Your Feelings Are Not Your Identity

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Careers, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, I sit down with Claude Silver, Chief Heart Officer at VaynerX and author of Be Yourself at Work, to talk about emotional awareness and what it really means to show up authentically. We discuss why feelings should be treated as information instead of identity, and how recognizing them quickly can improve clarity and action. Claude shares the moment that helped her break patterns of self-sabotage and take ownership of her mindset. We also get into a candid conversation about authenticity in the workplace, exploring how to balance being yourself with maintaining boundaries and building stronger connections with the people around you.

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0:00.0	Welcome to office hours. I'm David Meltzer. And this is the heartfelt episode. Season nine and back with me are some of the greatest co-hosts, all heartfelt, heart-filled people. They play from the heart and they play very smart. Amber LaMage, our expert in aesthetics and holistic wellness. Thank you for joining me.
0:20.2	Thank you for having me. Thank you for having me.
0:21.2	And of course, the UFC champion himself, the head of performance over at the UFC
0:27.4	Performance Institute, Las Vegas is finest and a dear friend of mine, Forrest Griffith.
0:33.4	Welcome back to office hours.
0:35.9	Thank you.
0:36.8	And my best friend who changed his number and didn't tell me, Sean Dill, Dr.
0:41.2	Sean Dill, what a pleasure it is.
0:42.6	As always, speaker, author, entrepreneur and probably one of the best coaches.
0:47.5	He also, by the way, gave me a great honor, assisted in giving me an honorary doctorate,
0:52.7	which helped me fulfill my mom's dream of me being
0:55.6	a doctor, a lawyer, and a failure. Thank you so much, John, for helping me with one of the
1:00.4	greatest moments of my life. Thank you so much. Sherman College's finest down there,
1:04.1	David Meltzer. There we go. Speaking of the finest, this person fills a great part in my heart. I call her Obi-1 Konobi of the heart.
1:15.7	She is the first chief heart officer ever at Vayner X. If you don't know, Gary Vee, check him out.
1:22.2	I'm sure you do. But he is very, very selective in who works with him, let alone at the sea level.
1:28.6	She is now an author of an extraordinary book, Be Yourself at Work.
1:34.2	Let's all give a huge round of applause for one of my dear friends, the incredible Claude Silver.
1:40.6	Welcome, Claude.
1:42.6	Oh, so good to be back.
1:44.1	Thank you so much. You're living up to your name, Claude. Oh, so good to be back. Thank you so much.
1:45.7	You're living up to your name, the Obi-1 Canobi of the heart.
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