What's going on guys? I'm Matthew Pates and on this episode of Everford we get deep into understanding how to become someone that you're proud of.

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This is Ever Forward Radio. In teaching your ego that your future is actually safer than your past, it begins to protect it more than your past.

That is a powerful quote from today's repeat guest, Matthew Pates.

And I say repeat because Matthew joined me a little over a year ago in September of

2020 in episode 383 which I of course as always will have linked down the

show notes for you guys and in episode, we talked about how uncovering

your hidden purpose through better understanding

of your story is one of the fundamentals

that Matthew talks about and teaches in his coaching practice and in his content

to finally have that breakthrough in life and to shed these layers that no longer serve you.

Well today's conversation I'd like to say it's a great continuation from where that one left off.

Matthew returns to Everfore to teach us how he has been navigating the seemingly endless

period of uncertainty brought about by the pandemic, this thing, this global thing we have all been living through this past almost two years.

But particularly around how he has been striving to shift from being what he calls an

unconscious consumer to being a conscious creator.

Matthew defines these guided sessions that he has experienced over the last several months as medicines for the soul

contrasting it with alcohol which he calls medicine for the ego

Matthew then goes into breakdown the development of our ego and how these

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