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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Matthew Gottesman
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Jul 10, 2026
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Episodes
Rest Isn’t a Reward, It’s a Requirement… What is the Real ROI of Rest 15.05.2025 17:22
In this episode, I talk about rest not just being a reward for your work but a requirement, rest as part of the process for deepening your work and habits, not measuring your value by how busy you are, how protecting your energy is a power move, protecting your rest from a demanding world and more. CONNECT WITH ME… → Instagram — @mattgottesman → Text Me — 480-530-7352 → My Substack — mattgottesman...
Your Work Shouldn’t Just Fund Your Life… It Should Feed Your Life 14.05.2025 21:10
In this episode, I talk about why “aligned” work will be more lucrative and profitable for you, how to identify work that feeds you not just funds you, auditing your current work, designing your day, building a “feed me first” schedule, realigning your priorities to fit the lifestyle you really want and more. CONNECT WITH ME… → Instagram — @mattgottesman → Text Me — 480-530-7352 → My Substack — ma...
How to Know What’s a Distraction Vs What’s Truly Yours 13.05.2025 22:49
In this episode, I talk about knowing what’s a distraction versus what’s meant to be yours, why distractions don’t always look like problems but opportunities, why divine assignments (what’s meant for you) can seem so subtle, knowing what’s appealing to your ego versus your soul, how to know when you feel aligned and more. CONNECT WITH ME… → Instagram — @mattgottesman → Text Me — 480-530-7352 → My...
If You Don’t Know Where to Begin with Simplifying Your Life, Start With These 3 Things... 12.05.2025 16:33
In this episode, I talk about how simplicity is not just about elimination but alignment, optimizing your time by focusing ion the highest leverage activities, optimizing your energy by protecting your mental and emotional currency, optimizing your focus by eliminating distractions and elevating your attention and more. CONNECT WITH ME… → Instagram — @mattgottesman → Text Me — 480-530-7352 → My Su...
The Happiest People Combine Art, Passion, and Purpose Into One Vehicle 09.05.2025 18:45
In this episode, I talk about how we often compartmentalize our interests instead of intertwining them, how to overlap these interests, how we’re taught to separate our passions from our “real” work, understanding what makes us unique, building our own unique lane and life and more. CONNECT WITH ME… → Instagram — @mattgottesman → Text Me — 480-530-7352 → My Substack — mattgottesman.substack.com &n...
Self-Work Isn’t Just Healing the Past — It’s Preparing for the Future 08.05.2025 16:17
In this episode, I talk about healing our pasts, preparing for our future, how healing isn’t just for relief but for readiness, how self-work is often quite and unglamorous, creating boundaries and strengthening your decision making, building who you need to become and more. CONNECT WITH ME… → Instagram — @mattgottesman → Text Me — 480-530-7352 → My Substack — mattgottesman.substack.com → A...
What We All Really Want From Each Other is Honesty 07.05.2025 17:51
In this episode, I talk about why honesty is the single most important thing that connects us, how honesty allows us to feel safe with others, creating honest conversations starts with modeling it, creating the most magnetic relationships, learning to have honest conversations and more. CONNECT WITH ME… → Instagram — @mattgottesman → Text Me — 480-530-7352 → My Substack — mattgottesman.substack.co...
Some Mistakes You Can Avoid When You Learn What Others Have Already Figured Out 06.05.2025 18:11
In this episode, I talk about learning from others to avoid common mistakes, connecting multiple ideas across disciplines, how you don’t have to struggle to be worthy, borrowing others’ wisdom but building your own frameworks, how the most successful take things that already exist and make them better and more. CONNECT WITH ME… → Instagram — @mattgottesman → Text Me — 480-530-7352 → My Substack —...
The People Who You Are Your Most Authentic Self With… Those Are Your People 05.05.2025 16:41
In this episode, I talk about being around people who see us for who we really are, embracing the evolution of ourselves and others, how to make relationships thrive, staying authentic versus having to alter who you are to make someone comfortable, not judging and more. CONNECT WITH ME… → Instagram — @mattgottesman → Text Me — 480-530-7352 → My Substack — mattgottesman.substack.com → Appare...
Treat Your Work Like a Living Process, Not a Finished Product 02.05.2025 18:09
In this episode, I talk about how to make more opportunities and creativity happen with your work, how your pursuit of perfection is hindering your output and outcomes, why iterating your work in public grows you faster, the identify shifts as you evolve in your craft, finding more clarity and more. CONNECT WITH ME… → Instagram — @mattgottesman → Text Me — 480-530-7352 → My Substack — mattgottesma...
Where You Are Vs Where You’re Called isn’t Distance… It’s Development 01.05.2025 18:14
In this episode, I talk about the space between where we are and where we’re heading, why time is always preparation and not punishment, how your character has to match your calling, building your story and character, how you’re not behind but in process and more. CONNECT WITH ME… → Instagram — @mattgottesman → Text Me — 480-530-7352 → My Substack — mattgottesman.substack.com → Apparel — th...
True Emotional Connection Is Not Built on Perfection… It’s Built on Safety & Trust 30.04.2025 22:23
In this episode, I talk about honesty as the highest form of intimacy, why emotional safety is the foundation of real connection, being able to argue without fear is a sign of a healthy relationship, how you’re not dating a projection of your ideal, stubbornness is part of two autonomous people loving each other, the difference between love and lust and more. CONNECT WITH ME… → Instagram — @mattgo...
Your Assignment is Bigger Than Your Comfort — Here’s Why 29.04.2025 18:32
In this episode, I talk about why comfort will always compete with your calling, how your real assignments will stretch you, how your assignment requires parts of you that you haven’t met yet, choosing your calling over comfort daily, what to do during stretch seasons and more. CONNECT WITH ME… → Instagram — @mattgottesman → Text Me — 480-530-7352 → My Substack — mattgottesman.substack.com ...
Can You Stay Rooted Long Enough to Grow the Fruit 28.04.2025 19:59
In this episode, I talk about knowing what to commit to, knowing when a season is over and a new one is beginning, evolving a concept or escaping it, how growth can feel invisible before it becomes undeniable, how speed is seductive, being rooted before being recognized and more. CONNECT WITH ME… → Instagram — @mattgottesman → Text Me — 480-530-7352 → My Substack — mattgottesman.substack.com  ...
Your Gift Isn’t Just What You Do… It’s How You Do It 25.04.2025 17:55
In this episode, I talk about our presence speaking for itself, how our energy you carry when you create, build, or serve is just part of your offering, how both execution and embodiment are equally important, why people come to you for your skill but stay because of how you deliver it and more. CONNECT WITH ME… → Instagram — @mattgottesman → Text Me — 480-530-7352 → My Substack — mattgottesman.su...
What You’re Obsessed With Isn’t Random 24.04.2025 18:39
In this episode, I talk about how our obsessions might be divine signals, how direction often feels like curiosity before it feels like clarity, why the stuff you do behind the scenes is your most honest, how obsession is often misunderstood, why your logic isn’t build to understand your calling and more. CONNECT WITH ME… → Instagram — @mattgottesman → Text Me — 480-530-7352 → My Substack — mattgo...
Productivity Isn’t Fast… It’s Focused 23.04.2025 17:03
In this episode, I talk about urgency not being the same as effectiveness, why slow work is soul work, knowing which things to give your energy and attention to, establishing more consistency, stop trying to prove it all, creating from peace and flow not force and more. CONNECT WITH ME… → Instagram — @mattgottesman → Text Me — 480-530-7352 → My Substack — mattgottesman.substack.com → Appare...
You Don’t Need to Prove Anything When You’re In Alignment 22.04.2025 18:54
In this episode, I talk about proving versus alignment, why proving yourself makes you performative, working through seasons where nothing looks “successful,” what to do when your work feels like you’re in obscurity, how consistency builds rhythm and rhythm builds conviction and more. CONNECT WITH ME… → Instagram — @mattgottesman → Text Me — 480-530-7352 → My Substack — mattgottesman.substack.com...
If It’s Meant For You, You’ll Have to Mature to Carry It 21.04.2025 18:33
In this episode, I talk about delays versus being developed, how gifts will show you what you need to learn, being the person that can carry what’s meant for them, why preparation is the purpose, becoming the person before what’s meant for you arrives and more. CONNECT WITH ME… → Instagram — @mattgottesman → Text Me — 480-530-7352 → My Substack — mattgottesman.substack.com → Apparel — theni...
Creativity Requires Faith… Faith Requires That We Relinquish Control 18.04.2025 17:30
In this episode, I talk about why we throw up roadblocks on our own path, how to listen to our intuition more, allowing what’s for us to find us from our actions, moving from the dark to the light, why we have ideas that are meant to be really big and more. CONNECT WITH ME… → Instagram — @mattgottesman → Text Me — 480-530-7352 → My Substack — mattgottesman.substack.com → Apparel — thenichei...
Devotion To Your Craft Matters More Than the Field Your In 17.04.2025 20:38
In this episode, I talk about not looking to what everyone else is doing unless it’s to make it different or better, breaking free from crowd mentality, building a sustainable practice, passionate obsession, how to find joy in the small improvements, how commitment consistently outperforms raw talent and more. CONNECT WITH ME… → Instagram — @mattgottesman → Text Me — 480-530-7352 → My Substack — m...
Everything Big Started Small 16.04.2025 18:17
In this episode, I talk about the power of humble beginnings, how some of the biggest brands on the planet started off as a completely different business, embracing your own evolution, overcoming initial failures, the role of visionary leadership, being adaptable and more. CONNECT WITH ME… → Instagram — @mattgottesman → Text Me — 480-530-7352 → My Substack — mattgottesman.substack.com → App...
Success Is Also Getting Back Up (Advice My Father Gave Me Before He Passed) 15.04.2025 19:32
In this episode, I talk about why success isn’t the end outcome as much as it is the person you’re becoming, why resilience is an indicator of where you’re going, not letting the bad times keep you down, getting back up after a devastating blow, my advice from my father before he passed and more. CONNECT WITH ME… → Instagram — @mattgottesman → Text Me — 480-530-7352 → My Substack — mattgottesman.s...
How Do You Know If You’re Making Progress? 14.04.2025 20:46
In this episode, I talk about invisible progress, how loss, doubt and slowing down are signs of evolution, trusting yourself over outside validation, being aware of what’s not working and how that leads to major breakthroughs, there’s no finish line, how progress isn’t about arriving somewhere but building a meaningful life and more. CONNECT WITH ME… → Instagram — @mattgottesman → Text Me — 480-53...
Why Taste Is the New Currency 11.04.2025 20:47
In this episode, I talk about the changing landscape of our creativity and work online, why people are gravitating towards taste and the way you think, building a community of depth, setting yourself apart through discernment, curation and creativity from your alignment, the changing landscape of marketing and branding and more. CONNECT WITH ME… → Instagram — @mattgottesman → Text Me — 480-530-735...
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