The Mindset and Self-Mastery Show

“When you’re being asked to be something that you’ve never been before, and you’re being held accountable for how well you are, that thing that you are being called to be, that you’ve never been before, it’s almost like a catch-22. I don’t know how to do this well, but I’m gonna be held accountable if I don’t do it well. And wrestling through that and trying to figure out, well, how do I position...

“It took me a long time to actually realize that there was a problem with my drinking, but that my problems were actually deeper than my drinking.” Episode summary: In this episode, I share about my struggle with alcoholism and how I told myself for years, “I don’t have a problem,” only to realize that, yes, I did have a problem, but the problem was much deeper and darker than just alcoholism What...

“I have to do it because it makes me better, because it makes me feel better, because it makes me a better human, because it makes me a better businessman, because it makes me a better brother, a better son, a better friend, a better, all these things. Right? So you have to just look at it and say, okay, this is gonna be uncomfortable, but I’m so committed to this version of myself that I’m gonna...

“My passion is that I want to help people on a level beyond what they can physically touch. Like to get them to connect to themselves, their true self within.” Episode summary: In today’s episode, I have a doctor, actress, mother, and founder of the Next Step Leadership Academy to discuss life transformation. What to listen for: How to engage and call out our true selves in all aspects of life Wha...

“Joy only comes from within ourselves. It is not external. It’s not an external act, external job. It’s an inside job.” Episode summary: In this episode, Nick speaks with Wayne Faulkner, the author of 3 personal development books, to discuss the magical journey of discipline and curiosity. We travel through childhood into adulthood, career, being a musician, and going through heartbreak to discuss...

“Let’s start having those real conversations and really trying to focus on our mental fitness because I feel like for me, that’s the biggest thing. If you have your well-being, you should really try to understand everything about it and how to take care of it.” In this episode, Nick speaks with Chinazom Sunny Nwabueze, who is the Founder of Dreamcatchers Performance and a high-performance leadersh...

“No matter what you’re going through, no matter where you’ve been at in life, no matter what situations happen to you, for you, around you, through you, etc., how we handle our mental health can really affect everything else that we go through.” In this episode, Nick talks about how imperative it is for us to actually start talking about our mental health. Not just with other people but, first and...

“Even when you fear failure, you’re not broken. You’re just blocked.” In this episode, Nick talks about an F word… Failure. Leaning into failure can help us but most people don’t get to the point where failure can be a beneficial thing, they let the fear of failure hold them back before they even begin. Do you fear failure? What to listen for: Stories about how my fear of failure held me back for...

“It’s not just about managing your mindset. It’s not just about positive thinking your way through it. That’s not how it all works. It’s a piece of it. But it’s not the entirety of the pie. It’s about being able to understand the context, what you’ve been through trauma-wise, and how your brain affects all of that going forward.“ Episode summary: In this episode, Nick talks about how trauma affect...

“It’s a path. That’s it. It’s a path. Keep walking. You can stop, you can smell the roses, you can walk backward. You can stop and think that you’re done. Guess what? You’re not. You’re not until maybe you’re six feet under or however you wanna be, however you wanna go.” Episode summary: In this episode, Nick speaks with Dr. Benjamin Ritter about living for yourself and how values tie into everyth...

“For the most part, a lot of people, I think have an external “should”. Like, well, my parents told me that I should go to college. My parents told me that I should get a great job, or that I should be a doctor, or I should be a lawyer, or I should be this, I should be that. What the fuck do you wanna do, though? Like, what is it? What is it that you feel you should do? Are there times where you f...

“What you do in that specific second where you could react a negative way is going to impact the way that you continue for that climb or that you start the descent downward on the side of the mountain, literally free falling or just going down on your ass and sliding down and having to figure out how to climb your way back up with a lot of extra baggage. And if this is something that you struggle...

“I remember taking a step back and thinking, yeah, this needs to be different. This needs to be changed. And that was a piece that I changed. So I guess in some ways this episode is more of a, oh, hey, by the fucking way, I’m no longer on social media, I’ve stepped out of the noise and out of the machine, and I suggest you do the same thing.” Today on the show, Nick shares about how he recently le...

“So everything I’d been working for a year was taken away from me. Like the carpet was ripped underneath my legs.” In this episode, Nick speaks with Dan MacQueen, who had to re-learn how to walk, talk, and smile after a traumatic brain injury in 2014. What he found out along the way might surprise you, there is nothing like a brain hemorrhage to refocus the mind! What to listen for: The story abou...

“With traumas, for the most part, I think a lot of our stuff that we work through and really the tough shit that we as adult.” In this episode, Nick talks about feeling trauma in ourselves and what to do with it. When we think about trauma, most people think about the kind of crazy traumas like head traumas or something major like a car accident or even a tragedy where somebody died. There’s also...

“Sometimes having grace with ourselves is really difficult. Sometimes even just understanding that we’re going through shit and not that just we’ve been perpetually off for weeks or months or even years. But having grace with ourselves is where things actually help us to be able to grow.” In this episode, Nick talks about the importance of showing ourselves grace during our growth stages as well a...

“Being able to understand what’s actually happening, removing the interpretation and the stories that you can tell about what you think is actually happening. is a key component to being able to separate yourself from any of the bullshit that could flood your system. Once you’re able to do that, you can then actually get to your intuition.” In this episode, Nick discusses a recent experience of ma...

“The purpose of this show, the mindset and self-mastery show is for us to be able to heal and be able to better manage our mindset and to be able to find our own sense and purpose within our self-mastery. Self-mastery is basically just discipline and being disciplined in different ways and not being restrictive. However, things have changed a bit.” In this episode,  Nick talks about how sometimes...

"I am I’m a catholic lesbian and am out. I guess you’d say now I’m out and proud” In this episode, Nick speaks with Dawn Dimicco, the founder of Epic Redemption Coaching. She’s also a devout catholic who came out as gay and discusses how her religious beliefs comingle with her sexual orientation. What to listen for: How she never thought she’d be an author but a book seemingly poured out of her He...

"There was no talk of you know, higher consciousness. There was not even any talk of therapy." In this episode, Nick speaks with Phyllis Leavitt about bringing therapy to America and how her work with children and families as a psychotherapist for over 30 years has shed light on how important therapy is for everyone. She’s worked extensively with abuse and dysfunctional family dynamics and has a n...

In this episode, Nick speaks with Karen Romine, who had always heard voices in her head, even as a child. They were voices of the dead. She expressed these voices and easily discussed death, but coming from a religious home, her parents were concerned with her mental health and her faith in God, so they placed her in a religious school. Karen quickly learned that she shouldn’t talk about her exper...

In this episode, Nick speaks with Gregory Shepard, who struggled with certain things due to autism and being dyslexic, but he learned how to self-master and overcome to the point where he is now very successful, creating and running multiple businesses. He was able to use certain mindsets to create his success. He uses five principles – Focus, Drive, Enthusiasm, Discipline, and Optimism. Focus – y...

In this episode, Nick speaks with Sean Robinson, who didn’t really think too much about drinking. His parents were in their 20s when they had Sean, so he grew up with drinking, as his parents would socially drink and host parties. It was always normal, so as he got older, he was drinking, too. Like most of us in our 20s, Sean, too, was having the best time of his life, drinking, hanging out with f...

In this episode, Nick speaks with Tom Paladino, who has always looked up to Nikola Tesla. Just like Tesla, Tom has been working towards providing free energy to the public. There is natural, free, clean energy all around us, it’s just about how we tap into that. Tom’s research and work have been working towards harnessing into scalar energy, which is energy from the stars, including our sun. With...

Ariel Goldenberg took a big leap by moving to America from Israel, wanting a better life. After moving here, both he and his wife put every ounce of their being into getting their business up and runn