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The Blue Collar Buddha Podcast

The Blue Collar Buddha Podcast

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I didn’t start this to coach, teach, trend, or tell you what you want to hear. I turned on the mic because I was surrounded by people talking… but nobody was actually saying anything real about the life I—and a lot of others—were, are, living.

You'll notice two names for the podcast as you listen to the episodes in due time. The Real Empowered Self came first. The Blue Collar Buddha was born during Sharon's cancer treatments. Both are me. Both are real. The story of why explains itself if you listen long enough.

So this is that conversation.

No “rah-rah.”

No “everything happens for a reason.”

No affirm-your-way-out-of-reality bullshit.

This is adult talk about adult life.

Death.
Marriage.
Cancer.
Identity.
Rage.
Grief.
Shame.
Hope.
Lust.
Aging.

The quiet shit people feel but don’t say (at least, not out loud).

I don’t have all the answers—and I don’t pretend to.

This isn’t therapy.

It’s not coaching.

And it’s sure as hell not “personal development.”

This is raw "self-concept."

Real-time honesty.

Figuring shit out by actually saying it the fuck out loud.

Out. Loud.

Expect strong language.

Unfiltered opinions.

Moments that might hit harder than you expected.

If you want comfort, mantras, or a 10-step plan to feel better—keep walking.

But if you’re tired of being lied to…

and maybe a little tired of lying to yourself…

If you’re trying to hear your own voice underneath all the noise…

You’re in the right place.

This is The Blue Collar Buddha.

It’s the conversation you didn’t know you needed—but were already having anyway.

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Episodes
  • Episode 02 | The Real Episode 1 or 01.5 | The Deep Dive Intro

    Episode 02 | The Real Episode 1 or 01.5 | The Deep Dive Intro
    Feb 18 2026

    "If the first thing you heard from me felt a little thin, that’s because I was still trying to be 'professional.' I was hiding behind a resume, or the lack thereof. This recording is different. I’m snotty, I’m drinking coffee, and I’m finally allowing myself to tell you who I am in my natural, kinda' "screw it" way.

    I’ve spent my life digging through the works of Neville Goddard, Freud, Stoicism, and Zen and a long-ass list of others. But the epiphany I had—the one that actually changed all of this for me—is that I am the only true constant variable in every experience I have. If you’re looking for a PhD to tell you affirmations in a mirror, go somewhere else. I’m here to talk about the 'trauma on a plate' that is sometimes necessary to finally see who you are.

    Surgical Truths in This Episode:

    • The Search for Self: Why I traveled through every philosophy from Napoleon Hill to Eastern Mysticism only to find myself at the very center of it all.

    • The Affirmation Trap: Why 'I am wonderful' is a lie that causes cognitive dissonance and a spiral that we often can't find our way out of, and how to ask 'Appropriate Questions' instead.

    • Conditional vs. Unconditional Love: Why I don't have to know you to love you, and why I won't lose a wink of sleep if you think me an a-hole, rude or otherwise "not for you" and that my life will go right on if you walk away.

    • No PhD Required: Why your own personal opinion and experience are more valuable to you than any Ivy League degree.

    I'm Chase Murphy. This is the Real Empowered Self (which will, in time, become The Blue Collar Buddha. Remember, this is early in my expression and experience with all of this).

    It's unpolished, it's honest, and it's the only way forward.
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