You learned to survive by pushing harder. But you were made for more.
There’s a particular kind of loneliness that comes when you’ve "made it" on paper…
• Crushing your goals. • Outperforming the odds. • Outworking your doubts.
And yet, deep down, a truth you can’t outrun:
You still feel disconnected. You still feel alone. You still feel stuck inside your own damn mind, spiralling, questioning, tightening.
Today’s conversation is for you if you’ve ever wondered:
Why do I always feel like I’m performing, even when I’m "winning"?
Why can't I stop overthinking and actually live?
Is this really all there is?
I sat down with Matthew T Cooke, founder of Body-Based Breakthrough (B3), to talk about what most high-achievers never get told:
Success without agency is just another form of entrapment.
Matthew has helped people at companies like Apple, SpaceX, and Google reconnect to the wisdom already living inside their bodies.
This is not about abandoning ambition. It’s about remembering:
You don’t have to live trapped in survival mode. You don’t have to earn your right to breathe. You don’t have to perform to be loved.
In this episode, we dive into:
Why "thinking harder" is often the worst strategy for finding clarity
The real reason so many men stay stuck in performance mode
The body’s secret language and how you can finally start listening
How true safety (not toughness) unlocks depth, intimacy, and creative power
A free, simple somatic practice you can do today
Plus, a powerful metaphor about free-diving that will change the way you think about emotional growth forever.
Ready to stop living trapped in your head?
⚡ Listen to the full conversation with Matthew T Cooke now in this post. Or find We Are Already Free wherever you listen to podcasts.
And if you know a man who’s been stuck in the loop of "achieving but feeling empty," please: SHARE this with him. You never know whose life you might change today.
Learn more about Body Based Breakthrough
Find out more at https://alreadyfree.me/b3
Remember, you are already free.
Warmly, and with love
Nathan
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