About this episode

In this episode, Jim Fortin discusses the concepts of surrender, trust, and doubt, emphasizing the illusion of control and its impact on happiness.

Start Your Transformation Now⁠⁠⁠⁠ OK, OK, so you read the headline and you were probably thinking, “Jim, what the heck is wrong with you?” I totally get it and I don’t want you to have the kind of STD that most people dread, I want you to have another kind, well, the acronym with the letters – STD. What does STD stand for? Easy: Surrender, Trust and No Doubt and that’s the topic this week. In this episode I talk about:[1:16] What my definition of surrender, trust and doubt are[4:23] How control is woven into not wanting to surrender[5:19] Your greatest cause of unhappiness[7:30] Accepting what “is” in life[8:37] The energy waste of “fighting” one’s self[19:08] Allowing yourself to trust your unconscious mind[24:58] Why you can trust your unconscious mind and the universe[33:02] Trusting all is well and not doubting yourself[35:45] And, letting go of the illusion of control I’ve never been a “control freak,” per se but I used to get into my share of control, and it’s toxic and debilitating. You probably already know that it’s just a complete energy drain and it exhausts you. In this episode, it’s my intent to ask you to take a look at yourself and to look at the ways you’re…

People in this episode

Host: Jim Fortin

Topics covered

• surrender
• trust
• doubt
• control
• unconscious mind
• happiness

Keywords

• surrender
• trust
• doubt
• control
• unconscious mind
• happiness
• transformation

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