Wellness + Wisdom Podcast

You hit the goal. You changed your life. So why do you still feel behind?
If you've ever upgraded your relationships, your career, your health, or your finances and STILL felt like something invisible is pulling you backwards, you're not broken. You're experiencing something called identity lag.
In this video, Josh Trent breaks down exactly why your brain fights your own growth, why your body still feels unsafe even when your life looks amazing on paper, and the real reason high achievers secretly suffer in silence after their biggest wins.
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(0:00) - Why you still feel behind after upgrading your life
(1:57) - What is identity lag?
(3:24) - Why your brain fights your own success
(4:30) - Signs you're stuck in identity lag
(8:00) - You're not broken, you're bioenergetically burdened
(9:22) - The BTFA loop
(11:33) - Part 1: Name the lag without shaming yourself
(11:57) - Part 2: Grieve your old identity
(12:51) - Part 3: Create proof through evidence, not promises
(14:14) - The Identity Bridge practice (7-day exercise)
(16:05) - You're not behind, you're between
(17:45) - Growth is supposed to feel awkward
 
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What if everything you believe about money, love, worthiness, and safety was installed in you before you ever had a say in the matter?
Josh Trent, host of the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast and identity transformation architect, sits down with Alec Zeck for one of the most raw and real conversations he's ever had.
Josh opens up about hitting rock bottom in 2014... $80,000 in debt, freshly fired, putting his mom in a mental home, and stuffing everything he owned into a duffel bag. That moment became the launchpad for over a decade of deep inner work.
Josh also gets honest about his journey through pornography addiction, his experiences with plant medicine (including a brutal Ayahuasca ceremony where he screamed in a room full of strangers), and why he believes emotional epigenetics means we're not just healing for ourselves but for seven generations forward and back.
This conversation covers what it actually looks like to dismantle an identity built on pain, why safety is a paradox, and how the bridge between knowing and doing is the real final frontier of human growth.
 
In this episode, Josh Trent uncovers:
(06:30) Breaking down the old identity: the tools and practices Josh used for transformation
(19:02) Is plant medicine a necessity when it comes to transformation?
(34:07) Getting to your root beliefs with the BTFA practice: a step-by-step breathwork walkthrough
(58:45) Traditional talk therapy vs somatic approaches
(01:11:23) Understanding addiction as disconnection and the trap of trading one addiction for another
(01:27:05) Facing your biggest fear in real-time: how Alec nearly shut down his podcast
(01:41:24) Emotional epigenetics and why we unconsciously pass patterns down through generations
(01:53:58) The single most powerful practice: emotional inventory
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Are men taught to be strong at the cost of being whole, and is that inner fracture driving disconnection, addiction, and despair?
Josh Trent welcomes Connor Beaton to the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast, episode 801, to break down the myth of modern masculinity, why suppression masquerades as strength, how porn, stress, and emotional avoidance become coping mechanisms, why men need initiation and mentorship to move from numbness to mastery, how shadow work and confrontation build real confidence, and why emotional leadership is the foundation of healthy relationships and fatherhood.
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In This Episode, Connor Beaton Uncovers:
[01:15] The Myth of Masculinity
Why men develop strength through suppression.
How men cut themselves off from emotional information and who they truly are.
Why it's so common for men to lack emotional mastery.
How men are finally being forced to face their emotions.
Why numbness is not the same as emptiness.
Resources:
Connor Beaton
509 Connor Beaton | Self-Discovery Through Shadow Work + How To Find The Perfect Partner
406 Connor Beaton | Your Pain Has Its Own Intelligence: Shadow Work, Fatherhood & Ending The War of Self
Men's Work by Connor Beaton
[07:00] How Men Cope with Emotions
What coping mechanisms men use to deal with their emotions.
How many men live in a constant state of stress.
Why porn can serve as a relaxation tool.
How men often assume that their emotions are too much too handle.
Resources:
754 Dr. Steven Young | How to Use Your Mind to Change Reality Beyond Limitations
[12:00] Men's Initiation
What led Connor to hit rock bottom
How being held by a mentor saved his life.
Why healing and growth start with confession.
How Connor spent 2 years helping his mentor and learning wisdom from him.
Why men need to talk about their pain.
The importance of an initiation experience for men.
Resources:
The Hero's Journey by Joseph Campbell
[20:50] The Purpose of Rite of Passage
Why we lack apprenticeship with an elder.
How elders show us how immature we are.
Why initiation can come through mentorship.
The purpose of initiation.
How young men don't understand how to contribute to their community or society.
Why most suicide notes from men contain the word "useless."
Resources:
What might interrupt men's suicide? Results from an online survey of men
[27:35] Women Are Men's Mirror
How women mirror men's shadows.
Why women are often the catalyst for men to start their healing journey.
Why there is so much anger between the genders.
How social media can fuel our negative beliefs.
Why men develop a sense of identity from hierarchy and competence.
How women gain a sense of identity from networking.
[35:00] Vulnerability Is Not Enough
The threats men face when they open up and become vulnerable.
Why men need to work on their emotional mastery.
How women want men who have emotional mastery.
Resources:
756 Alison Armstrong | Top Secrets Women Have Never Known About Men (Until Now)
[39:55] Don't Become Your Emotions
How vulnerability can be transactional and why it's toxic.
Why men need to understand what's happening inside of them.
How men are used to immediately reacting to their emotions.
Why most men experience life in a very intense way.
[51:05] Do All Wounds Come from The Mother?
Why all wounds originate from the mother.
How motherhood is a challenging job.
What Connor has learned through his son.
How he helps his son co-regulate his nervous system.
Why he felt jealous of his son.
Resources:
It Didn't Start with You by Mark Wolynn
[59:35] Where The Work Begins
How we can stop judging our emotions.
Why men are terrified of sitting with their emotions.
The importance of slowing down and observing what's happening inside of us.
[01:04:10] Bring Light to Your Shadow
How our shadow manifests in our lives.
Why we avoid looking at our shadows.
How nice guys need to connect with their anger.
Why the ego only wants to focus on problems.
How bringing truth forward creates trust with our partner.
[01:10:30] Change Requires Confrontation
Why men need to do the hard things they don't want to do.
How avoiding the hard stuff weakens men.
Why men don't feel confident enough to confront their shadows and emotions.
How women benefit from men knowing themselves better.
Why we should choose a partner with whom we can navigate conflicts.
"Men wake up stressed, they go to work stressed, they interact with their kids stressed, they interact with their partner stressed. And there's no relief from this sympathetic orientation. It's like the rev limiter on your car that's always right about to redline. And that's how a lot of men in our society work." — Connor Beaton
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406 Connor Beaton | Your Pain Has Its Own Intelligence: Shadow Work, Fatherhood & Ending The War of Self
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If you have been feeling lost, like you are doing everything "right" but still cannot feel where your life is going, you are not broken. You are overloaded with noise and under supported with your own truth.
In this episode, I walk you through a simple Japanese framework for finding your life purpose (Ikigai) in a way that is grounded, practical, and real-life friendly. No quitting your job on a whim. No blowing up your marriage. No pretending you are moving to Bali to become a crypto bro or a sound healer.
We also talk about the sneaky way self-sabotage shows up right when you are about to choose the path that would actually make you feel alive, and how "confusion" can become a protective strategy that keeps you safe from being seen.
You will learn how to use the 4 circles of Ikigai (what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can get paid for), plus a 60 second somatic practice to feel expansion vs contraction in your body so you can stop outsourcing your purpose to overthinking.
If you want a simple map to move from confusion into clarity and from self-sabotage into self-leadership, join us free inside the Liberated Life Tribe and grab the Self Liberation Blueprint at liberatedlife.com
0:00 You are not lost, you are overloaded
0:12 A simple Japanese framework for finding purpose
3:22 The 4 parts of purpose
4:14 How self-sabotage blocks your purpose
10:11 60-second somatic purpose practice
12:10 The biggest purpose myth that traps people
13:05 Practical steps to find your "true next thing"
What you will learn • how to find your life purpose without burning your life down • the Ikigai method explained in simple, usable language • why confusion often creates paralysis (and paralysis feeds self-sabotage) • how fear of being seen keeps you "researching" instead of living • how to spot Sunday dread as a soul signal • how to test purpose with one small action this week (not a massive overhaul)
 
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Why do we lose ourselves in love, repeat painful relationship patterns, and mistake intensity for intimacy instead of becoming whole within ourselves first?
Josh Trent welcomes Sheleana Aiyana to the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast, episode 800, to explore why self-abandonment drives relationship chaos, how attachment wounds and the mother wound shape romantic bonds, what becoming the one truly means, how grief and motherhood catalyze deep healing, and why divine union begins with reclaiming self-trust, presence, and inner wholeness before partnership.
 
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Sheleana Aiyana is the best-selling author of Becoming the One and the founder of Rising Woman, a global community dedicated to self-healing, relational transformation, and spiritual embodiment. Her work blends somatic awareness, inner child healing, and grounded spiritual insight to guide millions through the landscapes of heartbreak, love, and personal rebirth.
Having grown up in foster care and overcome cycles of abuse, addiction, and heartbreak, Sheleana's teachings are not theoretical, they are lived. Through Rising Woman, she has helped millions remember that healing is not about becoming someone else, but about reclaiming the love, power, and wholeness that was always theirs.
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[01:15] Why We Lose Ourselves In Relationships
Why many people abandon themselves to maintain connection.
What drives us to seek an emotional rollercoaster in a relationship.
Why oxytocin keeps us bonded to our partner.
Resources:
Sheleana Aiyana
Becoming The One by Sheleana Aiyana
311 Mark Wolynn | It Didn't Start With You: Ending The Cycle of Inherited Trauma
[06:40] Your Soul Came Here to Learn
Why our souls come to Earth to search for learning.
How chaotic relationships can teach us to walk away and find peace.
Why new generation has the advantage of having access to healing tools and information.
How older generations lived in survival and didn't think of healing.
[11:10] Becoming The One
What becoming the one for ourselves truly means.
How we project oneness onto our parents as children.
Why we seek oneness through romantic partnership.
The importance of self-awareness in relationships.
How children form attachment wounds through their parents' behavior.
[16:10] Awakening Through Relationships
How women shine a mirror on men through their womanhood.
Why it's rare for couples to awaken at the same time.
What Sheleana learned from her previous partners.
How she had a vision of her purpose when she was in an abusive relationship.
Resources:
Benjamin Goresky
[20:50] Mother Wound
Why Sheleana faced her mother wound after her first marriage ended.
How she lost everything because of her ex-husband.
What made her realize her marriage was a mirror to her childhood wounds.
How she was mothering her first husband.
Why the breakup was like a psychedelic journey.
[25:45] True Depth of Transformation + Healing
How Sheleana's grief sent her on a transformation path.
Why her work was to clear the path for her daughter.
How Josh found healing and liberation.
What was Sheleana's first experience with ayahuasca like.
How she released her mother wound.
[32:10] When Motherhood Reopens It Heals Your Wounds
What Sheleana has learned through raising her daughter.
The challenges of being a mother.
How her daughter made her face her mother's inner child.
Why Sheleana chooses to trust and surrender to the process of life.
How mothers' job is to preserve their children's essence.
Resources:
333 Dr. Kelly Brogan | The Spiral Path: How To Own & Love Your Self
Parental olfactory experience influences behavior and neural structure in subsequent generations
[38:55] What Is The Role of A Parent?
Why parents model self-trust and instict.
How nothing will prevent our children from learning their lessons.
What Sheleana does to exercise her daughter's instincts and intuition.
Why her baseline is a relaxed state.
How our children teach us to slow down and be present.
Why children can fill us with creativity.
[46:55] Life Feels Heavy When You Abandon Yourself
Why bitterness and resentment signal self-abandonment.
How unmet needs cannot be fixed by self-care.
What inspired Sheleana to create a journal.
How she found masculine energy in nature.
Why men need to embrace the feminine energy within them.
[53:45] Relationship Rebirth
Why Josh and his wife got pregnant 9 months into the relationship.
How Sheleana's first two years of her current relationship were challenging.
Why she chose to take care of herself when they were in conflict.
[01:00:15] Pain Is a Passage
Why love comes with deep grief.
How loving deeply requires letting go of control.
What helped Sheleana to move through her grief and sadness.
[01:03:05] What Is A Divine Union?
Why divine union starts with a deep relationship with oneself.
How true love provides and requires inner transformation.
Why vulnerability can be performative.
How true vulnerability can't be forced.
Why we repeat patterns of our lineage.
Resources:
784 Dr. Steven Young: How To Use Your Mind to Shift Reality At Will
"In a trauma bond, there's a hormonal cocktail happening in the body that's of anchoring it in. You get really big dopamine spikes when you are engaging in the drama. When it moves into the conflict cycle, you get the cortisol spike. And then when you move into repair, you get a flood of oxytocin. Imagine repeating that cycle over and over in a really dramatic relationship that creates a sense of bonding. It's not a healthy or true love, it just feels familiar." — Sheleana Aiyana
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784 Dr. Steven Young: How To Use Your Mind to Shift Reality At Will
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