When Do You Perform & Live at Your Best? — Beneath The Surface
What Got You There with Sean DeLaney
Release Date: 05/23/2025
The Art of Seeing — Beneath The Surface
What Got You There with Sean DeLaney
We live in a world desperate to be seen, but rarely do we slow down enough to truly see one another. In this soul-stirring episode, Sean DeLaney explores the quiet, transformative power of presence, attention, and attunement. You’ll discover that seeing others isn’t just a relational skill, it’s a transformative act. One that can heal, connect, elevate, and awaken the humanity in us all. We’ll explore: Why presence is the most profound form of recognition The difference between transactional attention and soulful seeing Cultural and spiritual practices like “Sawubona” and...
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The Architecture of Confidence — Beneath The Surface
What Got You There with Sean DeLaney
In this powerful episode, goes beneath the surface of what confidence truly is and what it isn’t. From earned self-trust to emotional fluency, from identity clarity to the quiet strength of presence, this episode will dismantle the myths you've been sold and rebuild your understanding of real, lasting confidence. We’ll explore: Why confidence is contextual, not universal How self-trust—not achievement—is the root of confidence Practices to train confidence like a muscle How to evolve beyond confidence into liberation You’ll learn that true confidence isn’t loud, it’s grounded....
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Becoming The Artist of Your Own Life — Beneath The Surface
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Too often, we think of art as something we create outside ourselves. But what if the most meaningful art you’ll ever make… is your life? In this episode, Sean DeLaney goes beneath the surface and explores what it means to shift from passive participant to intentional creator and to live not by default, but by design. You’ll hear why your thoughts, your presence, your choices, all of it, are brushstrokes on the canvas of your life. And why reclaiming your authorship might be the most courageous and liberating act you can take. We’ll explore: Why your life is already your most...
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The Ripple Effect: You Always Leave a Mark — Beneath The Surface
What Got You There with Sean DeLaney
This episode is about the impact you make, even when you don’t realize you’re making one. Every thought. Every word. Every choice. It all sends ripples outward and inward. In this episode, we explore the unseen yet undeniable ripple effects of our lives. You’ll learn: Why the smallest moments often carry the deepest impact The powerful truth that your presence speaks louder than your words Why every action not only ripples outward—but inward, shaping your identity How to become a more conscious source of light, healing, and resonance in a noisy world This isn’t about striving...
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The Myth of Arrival: Stop Chasing the Ending — Beneath The Surface
What Got You There with Sean DeLaney
So many of us live with the illusion that there’s a final moment of arrival—a place where the striving stops, the doubt fades, and we finally become enough. But what if that place doesn’t exist? In this episode of Beneath the Surface, we’re unraveling the myth of arrival. We explore the subtle ways this illusion robs us of presence, poisons our progress, and keeps us from experiencing the richness of what’s already here. You’ll hear: Why chasing “someday” slowly erodes your joy and self-trust How to shift from a destination-based life to one rooted in presence and being What...
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Where Courage Lives, Life Awakens — Beneath The Surface
What Got You There with Sean DeLaney
Your life expands with every act of courage. In this episode of Beneath the Surface, we explore one of the most essential, misunderstood, and transformational inner capacities: courage. We’re not talking about the kind of courage that looks heroic or loud. We’re talking about the kind that shows up in unseen moments. The courage to tell the truth. To make a hard change. To say “I love you” first. We’ll explore: Why courage requires fear—and why that's exactly the point How your most courageous acts might never be visible to anyone but you What it...
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Awareness: The Beginning of Everything — Beneath The Surface
What Got You There with Sean DeLaney
In this episode of Beneath the Surface, we explore the foundational force that sits quietly beneath every transformation: awareness. Without it, we’re just rearranging surface symptoms and never addressing the root. You’ll hear about: Why awareness is the beginning of every habit, relationship, pattern, and belief shift The difference between mental recognition and embodied awareness How unconscious emotional loops control your life until you illuminate them This isn’t an episode of answers. It’s an invitation to stop running, pause, and see. Because you cannot change what you...
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How Are You Measuring Your Life? — Beneath The Surface
What Got You There with Sean DeLaney
The question hit me at a funeral: If I keep living exactly as I am… what will my life add up to? This episode isn’t here to give you answers. It’s here to help you ask better questions. How are you measuring your life? Are you chasing a scoreboard someone else created? Or are you living in alignment with what your soul knows to be true? You’ll hear reflections from the Stoics, wisdom from David Brooks and James Hollis, the ache behind Rumi’s poetry, and the quiet clarity of your own heart. I walk with you through the dangerous gap between what society tells us to want… and...
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You Can’t Grind Your Way Into Joy — Beneath The Surface
What Got You There with Sean DeLaney
We’ve been taught to sacrifice joy now in hopes of earning it later. But what if that entire model is broken? In this episode of Beneath the Surface, we explore one of the most important truths about performance, presence, and fulfillment: 👉 You don’t train joy by training stress. 👉 You don’t arrive at peace by living in tension. 👉 The nervous system doesn’t wait for success to feel safe — it adapts to what you repeat. So if you're constantly grinding now, hoping for joy “someday,” your system is only learning one thing: how to live in stress. And that becomes your...
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The Hidden Cost of Trying to Be Enough — Beneath The Surface
What Got You There with Sean DeLaney
What if the version of you the world rewards isn’t the version that makes you feel alive? We’ve been taught that we have to earn love. Earn rest. Earn our right to belong. But what if the model is backwards? What if Being is the starting point — not the reward at the end of striving? In this episode, I unpack the hidden cost of tying your worth to outcomes, approval, and perfection… and explore what becomes possible when we finally come home to ourselves. This is not a self-help checklist. It’s an invitation to slow down, to examine the identity you’ve built, and to consider who...
info_outlineWe’ve all been taught that in order to succeed, we need to push harder, grind longer, and sacrifice joy now in hopes of earning it later. But what if that model, the one most high performers live inside, is the very thing keeping us from our best?
In this episode, Sean DeLaney unpacks one of the most powerful, paradoxical truths about performance:
You don’t perform at your best by gripping harder.
You perform at your best when you’re free.
This isn’t about throwing out discipline or abandoning your goals.
It’s about releasing the identities, fears, and outcome attachments that block your presence — and returning to the state where your highest self actually lives.
We’ll explore:
- The hidden trap of identity and the performance persona
- What happens when you stop performing for approval
- How to work toward meaningful goals without being held hostage by outcomes
- Why the present moment is the only place your genius lives
If you’re tired of achieving but not feeling fully alive…
If you want to reclaim presence without losing ambition…
This one’s for you.
🎧 Listen now and start living from the version of you that flows — not the one that’s forcing it.
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