Confidence Classic: The MAGIC of Surrender with Kute Blackson

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan

Heather Monahan

Self-improvement, Education, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Most of us want to “move on” or “let go,” but we skip the one phase that makes surrender possible. In this episode, I sit down with transformational teacher and bestselling author Kute Blackson to break down what surrender really means and why it’s the opposite of weakness. We talk about how to let go without giving up, recognize the ego’s survival patterns that keep you in control mode, and the step-by-step “anatomy of surrender” process. Tune in and discover the practices that will help you release control, grieve what’s past, and open yourself to bigger opportunities and a life that feels more aligned and alive. In This Episode, You Will Learn Why SURRENDER is not weakness but the PASSWORD to FREEDOM. Why GRIEVING is the missing step before surrender can happen. How CONTROL is the ego’s master addiction and keeps you stuck. How to tell yourself the TRUTH and stop negotiating your life away. Why PAIN is feedback that you’re out of alignment. Ways to ALIGN with your soul’s deeper vision and act from authenticity. Why LETTING GO of what’s not for you creates space for greater blessings. Resources + Links Learn more about ⁠kuteblackson.com⁠ Read ⁠You Are The One⁠ & ⁠Magic of Surrender ⁠ FREE ⁠Reinvent Online Seminar⁠ Attend ⁠The Boundless Bliss⁠ event Listen to ⁠Soul Talk⁠ Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at shopify.com/monahan Download the CFO’s Guide to AI and Machine Learning at NetSuite.com/MONAHAN. Want to do more and spend less like Uber, 8x8, and Databricks Mosaic? Take a free test drive of OCI at oracle.com/MONAHAN. Get 10% off your first Mitopure order at timeline.com/CONFIDENCE. Get 15% off your first order when you use code CONFIDENCE15 at checkout at jennikayne.com. Call my digital clone at 201-897-2553! Visit heathermonahan.com Sign up for my mailing list: heathermonahan.com/mailing-list/ Overcome Your Villains is Available NOW! Order here: https://overcomeyourvillains.com If you haven't yet, get my first book Confidence Creator Follow Heather on Instagram & LinkedIn Kute on Facebook X & ⁠Instagram Kute on ⁠Youtube & LinkedIn

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0:00.0	Most people never crack open to surrender because they miss the phase in the middle. The phase in the middle is grieving. Surrender is a death. It's a death of your ego. It's a death of who you thought you were. It's a death of a life like, wow, I'm no longer 20. I'm 30. I'm 40. I'm 50. It's a death of a dream. A death of a job. It's a death of something. And so to truly move on into, I'm going to embrace the new.
0:24.1	You have to be willing to grieve the old. And most of us never truly let ourselves grief. And we want to
0:30.4	move on and surrender. And that's why we can't open our hearts to surrender because we're not
0:34.4	truly letting go and grieving and honoring what was.
0:38.0	Come on this journey with me.
0:39.3	Each week when you join me, we are going to chase down our goals.
0:43.6	We'll overcome adversity and set you up for a better tomorrow.
0:47.0	I'm ready for my close up.
0:50.1	Tell me, have you been enjoying these new bonus confidence classics episodes we've been dropping on you every week?
0:56.4	We've literally hundreds of episodes for you to listen to.
0:59.1	So these bonuses are a great way to help you find the ones you may have already missed.
1:04.3	I hope you love this one as much as I do.
1:06.9	Hi, and welcome back.
1:08.3	I'm so excited for you to meet my guest today. They say when the student is
1:12.9	ready, the teacher appears. That is the case today. We've got Coot Blackson. He's a beloved
1:18.0	inspirational speaker, transformational teacher. He speaks at countless events. He organizes
1:23.1	around the world as well as outside events, including the YPO and EO.
1:27.8	He is a member of the Transformational Leadership Council, a select group of one of a hundred of the
1:33.0	world's foremost authorities in the personal development industry.
1:36.2	Winner of the 2019 Unity New Thought Walden Award, Blackson is widely considered a next generation
1:42.6	leader in the field of personal development.
1:45.0	His mission is simple.
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