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LLS | The Shadow Side of Awareness: Why Being Aware of An Issue Doesn't Fix It

Wellness + Wisdom with Josh Trent

Release Date: 06/13/2025

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Wellness + Wisdom: Liberated Life Series | Episode 749

Join Josh Trent, host of the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast, and Mar, co-host of the Liberated Life Series, as they shine a light on the shadow side of awareness, revealing why simply knowing what needs to change rarely ignites transformation. In this episode, they journey into the hidden inner-child wounds that shape our beliefs about worthiness and love, and share actionable insights for moving beyond awareness into genuine growth.

We ALL have problems. Stop hiding. Start living life liberated.

Learn how to set yourself free from self-sabotage, limiting beliefs, thoughts, and behaviors so you will have lifelong confidence and clarity of purpose through a thriving community and practical tools, guiding you to play a new reality game.

Join Josh and others in the Liberated Life Tribe to:

  • Discover lifelong confidence, clarity, and a true sense of purpose with practical tools and a supportive community.
  • Learn to rewrite your reality + master a new “reality game.”
  • Unlock your highest potential in your physical, mental, emotional, spiritual + financial SELF beyond your wildest dreams through accessing the power of surrender to trust life + create new results.

Listen To Episode 749 As Josh Trent Uncovers:

[00:00] Understanding Awareness vs. Action

  • The disconnect between knowing and doing
  • Why awareness alone isn't enough to create change
  • Mar shares her personal struggle with social media addiction
  • Why we struggle to implement the practices that we know would help us
  • How biological trust must align with conscious knowledge

[04:00] Parts Work Exercise (IFS)

  • Josh guides Mar through connecting with her inner child part named 'Maky' (age 12-13)
  • Maky reveals she believes she must 'prove herself to be worthy of love'
  • The inner child expresses discomfort with receiving love, as it feels unnatural
  • Josh helps Mar establish a gentle connection with this part of herself
  • Maky shares that all she ever wanted was love, but doesn't know how to trust

[11:55] Healing Through Connection

  • Maky agrees to 'come along' with adult Mar on her life journey
  • Mar acknowledges the paradox of wanting love while being afraid to receive it
  • Mar understands that her parents weren't bad people, but struggled to express love in ways she needed
  • Josh notes how this inner child connection is the missing piece between awareness and action
  • The exercise reveals how external behaviors (like social media scrolling) are clues to deeper emotions

[24:25] Integration + Transformation

  • Why awareness isn't about 'fixing' but about loving ourselves into trusting life again
  • How emotional patterns get passed through epigenetics
  • Why awareness is just a guidepost leading to deeper understanding
  • The ultimate goal is liberation through genuine peace and trustworthy power

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