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<v Speaker 1>Either as well. A little while ago, we asked all

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<v Speaker 1>of you to please send us some of your stories,

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<v Speaker 1>whether it's spiritual awakenings or experiences that you had, and

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<v Speaker 1>we got one that I love and I have to

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<v Speaker 1>share with you. So this is what this episode's all about.

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<v Speaker 1>So sit back, listen into what Chad experienced, and you

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<v Speaker 1>might find yourself going, oh, here we go. Chad writes this,

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<v Speaker 1>When I was a child, I had it in my

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<v Speaker 1>head that I was supposed to have superpowers, Not in

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<v Speaker 1>the way most kids dream about it, but with a deep,

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<v Speaker 1>inexplicable certainty, almost as if I had possessed them before

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<v Speaker 1>and was trying to understand where they'd gone. I was

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<v Speaker 1>convinced I could move things with my mind and communicate

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<v Speaker 1>through telepathy. Society eventually taught me that it was impossible,

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<v Speaker 1>but as life would reveal, the impossible is never impossible.

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<v Speaker 1>Profound stories. Mine begins with a challenging childhood. I was

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<v Speaker 1>a hyperactive kid who struggled with authority. Blessed with a

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<v Speaker 1>mother who, despite her rheumatoid arthritis, embodied kindness and gentleness

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<v Speaker 1>and was a terrific mother. Her boyfriends, however, brought darkness

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<v Speaker 1>into my life, especially after one leveled up and claimed

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<v Speaker 1>the title of stepfather. The mental and physical abuse became

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<v Speaker 1>my unwonted companions, compounded by a traumatic incident with an

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<v Speaker 1>uncle in law that I dare not mention in order

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<v Speaker 1>to not trigger any of your listeners. Living in constant

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<v Speaker 1>fear shapes child in ways that echo through decades. Another uncle,

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<v Speaker 1>one that I respected and loved, unknowingly setting to stage

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<v Speaker 1>for my future, told me at age seven that I'd

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<v Speaker 1>be the first in the family to go to prison.

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<v Speaker 1>Those words would follow me throughout my life, though not

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<v Speaker 1>in the way I imagined. Seeking escape, I found solace

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<v Speaker 1>and alcohol at a young age, trying to stay anywhere

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<v Speaker 1>but home. At sixteen, I found refuge with my best

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<v Speaker 1>friend and his mother. School became an afterthought, and while

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<v Speaker 1>I started running with the wrong crowd, some inexplicable force

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<v Speaker 1>kept me just shy of serious trouble. Unlike many my companions,

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<v Speaker 1>even in those dark times, I maintained this peculiar ability

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<v Speaker 1>to radiate joy and help others. People did often take

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<v Speaker 1>advantage of that giving nature, but the act of helping

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<v Speaker 1>still filled me with purpose. Nonetheless, with alcoholism running through

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<v Speaker 1>my family tree like sap the progression into addiction felt

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<v Speaker 1>almost predetermined. By twenty two, I had transplanted myself far

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<v Speaker 1>away from Michigan, where my past was painted onto every interaction.

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<v Speaker 1>I had to a sunny Florida, where the traumatized seemed

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<v Speaker 1>to shine bright here, as shown an every news headline.

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<v Speaker 1>Here I became a bartender and predictable, a full fledged alcoholic.

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<v Speaker 1>I was lean, then, confident in my appearance in life

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<v Speaker 1>had a way of presenting opportunities, like my first Florida love,

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<v Speaker 1>who convinced me to give education another shot and believed

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<v Speaker 1>that I could do more. Armed with my ged I

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<v Speaker 1>entered art school, beginning an intense four year juggling act

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<v Speaker 1>of bartending, drinking, and education. Unlike my high school days

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<v Speaker 1>of skipping classes, yet somehow still easing the tests, I

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<v Speaker 1>approached college with genuine dedication. That drive led to graduation

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<v Speaker 1>in three and a half years with a nearly perfect

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<v Speaker 1>four point zero, only slightly marred by life's inevitable curve balls.

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<v Speaker 1>My uncle's dismissive prediction kept fueling me. I developed this

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<v Speaker 1>beautiful obsession with proving people wrong about my potential. The

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<v Speaker 1>corporate world of my early thirties brought success tinged with irony.

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<v Speaker 1>While I consistently delivered exceptional work as a graphic in

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<v Speaker 1>motion designer, always the go to person for premium clients,

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<v Speaker 1>my body was silently rebelling. In just three years, drinking

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<v Speaker 1>helped me gain over two hundred pounds. My frame, unaccustomed

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<v Speaker 1>to such weight, felt like a foreign entity. Confidence crumbled,

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<v Speaker 1>self loathing grew, and thoughts turned dark. Little did I

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<v Speaker 1>know this suffering was merely the prelude to a deeper transformation,

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<v Speaker 1>albeit one that would push me to death door, only

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<v Speaker 1>to knock and run away. The journey point came around

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<v Speaker 1>Saint Patrick's day, shared with a friend who was fighting

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<v Speaker 1>similar battles of weight gain from too much consumption of

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<v Speaker 1>the Irish syrup. After one final celebration, I embraced sobriety

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<v Speaker 1>in a modified Kido diet, no sugar, under thirty five

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<v Speaker 1>grams of carbs daily. Fifteen months later, I'd shed two

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<v Speaker 1>hundred pounds through sheer determination. But as my physical burden lifted,

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<v Speaker 1>the emotional weight I'd been drinking to suppress came rushing

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<v Speaker 1>back with a vengeance. My brain, I discovered, had been

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<v Speaker 1>locked in fight or flight mode for decades. The constant anxiety,

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<v Speaker 1>the hypervigilance, always scanning for exits. These weren't just quirks.

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<v Speaker 1>They were survival mechanisms I no longer needed, sobriety meant

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<v Speaker 1>facing these truths head on. But I was still trying

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<v Speaker 1>to ignore my brain's desperate warnings. Do you know what

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<v Speaker 1>happens when you ignore your brain like that? It painfully

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<v Speaker 1>reminds you? Boy? Don't I know that? Chad? Well? The

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<v Speaker 1>pain began as a subtle baseline in my lower back

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<v Speaker 1>before orchestrating a masterpiece of agony throughout my entire body. Chad,

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<v Speaker 1>you are quite the writer. Everything below my chin became

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<v Speaker 1>a battlefield of sensation, from my fingertips to my toes,

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<v Speaker 1>each nerve ending singing its own song of suffering. Arms

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<v Speaker 1>and legs felt as though invisible hands were constantly wringing

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<v Speaker 1>them like wet towels, twisting and opposing directions with relentless force.

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<v Speaker 1>My back, well, that became a special canvas of torment,

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<v Speaker 1>as if dozens of ice picks had taken up permanent residence,

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<v Speaker 1>each one driving deeper with every breath, my heart beat,

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<v Speaker 1>setting the rhythm of my own fading soundtrack. To call

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<v Speaker 1>it extreme, agony would be like calling a hurricane a

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<v Speaker 1>light breeze. The timing of it all seemed especially cruel.

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<v Speaker 1>I just met the love of my life. It was

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<v Speaker 1>building a future filled with promise, where my brain remained

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<v Speaker 1>steadfast in its conviction that danger lurked around every corner

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<v Speaker 1>for that first year that the silent track was stuck

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<v Speaker 1>on repeat, pulling me under His doctors were left scratching

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<v Speaker 1>their heads. Every scan came back clean, every blood test normal,

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<v Speaker 1>a picture of perfect health on paper, while I was

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<v Speaker 1>drowning in a sea of pain. The eventual fibromyalgia diagnosis

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<v Speaker 1>arrived like both a revelation and a sentence. I remember

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<v Speaker 1>thinking rather naively that it couldn't possibly get worse. When

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<v Speaker 1>every inch of your body is already screaming in pain,

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<v Speaker 1>you assume there's nothing left to hurt, no new territory

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<v Speaker 1>for pain to conquer. But I should have known better

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<v Speaker 1>than to underestimate my brain's creative potential. After all, I'd

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<v Speaker 1>built my career on thinking outside the box. Why wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>my brain be equally innovative in finding new ways to

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<v Speaker 1>command my attention? Have you ever experienced shingles? Imagine that

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<v Speaker 1>heightened skin sensitivity where even a gentle touch feels like assault,

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<v Speaker 1>then expand that sensation across your entire body. My brain,

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<v Speaker 1>in its desperate attempt to be heard, had turned my

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<v Speaker 1>skin into an instrument of torture. My wife's touch wants

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<v Speaker 1>a source of felt like burning matches against my skin,

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<v Speaker 1>turning the thing I desire most to ease my suffering

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<v Speaker 1>into a weapon against me that would break anyone. And

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<v Speaker 1>it did, just not in the way you might expect.

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<v Speaker 1>Instead of surrendering, I found resolve. Having survived so much already,

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<v Speaker 1>I wasn't about to let this be my undoing. I'd

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<v Speaker 1>ended up going to the prestigious Mayo Clinic, but the

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<v Speaker 1>words didn't change, hearing once again that my condition was incurable.

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<v Speaker 1>They did, however, offer behavioral therapy, claiming up to a

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<v Speaker 1>sixty percent pain reduction after four intensive weeks, eight hours

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<v Speaker 1>a day. But as a business owner, I couldn't simply

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<v Speaker 1>disappear for four weeks. That kind of absence would be

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<v Speaker 1>in watching my client base evaporate. Without clients, there'd be

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<v Speaker 1>no business to return to, no income to sustain me

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<v Speaker 1>outside of that, and more importantly, as someone who'd made

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<v Speaker 1>a habit of achieving the impossible. I wasn't just interested

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<v Speaker 1>in managing the pain. I wanted it gone. And if

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<v Speaker 1>that wasn't enough, Life and its hilarious sense of humor

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<v Speaker 1>gave me an addictive personality that had let me down

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<v Speaker 1>the path of pain medication dependency. But even in that darkness,

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<v Speaker 1>there was no way that was going down that path.

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<v Speaker 1>A had nap with how far I had come. Something

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<v Speaker 1>deep within me rejected the incurable labor, and I refused

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<v Speaker 1>to accept this as my new normal. Determined once again,

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<v Speaker 1>I set out to prove them all wrong. After exhausting

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<v Speaker 1>countless conventional approaches in some non conventional ones, I just

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<v Speaker 1>gave up and did something so radical and so crazy

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<v Speaker 1>that I never thought I'd ever be able to do.

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<v Speaker 1>I stopped everything and simply just shut the f up

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<v Speaker 1>and listened. For once. I sat in silence, closed my eyes,

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<v Speaker 1>and gave my brain the attention it had been screaming

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<v Speaker 1>for my entire life. I connected with every part of

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<v Speaker 1>my body, acknowledging our shared trauma while affirming our safety,

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<v Speaker 1>our worthiness of love, our right to peace. Nearly three

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<v Speaker 1>decades of fight or flight conditioning doesn't dissolve overnight, but

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<v Speaker 1>through persistent meditation, mindfulness, and self love. Something miraculous happened.

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<v Speaker 1>The pain stopped within three months. It was just gone.

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<v Speaker 1>I had achieved the impossible, curing my incurable condition. I

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<v Speaker 1>knew getting off pain medicine was going to be hard,

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<v Speaker 1>but I kept telling myself that if I didn't stop

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<v Speaker 1>taking them, my brain would give me a physical reason

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<v Speaker 1>that happen. So that day, the same day that I

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<v Speaker 1>noticed that the pain was gone, I quit taking the

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<v Speaker 1>pain medication. Well, this might be where you'd think my

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<v Speaker 1>story ends, but it isn't. This is where my story begins.

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<v Speaker 1>Fascination with the mind's potential consumed me. Meditation and paying

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<v Speaker 1>attention to my thoughts had me experiencing precognitive glimpses to

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<v Speaker 1>simple things like knowing who would appear at my door

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<v Speaker 1>even if I didn't know them. This led me to

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<v Speaker 1>a profound realization. See my lifelong ability to instantly read

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<v Speaker 1>people's intentions, detect deception, and know the type of person

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<v Speaker 1>they were wasn't universal. I thought everyone had this ability.

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<v Speaker 1>Discovering I was a psychic EmPATH opened a door I

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't help but walk through easily opening other abilities. Childhood,

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<v Speaker 1>me knew something that I didn't. I did have a superpower.

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<v Speaker 1>My quest for understanding led me down countless fascinating paths,

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<v Speaker 1>delving into ancient knowledge, quantum physics and mechanics, alchemy, evolution, archaeology,

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<v Speaker 1>and the subtle energies that connect all things. I explored

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<v Speaker 1>every religion, studied, ancient alien theories, metaphysics, and anything esoteric

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<v Speaker 1>I could find. This wasn't just casual curiosity. It was

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<v Speaker 1>an insatiable hunger to understand the deeper mysteries of existence.

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<v Speaker 1>I became a certified past life aggression and hypnotherapist using

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<v Speaker 1>the QHHT method, and began taking psychic meadership classes at

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<v Speaker 1>a local spirit shop. Beyond my empathic abilities, I discovered

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<v Speaker 1>I was clar cognizant, possessing a profound knowing that transcends

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<v Speaker 1>ordinary intuition. During medium readings, when I connect with someone

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<v Speaker 1>to understand their essence, their journey, their struggles and triumphs,

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<v Speaker 1>their insights flow with remarkable accuracy. It's not just intuition

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<v Speaker 1>nor educated guessing. It's as if the information simply appears

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<v Speaker 1>in my consciousness, fully formed and precisely detailed. Learning to

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<v Speaker 1>trust this gift, to embrace it with confidence despite its

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<v Speaker 1>unconventional nature, has been one of my greatest challenges. When

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<v Speaker 1>it's just there and there's no woo woo in sparkles,

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<v Speaker 1>I find it difficult to go with it. That is

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<v Speaker 1>where my journey is currently, and the pages for tomorrow

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<v Speaker 1>are still yet to be written, and for once, I

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<v Speaker 1>am truly excited to find out. The Skeptic Meta Physicians

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<v Speaker 1>podcast has taught me some new techniques and insights that

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<v Speaker 1>have helped build my confidence in my gifts. After finding

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<v Speaker 1>particular resonance with one of the episodes, I left a

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<v Speaker 1>comment sharing how it had inspired me with confidence to

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<v Speaker 1>give my first to ROW reading. The opportunity came with

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<v Speaker 1>my wife's friend, someone naturally skeptical, agreed to be my

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<v Speaker 1>first subject. As I conducted the reading, she just sat there,

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<v Speaker 1>nodding and smiling, a response that would typically make me

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<v Speaker 1>second guess myself, Yet I remained grounded in my confidence.

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<v Speaker 1>What I thought was reserved skepticism melted away when she exclaimed, Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>that is exactly what I needed and was really accurate

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<v Speaker 1>for what I'm doing and trying to do in my life.

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<v Speaker 1>That moment of validation, especially coming from someone who approached

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<v Speaker 1>the experience with healthy skepticism, reinforced that my gifts were

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<v Speaker 1>real and meant to be shared. You all helped me

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<v Speaker 1>with that confidence with your recent to Row episode with

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<v Speaker 1>the founder of Biddy to Row. If I could give

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<v Speaker 1>one message to all that are listening, it would be this,

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<v Speaker 1>It's not the struggles and dark times we go through

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<v Speaker 1>what we do afterwards that make us who we are.

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<v Speaker 1>Believe it and it shall be. And lastly, weird, well,

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<v Speaker 1>that's the new normal. This is a true story and

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<v Speaker 1>I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed

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<v Speaker 1>writing it. Chad, I love your story. Thank you so

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<v Speaker 1>much for sharing it with us. You don't seem very

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<v Speaker 1>very different than me in a lot of ways. I

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<v Speaker 1>actually am also clear, cognizant, and yet have a very

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<v Speaker 1>difficult time embracing it. You're right, there's no will with

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<v Speaker 1>just kind of just there. And I've actually said to

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<v Speaker 1>Karen a couple of times, I'm getting this like this,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm not. I don't know if it's real or

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<v Speaker 1>if I'm just making it up. And almost every time

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<v Speaker 1>when we go to verify the facts, they have seemed

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<v Speaker 1>to have come to be true. So keep at it,

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<v Speaker 1>don't lose hope, don't feel like you're making it up.

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<v Speaker 1>The more you use it, the more confident you'll become,

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<v Speaker 1>the better you'll be at it, the more you'll be

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<v Speaker 1>able to help others with this gift that you have, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>your own superpower. All right, chat, thank you so much

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<v Speaker 1>for sending us over. This was a wonderful read. And

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<v Speaker 1>if you out there are listening and you have a

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<v Speaker 1>similar story or another story that you feel the audience

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<v Speaker 1>would really benefit from listening, to send it to us.

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<v Speaker 1>Send us an email Skeptic Metaphysician at g dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>You could always reach me at will at Skeptic Metaphysician

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<v Speaker 1>dot com, or you can always reach out to us

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<v Speaker 1>to our contact us page on our website. However, Chad

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<v Speaker 1>alerted us to the fact that you can only send

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<v Speaker 1>so many characters, so if your story takes longer to

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<v Speaker 1>write than what is available on that contact us form,

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<v Speaker 1>email is definitely the way to go, just like Chad did.

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<v Speaker 1>All Right, this was fun. Thank you so much for listening.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks again, Chad. That's all for this episode of The

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<v Speaker 1>Skeptic Metaphysicians. Until next time, I'm will and we'll see

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<v Speaker 1>as soon