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03/05/2026

03/04/2026

Episode 59 – The Way I See It: Pluribus (Season One Breakdown)

What happens when individuality collides with the collective?

In this first installment of The Way I See It, Zack Tolmie and I break down Season One of Pluribus — but this isn’t just a TV recap.

We talk about:
• The tension between personal freedom and collective responsibility
• The moments that shifted the entire trajectory of the story
• Character arcs that hit deeper than expected
• The frustrations that made the payoff worth it
• And the top three moments that defined the season

What started as a conversation about a show turned into a real discussion about identity, choice, power, and what it means to belong without losing yourself.

By the end, we both agreed — Pluribus earns elite status.

This is the tone for The Way I See It.
Culture. Storytelling. Reflection.
And the real-life lens behind it.

🎧 Episode 59 is live now. Link in Bio
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02/25/2026

Borrowed Worth.

Comparison rarely shows up loud.
It moves quietly.

Scrolling through someone else’s success.
Questioning your own pace.
Wondering if you’re behind without even knowing who created the timeline.

In this week’s episode of the I AM SELF-ISH™ Podcast, I’m talking about something I see all the time in coaching conversations: borrowed worth.

It’s what happens when we start measuring our value against someone else’s life.
When validation becomes something we chase instead of something we cultivate within ourselves.

The truth is, comparison slowly disconnects us from who we really are.

Instead of trusting our path, we start chasing standards that were never meant for us.

Real worth doesn’t come from being chosen.
It comes from being clear.

Clear about who you are.
Clear about what matters to you.
Clear that your journey doesn’t need to look like anyone else’s to be meaningful.

If you’ve ever felt behind, maybe it’s not because you’re late.
Maybe you’re just measuring your life with someone else’s ruler.

This episode is an invitation to come back to yourself.
To stop outsourcing your value.
To remember that your worth was never missing. You just forgot where it lives.

🎧 Episode 58: Borrowed Worth LINK IN BIO
Less stress. More choice.
– Will Wright

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02/24/2026

Borrowed Worth.

Comparison rarely shows up loud.
It moves quietly.

Scrolling through someone else’s success.
Questioning your own pace.
Wondering if you’re behind without even knowing who created the timeline.

In this week’s episode of the I AM SELF-ISH™ Podcast, I’m talking about something I see all the time in coaching conversations: borrowed worth.

It’s what happens when we start measuring our value against someone else’s life.
When validation becomes something we chase instead of something we cultivate within ourselves.

The truth is, comparison slowly disconnects us from who we really are.

Instead of trusting our path, we start chasing standards that were never meant for us.

Real worth doesn’t come from being chosen.
It comes from being clear.

Clear about who you are.
Clear about what matters to you.
Clear that your journey doesn’t need to look like anyone else’s to be meaningful.

If you’ve ever felt behind, maybe it’s not because you’re late.
Maybe you’re just measuring your life with someone else’s ruler.

This episode is an invitation to come back to yourself.
To stop outsourcing your value.
To remember that your worth was never missing. You just forgot where it lives.

🎧 Episode 58: Borrowed Worth
Link in BIo

Less stress. More choice.
– Will Wright

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02/23/2026

Most people aren’t stuck because they don’t know what to do.

They’re stuck because stress keeps pulling them into the same response pattern.

New awareness = new choices.

02/18/2026

Generational wealth is not just money.

It’s emotional.

It’s the stress you normalize.
The silence you protect.
The coping patterns you never questioned.

Passing down pain is easy.
Interrupting it is powerful.

🎧 Episode 57 – Passing Down Pain
(Link in bio)

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02/17/2026

Not everything you carry started with you.

Some of it was inherited.

In this episode, I unpack how we pass down emotional environments, not just last names and traditions.

Children absorb what we do not heal.

Awareness is the interruption.
Healing is the legacy.

🎧 Episode 57 – Passing Down Pain
(Link in bio)

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02/13/2026

You’re operating in protective energy for too long.

Burnout sounds temporary.
Like you just need a break.

But over-functioning is chronic.

It’s saying yes when you’re exhausted.
Holding it together when you’re overwhelmed.
Carrying pressure and calling it discipline.

Eventually, your nervous system stays braced.

Patience shrinks.
Confidence fluctuates.
Resentment builds.

That’s not weakness.

That’s unregulated stress.

Stress isn’t the enemy.

It’s information.

And once you understand what it’s telling you,
you stop surviving your life
and start choosing it.

Less stress.
More confidence.
More choice.

— Will

02/12/2026

It’s okay to be different.
Healing changes how you show up.

02/11/2026

Episode 56 – Lonely Was the Cost
I AM SELF-ISH™ Podcast

Healing sounds beautiful until you realize it changes everything.

In this episode, I share something deeply personal. Growth is not always celebrated. Sometimes it costs you comfort. Sometimes it shifts relationships. Sometimes the people who loved the old version of you do not recognize the healed one.

I talk about trauma.
I talk about faith.
I talk about separating inherited beliefs from lived truth.

And I say something that many people are afraid to admit:

Healing can feel lonely.

Standing in your truth can isolate you.
Choosing alignment over approval can change your circle.
Taking responsibility for your life can mean releasing the need to be validated.

This episode is not about blaming the past.
It is about owning the present.

Lonely was the cost.
But freedom was the reward.

If you are walking through a quiet season of growth, this conversation is for you.

You are not wrong for evolving.
You are not selfish for choosing peace.
And you are not alone in the loneliness that sometimes comes with becoming yourself.

Listen now.
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