The School of Greatness

Your body is talking to your brain constantly, telling it either 'I'm safe' or 'I'm not safe.' The posture you default to when no one's watching might be the thing keeping you stuck.

Amy Cuddy, the social psychologist behind one of the most-watched TED Talks ever, sat down to unpack what actually builds confidence when the world feels unstable. She talks about the difference between faking it and becoming it, why imposter syndrome hits 75-85% of people, and why the bullies who came after her post-TED fame taught her more about personal power than the research ever did.

You'll hear about the exact breathing pattern she uses before high-stakes moments, the simple writing exercise that beats any pep talk, and why she thinks reframing anxiety as excitement changes everything. There's also a story about a nurse named Alex Wubbels who got thrown against a wall for doing the right thing, and what that taught Amy about the kind of bravery that has no glory attached to it.

This conversation will make you rethink every time you've shrunk yourself to avoid being noticed. Sit up straight, not for anyone else, but because you deserve the respect you keep giving away.

Bullied: The Culture of Cruelty and the Surprising Power of Social Bravery

Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges

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Amy’s TED Talk

In this episode you will:

Reclaim your sense of personal power using postural feedback and 4-7-8 breathing before high-stakes moments

Rewrite the self-doubt that keeps you silent by practicing self-affirmation theory rooted in your core values

Transform pre-performance anxiety into excitement using Alison Wood Brooks's reframing research

Discover why bumblers earn more trust than pointers when things go wrong in public

Overcome imposter syndrome by shifting focus from how you're judged to how you can serve others

Draw the line between confidence and arrogance so self-belief fuels you instead of blinding you

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That feeling when a small comment ruins your entire day? There's actually a name for it, and it's not a character flaw.

Dr. Sasha Hamdani is a board certified psychiatrist and ADHD specialist who spent years thinking something was fundamentally wrong with her before she connected the dots between her emotions and her ability to function. She was diagnosed with ADHD in fourth grade but her parents never told her, calling her medication a “vitamin” until she found out by accident in medical school, mid breakdown, after a grade crash she couldn't explain.

In this conversation she breaks down why ADHD is genetic rather than trauma driven, why women are diagnosed on average at 35 instead of childhood, and why so many get handed antidepressant after antidepressant for the wrong diagnosis. She also opens up about rejection sensitive dysphoria, the moment her father's sudden death taught her that unregulated emotion can shut down your whole life, and the years she spent secretly dating her now husband while terrified of rejecting her family's expectations.

If you've ever felt like your emotions hijack your entire day, or you've been told to just calm down when your whole nervous system feels like it's on fire, this one will change how you see yourself.

Pre-Order Too Sensitive: Rejection, Resilience, and the Science of Feeling Deeply

Self-Care for People with ADHD: 100+ Ways to Recharge, De-Stress, and Prioritize You!

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In this episode you will:

Distinguish real ADHD from anxiety, trauma, and depression so you stop cycling through the wrong diagnosis and medications

Uncover why women are diagnosed with ADHD nearly three decades later than men, and what that misdiagnosis actually costs

Recognize Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) as a neurological response, not a character flaw, so you can finally make sense of overwhelming emotional pain

Replace well-meaning but harmful advice like “just calm down” with language that actually helps someone spiraling from rejection

Transform deep sensitivity into a genuine strength instead of a source of shame

Build emotional regulation habits early so grief, rejection, and stress stop hijacking your ability to function

For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1972

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You can't manifest a new life while you're still living inside an old identity.

Transformational coach and hypnotherapist Jim Curtis has worked with entrepreneurs and public figures on the pattern behind their stuck points. He calls it release, align, become, a framework built to break the subconscious programming running your life.

It starts with forgiveness. Not the version where you forgive everyone else. The version where you look yourself in the mirror and say I'm sorry first.

Your subconscious can't build a life it doesn't believe you deserve. Chase the money or the relationship hard enough without changing the belief underneath it, and it finds a way to hand it back.

This episode gets into imposter syndrome in high achievers, the Three Gs of grounding, giving, and gratitude, and the exact prayer Jim uses to settle his own fear. You'll want a mirror by the end of it.

Pre-order Jim's New Book: The Book of Possibility

The Stimulati Experience: 9 Skills for Getting Past Pain, Setbacks, and Trauma to Ignite Health and Happiness

Jim's Website

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In this episode you will:

Learn the release, align, become framework Jim Curtis uses to help people rewire their identity and finally get unstuck

Discover why forgiving yourself first, using the Ho'oponopono prayer, can unlock what years of goal setting couldn't 

Understand the Three Gs, grounding, giving, and gratitude, and why Jim says they're the real key to receiving wealth

Recognize the confidence gap and imposter syndrome that quietly runs even the most outwardly successful people

Explore how a hidden subconscious belief will sabotage your success until you release the identity behind it

For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1971

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The reason your kid melts down over a puzzle has nothing to do with the puzzle. It's about whether they've ever been shown that frustration is survivable instead of something to run from.

Dr. Becky Kennedy, a clinical psychologist who spent years teaching parents the textbook model built on timeouts and sticker charts, once stopped mid-session with a paying couple and told them she no longer believed what she was teaching them. That moment of honesty became the seed of Good Inside.

She walks through the three lines she leans on with her own kids in almost any hard moment, starting with letting them know she's glad they came to her at all. It sounds small, but she says it might be the single most healing thing a parent can offer a kid who's struggling.

Boundaries come up too, and she reframes them completely. A boundary isn't a threat or a punishment, it's what lets a kid feel like someone calm is actually flying the plane, even while they're the one melting down in the back.

By the end you'll understand why she thinks punishment quietly teaches kids the opposite of what parents intend, and why she keeps coming back to one word above all: repair.

Good Inside website and app

Dr. Becky’s books:

One More Book!: A Good Inside Story About Bedtime

Leave Me Alone!: A Good Inside Story About Deeply Feeling Kids

That's My Truck!: A Good Inside Story About Hitting

Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be

In this episode you will:

Learn why treating a child's identity as separate from their behavior is the foundation of raising a genuinely good kid, not a fear-based one

Discover the three lines Dr. Becky uses to defuse almost any hard moment with her kids 

Understand why validating your kid's feelings alone isn't enough, and how boundaries keep those feelings from running the whole household

Break down what actually causes entitlement, and why rescuing kids from frustration too quickly backfires later in life

Practice the Same Team framework for handling conflict and misbehavior without turning it into a fight you have to win

Rebuild your own confidence as a parent by learning to validate yourself instead of chasing your child's approval

For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1970

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There's one reason your new habits never stick, and it has nothing to do with willpower.

Peter Crone has spent decades coaching PGA Tour golfers, Major League Baseball athletes, and top executives on the subconscious wiring behind their results, and he breaks down why force can override a habit but never an identity.

He explains why most relationships start as attachment and codependency instead of real love, why hatred is a wound you carry inside yourself, and why the story you keep telling about your pain is the thing keeping you stuck in it.

You'll hear why the mind isn't the brain, why you can't heal from the same level of consciousness that created the problem, and why chasing certainty is the exact thing keeping you anxious.

This conversation will change how you see the parts of yourself you've spent your whole life trying to fix.

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In this episode you will:

Discover why willpower fails to create lasting change and what actually shifts an identity

Learn the difference between force and true power, and why force always collapses on itself

Uncover how childhood conditioning quietly writes the script for your adult relationships

Understand why you can't heal from the same level of consciousness that created your pain

Break down what's really driving your need for certainty, and why it feeds your anxiety

For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1969

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