Closing the 18-Inch Gap Podcast-EP089: The Many Masks of the Mind
Closing The 18 Inch Gap Podcast
Release Date: 10/28/2025
EP103: Find out today how time works for you!
Closing The 18 Inch Gap Podcast
If there is a question that is impossible to answer. A question that many ask but no one ever answers. The question? How long? How long until: My dream comes true How long until: I can get out of this job How long until: I’ll see my breakthrough How long until fill in the blank. Time is something we treat as something negative as an enemy. We live in a culture where a lot of pressure is put on fast results. A culture where timing is everything. A time where everything is based on being at your best, your prime, fastest, youngest etc. But in today’s episode I want to show...
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EP 102: The Crucible of Unfulfilled Dreams
Closing The 18 Inch Gap Podcast
What is a crucible? It’s a ceramic or metal container in which metals or other substances may be melted or subjected to very high temperatures. But for purposes of this episode it's a situation of severe trial, or in which different elements interact, leading to the creation of something new. Let me start with a truth most people never hear: Just because no one sees your potential… does not mean it’s not inside you. Some of the most dangerous potential in the world is the kind that’s still the kind that is tending sheep—shepherds that are quiet, faithful, unseen. Today, we’re...
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EP101: Breaking Old Thinking Patterns
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Three weeks into the new year already. Does it feel heavy already? Are you like many others already losing steam and momentum? Is this year starting to already feel like the last one? Are you seeing a pattern develop? I can assure you that you are not alone. Many, many people feel this way. The difference between you and them is that you are listening to a podcast that will help you navigate out of this problem. They try to fit themselves in a mold outside of their own, the patterns that this develops is something that makes it hard to break out of. If you want to close your...
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EP 100: Celebrating Episode 100!
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Today’s episode is a long-awaited episode that I have been dreaming about since the first time I started podcast. For every podcaster the 100th episode is a really big deal. Statistically speaking, the majority of podcast stop being produced when they hit only seven episodes. When I first started I wanted to have at least eight to be able to overcome that statistic right out of the gate. But I only had five started and I launch those five. I was able to continue past the dreaded seventh episode in number eight was a big deal at the time. My biggest fear was being able to be consistent. So...
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EP099: Do This in 2026!
Closing The 18 Inch Gap Podcast
First and foremost I want to wish you a happy new year and hope that this year is by far your best year ever yet. I’m looking forward to continuing to walk alongside his journey to encourage you, speak to you everywhere I can, speak into your life, revive those dreams, and anything else I can help you with. Don’t let this should be like last. Make it even better one. I am so excited with the new year, I’ll have my first coaching meeting with my coach tomorrow. Will be able to start hashing out what we were tying up from last year and focus on growing and going deeper than ever and this...
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EP098: All Beliefs Have Consequences- Part 2
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Today I continue with a review funny story about how I answered a belief in Santa from a bully from a neighborhood I was in while in one of my many foster homes. It ties into todays topic about what we still believe and the consequences that follow. But I want to speak to you today about a belief you also need to outgrow and no longer give it anymore attention. It’s the belief that you “should be further along” often has nothing to do with reality and everything to do with comparison. When you release the pressure to prove yourself, clarity returns. Progress built from self-trust is...
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EP: 097 Merry Christmas!
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Wishing all a Merry Christmas.! I will pick up the podcast next week where I will continue part two of All Beleifs Have Consequences.
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Closing the 18-Inch Gap Podcast-EP096: All Beliefs Have Consequences!
Closing The 18 Inch Gap Podcast
Today I start with a funny story about how I answered a belief in Santa from a bully from a neighborhood I was in while in one of my many foster homes. It ties into todays topic about what we still believe and the consequences that follow. But I want to speak to you today about a belief you also need to outgrow and no longer give it anymore attention. It’s the belief that you “should be further along” often has nothing to do with reality and everything to do with comparison. When you release the pressure to prove yourself, clarity returns. Progress built from self-trust is always...
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Closing the 18-Inch Gap Podcast-EP095: Stop Chasing Rabbits!
Closing The 18 Inch Gap Podcast
Most people don’t know this, but a story is told that once at a greyhound race, the whole pack once took off sprinting… and the mechanical rabbit exploded. Gone. Vanished. The dogs froze. One sat down. One crashed through the fence, hurting itself. Some barked at the crowd. BUT Not a single one finished the race. They had speed. They had strength. They had stamina. They had training. They just didn’t have anything left to chase. That feels like real life for a lot of people. When you lose sight of purpose, you stall. You chase distractions, numb yourself with noise,...
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Closing the 18-Inch Gap Podcast-EP094: Do You Have What It Takes For An Amazing 2026?
Closing The 18 Inch Gap Podcast
This started with the three planners I have this year plus the two print outs as well as a wheel of life This is what I’m striving for as well and today, a better year in 2026. I will be covering three main points that you will need as we approach the new year in less than 30 days: Traits, strengths and habits. Here is a short list, much more covered in this episode- Traits Traits are enduring qualities that shape an individual's patterns of thought, feeling, and behavior. They are relatively stable over time and across different situations, though they...
info_outlineToday I continue the topic of exploring the mind. Last week I recorded an episode of Midnight of the mind where I spoke about the darkest moments before you experience a breakthrough. I step further into the masquerade of the mind. The place where dreamers hide behind carefully crafted masks — and call it safety.
You see, we’ve all worn them — masks made of memories, stitched with stories we tell ourselves just to make it through the day, the week, the next month or even years. We wear them to survive the judgment we face, to silence the doubts, to hold together the pieces of ourselves we’re afraid to show.
But what if I told you… the mask doesn’t protect you — it imprisons you? What if behind every disguise, there’s a dream gasping for air?
Some of the points covered:
1. The Mask of Perfection
2. The Mask of Strength
3. The Mask of Humility
4. The Mask of Busyness
5. The Mask of Humor
6. The Mask of the Victim
7. The Mask of the Healer
8. The Mask of Success
9. The Mask of Independence
And many, many more!
Make sure you listen to the full episode for all of the points brought in this episode, your future self will thank you when you realize those dreams.
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