Ep. 57- Stop Settling

beacons.ai/garrettaveryThe Power of Not Knowing: Freedom Lives in PossibilityWhat if not knowing isn't a weakness, but one of the greatest sources of freedom available to us?We've been sold a cultural story that knowing means control, certainty, security, and ultimately, effectiveness. We believe that if we can just figure everything out, anticipate every outcome, and understand exactly where we're going, we'll finally be able to navigate life successfully.But what if we've got it backwards?Knowing can become a way of limiting possibility. We spend enormous amounts of energy trying to hold life, ourselves, and the future inside the boundaries of what we already understand.True freedom lives in not knowing. Possibility lives in not knowing. It's in the space beyond our current understanding that entirely new experiences, perspectives, and versions of ourselves become available.In this episode, we explore our relationship with certainty, the cultural conditioning that keeps us attached to knowing, and what becomes possible when we loosen our grip on the need to have everything figured out.Perhaps the greatest power isn't knowing what's coming next.Perhaps it's being open enough to let life surprise us.

beacons.ai/garrettaveryAre You Addicted to the Struggle?What if struggle has become more than something we experience? What if it has become something we unconsciously depend on?In this episode, we explore our addiction to struggle, the role culture plays in teaching us to equate suffering with success, worthiness, and identity, and the surprising parallels between the biology of behavioral patterns and substance addiction.Why can peace feel uncomfortable? Why do we sometimes recreate challenges even when we're ready for something better?Most importantly, what would it look like to stop feeding the struggle and begin directing that same energy toward more fulfilling avenues: creativity, connection, play, contribution, love, and joy?This is an invitation to honor what struggle has taught us, release the belief that we need it to be worthy, and discover what becomes possible when we choose a different way forward.

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At one point, life is going to ask you to clearly decide whether you're the creator of your life or not.  Step-by-step, stop settling now.Follow me:https://www.instagram.com/garrettravery/https://www.youtube.com/c/GarrettAvery108https://www.tiktok.com@garrettraveryOfficial Podcast Links:Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/05fYHRT...Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/show/3086392Support me on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/garrettaveryAll music by yoitrax | https://soundcloud.com/yoitraxMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

EVERYBODY has a special voice - EVERYBODY has a special story. Perhaps yours isn't meant to be screamed from the rooftops but it's an important and helpful thread that can be shared into your circle as one of your greatest gifts to the world.Follow me:https://www.instagram.com/garrettravery/https://www.youtube.com/c/GarrettAvery108https://www.tiktok.com@garrettraveryOfficial Podcast Links:Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/05fYHRT...Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/show/3086392Support me on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/garrettaveryAll music by yoitrax | https://soundcloud.com/yoitraxMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

There is something out there that ties us all together. There is something out there and in us that we can connect with as a resource to find and fulfill our many purposes in this life. However, 1) You've got to ASK for the help and 2) you have to ACCEPT (receive) it. Well wishes that this is the sign you needed to start doing so = ).Follow me:https://www.instagram.com/garrettravery/https://www.youtube.com/c/GarrettAvery108https://www.tiktok.com@garrettraveryOfficial Podcast Links:Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/05fYHRT...Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/show/3086392Support me on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/garrettaveryAll music by yoitrax | https://soundcloud.com/yoitraxMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

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It's been three months since my last episode. A divorce will do that to you. Here's what I have to say about it.Follow me:https://www.instagram.com/garrettravery/https://www.youtube.com/c/GarrettAvery108https://www.tiktok.com@garrettraveryOfficial Podcast Links:Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/05fYHRT...Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/show/3086392Support me on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/garrettaveryAll music by yoitrax | https://soundcloud.com/yoitraxMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US