Matthew Gottesman
The Niche Is You
Hi, I’m Matt Gottesman (@mattgottesman on Instagram) and this is my daily podcast where I offer practical thoughts and perspectives to un-complicate life, creativity and the pursuit of your highest self. Instead of choosing one niche for the podcast, I decided that the niche is you… a simple, straight forward show about the power of not boxing yourself into any one category, title or niche, but embracing all of your gifts, having a better relationship with yourself and trusting your path (intuition).I’m not a "category" expert, just someone sharing my thoughts, perspectives and experiences on...
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Jul 10, 2026
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Episodes
The Gap That Nobody Talks About… the Space Between Inner Transformation and Outer Reality 10.07.2026 24:47
In this episode we’ll talk about: The gap that nobody talks about — the space between inner transformation and outer reality Why doubt shows up so intensely in this specific season How to recognize the gap for what it actually is instead of interpreting it as failure The spiritual purpose of the lag between who you're becoming and what your life reflects Why frantic searching in the gap only prolo...
The Real Flex Isn't Getting What Everyone Else Wants… It's Not Wanting It in the First Place 09.07.2026 32:23
In this episode we’ll talk about: Why wanting what everyone else wants automatically puts you in chase mode — and what that's costing you The difference between playing the same game better and playing a different game entirely Why the current cultural moment is revealing something important — institutions courting creators who don't actually need them The internal work of figuring out what you ac...
Why Does Grief Reveal Some of Our Deepest Connection to God? 08.07.2026 27:25
In this episode we’ll talk about: Why grief has a way of doing what almost nothing else in life can do to our spiritual sensitivity How loss slows down our sense of time — and why that slowing down is where God tends to meet us Why we ask deeper questions in grief than we do in almost any other season How grief strips away the noise that usually stands between us and God Why the closeness people f...
The Goal Isn't More Energy — It's Fewer Things Stealing It 07.07.2026 26:52
In this episode we’ll talk about: Why most people are chasing the wrong solution to feeling depleted The hidden energy leaks that quietly run your nervous system into the ground How modern life trained us to add more instead of protect more What's actually stealing your energy that you haven't named yet The practical work of subtracting what's draining you What becomes possible when you finally pr...
The Right Person Won't Make You Smaller — They'll Make You More of Who You Already Are 06.07.2026 20:51
In this episode we’ll talk about: The quiet test that reveals whether love is expanding you or shrinking you Why so many of us learned to shrink in love before we knew we were doing it What it actually feels like to be with someone who makes you more of who you are How aligned love creates space for the parts of you that were waiting to come forward The difference between intensity and expansion i...
The Most Powerful Move You Can Make Right Now Is Slowing Down 03.07.2026 24:45
In this episode we’ll talk about: Why slowing down has become the most counterintuitive and most powerful move you can make How our pace of life has been quietly making everything harder than it needs to be What slowing down actually unlocks across your work, relationships, faith, body, and decisions Why almost every answer you're searching for is already trying to reach you The practical work of...
You Keep Praying for Direction While Ignoring the One God Already Gave You 02.07.2026 19:40
In this episode we’ll talk about: Why most people aren't lacking direction — they're stalling on the direction they already received The spiritual principle of completed obedience as the gateway to new revelation Why God doesn't give you the next instruction until you act on the current one How praying for clarity becomes a way to delay the obedience you already owe What it looks like to honor the...
As a Creator… Be Careful Being Taught How to Be Someone Else 01.07.2026 27:57
In this episode we’ll talk about: The dominant message most creators are being taught — and why it's quietly costing them What I've chosen instead and what it's produced over time The difference between God-led refinement and noise-driven reinvention Why your audience is already on your side — and what they actually want What it looks like to stay anchored to who you are What gets built when you d...
You're Not Having an Identity Crisis… You're Having an Honesty Breakthrough 30.06.2026 22:57
In this episode we’ll talk about: Why what we call an identity crisis is almost always something else entirely How honesty feels like collapse when you've spent years performing The difference between losing yourself and losing the version of you that was never really you Why God uses these moments to reorient your entire life What to do when honesty starts arriving in waves you didn't ask for Wha...
God's Not Absent... God Just May Be Quiet So You Can Practice Listening to a Frequency You Used to Drown Out 29.06.2026 29:04
In this episode we’ll talk about: Why silence from God isn't absence — and how we've been misreading it our whole lives The biblical pattern of God speaking in whispers, not noise What you've been using to drown out the frequency you're now being asked to hear Why God goes quiet on purpose during certain seasons The practical work of learning to listen again What starts to happen when you finally...
The Work Doesn't Need to Be Good… It Just Needs to Be Made 26.06.2026 21:28
In this episode we’ll talk about: Why we've been lied to about how creativity actually works How the obsession with making good work is what's preventing you from making anything Why creative block is almost always perfectionism in disguise Real creators aren't more talented — they're more willing to make bad work for as long as the good requires The discipline of showing up before you know what y...
If You’re Not Going To Devote All Of Yourself To It, Why Do It At All 25.06.2026 23:22
In this episode we’ll talk about: Why Kobe Bryant's standard wasn't about being the best — it was about full devotion How half-devotion is more expensive than full devotion ever will be Why we half-step things that actually matter to us — and what's underneath that pattern The areas of your life that deserve full devotion and the cost of giving them less What full devotion actually looks like in p...
There Are Two Vital Questions to Ask When Making an Important Decision 24.06.2026 22:50
In this episode we’ll talk about: Why most people only ask one question when making decisions — and it's the wrong one The difference between optimization decisions and positioning decisions How our culture trained us to measure success by what we get instead of what we're aligning with Why Jalen Brunson's $113 million decision is a masterclass in spiritual and strategic alignment Why provision fo...
Make the Thing Only You Could Make — The Audience for That Is Already Waiting 23.06.2026 22:42
In this episode we’ll talk about: Why the most overlooked competitive advantage is the thing that makes you specifically you How trying to make what's already been made is the slowest path to obscurity Why your unique combination of experiences perspectives and gifts is the actual asset How there's already an audience searching for what only you can offer Why most creators settle for generic work...
You Will Know Them By Their Fruit 22.06.2026 24:51
In this episode we’ll talk about: Why fruit is not what most people think it is What scripture actually means when it talks about the fruit of the Spirit How real fruit shows up in someone's daily behavior — not their public presentation Why fruit cannot be performed... only lived How recognizing fruit in others requires cultivating it in yourself What your spirit knows about someone long before y...
Money Was Never the Enemy of the Work… or What Some Call Art 19.06.2026 21:36
In this episode we’ll talk about: Why we sort our talents into two piles — and how that sorting system is breaking The lie that real artists shouldn't care about money — and where it came from Why art is bigger than the canvas and the recording booth The reframe — money isn't the enemy of devotion, neglect is Why rigor and devotion are the same act How to define your own model without inheriting t...
When the Thing That Always Worked Stops Working — That's God Talking 18.06.2026 23:30
In this episode we’ll talk about: Why God will sometimes dry up the source that's been carrying you How to recognize divine redirection when it shows up as drought Why the unexplainable slowdown isn't punishment — it's repositioning The difference between confusing the source with God and recognizing God as the actual source Why letting go of what used to work is harder than starting something new...
How Do You Answer the Question… “What Do You Do?” 17.06.2026 23:31
In this episode we’ll talk about: Why the question "what do you do" has always felt too small for certain people How society's need to label you is about their comfort not your identity Why being multiple things at once isn't confusion — it's design How I personally navigate this question and why my answer keeps evolving Why the pressure to pick one lane limits people who were built for range What...
Many Don't Have an Intuition Problem… It Might Be a Courage-to-Obey-It Problem 16.06.2026 24:27
In this episode we’ll talk about: Why most people hear their intuition clearly but choose not to follow it How the gap between knowing and doing is almost always a courage gap not a clarity gap Why obedience to your own knowing is one of the hardest practices you'll ever develop How ignoring your intuition repeatedly trains you to distrust the very thing designed to guide you Why God often speaks...
Most of What We Call Doubt Is Actually a Refusal to Release the Version of the Plan We Wrote First 15.06.2026 21:09
In this episode we’ll talk about: Why most doubt isn't actually doubt in God — it's attachment to your own version of how things should go How we mislabel control as faith and then call it doubt when God doesn't follow our script Why releasing your plan isn't the same as losing your faith How attachment to the original vision blocks the expanded version God is trying to reveal The difference betwe...
Alignment Doesn't Feel Aligned at First — It Feels Like Loss 12.06.2026 25:47
In this episode we’ll talk about: Why the beginning of alignment almost always feels like something is falling apart How loss and alignment share the same entry point and why that confuses people Why God's realignment process requires the removal of things you thought were permanent How to recognize alignment when it's disguised as disruption Why the discomfort of transition is evidence of reposit...
Most Good Communication Is Actually Two People Being Safe Enough to Be Wrong Out Loud 11.06.2026 25:47
In this episode we’ll talk about: Why what we call good communication is less about technique and more about safety How most communication breakdowns aren't skill problems — they're safety problems Why being wrong out loud in front of someone is one of the deepest forms of intimacy How safety in communication changes what people are willing to say and how quickly things resolve Why the best commun...
The Decision That Scares You the Most Is Often the One Your Future Self Has Already Made 10.06.2026 22:38
In this episode we’ll talk about: Why the decisions that carry the most fear are usually the most aligned How your future self has already resolved what your current self is still debating Why the fear isn't confusion — it's the weight of knowing what's next and not feeling ready for it The difference between fear that warns you and fear that confirms you Why most people stay stuck not because the...
The Relationship You're Praying for Is Also Praying for You 09.06.2026 19:35
In this episode we’ll talk about: Why the waiting season in love isn't just about your preparation — it's about theirs too How God is simultaneously preparing two people for each other without either of them knowing the full picture Why your faith during the wait is connected to something happening on the other side that you can't see yet How trusting the process changes your relationship with the...
Prayers Aren’t Magic Tricks… They’re Invitations 08.06.2026 24:05
In this episode we’ll talk about: Why prayers are invitations into becoming not shortcuts to receiving How activation is where the real work begins — not where it ends Why bold prayers come with bold preparation attached How God gives you the blessing and the becoming at the same time Why resistance after prayer isn't a sign you're wrong — it's a sign you're growing into what you asked for What it...
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