206. The Cost of Ego: How It Steals Your Peace and Purpose
Spiritually Hungry
Monica Berg and Michael Berg
4.8 • 617 Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
We are in this world to grow and evolve—but real growth only happens when we’re willing to confront where we’re wrong. The problem? Our ego is always working against us, convincing us that we’re right, keeping us stuck in old patterns, and stealing the energy we need to fulfill our purpose. In this episode of Spiritually Hungry Podcast, we explore the many ways ego shows up in our lives: how it fuels anxiety, distorts our perceptions, and blocks our true potential.
Further Reading:
Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me) by Elliot Aronson
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| 0:00.0 | we don't realize that the ego is giving us information all the time changing the story, |
| 0:13.5 | changing the narrative, changing our view. |
| 0:16.1 | And if we don't stop and call it out every day, we think that that's actually who we are, |
| 0:20.4 | and in fact, it's really pulling you away from your essence. |
| 0:24.6 | Hello and welcome to spiritually hungry. |
| 0:27.2 | Hello. |
| 0:28.1 | Hello. |
| 0:28.8 | I'm excited for our conversation today. |
| 0:31.7 | Maybe the most important compensation. |
| 0:33.9 | Can't say that every week. |
| 0:35.8 | Well, as far as I'm concerned, right now. |
| 0:38.5 | Do you want to finish chewing the bar that you're eating right now? |
| 0:41.4 | Why not? |
| 0:42.1 | If not, I can just talk. |
| 0:43.6 | That was my plan. |
| 0:44.6 | Until you interrupt me. |
| 0:47.4 | It's more difficult than me to interrupt you. |
| 0:49.5 | There you go. |
| 0:51.8 | Today's topic is for anyone who's ever chosen to be right instead of be happy. |
| 0:57.0 | For anyone who feels hurt or easily offended, for the perfectionists and the people |
| 1:02.6 | pleasers, and for anyone who has a nagging voice in the back of their mind demanding |
| 1:06.8 | attention, validation, and control. Can any of our listeners guess what all of these things have in common in one word? |
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