#197: The Slow "Authority Drift" That Steals Your Identity | Michael N. Fineman
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Michael N. Fineman discusses the concept of authority drift and its impact on personal identity with host Tara LaFon Gooch.
Authority Drift; Finding Your Way Back to Who You Really Are ↳ Connect with the host, Tara LaFon Gooch on all platforms What happens when you wake up one day, look in the mirror, and don't recognize the person staring back; even though everyone around you says you're doing great? Identity strategist Michael N. Feinman joins Tara to unpack "authority drift" — the slow, almost invisible erosion of self that happens through years of micro-compromises. Like getting swept down the beach by a current you never noticed, you can wake up successful on paper and still feel completely off-center. Michael breaks down why what we call "confidence" is really just the byproduct of something deeper: authority, which only comes from authenticity, which only comes from knowing your true identity. This conversation goes straight to the root of identity — not as a performance, a title, or an achievement, but as sonship. Michael shares his own story: childhood abandonment, years in institutions, a self-taught chameleon survival style, and the moment everything cracked open — holding his newborn son and hearing God say, "I love him hundreds of thousands of times more than you ever could." Tara and…
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