FIND YOUR PURPOSE - How To Manifest SUCCESS & ABUNDANCE In 2023 | Lewis Howes & Jay Shetty

The video is about finding your purpose and manifesting success and abundance in 2023, featuring a conversation between Lewis Howes and Jay Shetty, but the beginning of the transcript discusses Lewis Howes' childhood trauma and how it affected his life.

The video is about finding your purpose and manifesting success and abundance in 2023. Lewis Howes and Jay Shetty discuss the importance of writing a list of what you want in life and becoming the person of your dreams to attract those things. They also talk about personal growth and overcoming trauma, with Lewis sharing his experience of being sexually abused as a child and feeling ashamed and rejected. He also talks about his brother going to prison and how it affected his social life. The video emphasizes the importance of self-love, vulnerability, and perseverance in achieving success and abundance.

• Lewis Howes talks about his childhood trauma and how it affected his life.
• Trauma can make people feel ashamed, afraid, and alone.
• Vulnerability is important in healing from trauma.
• Self-acceptance is powerful in healing from trauma.
• Lewis Howes' journey to self-acceptance.
• Facing fears is the way to overcome them.
• Vulnerability creates a deeper connection with others.
• Being a role model for others by opening up publicly about fears and insecurities.
• Sharing your story can help heal the world.

FIND YOUR PURPOSE - How To Manifest SUCCESS & ABUNDANCE In 2023 | Lewis Howes & Jay Shetty - YouTube

Lewis Howes' Childhood Trauma

• Lewis Howes talks about his childhood trauma and how it affected his life.
• He was raped by a man when he was five years old.
• He didn't tell anyone about it for 25 years because he was ashamed and afraid of rejection.
• He grew up in a small town in Ohio where he wasn't allowed to be affectionate with his friends.
• He felt like he had to be tough and strong to protect himself from being hurt again.

The Impact of Trauma

• Lewis Howes talks about how trauma affects people's lives.
• He says that everyone has some type of trauma that they've dealt with.
• He says that trauma can make people feel ashamed, afraid, and alone.
• He says that trauma can affect people's relationships, self-esteem, and mental health.
• He says that it's important to talk about trauma and get help to heal from it.

The Importance of Vulnerability

• Lewis Howes talks about the importance of vulnerability in healing from trauma.
• He says that it took him a long time to be able to talk about his trauma because he was afraid of being rejected.
• He says that being vulnerable and sharing his story helped him to connect with other people and feel less alone.
• He says that vulnerability is a strength, not a weakness, and that it's important to be honest about our struggles.
• He says that vulnerability can help us to heal and grow, and to connect with others on a deeper level.

FIND YOUR PURPOSE - How To Manifest SUCCESS & ABUNDANCE In 2023 | Lewis Howes & Jay Shetty - YouTube

The Power of Self-Acceptance

• Lewis Howes talks about the power of self-acceptance in healing from trauma.
• He says that he had to learn to accept himself and his past in order to move forward.
• He says that self-acceptance means accepting all parts of ourselves, even the parts that we're ashamed of.
• He says that self-acceptance can help us to let go of shame and self-judgment, and to embrace our strengths and weaknesses.
• He says that self-acceptance is a lifelong journey, but that it's worth it to feel more at peace with ourselves and our lives.

Lewis Howes' Childhood Trauma

• Lewis Howes felt isolated and alone due to childhood trauma.
• He spent a lot of time alone observing people and dealing with his own insecurities.
• He looks at his life in four phases: pre-teen, teen to 22, his 20s, and 30 to now.
• He didn't learn how to love himself until seven years ago when he opened up about sexual trauma.
• Sharing his shame about sexual trauma no longer had power over him and he learned who his real family and friends were.

The Importance of Loving Yourself

• Lewis Howes believes that if people could fully love themselves and be proud of themselves, there would be a lot less mental and emotional suffering.
• He didn't love himself fully and loved the mask that he wore instead.
• He thinks it's a hard life to live if we don't learn how to love ourselves.
• Learning to love himself was a process that took time.
• He believes that being able to love yourself is a skill that needs to be learned.

Challenges and Growth

• Lewis Howes was in special needs classes and almost flunked out of English senior year.
• He struggled with failure and didn't know how to lose gracefully because his whole identity was tied around winning.
• He never felt seen as a kid, even though his parents saw him and were there for him.
• He believes that a lot of us go through challenges and it can be scary to share them publicly.
• Being in the public eye forces us to tear down our masks and walls, otherwise, we're being inauthentic to ourselves.

The Journey of Self-Acceptance

• Lewis Howes believes that the journey of self-acceptance is ongoing.
• He thinks that it's important to be vulnerable and share our struggles with others.
• He believes that we need to accept ourselves for who we are and not try to be someone else.
• He thinks that we need to be kind to ourselves and not beat ourselves up over our mistakes.
• He believes that we need to focus on our strengths and not our weaknesses.

Lewis Howes' Journey to Self-Acceptance

• Lewis Howes had a successful life on the outside, but was suffering on the inside due to deep insecurity.
• He believed that if anyone knew who he truly was, no one would ever love him.
• He started a healing journey and began sharing it with others.
• He realized that vulnerability is a superpower that most people don't use.
• He felt a responsibility to open up publicly about his fears and insecurities to help others.

Choosing to Face Your Fears

• Jay Shetty believes that facing your fears is the way to overcome them.
• He creates a list of his biggest fears every year and sets out to overcome them.
• As a teenager, he was afraid of talking to girls and decided to run up to them and start a conversation every day for 90 days.
• He faced his greatest fear of rejection and humiliation, but by the end of the summer, he had gained confidence and had lots of fun.
• He believes that creating contained challenges for yourself to overcome your inner insecurities is the greatest game you can play.

The Power of Vulnerability

• Lewis Howes believes that vulnerability is the biggest superpower in the world.
• He thinks that most people don't use vulnerability because they are afraid of being judged or rejected.
• He believes that vulnerability creates a deeper connection with others.
• He felt a responsibility to open up publicly about his fears and insecurities to help others.
• Jay Shetty agrees that vulnerability is powerful and creates a safe space for others to open up as well.

Being a Role Model for Others

• Lewis Howes felt a responsibility to be a role model for others by opening up publicly about his fears and insecurities.
• He believes that by sharing his story, he can give others permission to share their own stories and start healing.
• He is inspired by other athletes, like Kevin Love, who are opening up about their mental health struggles.
• Jay Shetty believes that being vulnerable and sharing your story can help heal the world.
• He thinks that by being a role model for others, you can inspire them to face their own fears and insecurities.

Challenging fears

• Lewis Howes shares his experience with public speaking and how he overcame his fear by joining Toastmasters and practicing every week for a year.
• He also challenged himself to learn salsa dancing and to open up about his experience with sexual abuse.
• He believes in constantly facing challenges and fears to level up and learn more about himself.
• He encourages others to write down their fears and tackle them one by one, taking action instead of just thinking about it.
• He currently faces a fear of learning Spanish but is committed to the process and appreciating the little wins along the way.

Conquering fears

• Jay Shetty asks Lewis Howes about his biggest fears over the past three years.
• Lewis shares that after his first viral video, his fear became not wanting to make any more videos because he was scared they wouldn't do as well.
• He realized that this fear was rooted in the fear of failure.
• He overcame this fear by continuing to make videos and not letting the fear control him.
• He also faced a fear of vulnerability and opening up about his personal experiences, but found that it helped him connect with others and inspire them.

Learning from mistakes

• Lewis Howes believes in taking accountability and responsibility for his mistakes and using them as opportunities to learn and grow.
• He shares that he used to have a fixed mindset and would give up easily when faced with challenges, but has since developed a growth mindset and sees challenges as opportunities for growth.
• He encourages others to embrace their mistakes and use them as learning experiences.
• He also believes in surrounding himself with people who challenge him and push him to be better.
• He emphasizes the importance of taking action and not just thinking about making changes.

Living with purpose

• Lewis Howes believes in finding one's purpose and living a life aligned with that purpose.
• He shares that his purpose is to inspire and empower others to reach their full potential.
• He believes that everyone has a unique purpose and encourages others to find theirs.
• He emphasizes the importance of taking action towards one's purpose and not just talking about it.
• He believes that living with purpose leads to a more fulfilling and meaningful life.

Lewis Howes' Childhood Trauma

• Lewis Howes had a traumatic childhood experience that affected his life.
• He was sexually abused by a man when he was five years old.
• He kept the secret for years and it affected his relationships and mental health.
• He eventually sought therapy and started to heal from the trauma.
• He realized that he needed to confront his fears and start creating things that he was passionate about.

Overcoming Fear of Success

• Lewis Howes had a fear of success after achieving a certain level of success.
• He was afraid that he would never be able to top his previous achievements.
• He also had a fear of not being able to create something that people would care about.
• Jay Shetty encouraged him to focus on his gift and go all in on it.
• Lewis Howes overcame his fear by creating more content and hustling to survive.

Fear of Starting from Scratch

• Lewis Howes had a fear of starting from scratch when he decided to create his own thing.
• He had just moved to New York and had no connections.
• He was also four months away from being broke.
• He overcame his fear by emailing every person he had ever interacted with and offering to create videos for them.
• He realized that it was a game of odds and the more emails he sent, the more responses he got.

Rewiring Relationship with Money

• Lewis Howes had a fear of money because of his upbringing.
• He grew up with the belief that to be wealthy, you had to do something unethical.
• He realized that he needed to rewire his relationship with money and see it as a tool to make a bigger impact.
• He started to focus on making money to scale his impact and help more people.
• He realized that making money in a healthy way was possible.

Lewis Howes' Childhood Trauma

• Fear doesn't help you be creative, it actually shrinks creativity.
• Creativity needs abundance to really flourish.
• Lewis Howes went all in on his creative endeavor despite the fear of not being able to pay rent.
• Living a public life makes it hard to share your truth with people.
• Sharing your heart with people is difficult because no one will ever fully understand you.

Importance of Vulnerability

• Podcasts work because they provide a one-on-one conversation experience.
• People with an audience have pressure to be perfect in everything they do.
• People are more afraid than ever to be vulnerable because it's just another thing to knock people down.
• Vulnerability can be a superpower.
• Lewis Howes was worried about opening up about sexual trauma, but vulnerability had the opposite effect.

Vulnerability and Relationships

• Being vulnerable during a breakup can be painful because people make assumptions.
• Going through a breakup helped Lewis Howes learn who his real friends were.
• Some people only take from you and don't become vulnerable with you.
• Going through a breakup allowed Lewis Howes to purge a lot of people from his life.
• Jay Shetty was instrumental in helping Lewis Howes during his breakup.

Sharing Your Heart

• Lewis Howes' intention has always been to serve and help other people grow.
• He tries his best every day to do what he loves in a way that can help others.
• He's not perfect and doesn't have it all figured out, but he's learning along the way and sharing what he's learned.
• People need to understand that we're all human beings just trying to figure it out.
• It's unfortunate that anyone with any size of an audience has pressure to be perfect with everything in their life.

Lewis Howes' Journey to Finding Peace

• Lewis Howes talks about his childhood trauma and how it affected his relationships.
• He realized that he needed to let go of relationships that were single-sided or judgmental.
• He developed deeper relationships with people who were there for him.
• He freed himself from the need to please other people.
• He learned to be unattached to the outcome of his relationships.

The Gift of Adversity

• Lewis Howes talks about how adversity sets us up for incredible things.
• He believes that the challenges we face are the greatest gifts of our lives.
• He encourages people to look at adversity as a beautiful gift that serves them.
• He advises people to find the lesson in their adversity and grow from it.
• He believes that adversity helps us give more energy to the world.

The Importance of Self-Image

• Lewis Howes talks about the importance of the relationship we have with ourselves.
• He believes that the most interesting relationship we have is the one with ourselves.
• He emphasizes the importance of having a positive self-image.
• He talks about how he used to look in the mirror as a kid and not love himself.
• He believes that having a healthy relationship with ourselves sets us up for healthy relationships with others.

Being Unattached to the Outcome

• Lewis Howes talks about the importance of being unattached to the outcome of our relationships.
• He believes that focusing on our heart, giving, growing, and loving ourselves and others attracts the right things in our lives.
• He advises people to repel people who don't want to be in that energy and attract beautiful things.
• He talks about how being unattached to the outcome allows him to be at peace in his current relationship.
• He believes that being unattached to the outcome allows us to be at peace with whatever happens in our relationships.

Lewis Howes' Journey to Self-Love

• Lewis Howes struggled with childhood trauma that affected his self-worth and relationships.
• He learned to love himself by acknowledging his accomplishments and being kind to himself.
• He encourages people to look in the mirror and say "I love you," "I'm proud of you," and "You matter."
• He emphasizes the importance of showing up and doing your best, while also recognizing your flaws.
• He believes that having a purpose is essential to feeling fulfilled and avoiding feelings of inadequacy.

Discovering and Following Your Purpose

• Jay Shetty's book, "Think Like a Monk," provides a clear outline for discovering and following your purpose.
• Without a purpose, people feel lost and like they're never enough because they're chasing things that aren't part of their mission.
• Having a purpose provides peace and fulfillment.
• Following your purpose requires internal work and reflection.
• Visualizing the greatest version of yourself can help you identify what's holding you back and what actions you need to take to get closer to that version of yourself.

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