How 1,000 Pieces Of Lego Taught Me To Love The Creative Process - Ep 281

I've Spent $50K On Self Development... WAS IT WORTH IT? Welcome back to "In The Moment"with Alex Manzi... and yes, as you've read in the title I have in fact spent about 50.000 pounds (about 60.000 in US dollars) in self development in the last 3 years, and in this episode I'm going to tell you all about it. There's a lot of wrong information and misconceptions out about coaches and self development... my experience has been truly life changing. I've started with one coach, the I aded others, and groups and mentors and retreats, to transform my financial situation, but then also my relationship goals, my mental wellbeing, my emotional status. 3 years later... I'm happy to say that I'm exactly where I hoped I would be, I'm living a dream. And I started my own coaching career. So, let me tell you how it works.  00:00 Intro 00:40 I've spent $50K on self development. 03:13 What if they told you... 04:42 Identifying goals. 06:15 What are you lacking? 07:33 Spectating VS Participating. 10:35 Where are you at in life? 11:28 Level of commitment. 13:45 When I started with my 1st coach... 15:14 I've become more... me. 17:07 before all this, I was hiding. 19:19 Conclusions. What do you think? Let me know, DM me at @iamalexmanzi and come join the community

What I Learned From Interviewing 100+ Artists. Welcome to In The Moment with me, Alex Manzi, your friendly neighborhood mind sherpa. This is a special episode of the podcast for me. We're closing soon on 300 episode and I wanted to reflect an all the interviews that I made from 2017 until now. I've interviewed for this pod (that was initially called "The Dreamers' Disease") 100+ artists and creatives and I learned a lot from it. I've had known musicians like Wretch 32, Gabrielle Aplin, Sinead Harnett, Tom Grennan, Sam Tompkins. We've talked about depression, adhd, mindfulness routines, what we pass on to our sons. I've talked to the famous podcaster Dr. Rangan Chatterjee and he remembered the pain of losing his father and how that changed his life. I've even had the pleasure to speak even to Jerome Flynn, which famously portrayed Bronn in the TV show Game Of Thrones, and with him we had a deep chat about acting, art and the struggle of many people living in today's world.  I feel grateful to have had all these amazing interviews here. In this episode I try to recap everything I learned from it.  00:00 Intro 00:49 I started in 2017. 02:33 Everyone has a story.  05:46 Experience of pain. 10:04 Everyone wants the same thing.  14:07 We can bring our dreams to reality.  17:34 People give up. 18:56 Recap and DM me! What do you think? Let me know, DM me at @iamalexmanzi and come join the community

The TRUTH Behind Extraordinary Results. Hello dear listeners, welcome to another episode of In The Moment with Alex Manzi! I'm your friendly neighborhood mind sherpa. I was thinking recently that... most people see some extraordinary results, achievements, and think that they're something supernatural. Out of this world. In fact, extraordinary. I had the same feeling with a friend of mine that recently ran a marathon. To me it seemed impossible. But... is it true? Because I've found out... these extraordinary results are often a result of... very ordinary actions, repeated consistently. Let me explain.  00:00 Intro  00:55 Extraordinary results 01:47 Example no. 1 (marathon) 02:35 Example no. 2 (famous coaches) 04:12 Example no. 3 (clothing business) 05:00 Example no. 4 (relationships) 06:06 Example no. 5 (health) 07:10 My book. "The Search For Clarity" 09:03 ten actions every day What do you think? Let me know, DM me at @iamalexmanzi and come join the community

WAITING VS CREATING: How Embracing Action Has Changed My Life. There's a substantial difference between living while waiting and living with creating. I spent many years of my life waiting. Waiting for something to happen, for my business to grow, for myself to change in someone better. And I was frustrated. Then I understood how creating, action, that is the key to actually changing your life. In this video I'll address different real life examples of what I mean by that.  00:00 Intro 00:55 Waiting Vs Creating 02:08 I spent years waiting 06:29 My business grew from nothing 07:05 The line between waiting and creating 08:20 Frustration Vs Excitement What do you think? Let me know, DM me at @iamalexmanzi and come join the community #selfdevelopment #mentalhealthawareness #lifecoach

From Burnout To Breakthrough: The Power Of Taking A Break. Are you sure you're taking the quality Time Out that you need? I, for one, was convinced that was resting when actually... what happened was: I was spending all my free time thinking about the tasks I needed to do during my Time In. But we need real rest to achieve what we want. Maybe, sometimes, it's as easy as deciding to take a nap, and listen to our inner wisdom... 00:00 Intro  01:09 "Free Your Mind" retreat 02:33 Quality Time In + Out 04:45 What Does It Mean? 06:52 Client example no. 1 08:38 Client example no. 2 11:57 Keith Blevins What do you think? Let me know, DM me at @iamalexmanzi and come join the community

It Changed My Life: Shifting Your Self Perception For Personal Growth. Welcome back to In The Moment with me Alex Manzi, your friendly neighborhood life coach! This time I want to tell you a story that may be useful to change your life, like it did mine. A few years ago I was pivoting towards coaching - from being a social media producer at the BBC - and I was really struggling... it was in a trip to South America to something click in my approach to the perception I had of myself... and that changed everything.  00.00 Intro 00:52 My story 03:55 What are you passionate about? 06:07 When I made the shift... 07:17 Perception of yourself 08:50 I am enough What do you think? Let me know, DM me at @iamalexmanzi and come join the community

Hello everyone, in this episode of In The Moment I'd like to give all of you some tools to get out of anxiety and depression, and I want to start from my own life story. I can't believe it was 10 years ago when I was living constantly in depression. Like a fish in the sea, I didn't know what water is... I was just living in it, in my depression, believing it was the norm. Only after a breakdown I realized that I needed to change. In particular, I want to explore 3 key principles that have been useful to me: Recognizing, Accept, Growth. I want you to know that all of this is available to you too, if you feel like you're struggling.  00:00 Intro 01:30 Ten years ago I had a breakdown 03:29 Three key principles 04:28 No. 1 Recognizing 05:41 The tale of the fish 10:23 No. 2 Accept 12:15 Jiddhu Krishnamurti's quote 15:21 No. 3 Growth 19:31 Allowing yourself space 22:08 This is available to you What do you think? Let me know, DM me at @iamalexmanzi and come join the community

The Truth About Communication In A Relationship: Unlocking One Key Secret. People often say that you need to "communicate more" in a relationship, either a romantic one or with friends, a relative or at work. Is it true though? I actually don't believe it is. Let me explain... it all depends to where you're coming from.  00:00 Intro 01:10 From the inside out 04:56 Why is this important? 05:34 Scenario no. 1 06:21 Scenario no. 2 08:43 How What do you think? Let me know, DM me at @iamalexmanzi and come join the community

How 1,000 Pieces Of Lego Taught Me To Love The Creative Process. And here we go dreamers, this is Alex, back with a new episode and... here I want to tell the story of how I fell in love with the creative process. Believe it or not, Lego, and in particular building a pirate ship of 909 pieces (yes, not really 1,000 but that looks better in the title LOL) made me realize that the end goal we often have in mind when we want something... it's just not as good as enjoying the process of building it, of doing it, of being it.  00:00 Intro 02:07 It was frustrating 04:04 What Lego taught me 09:07 Learning to love the process 11:49 The end destination What do you think? Let me know, DM me at @iamalexmanzi and come join the community

Hello everyone, I'm back after a bit of a pause after years of this podcast. It's been a moment of change for me, my career and life as a life coach is giving me a lot that I'd been searching for all my life and... I've decided now that I want to give you guys some of the lessons I learned all these years. For starters a hot take: I recently stopped doing meditation after years of daily practice. Let me stop you there before you say anything: meditation is actually good. But the reason why I stopped is... well, just listen to this new episode, and hear what I have to say.  00:00 Intro 02:33 How I started meditation 06:59 Practice and State Of Meditation 10:12 Being aware 13:17 Peace of mind Please come say hi, maybe send a DM on Instagram and TikTok at @iamalexmanzi, and please subscribe to my YouTube channel!