EP 113 Invisible Mental Blocks: Unleashing Your True Potential

0:00 Do you ever feel like there's something invisible holding you back from reaching your full potential? Like no matter how much you learn or how hard you try, you still feel stuck. I know it sucks and I've been there. Trust me. So today I wanted to give you an example of how that happened to me and how I overcame that by discovering what that hidden struggle was that I had no idea about. And at the very end, we're also going to go into how you can begin to identify your unseen blockages with some practical tools that I learned and ultimately at least start your journey to self awareness and uncovering, some things that are holding you back so you can get to your potential. You're listening to the New Age Human Podcast, where we have mind expanding conversations around science, spirituality, and alternative health to help you unlock your true potential and thrive in a rapidly changing world.

0:51 My name is Jon Astacio, and I help entrepreneurs and professionals just like you manage stress and uncover inner obstacles so that you can next level your success, whether that be financial freedom or simply living a fulfilling life. Obviously free of stress. Now, what that said, let's get to the show. All right, let's go. So you're probably wondering, okay, John, what happened to you? What did you discover? Well, recently, or just in general, when you have a podcast, whether you have, uh, I'm not sure. If you have a podcast or you do something and you meet a lot of people with this show, I, I, I meet a lot of really knowledgeable people and some of them write books and they have all these inventions and, um, recently, I met a couple of people that are amazing and they're just full of knowledge and I was given like three books and I just, my interest was peaked a lot.

1:47 There's just a lot of information and I love information. I love researching. I love finding out just the root cause of things. And I'm in discovery mode. I'm like a truth seeker. I seek just knowledge. Um, but the Negative side of that was increased anxiety, stress, overwhelm, all the things that I'm helping other people with. And they say, the reason why I'm in this business is to, is because I am my best customer, right? I am working on. Managing my stress, my anxiety and really work hard to find better ways to help you with yours I realized that. At the end of the day, I was replacing my lack of confidence with research and data.

2:30 That was my big discovery. I kept on researching and researching and I wasn't really getting much done. There's things that I knew I had to do, but I was chasing the shiny object, right? I had that whole shiny object syndrome and, I'm learning about frequency healing and I'm learning about digestive health and I'm like, just all this really cool stuff. Dream analysis. All these are really good things that you can put into your practice of self discovery and, um, unleashing your, your potential. But for me, it was like, there's just a lot to handle. And I noticed that when I would talk to people, I would just keep talking and talking and talking, and I would see the glaze over look in their eyes.

3:15 And I'm like, what's going on? I'm doing something wrong, and I'm not sure because I'm learning a lot, but something's off. I'm not. I feel like I should be further than where I'm at now when it comes to just. accomplishment and getting things done. Like I have a to do list and it just doesn't get done. And so right from a mixture of meditating, and conversing with people that I confide in, I was able to get out of my head really, and really see myself from a different perspective. And yeah, it was a, it was ultimately a confidence thing. I, I found myself feeling like I needed to share what I know. To prove my value.

3:57 And, um, what helps me with my confidence is. Working out. So you see how it's interesting how once you start uncovering what the real thing is, you can go deeper. And so then obviously if it's confidence in a certain aspect of your life, then ask yourself, okay, so why that? And just keep going deeper. if I'm lacking confidence, how do I get confidence, the shortest way has been to, Increase my physical fitness and that helps with stress and confidence, And it's been helping me a lot because it also strengthened my ability to be okay with what I know now, move forward and then grow, you know, increase your knowledge as you, as you move forward.

4:38 So I wanted to share that with you because honestly, after, uh, I had that revelation of it just being something as simple as confidence. I was able to get more tasks done. I was able to see things more clearly, things that seemed completely unrelated. they were affected, right? I got more done. I was able to. Organize the office a little bit because things started piling up, right? You're I got books. I think I have like four books next to my bedside like just obviously this kid wants knowledge, right? I thought that knowledge is power.

5:18 We hear that a lot. Knowledge is power, but essentially knowledge is potential power. If you think like a Ferrari, that is power, right? But until you put gas in it. And put it on the street and start pressing, you know, pressing the pedal and going and taking action. You're not going to go anywhere. It's just a Ferrari. A Ferrari is potential power. It's a potential to race down the highway or on the racetrack. It's a potential to experience what it feels like to go zero to 60 in like, Two or three seconds. And it's, I've had that chance and it was pretty cool, but There's one thing to learn about the factual parts of something that can go fast and, and all that versus actually doing it.

6:05 The experience is completely different. And. It will open up new doors. So I would say, remember that knowledge is potential power. It's not power in itself. It's the potential to take action on what you know and change your life and the lives of other people. So let's, let's get to the part where I promise where we're going to talk about how you can find and uncover your limiting beliefs, right? And so. What do we do? What's like the first step? one, understand that like an iceberg, what you know about yourself is tip of the iceberg. So. What do we do? We're in need to finding out what's below the surface, right?

6:48 And there's a couple methods to do so, but where do you start? It starts with your intention and it starts with your goal. What for? Big whoop. Like, why? Why? Why are we doing this? What's going to keep you on the path of self discovery? When things get tough, right? So before you start anything, know your why, know your goal. And I know, those of you that are self, development buffs in there, this is not new, but we have to start with the basics, right? The foundation. Now, step two would be to be open to self discovery and change. Some of us don't like change. I'm a Capricorn and apparently Capricorns don't like change, but.

7:29 I like change. So maybe I'm proving them wrong. So yes, be open to self discovery and change. And here are some examples of self discovery. Okay. if something doesn't make sense, it's not logical. Like why this doesn't, I don't get it. Just be open to it. Because there's a reason why it doesn't make sense, right? It's beyond your logic, it's beyond your understanding. So therefore, there's something new to discover and to become. Okay? Here are some examples. One would be guided meditation. Two, journaling. Preferably after your meditation or I would say first in the morning or late at night.

8:11 Make that a habit. Another one would be dream analysis. Now, dream analysis, if you've listened to prior episodes where I went over how to analyze your dreams and tips and tricks to do so, just remember, you need to write down your dream immediately. after waking up. and as a reminder, be open to what you find, even if it doesn't make sense. So the third thing I would suggest is be consistent so that you can find things like triggers and patterns. I have a client that doesn't like journaling, but if you don't journal, it will be in your head, but it'll be much harder for you to figure out and see a trigger or a pattern because the patterns are what you don't see when it's, it's in your head.

8:58 Sometimes you need a bird's eye view. So to speak of your journaling and you go through pages and you circle what stands out at you or you can highlight, Just it's got to be consistent so you can see repetition. Another thing would be when you're seeing and looking at what those triggers and patterns. What are what are some recurring thoughts? Think of emotions, behaviors. These are some things you want to take a look at as being part of. What's hidden as an obstacle. Another thing would be a situational awareness thing where it could be an environment that triggered you that day. And you'll get better at doing journaling, and note taking as you realize the data that you're missing, you're going to like myself, I'm like, Oh man.

9:45 But like, what was I doing that day? Now, you know, going forward, I'm going to write a little bit more detailed on what I was doing that day. What kind of food was I eating right for me? I started doing, intermittent fasting because I noticed that I would get frustrated a lot in the mornings because I couldn't think straight after having, carbs like, like bread and stuff. So I kick that to the curb in the mornings. And then, I would say the last thing to be cognizant of when you're looking for patterns and whatnot is pay attention to your physical changes and reactions to these things, because stress in Chinese medicine is associated to your gut health, And a loss of a loved one.

10:30 That feeling of loss, it actually triggers your lungs. So it can go both ways. You can see what you currently have as an issue and then see how that's related to how you're feeling. And then the other way around, see how you're feeling and see what type of physical reaction your body is having that day. Kind of like, for those of us that like to party, right? And, uh, you come home and you're, you're throwing up and you're at the, the toilet bowl and you're thinking, what did I drink that made me so sick, right? Or are you going to, let's say you're having a bad experience in the bathroom and you're wondering what did I eat to cause this pain, right?

11:11 I'm sorry if, uh, if this triggered a graphic memory for you, that's the first thing that popped into my head. And sometimes you gotta go with what comes in your head because, on a deeper level, I believe that if you go with what goes into your mind, As you're saying it and you go with that first, that means that a lot of people, especially in this situation where it's a podcast, a lot of people that are listening can relate and that's like the best thing to do. So I guess we all have that issue or have dealt with that. So in closing, as we bring everything together, Once you find out what it is that is triggering or the patterns and, things come to light, like for me, it was that confidence piece that I thought I overcame, finding the solution starts to become a lot easier and asking the right people, doing the right things, giving yourself a break.

12:05 You'll know what to do. And if you don't know that, is likely because there's something else that you need to uncover and you have to keep going deeper and deeper and deeper. And if you want to go deeper with some guidance, I'll, I'm definitely down to help you out. I am actually offering a free guided meditation session for a limited time for any of you that feel like you need to go a little bit deeper. all you need to do is Go to NewAgeHuman. com forward slash guided meditation, and if you're having a hard time with that link or you're driving, no worries. Just when you get a chance, go to the show notes and the link will be right there.

12:47 I look forward to meeting and connecting with you and um, sharing some stories. now with that said, thank you for joining me today I hope that you got something from it and I'd like to hear from you. make it a good one.