Welcome back to the podcast. My name is Joseph Clough and this is episode 870. Now in today's

episode we are talking about why we and you, specifically you, why you matter. There are going to be

lots of people out there, especially because I know a lot of people

who I work with, people who listen to my hypnosis sessions, my podcasts, all of those things.

We can get stuck in the cycle of not mattering. Like we just don't feel like what what's a value about me. And we know

there can be reasons as to why that happens because maybe we were told that we didn't matter.

Or if you didn't achieve something, it meant you didn't matter. Or you want enough or you want worthy or deserving

of love of some kind. So we have this external experience which can make us feel that way.

And on the same notion,

sometimes we can just come to that conclusion ourselves based on just general experiences.

We just go, well, do I really matter?

And what is my purpose?

What's the purpose of me being here?

And I know that can be a very dark experience to be in.

And you probably won't even believe me sometimes on this episode or even some of my episodes

because I'm pretty much trying to get you to realize you do matter.

And I know what it's like if someone says something which counters my belief, I'm more likely

to dismiss, ignore, delete, and come up with

reasons as to why that is not true. You see, if I don't matter, then I'm going to look for the

evidence as to why that is the case. So the first starting point that we've got to get clear on is the source of

information which is validating that belief to be true or not to be true. We're self-validating

creatures. We look for the things which fit our narrative. And the narrative, as I said,

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