Why Forcing Growth Creates Resistance, But Accepting Truth Creates Momentum
In this episode, I talk about why you can’t grow faster than you’re willing to accept, how forcing your will leads to burnout, anxiety, and misalignment, why acceptance isn’t passive — it’s preparation, how God stretches us only at the pace we can sustain, the nervous-system side of spiritual timing, why clarity increases as acceptance deepens, how to release the urge to rush outcomes in business, love, and identity and more. CONNECT WITH ME…→ Instagram — @mattgottesman→ My Substack — mattgottesman.substack.com → Apparel — thenicheisyou.comRESOURCES…→ Recommended Book List — CLICK HERE→ Masterclass — CLICK HEREWORKSHOPS + MASTERCLASS:→ Need MORE clarity? - Here’s the FREE… 6 Days to Clarity Workshop - clarity for your time, energy, money, creativity, work & play→ Write, Design, Build: Content Creator Studio & OS - Growing the niche of you, your audience, reach, voice, passion & incomeOTHER RELATED EPISODES:Answered Prayers Are Often Disguised As Uncomfortable BlessingsApple: https://apple.co/3HTDsjGSpotify: https://bit.ly/3JYc4l7
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The Difference Between Your Intuition and the Voices in Your Mind
In this episode, I talk about how intuition speaks vs. how fear, ego, and anxiety speak, why intuition is steady while inner noise is loud, how to recognize God’s voice through peace, clarity, and conviction, how to strengthen spiritual sensitivity and inner listening, the difference between inner knowing and inner spiraling, why intuition often feels calm — even when the truth is inconvenient and more. CONNECT WITH ME…→ Instagram — @mattgottesman→ My Substack — mattgottesman.substack.com → Apparel — thenicheisyou.comRESOURCES…→ Recommended Book List — CLICK HERE→ Masterclass — CLICK HEREWORKSHOPS + MASTERCLASS:→ Need MORE clarity? - Here’s the FREE… 6 Days to Clarity Workshop - clarity for your time, energy, money, creativity, work & play→ Write, Design, Build: Content Creator Studio & OS - Growing the niche of you, your audience, reach, voice, passion & incomeOTHER RELATED EPISODES:Answered Prayers Are Often Disguised As Uncomfortable BlessingsApple: https://apple.co/3HTDsjGSpotify: https://bit.ly/3JYc4l7
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Your Genius Activates in Environments & With People That Match Your Spirit
In this episode, I talk about how environment shapes creativity, clarity, and calling, why your spirit knows when a space is aligned (or misaligned), the relational side of atmosphere: being around people who see you, how proximity to the right people increases purpose, peace, and performance, why your genius dims in rooms built for someone else’s identity, how to create an inner and outer life that supports who you’re becoming, discernment: choosing environments that expand your future, not your fears and more. CONNECT WITH ME…→ Instagram — @mattgottesman→ My Substack — mattgottesman.substack.com → Apparel — thenicheisyou.comRESOURCES…→ Recommended Book List — CLICK HERE→ Masterclass — CLICK HEREWORKSHOPS + MASTERCLASS:→ Need MORE clarity? - Here’s the FREE… 6 Days to Clarity Workshop - clarity for your time, energy, money, creativity, work & play→ Write, Design, Build: Content Creator Studio & OS - Growing the niche of you, your audience, reach, voice, passion & incomeOTHER RELATED EPISODES:Answered Prayers Are Often Disguised As Uncomfortable BlessingsApple: https://apple.co/3HTDsjGSpotify: https://bit.ly/3JYc4l7
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Faith Is Not What You Believe… It’s What You Do With What You Believe
In this episode, I talk about why belief without action becomes spiritual stagnation, the difference between having faith and walking in faith, why obedience is the highest expression of trust, how God responds to movement, not just intention, action as a spiritual discipline — not hustle, how faith turns conviction into clarity through consistent steps and more. CONNECT WITH ME…→ Instagram — @mattgottesman→ My Substack — mattgottesman.substack.com → Apparel — thenicheisyou.comRESOURCES…→ Recommended Book List — CLICK HERE→ Masterclass — CLICK HEREWORKSHOPS + MASTERCLASS:→ Need MORE clarity? - Here’s the FREE… 6 Days to Clarity Workshop - clarity for your time, energy, money, creativity, work & play→ Write, Design, Build: Content Creator Studio & OS - Growing the niche of you, your audience, reach, voice, passion & incomeOTHER RELATED EPISODES:Answered Prayers Are Often Disguised As Uncomfortable BlessingsApple: https://apple.co/3HTDsjGSpotify: https://bit.ly/3JYc4l7
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God Strengthens You While You Carry What You Prayed For
In this episode, I talk about why blessings don’t eliminate the need for growth — they intensify it, the difference between receiving a blessing and preserving it, how purpose, love, opportunity, and calling expose unhealed parts of you, why God continues to refine you inside the blessing, not just before it, the emotional and spiritual maturity required to sustain answered prayers, why blessings stretch you differently than preparation seasons, how to expand your capacity without losing peace, clarity, or identity and more. CONNECT WITH ME…→ Instagram — @mattgottesman→ My Substack — mattgottesman.substack.com → Apparel — thenicheisyou.comRESOURCES…→ Recommended Book List — CLICK HERE→ Masterclass — CLICK HEREWORKSHOPS + MASTERCLASS:→ Need MORE clarity? - Here’s the FREE… 6 Days to Clarity Workshop - clarity for your time, energy, money, creativity, work & play→ Write, Design, Build: Content Creator Studio & OS - Growing the niche of you, your audience, reach, voice, passion & incomeOTHER RELATED EPISODES:Answered Prayers Are Often Disguised As Uncomfortable BlessingsApple: https://apple.co/3HTDsjGSpotify: https://bit.ly/3JYc4l7
Hi, I’m Matt Gottesman (@mattgottesman on Instagram) and this is my daily podcast where I offer practical thoughts and perspectives to un-complicate life, creativity and the pursuit of your highest self.
Instead of choosing one niche for the podcast, I decided that the niche is you… a simple, straight forward show about the power of not boxing yourself into any one category, title or niche, but embracing all of your gifts, having a better relationship with yourself and trusting your path (intuition).
I’m not a "category" expert, just someone sharing my thoughts, perspectives and experiences on topics that really matter to promote a life of health, wealth, happiness & personal fulfillment.
Join me right here every day and if you never want to miss a show, text me PODCAST to 480-530-7352
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