The Jim Fortin Podcast

In this episode, Jim tackles the misconception that learning more is the key to transforming life. Yes, knowledge is powerful. But context is everything. Jim uses common vices, like smoking and dieting, to show that knowing something is wrong isn’t enough to make you change. He also explains why piling on more information only confuses you, and uses his experiences as an example.  Like many people, Jim believed that knowing more leads to doing better. He read and researched to learn as much as he could, yet he was still broke and overworked. Becoming a walking encyclopedia led to nothing, and he realized that being, not knowing more, was the key. As the episode continues, Jim breaks down the idea of “decorating the cage" and explains why collecting information makes the human ego comfortable without ever freeing them from it. For his final thought, Jim shares how this understanding led to his next shift and outlines what listeners can expect as the podcast moves into its next chapter.  For anyone who has learned plenty and changed very little, this episode explains why and sets the stage for what comes next.  What You'll Discover in This Episode:  (00:20) Jim asks why smokers, dieters, and doom scrollers keep repeating habits they already know are bad for them.  (04:00) Jim revisits the familiar "know better, do better" idea and explains why he no longer believes it.  (08:52) Jim describes“decorating the cage” and shows how endless reading and listening can make the cage of the ego more pleasant without opening the door.  (13:12) Content versus context: Jim explains why adding information never changes the frame through which a person sees their life.  (15:34) Using swimming and his own 2020 near-death experience, Jim draws the line between reading about something and living it.  (19:15) Jim lays out the show's new direction and its upcoming name change to Brainwashed: Exit the Human Lie.  Listen, apply, and enjoy!      Transformational Takeaway  Think about how much you learned in the past year. Now think about how much your life actually changed. If the gap between those two answers is wide, another book won't close it. Nobody learns to swim from a manual; they get in the water. So set the information aside for a moment and look at the frame you live from, the belief that you are only human. As Jim puts it, you were never only human. You were taught to be that. Once you see through that teaching, you can't unsee it, and that is where real change begins.  Let's Connect: Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE?[Text Wrapping Break]If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people. Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you! With gratitude, Jim 

Most people spend their lives playing defense against the world. Whether it’s health, wealth, or happiness, they’re constantly fighting to survive. That kind of battle isn’t pretty and only leads to exhaustion and hopelessness. In this episode of the Transform Your Life from the Inside Out podcast, Jim gets to the root of this behavior. He explores the spiritual concept of power and how cultural brainwashing keeps people tied to false ideas of trust, leading them to believe that they must make everything happen themselves.  Drawing on his years of financial struggle and wisdom from his shaman, Jim explains that most problems stem from external circumstances and the sheer belief that they hold power over us. But what happens when we attempt to let go? As Jim notes, ending the battle isn’t easy, but continuing to fight only fuels the problem. Here, he explains why leaning into consciousness, not effort, can lead to better results.  If you’re ready to stop fighting against life, this episode can be the road to reclaiming your spiritual power and peace of mind.  What You'll Discover in This Episode: (04:21) Your job is not your source: Why the belief that income comes from clients, business, or a paycheck keeps people trapped in fear and lack. (07:21) Channel vs. source: How recognizing consciousness as the true source of supply ends panic when one door closes. (13:09) Fighting feeds the problem: What Mother Teresa's refusal to march against war reveals about resistance and lost power. (18:08) The power of non-resistance: How withdrawing fear and attention cuts off the energy sustaining a problem, like removing oxygen from a flame. (22:29) The brainwashed "doer": Why the personal ego can calculate and worry but can never create harmony or prosperity. (26:19) The lesson of the cut finger: A simple kitchen moment that proves infinite intelligence is already working through you without effort. Listen, apply, and enjoy! Transformational Takeaway When you cut your finger, you don't sit up all night, willing it to heal. You put on a bandage and forget about it, and by morning the healing has already begun. Life works the same way. Your problems don't need forcing to be fixed; they need less of your energy. Notice where you're gripping, gently pry your fingers loose, and let consciousness do what it has always done. Surrender isn't giving up. It's finally getting out of the way.   Let's Connect: Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | LinkedIn LIKED THE EPISODE? If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people. Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you! With gratitude, Jim.

In this episode of The Jim Fortin Podcast, Jim makes a bold statement about the self-help industry: It’s built to keep you coming back, not to set you free. While personal development should be the goal, Jim explains that sometimes other things take precedence. One thing in particular is boosting the ego. He explains that instead of helping you work through your issues, some programmes focus on short-lived joy.  To illustrate this, Jim draws on Plato's allegory of the cave, in which people chained to the wall began to believe their shadows were real. He explains that constantly trying to fix yourself has a similar effect. However, in this case, the idea that you’re broken becomes the reality. To help listeners break free, he offers a simple mantra stating that true freedom comes from understanding that you’re not trapped and recognising the power of your own consciousness.  What You'll Discover in This Episode:  (00:36) The self-help trap — Jim explains why an industry built on feeling good rarely leads to deep, lasting healing.  (05:49) Jim shares how a friend's response revealed that the industry thrives on repeat customers, and why his own measure of success is clients who never need to come back.  (14:11) Jim uses Plato's allegory to show how most personal development simply rearranges chairs on the Titanic of the human ego.  (16:20) The self-improvement paradox — Jim reveals how wanting to fix yourself telegraphs lack, prompting the universe to keep reflecting it back.  (22:38) Jim explains that recognizing yourself as the awareness observing the human identity is where true power begins.  (27:53) Jim invites listeners to stop fixing a story that was never theirs and simply learn to be.  Listen, apply, and enjoy!  Transformational Takeaway  You are not your past, your trauma, your bank account, or even your name. Those are labels you learned, and every one of them keeps you searching for the next fix. The moment you stop trying to repair a story that isn't truly you, it loses its grip. There is nothing left to fix because nothing was ever broken. Today, pause and ask yourself what would change if nothing were wrong with you right now, and let that question open the door out of the cave.  Let's Connect:  Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE?  If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.  Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!  With gratitude, Jim 

In this episode of The Jim Fortin Podcast, Jim examines the quest for freedom and what it means to embark on that journey. He opens the discussion with a familiar story about a bishop in the deli. It was at this moment when Jim first realized how deeply people can become attached to a role or narrative. It showed him how human experiences are often confused with cosmic truth, causing people to adopt roles instead of stepping into their autonomy.   Jim explains that real freedom cannot exist inside the container of the 3D ego, adding that doing so only forces you to inherit all the 3D ego’s limitations. Instead, he suggests two simple steps to determine your attachments. The first requires you to identify your fears by naming your three greatest obstacles. The second is to determine what you’re fighting to defend. The exercise reveals how attached you can be to your human identity. Its purpose is to help listeners step into their authenticity as a spiritual being. Along the way, Jim recounts his studies with the being Kyron and shares the daily practice he uses to shift his mindset from being a body trying to fix its circumstances to seeing himself as divine consciousness.  For anyone ready to move beyond fixing their life and into truly knowing who they are, this episode offers a clear and challenging place to begin.  What You'll Discover in This Episode:  (00:11) The bishop story — Jim recalls a moment in 2017 that revealed how deeply people identify with inherited roles.  (04:31) The container concept — Drawing on material from the channeled being Kyron, Jim explains that every person lives boxed in by assumptions, fears, and routines.  (10:43) Religion, control, and the allegory of the cave — Jim connects Plato's allegory of the cave to organized religion and dogma.  (19:49) Two questions worth asking yourself — Jim leads listeners through a short exercise naming their biggest fears and what they fight to defend.  (25:40) A daily practice for transcending the container — Jim shares the exact thought he holds each morning to shift from managing his life to witnessing it as divine consciousness.  (28:15) A listener's transformation — Jim reads an email from a listener whose life shifted after applying these teachings, and reflects on how many people will recognize themselves in her story.  Listen, apply, and enjoy!  Transformational Takeaway  You are not the container you live in, and you are not the story you were taught. Every fear you carry and everything you fight to defend is simply evidence of how attached you are to a role that was never your truth. Real freedom comes from stepping back from the role and remembering that you are the consciousness witnessing it. The moment you stop trying to fix the container and begin to understand yourself as a soul, the very limitations you believed were permanent will start to fall away.  Let’s Connect:  Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE?  If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.  Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!  With gratitude, Jim 

In this episode of The Jim Fortin Podcast, Jim challenges listeners to stop fighting their circumstances and instead question complacency. “Look at your life and pick something that you would like to change.” It’s a simple but heavy statement. Jim explains that it’s also the sole reason why we resist change. His argument hinges on the fact that most people’s thoughts and actions are misaligned, causing them to constantly “do more” to fix their problems. However, what it boils down to is a lack of awareness of consciousness.  Life doesn’t have to look a certain way, and Jim uses the metaphor of two parallel train tracks to illustrate. One track represents all the work you have to do to reach your goal, while the other represents the person you have to be to do the work. The analysis reveals that being and doing are not the same thing. More importantly, it shows how our consciousness can quietly sabotage our efforts even when we're taking all the right actions. To drive the point home, Jim refers to the classic self-help book by James Allen and a personal story from his own mentor. He uses both to explain that there is power in learning to manage your mind over your behavior.  Listen in to discover why your results depend less on what you do and more on who you're being while you do it.  What You'll Discover in This Episode:  (00:10) The opening question — Jim asks listeners to look at something they want to change.   (04:10) Fighting our circumstances — Jim breaks down why fighting without understanding life's mechanisms and a lack of conscious awareness makes change difficult.  (06:28) Be, do, have — Jim revisits this foundational framework, explaining why most people skip straight to doing without ever addressing the being.  (08:24) The two train tracks — Jim introduces a metaphor of two parallel tracks, one for doing and one for being, that both lead to the same desired outcome.  (13:41) When being sabotages doing — Jim explains how frustration, impatience, and resentment on the "being" track can quietly undo all the progress made on the "doing" track.  (17:37) Mind is the master power — Jim references James Allen's As a Man Thinketh to make the case that consciousness, not activity, is what truly shapes results.  (24:31) The mentor's wisdom — Jim shares a lesson from his mentor Barry: your doing is only ever as effective as the being doing the doing.  Listen, apply, and enjoy!  Transformational Takeaway  Most of us have learned to be excellent doers while ignoring who we are being while we do it. But activity alone cannot outrun a consciousness that is impatient or convinced something is always wrong. The moment you stop collapsing “being” and “doing” into one track, you can start managing your mind and your emotions with the same intention you bring to your to-do list. Your outer results have always been a reflection of your inner state, not the other way around. So the next time you catch yourself pushing harder without progress, pause and ask who says it has to be this way, then check which track you're actually running on.  Mentioned Resources As a Man Thinketh The Kybalion Disclosure: Some of the links above are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission if you make a purchase. Let's Connect:  Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | LinkedIn  Liked The Episode?  If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.  Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!  With gratitude, Jim 

Start Your Transformation Now  In this episode of The Jim Fortin Podcast, Jim shares one of the most personal stories he's told on the show: the near-death experience he had during a 2020 stroke, and what it revealed to him about the difference between consciousness and the identity people mistake for themselves. He explains why the awareness he touched in that experience has reshaped not only his understanding of who we are, but the direction of his own work.  Jim distinguishes between the "surface identity," the body, the ego, the human story, and the deeper reality of consciousness beneath it. He explains why self-improvement keeps people trapped in an endless cycle of fixing the container, while self-recognition, knowing oneself as awareness rather than the body, is what actually dissolves fear, anxiety, and limitation at the root.  Listeners are invited to question what in them remains untouched by circumstance, and to begin recognizing themselves as the awareness beneath the human identity rather than the identity itself.  What You’ll Discover in This Episode:  (00:00) Free will isn't free thinking — Jim reminds listeners they are spiritual beings having a human experience, and that fear and anxiety signal operating from ego rather than soul.  (03:50) A near-death experience reframed — Jim describes the stroke that briefly took him out of his body in 2020, and the awareness of "nothingness" he's only now come to understand.  (10:30) Surface identity versus deeper reality — Jim explains why self-improvement keeps people chasing a better container, while transformation comes from recognizing consciousness itself.  (15:53) Identity creates limitation — Jim shows how identifying as the body means inheriting its fears and limitations, citing people who transcend disability by refusing to identify with it.  (19:11) Why Jim stepped away from TCP — Jim opens up about ending his signature coaching program, since fixing the ego container isn't true transformation.  (25:30) The question beneath the story — Jim leaves listeners with a simple practice: asking what in them remains untouched by circumstance.    Listen, apply, and enjoy!    Transformational Takeaway  Every fear, worry, and limitation carried in life belongs to the container, not to the self. The body is not who a person is, it is simply what a person lives in. Beneath the human story and the human identity is a deeper awareness, untouched by circumstance and unshaken by the world. Recognizing that awareness, rather than trying to fix or improve the container, is where real transformation begins.    Let’s Connect:  Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE?  If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.  Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!  With gratitude, Jim 

Start Your Transformation Now  In this episode of The Jim Fortin Podcast, Jim dismantles a belief most people never question: that having free will makes them a free thinker. He reveals how identity, goals, fears, and limitations are installed early in life — long before a person is old enough to consent to them — and shows how this "brainwashing" quietly directs choices people believe are entirely their own.  Using the metaphor of a smartphone loaded with pre-installed apps, Jim illustrates how culture, parents, and early environment download default programs into the mind by around age seven. He distinguishes this work from traditional subconscious reprogramming, explaining that real freedom comes not from managing the brainwashing but from transcending the identity it was built on.  Listeners are invited to question where their choices really come from — and to consider what it would mean to exit the illusion entirely rather than simply rearrange it.  What You’ll Discover in This Episode:  (00:00) Free will isn't free thinking — Jim introduces the episode's central paradox: having the ability to choose doesn't mean your choices are actually your own.  (02:54) Your limitations were given to you — Jim explains how identifying with a limitation ("I am broke," "I am stuck") keeps a person trapped in something that was never truly theirs.  (05:45) Brainwashing is salesmanship, not just coercion — Jim redefines brainwashing using the smartphone metaphor, showing how default "apps" from childhood shape identity without consent.  (09:12) The sleepwalker's pride — Jim reveals how what feels like free choice, like an attraction to a certain home, is often just early programming playing out unnoticed.  (12:04) Transcendence, not transformation — Jim describes moving his work beyond fixing the ego to helping people recognize themselves as consciousness rather than the human identity.  (18:00) You're a hostage to the body, not your circumstances — Jim reframes the real prison as the belief that a person is the container they walk around in, not their external life situation.    Listen, apply, and enjoy!    Transformational Takeaway  Every limitation carried in life, financial, physical, relational, was installed, not chosen. True freedom doesn't come from managing or rearranging those programs; it comes from recognizing them as brainwashing and stepping beyond the identity that holds them in place. The self was never the container. It was always the consciousness within it.  Everything else remains unchanged.  Let’s Connect:  Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE?  If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.  Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!  With gratitude, Jim