Bending Time Explained: Consciousness & Identity | Patrick Garlinger with Cate Stillman

 

About this episode:

In this episode of the Thrive with Cate Podcast, Cate Stillman is joined by spiritual author, intuitive guide, and former lawyer Patrick Paul Garlinger for a rich, multidimensional conversation on bending time, identity, depth work, and awakening within modern professional life.

Patrick shares his unconventional journey from Spanish literature professor to New York City lawyer—and ultimately into a life devoted to spiritual inquiry, intuition, and channeled wisdom. Together, Cate and Patrick explore how deeply ingrained identities, cultural conditioning, and productivity-driven mindsets shape our experience of time, growth, and selfhood.

At the heart of the conversation is Patrick’s concept of “Bending Time” not as a productivity hack, but as a spiritual and relational practice of seeing the present without projecting the past onto it. They unpack how we unconsciously relate to people, work, and ourselves through old filters, and how true transformation requires slowing down, entering vulnerability, and allowing depth to emerge organically.

Cate weaves in reflections from her work with Club Thrive, including the distinction between growth paths and depth paths, somatic healing, leadership, and the necessity of safe containers for professionals undergoing identity shifts. Patrick speaks candidly about depression, childhood trauma, intuition, channeling, and why not all healing is fast or meant to be.

Rather than offering surface-level self-improvement, this episode invites listeners into a more honest relationship with time, becoming, and the unknown where awakening unfolds one step at a time.

Key Takeaways:

• What “bending time” really means in daily life and relationships
• Why we often relate to people through past versions of them—and how to stop
• Growth path vs. depth path: why both are essential
• Identity, professionalism, and the cost of predictability
• Vulnerability and intimacy as gateways to transformation
• Channeling, writing, and capturing insight before it disappears
• Why healing often requires slowing down not fixing faster

Reference links:

• Official Website and Endless Awakening: www.endlessawakening.com

About the Host – Cate Stillman:

Cate Stillman is an Ayurvedic practitioner, author, and founder of Yogahealer and Club Thrive. For over two decades, she has guided individuals and wellness professionals to reconnect with body intelligence, ancestral wisdom, and aligned leadership rooted in biological reality.
🌿 Yogahealer → https://www.yogahealer.com
🌿 Club Thrive → https://clubthrive.global

Tune in and reflect:

Where are you living from an old version of yourself and what might become possible if you allowed the present to meet you fresh?