#197: Mitchell Vickridge: You Will Never Escape Pain and Pleasure

About this episode

Mitchell Vickridge discusses the connection between pain, pleasure, and emotional reactions, offering insights into personal growth and relationships.

You know that feeling when something goes wrong and your reaction is so extreme it scares even you? When you can't sleep, can't switch off, and every tool in your kit isn't touching it, and a voice in your head is telling you it's all their fault? It's not. And this episode is going to show you exactly why. Mitchell Vickridge is a clinical facilitator and one of the most grounding people I've ever sat across from. He specialises in pride and shame: two states most of us are oscillating between all day long without even knowing it. He spent three and a half hours helping me go from a state of extreme anger when my Austin podcast set did not go to plan, to actually understanding why what happened, happened. This episode is a window into that process. We get into the hidden order underneath your hardest moments, why the people who trigger you the most are actually your greatest teachers, and the one question that will dissolve almost any resentment you're holding right now. We also talk about why you keep chasing the same fantasy in love and money, and why the universe keeps withholding exactly what you want most. If you've been stuck in a loop you can't get out of, this is the…

People in this episode

Host: Rebecca Antonucci

Guest: Mitchell Vickridge

Topics covered

• pain and pleasure
• pride and shame
• emotional reactions
• self-discovery
• relationships
• love and money

Keywords

• emotional reactions
• pride
• shame
• self-discovery
• relationships
• love
• money
• resentment
• fantasy

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