Feeling stuck in your finances, career, or life can feel like reality, but it is often your brain’s filtering system and old identity beliefs running the show. In this episode, Jon sits down with Darren Lichfield (certified master practitioner in NLP, hypnotherapy, and timeline therapy) to break down how subconscious patterns shape your emotions, decisions, and results.

You’ll learn a simple way to notice the “story” your mind is defaulting to, challenge it, and shift into a more resourceful state so you can see options that were invisible before.

• Your brain filters reality based on focus (Reticular Activating System): like seeing your car model everywhere after you buy it, your mind highlights evidence that matches what it believes is “true.”
• Limiting beliefs often lock into identity early (imprint period 0 to 7): a childhood moment can turn into “I’m not good enough” or “I’m not a public speaker,” and the brain keeps protecting you by reinforcing it.
• You can change your emotional state by changing meaning: the “cut off in traffic” example shows how a new interpretation can flip you from anger to compassion instantly, and that same skill applies to money stress and risk decisions.

If you’ve ever said, “this always happens to me” or “I don’t have a choice,” this conversation will challenge that assumption. Stay to the end because Darren gives a simple real-time method to spot the story your brain is running, flip the meaning, and get back into a calm, clear, problem-solving state fast so that you can live Free & Clear.