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NOT Episode TWO

NOT Episode TWO

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Recorded less than 60 seconds after NOT Episode ONE — because why wait?

NOT Episode TWO is where the experiment starts to reveal itself. No espresso yet. No agenda. Just an honest conversation about what it means to stop performing and start being.

As Derrick approaches his 50th birthday, one thing becomes undeniably clear: there's no more time to be anyone other than exactly who he is. Raw, unedited, and unapologetically real — this is what freedom sounds like in practice.

In this not-episode:

  • Why the format gets to change from episode to episode — and why that's the whole point
  • The difference between performing and being, and why one gets exhausting
  • What turning 50 has to do with finally choosing freedom
  • Why unpolished, unfiltered, and uncut is actually the preference

Three minutes. Long pauses included. No apologies.

This Is NOT a PODCAST! is hosted by not-your-host Derrick Yanford — meditation teacher, coach, choreographer, author, and recovering perfectionist. New not-episodes drop every Tuesday. Subscribe on Substack at substack.com/@dureeko



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