: Reclaiming Your Joy – Finding Happiness After Pain What if your happiness was stolen, but your joy never left? In this powerful episode of Made For This Mountain, host Joshua Rosa confronts the lie that you’ll never heal. If you've tied your joy to people, outcomes, or a version of yourself that no longer exists this one's for you. Learn how to rebuild your identity after disappointment, break the “when I’m healed” mindset, and rediscover a joy that can’t be shaken by circumstance. Because joy isn’t about ignoring pain it’s about refusing to live in it. You can miss who you were before the pain and still love who you’re becoming. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Power of Saying No: How to Say No Without Guilt
Saying “yes” to everything isn’t kindness. It’s burnout in disguise. In this episode, we’re dismantling the guilt around saying no and unpacking how boundaries aren’t walls they’re invitations for healthier relationships, clearer priorities, and deeper peace. If you've ever felt like you're drowning in commitments, emotionally fatigued, or resentful of the people you keep giving to... this conversation is for you. Host Joshua Rosa breaks down the psychological weight of people-pleasing and why self-respect begins with honoring your own limits even if it disappoints others. :"If your yes requires you to betray yourself, it's not kindness it's self-abandonment." This Episode Is For You If: You feel guilty when you say no You’re always the one people go to but no one checks on you You're exhausted, overbooked, or emotionally overdrawn You want to set healthier boundaries in your relationships, work, or spiritual life Let’s redefine boundaries not as rejection, but as direction. Because the most powerful word you can use to protect your peace is: no. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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How to Stop Caring What People Think.
You can’t climb your mountain if you’re chained to other people’s opinions. In this raw and honest episode of Made for This Mountain, we’re unpacking the psychology of approval addiction, the spiritual and emotional cost of people pleasing, and how to break free from needing validation to feel worthy. You’ll learn: Why we chase approval (and who taught us to) How to build real confidence that doesn’t collapse under criticism The silent ways people-pleasing is sabotaging your peace How to stay grounded in who you are—even when it’s unpopular "Freedom begins the moment you stop auditioning for rooms you were born to own." If you’re tired of shrinking yourself to be liked, this one’s for you. Listen when you’re ready to stop performing and start living on purpose. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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If It’s Meant for You, Why Are You Still Chasing It?
If it’s already yours… why do you feel like you're fighting for your life to keep it? This episode is your wake-up call to stop striving for what’s already settled. We’ll unpack how emotional overload, scarcity thinking, and unfinished grief keep you hustling for things that should come in peace. What if your breakthrough isn’t waiting on more hustle, but on release? In this episode, you'll learn: Why holding on to what’s expired blocks what’s next How neuroscience and scripture both point to the power of release Why real growth feels hard but never chaotic The spiritual difference between punishment and pruning What it really means when something leaves your life "What belongs to you won’t compete with your peace. You can’t level up if old versions of you are still leading." This isn’t just another pep talk. It’s a shift in how you approach waiting, loss, and purpose. Listen if you’re tired of chasing what you already know is meant for you but you're finally ready to receive it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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What Hurt You Doesn’t Have to Hold You: Transforming wounds.
You’re not still hurting because you’re weak. You’re hurting because your brain hasn’t closed the loop yet. In this episode of Made for This Mountain with Joshua Rosa, we dive deep into the healing process, how to stop carrying pain as protection, how to reclaim your voice from silence, and how to transform your wounds into wisdom without letting them define you. If you’ve been waiting on an apology, holding onto hurt, or building walls instead of bridges, this one’s for you. What Hurt You Doesn’t Have to Hold You: Transforming wounds. In this episode: ✅ Why trauma stays in the body (based on Dr. Bessel van der Kolk author of the body keeps the score) ✅ How to take radical accountability without taking on the blame ✅ Why hiding hurts more than healing ✅ What it means to re-parent your inner self and break outdated patterns ✅ How betrayal can be a gift and suffering your story This isn’t about pretending it didn’t happen. It’s about finally deciding it doesn’t get to hold the pen anymore. Say it with me: I’m not broken. I’m becoming. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Made For This Mountain exists to empower individuals to rise above their struggles, break free from the chains of trauma, and silence the negative voices that have kept them small. Through raw conversations, real stories, and actionable guidance, this podcast is a reminder that the mountain in front of you was never meant to break you it was meant to build you. Listen to Joshua Rosa as we go on this mission to awaken the unstoppable strength within each listener, helping them conquer what once felt impossible and step boldly into the best version of themselves.
Because you weren’t made to be buried by your mountain—
You were made to climb it.
Ireland