Power in the Pain Podcast

Content note: This episode includes discussion of childhood abuse and sex trafficking. Please listen with care. If you or someone you know needs help, call the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888 (text BEFREE to 233733) or 911. "I prayed. Nobody came. I don't want that to be an empty prayer for somebody else." Alexandria Dean is back in the Spread the Positive studio for Part 2. I...

=========== Content note: Greg references childhood abuse in this episode. Please listen with care. "I did protect you until you could protect yourself." Back in the Spread the Positive studio, Greg Pihs takes on a question that stopped him cold: what if the moment your life ended, it started over, exactly the same, on an infinite loop? Greg went down a rabbit hole with the philosopher Friedrich N...

Content note: This episode includes a first-person account of childhood abuse. Please listen with care. "Your behavioral strategy is not the problem. The only problem you're facing today is a lack of awareness and the capacity to choose a different pathway." In this solo episode of Power in the Pain, Greg Pihs breaks down childhood programming: how trauma in early life, whether physical, emotional...

"There are five different types of domestic violence — and physical is just one of them." That's the sentence that reframes this entire conversation. When most people hear "domestic violence," they picture bruises. Kat Polsinelli — a survivor, TEDx speaker, and coach — walks Greg Pihs through the four other kinds most of us never name: the emotional, the psychological, the financial, and the slow...

"Discipline equals freedom — and you know who said that before Jocko did? Marcus Aurelius." Eight years sober. Around $170,000 saved. A walk across 1,200-degree coals and a 14,000-foot skydive in the same month. Andrew Farrer packs a lot of living into a life — and in this episode he traces all of it back to a 2,000-year-old operating system: Stoicism. In this wide-ranging conversation, Greg Pihs...

Content note: This episode includes discussion of childhood abuse and sex trafficking. Please listen with care. "My voice was silenced before. It's not going to be silenced anymore. I'm going to be heard." In this deeply moving episode of Power in the Pain, Greg Pihs sits down with Alexandria, a survivor of childhood abuse and sex trafficking who now shares her testimony so that others who have su...

Everyone thinks resilience is getting knocked down and getting back up. Greg Pihs says that definition is holding you back. In this episode of Power in the Pain, Greg reframes resilience as something that starts long before the knockdown: the decision to stay in the fight well past the point where a prudent person would call it logical to quit. By that definition, you don't need to get knocked dow...

The box everyone says to think outside of? It's your own mind, and Greg Pihs shows you how to break out of it. In this episode of Power in the Pain, Greg unpacks the "box" as your internal representation of the world: the thoughts you form about every experience, built automatically from your past. An event is just neutral data. The meaning you attach to it comes from an unconscious record of ever...

Most people spend their whole lives running away from what they don't want — and never stop to discover what they actually DO want. In this episode of Power in the Pain, Greg Pihs breaks down the power of desire: the difference between "away" and "toward" motivation, why admitting "I don't know what I want" is actually the first step forward, and how to use your imagination to find the why that pu...

Why does the word "a lot" make one person panic and another person shrug? In this episode of Power in the Pain, Greg Pihs breaks down a truth hiding in plain sight: your words carry emotional charges you never consciously chose. Those charges were installed in childhood, mostly between ages 0 and 14, based on the majority of experiences you had while learning each word. Decades later, your nervous...

Anxiety isn't happening to you. Greg Pihs breaks down the three ingredients you use to create it, and how to stop. In this episode of Power in the Pain, Greg walks through the exact strategy your mind runs to produce anxiety: a thought, aimed at the future, about an outcome you don't want. He uses the "people aren't buying right now" moment every business owner knows, and points out you have plent...

THE PROBLEM IS NEVER THE PROBLEM — the difference between the symptom and the root cause, and why "proximity" tricks your mind into hyper-focusing on the closest discomfort while the real root keeps growing back. (That's why the coworker you couldn't stand shows up again at your next job under a different name.) THE NEGATION TRAP — your unconscious mind doesn't process negatives. Say "I don't want...

What if you could change your behavior as easily as you change your clothes? In this episode of Power in the Pain, Greg Pihs unpacks one deceptively simple idea: most of your behavior runs on autopilot, selected by your unconscious mind before you're even aware of it. But just like humanity went from "no clothing" to consciously choosing the right outfit for the right occasion, you can learn to co...

Fear isn't the enemy. It's a loyal guard dog that's never been trained — and the moment you take control is the moment it loses its power. In this episode, Greg breaks down the guard dog metaphor: fear is doing exactly what it's supposed to do, notifying you when something might be up. The problem isn't fear. The problem is that most of us have never done any conscious training around it. So it ru...

In this solo episode of The Power in the Pain Podcast , Greg Pihs tackles a question we all face: why do we keep repeating the same patterns —even when we swear we're "done" with them? Greg unpacks how old behaviors, thoughts, emotions, and decisions can follow you into a new job, a new relationship, or a new season… just wearing a different name. This episode dives into the unconscious loop behin...

Your identity isn't formed by what happens to you — it's formed by what you say about yourself. In this episode of Power in the Pain, Greg Pihs breaks down how to consciously take control of who you're becoming, starting from the inside out. The two most powerful words in your vocabulary are "I am." Whatever follows them, your nervous system believes — and then goes looking for evidence to prove i...

In this special returning-guest episode of The Power in the Pain Podcast , Greg Pihs sits down with his son Xander Rocco Pihs for a hilarious, wholesome, and surprisingly deep father–son conversation. From dishwasher life hacks and laser tag to penguin documentaries (yes… the feeding part 🤢), the episode builds into a powerful mindset message about identity and growth: focus less on what you're d...

Why is more important than how — and most people stay stuck because they have that backwards. In this episode, Greg breaks down the headlights analogy: when you're driving through the desert at night, you only see 20 to 50 feet in front of you, and that's enough. You don't need to see the whole road. You need to know the next three steps. The rest gets illuminated as you move. Same goes for buildi...

On this powerful episode of Power in the Pain Podcast , Greg Pihs sits down with Cody Tipton —a master electrician , pastor , and top-producing Realtor —for a deep dive into faith and how it shapes everything: identity, discipline, leadership, and the decisions we make when life gets hard. Cody's story is rooted in the Church from the very beginning— three days old in a revival service —and that f...

Did you know your body is sending signals to your brain every single second — completely outside your awareness? In this episode of Power in the Pain, Greg Pihs breaks down the unconscious mind-body loop that's already shaping your thoughts, emotions, and reality — and how you can flip it in your favor. Greg unpacks the Reticular Activating System (RAS) — the brain's filter that processes 2 millio...

Dr. Gregory D. Linkowski is back for Part 2—and this conversation goes even deeper. Greg Pihs continues the dialogue with the Fresno-based radiologist, life coach, and author of Dare to Thrive , exploring what it really takes to move from surviving your past to building a life of purpose. In this episode, you'll hear practical insight on how childhood chaos shapes adult patterns, why forgiveness i...

In this solo episode of The Power in the Pain Podcast , Greg Pihs breaks down the real power of emotional management —and why emotions aren't distractions… they're information . Greg shares how he once rejected emotions entirely, then had a major "aha" through NLP and timeline therapy : emotions are signals from your nervous system that can guide you if you learn to read them . You'll learn why em...

On this episode of The Power in the Pain Podcast , Greg Pihs sits down with Marisa Cali of B ePresent Events for a real conversation about presence , intention , and breaking the "always on" cycle that keeps so many high-achievers stuck in stress and burnout. Marisa shares how her own journey—from constant digital noise and nonstop doing—led her to build experiences and retreats that help people s...

In this solo episode of The Power in the Pain Podcast , Greg Pihs breaks down the classic book "The Strangest Secret" and the core idea that your mind is like land —it produces whatever you consistently plant and water , whether it's empowering "corn" or poisonous "nightshade." Greg uses simple, memorable metaphors (seeds, weeds, gardens, harvests) to show how thoughts become habits, habits become...

Chelsea Albert is back for Part 2—and this one is a must-listen for entrepreneurs who know what to do… but still don't do it. Greg Pihs and Chelsea Albert go deeper into Chelsea's work and her new app Tasklandia , a creative system that gamifies the mundane, high-leverage tasks that build businesses: follow-ups, content reps, outreach, admin, and all the "move the needle" work most people procrast...