answer to?

The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @garrettgee
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One of the most useful things I have learned about making hard decisions is that your body usually knows the answer before your brain is willing to admit it. Garrett Gee shared something on the No Magic Pill podcast that I think is one of the most practical pieces of advice in this entire conversation. He has learned this lesson several times in his own life. Sometimes you do not know what you actually want until you are forced to say it out loud. The real answer does not show up in the thinking. It shows up in the moment you have to commit. And by then it is often too late to course correct without real cost. So here is what he does instead. If he is facing a hard decision he makes it in his mind a week before he actually has to make it. And then he tells his friends he has already made it. And then he pays close attention to how that feels. Because the moment you say a decision out loud to people who know you, your body tells you immediately whether it is right or wrong. The relief or the dread arrives before you can rationalize it away. I wish I had this framework twenty years ago. It would have saved me from signing on a few dotted lines I already knew were wrong. What decision have you been sitting on that you already know the answer to? The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @garrettgee
I hit my lowest point at 47. I did not know at the time that it was actually right on schedule.

Chip Conley came on the No Magic Pill podcast and walked me through something called the happiness curve. It is one of the most researched findings in the science of wellbeing, studied across 50 countries over 20 years. And what it shows is that life satisfaction follows a U shape. It slowly declines from your early twenties, bottoms out right around 47, and then steadily rises with every decade after that. People in their 50s are happier than their 40s. People in their 60s are happier than their 50s. Women in their 80s are happier than their 70s.

We have been sold a story that aging is a slow decline into irrelevance. The data says the opposite. The years that feel the hardest, the ones where you are questioning everything, your career, your identity, your purpose, those years are not the beginning of the end. They are the bottom of the curve. And the only direction from the bottom is up.

I wish someone had handed me this research when I was sitting in the middle of my own lowest point wondering if it was ever going to get better. It was. And it did.

If you are in your 40s and life feels harder than you expected it to, this episode is for you.

The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @chipconley
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I hit my lowest point at 47. I did not know at the time that it was actually right on schedule. Chip Conley came on the No Magic Pill podcast and walked me through something called the happiness curve. It is one of the most researched findings in the science of wellbeing, studied across 50 countries over 20 years. And what it shows is that life satisfaction follows a U shape. It slowly declines from your early twenties, bottoms out right around 47, and then steadily rises with every decade after that. People in their 50s are happier than their 40s. People in their 60s are happier than their 50s. Women in their 80s are happier than their 70s. We have been sold a story that aging is a slow decline into irrelevance. The data says the opposite. The years that feel the hardest, the ones where you are questioning everything, your career, your identity, your purpose, those years are not the beginning of the end. They are the bottom of the curve. And the only direction from the bottom is up. I wish someone had handed me this research when I was sitting in the middle of my own lowest point wondering if it was ever going to get better. It was. And it did. If you are in your 40s and life feels harder than you expected it to, this episode is for you. The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @chipconley
When Alexi looks back on her depression she can see the signs that were there long before everything fell apart. Canker sores. That was one of them. Something so easy to dismiss that most of us never connect it to what is actually happening underneath.
She shared this on the No Magic Pill podcast and it sent me straight back through my own history trying to find the signals I ignored. Her Japanese physio taught her something I had never heard before. The areas of your body with the most nerve endings are your face, your hands, your stomach, and your feet. And when something shows up in any of those places, your nervous system is not being random. It is telling you something is overdone. Stress. Overtraining. Mental fatigue. The body always knows first.
For Alexi it was canker sores, twitches, and skin breaking out. For someone else it might be a stomach that will not settle or tension in the hands that will not go away. The signal is different for everyone. But the message is always the same. Slow down before this becomes something you cannot ignore.
What does your body do when you are running on empty that you usually push through?
The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @alexipappas
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When Alexi looks back on her depression she can see the signs that were there long before everything fell apart. Canker sores. That was one of them. Something so easy to dismiss that most of us never connect it to what is actually happening underneath. She shared this on the No Magic Pill podcast and it sent me straight back through my own history trying to find the signals I ignored. Her Japanese physio taught her something I had never heard before. The areas of your body with the most nerve endings are your face, your hands, your stomach, and your feet. And when something shows up in any of those places, your nervous system is not being random. It is telling you something is overdone. Stress. Overtraining. Mental fatigue. The body always knows first. For Alexi it was canker sores, twitches, and skin breaking out. For someone else it might be a stomach that will not settle or tension in the hands that will not go away. The signal is different for everyone. But the message is always the same. Slow down before this becomes something you cannot ignore. What does your body do when you are running on empty that you usually push through? The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @alexipappas
Alexi Pappas lost her mom to suicide when she was four years old. And for most of her life she carried one quiet terrifying belief underneath everything she did. She was fifty percent her mom. And if she ever got that sad she might have to go too.

She shared this on the No Magic Pill podcast and it reframed her entire story for me in a way I was not prepared for. When the depression hit after the Olympics she did not slow down because she was an overachiever who could not stop. She did not slow down because slowing down felt like falling into a hole she might not come back from. Feeling sad, even a little, felt like the first step toward becoming her mother. So she kept running. She kept pushing. She kept rejecting every feeling that was not okay because not okay felt like a death sentence she had been handed at four years old.

She said something that I think is one of the most important things anyone has said on this podcast. It was not just this overachieving girl. It was life or death.

That context changes everything about how we should talk to people who cannot slow down. Sometimes the relentless pushing is not ambition. Sometimes it is survival. And the compassion that person needs is nothing like what we think they need from the outside.

The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @alexipappas
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Alexi Pappas lost her mom to suicide when she was four years old. And for most of her life she carried one quiet terrifying belief underneath everything she did. She was fifty percent her mom. And if she ever got that sad she might have to go too. She shared this on the No Magic Pill podcast and it reframed her entire story for me in a way I was not prepared for. When the depression hit after the Olympics she did not slow down because she was an overachiever who could not stop. She did not slow down because slowing down felt like falling into a hole she might not come back from. Feeling sad, even a little, felt like the first step toward becoming her mother. So she kept running. She kept pushing. She kept rejecting every feeling that was not okay because not okay felt like a death sentence she had been handed at four years old. She said something that I think is one of the most important things anyone has said on this podcast. It was not just this overachieving girl. It was life or death. That context changes everything about how we should talk to people who cannot slow down. Sometimes the relentless pushing is not ambition. Sometimes it is survival. And the compassion that person needs is nothing like what we think they need from the outside. The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @alexipappas
Garrett Gee said something on the No Magic Pill podcast about online hatred that completely reframed how I think about it.

He is one of the most followed family creators on the internet. He has seen more trolls and hateful comments than most people will encounter in a lifetime. And he told me that none of it affects how he thinks about himself. His self-worth is grounded in his own opinion of himself and that is not something strangers on the internet can touch. But here is what he said that I was not expecting. It does affect him. Just not in the way most people would assume. It makes him sad. Not angry. Not defensive. Sad. Because when he sees that many people throwing hatred into the world he does not see villains. He sees people who are hurting so badly that this is their outlet. He refuses to believe that cruelty is natural human instinct. It always comes from a place of pain. And the fact that there are that many people in that much pain is genuinely difficult for him to witness.

I have spent time being hurt by things people said about me online. This reframe shifts the entire thing. The comment was never really about you. It was always about them.

When was the last time you responded to someone's anger with curiosity about their pain instead of defense?

The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @garrettgee
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Garrett Gee said something on the No Magic Pill podcast about online hatred that completely reframed how I think about it. He is one of the most followed family creators on the internet. He has seen more trolls and hateful comments than most people will encounter in a lifetime. And he told me that none of it affects how he thinks about himself. His self-worth is grounded in his own opinion of himself and that is not something strangers on the internet can touch. But here is what he said that I was not expecting. It does affect him. Just not in the way most people would assume. It makes him sad. Not angry. Not defensive. Sad. Because when he sees that many people throwing hatred into the world he does not see villains. He sees people who are hurting so badly that this is their outlet. He refuses to believe that cruelty is natural human instinct. It always comes from a place of pain. And the fact that there are that many people in that much pain is genuinely difficult for him to witness. I have spent time being hurt by things people said about me online. This reframe shifts the entire thing. The comment was never really about you. It was always about them. When was the last time you responded to someone's anger with curiosity about their pain instead of defense? The episode is live now. Click the link in the bio to listen. @garrettgee

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Blake Mycoskie's Instagram engagement rate is 1.38% over the last 12 months, based on 70.0 posts.
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Blake Mycoskie received 12.9K total likes across 70.0 posts in the last 12 months, averaging 185 likes per post.
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Blake Mycoskie's Instagram content generated 698K total impressions over the last 12 months.