The Jim Fortin Podcast

Start Your Transformation Now Think about what scares you. Now, think about what makes you happy.  How much of your life do you spend in fear? How much of your life do you spend in joy?  Here is a truism that will set you free. Every fear you have, every joy you have…it’s all made up in your mind! You made it all up.  I know that sounds banal and ridiculous, but that’s the truth. Everything that b...

Start Your Transformation Now So, we’ve been talking about identity for two months now, and I want to finish the identity series with a problem solving approach.  The only reason you listen to the podcast is because you’re wanting to solve a problem, and for most, specifically, that problem is how to create a better quality of life.  With global audience I have coached, when I ask people, “What is...

Start Your Transformation Now We have talked for seven weeks now about identity and we have talked about some external things and ways of BEing but what about internally? What about your self-worth as it relates to your identity?  What is your intrinsic worth? What do you think you are worth?  Do you determine your self-worth on your own knowing of yourself or do you and have you let the world det...

Start Your Transformation Now Every single thing you do is a “message.” Of course, it’s a behavior too, but beyond that, it’s a message as to who you are and how you think.  And, who you think you are is your identity.  The focus of this episode is about the imprint or lack thereof that you’re going to leave in and on the world.  When you think of MLK what do you think of? Who do you think he was?...

Start Your Transformation Now Have you ever fully realized that your primary relationships are a reflection of you? The title of this episode is “Your Identity Confirms Itself” and it does that by moving you into relationships that confirm who you think you are. Let me give you the best example to demonstrate that we engage in relationships that confirm who we are. Let’s say that someone believes...

Start Your Transformation Now We’ve all heard it a bazillion times from our parents,”Live up to your potential.”  How often do you think, “I could do so much more in life? I could be more. I could have more, but for some reason, something stops me. No matter what I do, I keep failing and falling short of what I want.”  Many of us can relate to the above.  As a kid, my parents often berated me for...

Start Your Transformation Now In this episode I share a story about Sam Wolf and Phillip Phillips. Sam came in 5th place on American Idol, and Phillip came in 1st. They both have an extraordinary voice. One won the show, the other did not. How come? Of course there are many reasons, but one of the main reasons is how they saw themselves inside…Their self image. This demonstrates a point that I’ll...

Start Your Transformation Now Here’s Part Three of the Identity Podcast Series.  So, we’ve talked about two fundamental questions: 1. Who are you and 2. What makes you matter?  Next, the question for this week. That question is: What Are The Patterns Of Your Life?  We tend to get into our heads and we always think about what we think, especially as it relates to our identity but what we often neve...

Start Your Transformation Now What makes you matter? What lights you up? What is special and unique about you?  Being in the personal development industry for 30 years I’ve heard tons of speakers, trainers, authors, etc. A common theme with many in my industry is to talk to their audiences and tell them “You have to find your WHY?”  They say that if you want to stay motivated, focused, and driven,...

Start Your Transformation Now This episode is one in a series about Identity and this is going to be a lengthy series that leads you to my world-renowned Transformational Coaching Program.  In this episode, we’re going to start diving into “Who are you?”  This episode is about your “identity” and the exploration into who you are.  The definition of IDENTITY is: The fact of being who or what a pers...

Start Your Transformation Now Want more in life? If so, pay special attention to the next several episodes because they are all going to be about your identity in 2023 and that’s what this episode is titled: You Me and Be in 2023.  Your identity is your learned “blueprint” that determines what you think and don’t think about all aspects of your life.  I often tell my students in my transformationa...

Start Your Transformation Now You may have heard me mention this Earnest Holmes quote, “Imagine your mind so plastic, so receptive, that it receives the slightest impression of your thoughts. Not some thoughts but all thoughts are taken up and acted upon.”  When you come to know the gravity of this quote your life will change forever.  In this episode, I go over the seven states of matter and shar...

Start Your Transformation Now This is an unusual podcast episode and one I feel will be both educational and inspirational to many. A few months back my Fall Transformational Coaching Program participated in a campaign to raise funds for a global charity called charity: water. charity: water brings water infrastructure to remote villages in the world where there is no water. I was blown away by th...

Start Your Transformation Now You probably know what that is, right? And, more than anything, you probably know what it feels like. Not everyone over thinks but a large part of the population does and it brings a lot of grief for most. And, the good news…it’s not you doing it, it’s your brain and the better news is, you can break the habit, which we dig into in this episode.  So, I’m talking about...

Start Your Transformation Now I know you’ve probably heard the phrase, “You’re not a human being having a spiritual experience, you’re a spiritual being having a human experience.”  Even though this makes perfect sense to most people, they don’t really deep dive into it and explore the deeper meaning of it.  Let’s approach this from the position of Duality of Being. You’re a dual being, both mind,...

Start Your Transformation Now This episode has been on my mind in various ways for about a week or so.  I was apprehensive about doing this episode only because I don’t want to appear to be repetitive, but for a lot of us, the only way we integrate and learn is through repetition.  You have probably heard me say before, “You are where your attention is.”  When you hear that, what do you think? Do...

Start Your Transformation Now Your assumptions control every aspect of your life.  Assumptions are powerful because you live from them to build your life or destroy your life. Your life is a series of assumptions and in this episode, we take a look at your biggest assumptions and then talk about how to eliminate the most negative ones.  An assumption is a thing that is accepted as true or as certa...

Start Your Transformation Now People often ask me, “Hey Jim, what are your favorite quotes?”  Like a lot of people. I have tons of quotes that inspire me in some way but I have a handful that I live my life by and ones that have helped transform the way I show up in life.  In particular, they have brought so much, joy, peace of mind and solitude into my life, and I wanted to share these with you. ...

Start Your Transformation Now Lots of people have been asking for this episode.  This episode is about one of the most powerful things you can do in your life and that is to understand, manage and use your subconscious mind.  I can’t tackle all of this in this single episode, but I can help you to better understand the power of your subconscious mind.  I briefly cover the definitions of hypnosis,...

Start Your Transformation Now Have you ever noticed that when you cut your finger, you probably put a band-aid on it, and then you don’t think twice about it?  Have you noticed that you don’t focus on healing your finger? You’re not doing self hypnosis healing, acupuncture, yoga, etc. to heal your finger. Even if it’s a bad cut that does not require stitches, you simply wrap it up, go about your t...

Start Your Transformation Now When you think of spending and investing, what do you think of? Most of us think of investing as a good and smart thing, and spending, especially excessively, as a bad thing. Right? How about we put this into a new perspective? How about your thoughts, thinking, and emotions? What if we put the old-fashioned “swear jar” on the counter, as a metaphor? With the “swear j...

Start Your Transformation Now That’s an odd question, right? I mean, who actually stops and says, “Am I leaking power today?”  In this episode, I talk a tad about shamanism, and in shamanism, one of the most powerful things you can do is “conserve your energy.” Why? Because the weaker your energy and the less energy you have, the less power you have.  It’s basic physics. You are electrons, neutron...

Start Your Transformation Now Crazy podcast title, right? I mean who thinks they can actually restrict the universe?  To be more specific, it’s not that we restrict the universe, it’s that we restrict the flow of consciousness through us and that in itself is restricting the universe.  So, why does it happen this way?  We restrict consciousness because we are like a filter for consciousness and wh...

Start Your Transformation Now I’m sure you have heard the phrase, “The definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over and expecting different results,” Right?  Have you ever wondered why you totally get that phrase, and it makes sense to you, but you still keep doing the same things over and over that you don’t like?  And, have you ever really thought about the consequences of doing...

Start Your Transformation Now Yes, I do mean “soul” power, and, no, I don’t mean “sole” power.  When you think of your soul, what do you think of? Maybe infinity, divine mind, cosmic consciousness, eternal life? I’m not sure, but one thing this is for sure, none of us can answer with 100% certainly of what what specially our soul is. And, one thing we can agree on is that no matter what it is, it’...