Episodes

  • Why Self-Development Isn’t Working for You (And What To Do About It)

    Why Self-Development Isn’t Working for You (And What To Do About It)
    Feb 17 2026
    What if the problem isn’t religion, politics, biohacking, or mindset…

    What if the problem is you never actually committed to anything?

    In this episode, Bryce wrestles with a question that most high performers avoid:

    Which system is actually true?

    From Mormonism to pagan symbolism, from Law of Attraction to nihilism, from grind culture to nervous system regulation — Bryce walks through the tension of wanting certainty in a world full of competing frameworks. But instead of landing on a “correct” answer, he lands somewhere far more confronting.

    It’s not about being right. It’s about being aligned.

    If you’ve been bouncing between belief systems, doubting everything, over-intellectualizing your growth, or secretly frustrated that nothing seems to “work”…

    This one will hit.

    You don’t need a new system.You need conviction.

    • You are always operating inside a belief system — whether you admit it or not.
    • Most people don’t fail because the system is broken. They fail because their belief is fractured.
    • Confusion is often disguised fear of commitment.
    • It’s not about finding the “right” framework — it’s about fully aligning with one.
    • Belief isn’t mystical. It’s neurological, behavioral, and embodied.
    • Your identity governs your values. Your values govern your beliefs. Your beliefs govern your behavior.
    • Stop getting cute. Start being aligned.
    • You are the operator. The system amplifies whatever you bring to it.

    Your story is waiting to be told, and we're here to help you tell it better.

    If you’d like to join The Lab, our weekly group coaching experience please visit BrycePrescott.com/thelabgroup and follow the prompts. We’re ready to give you the right information, guidance and community needed for your next level of success!

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    35 mins
  • The Matrix Is Exposed: Corruption, Evil, and Personal Responsibility

    The Matrix Is Exposed: Corruption, Evil, and Personal Responsibility
    Feb 10 2026
    Bryce steps away from structured teaching and delivers a raw, unfiltered riff on the weight many people are feeling as long-held illusions collapse. In response to cultural unrest, corruption revelations, and spiritual disorientation, Bryce explores a single grounding question that cuts through fear, shame, and overwhelm: What can I control?Drawing from his own evolving views on faith, evil, agency, business struggle, and personal responsibility, Bryce reframes anxiety, regret, and paralysis as signals pointing back to the present moment. He challenges the habit of asking “why” and replaces it with a more functional diagnostic: Does this work for me?This episode is an invitation to reclaim agency when the world feels unstable, to stop negotiating with distraction, and to anchor your life in actions you can actually take. Not to fix the world—but to stop abandoning yourself inside of it.

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    Takeaways:
    - You can only control the present moment
    - Agency exists even when the world feels corrupt
    - Heaviness increases when illusions collapse
    - Evil forces a confrontation with truth
    - Asking “why” often creates paralysis
    - “Does this work for me?” restores clarity
    - Anxiety lives in imagined futures
    - Regret lives in unchangeable pasts
    - Presence dissolves shame and guilt
    - Not everything is your fault—but it is your responsibility to respond
    - Diagnosis plus integration creates transformation
    - Indecision is still a decision
    - Distraction delays necessary action
    - Push motivation exhausts you
    - Pull motivation aligns you
    - Lack clouds long-term vision
    - Clarity comes from honest self-assessment
    - Ownership begins where excuses end
    - You don’t need certainty to take action
    - Agency returns when you stop negotiating with reality

    Your story is waiting to be told, and we're here to help you tell it better.

    If you’d like to join The Lab, our weekly group coaching experience please visit BrycePrescott.com/thelabgroup and follow the prompts. We’re ready to give you the right information, guidance and community needed for your next level of success!

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    29 mins
  • Welcome To Your LIFE: Sponsored By Fear

    Welcome To Your LIFE: Sponsored By Fear
    Feb 3 2026
    Bryce discusses why so many capable people feel behind and reveals the hidden driver beneath most decisions: fear or love. Bryce breaks down how cultural timelines, comparison, and invisible expectations install a false sense of urgency that turns fear into the default sponsor of choice. Through personal stories of imposter syndrome, delayed action, and major investments in his own growth, he shows how fear disguises itself as realism, while love speaks with steadiness and clarity. The core invitation is simple but demanding: audit the sponsoring thought behind your choices. You are not late to your life — you’re being asked to start choosing from love instead of fear.

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    Takeaways:
    • Every decision is sponsored by fear or love
    • Feeling behind is a symptom, not the problem
    • Cultural timelines install false urgency
    • Confusion does not equal failure
    • Struggle does not mean you’re broken
    • Fear disguises itself as realism
    • Love sounds calm and steady
    • Clarity comes from movement, not certainty
    • Imposter syndrome often follows early exposure
    • Fear-based decisions leak into every domain
    • Self-disqualification delays what you want
    • Comparison magnifies internal chaos
    • Asking “what if it works out?” changes everything
    • Shame is not a growth strategy
    • Clean decisions reduce inner friction
    • Self-trust grows through honest ownership
    • You are not late — you’re in process

    Thanks for listening to this episode of The LAB Podcast!

    Your story is waiting to be told, and we're here to help you tell it better.

    If you’d like to join The Lab, our weekly group coaching experience please visit BrycePrescott.com/thelabgroup and follow the prompts. We’re ready to give you the right information, guidance and community needed for your next level of success!

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    36 mins
  • The Trance That Runs Your Life And How To Snap Out Of It

    The Trance That Runs Your Life And How To Snap Out Of It
    Jan 27 2026
    Bryce explores the idea that most people are living inside a psychological trance — a set of beliefs and stories about their life they’ve stopped questioning. He explains how routines, identity, and perception quietly become automated, creating familiarity even when life no longer works. He introduces a powerful reframe: stop moralizing your experience and start asking a simpler question — does this work for me? From spirituality to identity to personal growth, he shows how ending the trance allows new choices, new identity, and new results to emerge. Transformation isn’t about fixing yourself — it’s about consciously choosing a new operating system that actually supports who you’re becoming.

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    Takeaways:
    • A trance is a belief system you stopped questioning
    • Normal can be the most dangerous state
    • Familiarity is not the same as alignment
    • Moralizing experience freezes change
    • “Does this work for me?” bypasses shame
    • Identity governs values, beliefs, and behavior
    • You cannot outwork your identity
    • Awareness is not the same as integration
    • Transcendence is the ending of a trance
    • Simple does not mean easy
    • Discomfort can signal misalignment
    • You are the author of your operating system
    • Environment doesn’t override identity
    • High performers over-intellectualize change
    • Real shifts come from identity, not tactics
    • You can consciously choose a new trance
    • Growth requires honest self-questioning

    Thanks for listening to this episode of The LAB Podcast!

    Your story is waiting to be told, and we're here to help you tell it better.

    If you’d like to join The Lab, our weekly group coaching experience please visit BrycePrescott.com/thelabgroup and follow the prompts. We’re ready to give you the right information, guidance and community needed for your next level of success!

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    34 mins
  • The Day Cancer Forced Me To Choose

    The Day Cancer Forced Me To Choose
    Jan 20 2026
    Bryce reflects on the 13-year anniversary of his cancer diagnosis and the most dangerous phase of the experience: indecision. Bryce explains how delaying decisions kept his nervous system locked in chronic stress, draining energy, clarity, and self-trust. He reframes indecision as an active choice — one that quietly protects denial while eroding health, motivation, and alignment. Through lived experience, he dismantles the myth that waiting is responsible and shows how choosing restores regulation, momentum, and personal power. The core lesson is clear: you don’t need certainty to move forward. A decision doesn’t guarantee the outcome — but it immediately gives you back direction, energy, and agency.

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    Takeaways:
    • Indecision is a choice, not a neutral pause
    • Waiting keeps the nervous system in constant threat
    • Open loops quietly drain energy and motivation
    • Chronic stress undermines physical and emotional health
    • Avoidance often disguises itself as responsibility
    • The body always knows when truth is being delayed
    • Decision restores regulation before outcomes change
    • Motivation follows ownership, not clarity
    • Fear is less costly than prolonged uncertainty
    • Choosing collapses fantasy but restores power
    • Agency is how humans self-regulate
    • Chronic indecision fuels irritability and numbness
    • Precision replaces panic when importance is clear
    • Health requires alignment, not punishment
    • Self-trust is rebuilt through ownership
    • A wrong decision owned beats a delayed perfect one
    • Courage is choosing despite uncertainty

    Thanks for listening to this episode of The LAB Podcast!

    Your story is waiting to be told, and we're here to help you tell it better.

    If you’d like to join The Lab, our weekly group coaching experience please visit BrycePrescott.com/thelabgroup and follow the prompts. We’re ready to give you the right information, guidance and community needed for your next level of success!

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    34 mins
  • Stolen Valor Is Killing Real Success: Know The Difference

    Stolen Valor Is Killing Real Success: Know The Difference
    Jan 13 2026
    Bryce explores the concept of psychological stolen valor — the danger of borrowing identity, authority, or credibility through proximity, environment, or appearance without earning it. Using real-world cases of stolen military valor and personal experiences with wealth, environment, and perception, Bryce exposes how upgraded surroundings can quietly replace real foundation if unchecked. He explains why symbols of success can erode motivation, distort self-trust, and create internal misalignment when they arrive before the work is done. The episode offers a clear framework for self-auditing authenticity, rebuilding true authority, and using environment as a tool — not a credential — reinforcing the core truth that sustainable success is built, not staged

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    Takeaways:
    • Stolen valor isn’t always criminal — it can be psychological
    • Borrowed authority creates fragile identity
    • Proximity to success is not proof of success
    • Environment can support growth or replace it
    • Symbols without substance erode motivation
    • Authentic authority is earned through action
    • Appearance can short-circuit internal discipline
    • Success that isn’t earned creates anxiety
    • Identity must be built before it’s displayed
    • Social media amplifies psychological stolen valor
    • Internal alignment cannot be faked
    • True confidence removes the need to explain yourself
    • Private behavior reveals real foundation
    • Discomfort is data, not failure
    • Real growth is quiet, boring, and lonely
    • Foundations are built before recognition arrives
    • Upgrade foundation before upgrading environment

    Thanks for listening to this episode of The LAB Podcast!

    Your story is waiting to be told, and we're here to help you tell it better.

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    35 mins
  • "Waiting" Is The Most Dangerous Choice You’re Making

    "Waiting" Is The Most Dangerous Choice You’re Making
    Jan 6 2026
    Bryce breaks down why what many people label as depression, burnout, or lack of motivation is often something far simpler and more dangerous: unresolved decisions. When a choice is delayed, the nervous system interprets ambiguity as powerlessness, keeping mental and emotional resources trapped in open loops that exhaust the psyche. Bryce challenges the myth that clarity or motivation must come first, arguing instead that movement creates energy. A decision doesn’t guarantee the outcome you want — but it restores agency, momentum, and self-trust, which is where real power begins.

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    Takeaways:
    • Indecision is not passive; it actively drains psychological and emotional energy
    • Open loops keep the brain working in the background, exhausting your system
    • What feels like depression is often stagnation, not sadness
    • The nervous system equates ambiguity with powerlessness
    • Waiting does not preserve energy — it consumes it
    • Motivation does not precede action; it follows it
    • Decision → ownership → movement → energy → motivation
    • You don’t need certainty to choose — only agency
    • Guidance often comes after the decision, not before
    • Wanting guarantees is a refusal to take responsibility
    • Movement stabilizes the psyche, even when outcomes are unknown
    • A wrong decision owned beats a perfect decision delayed
    • Your body knows the truth before your mind admits it
    • Emotional numbness is a signal, not a flaw
    • Faith is embodied through action, not contemplation
    • Indecision protects comfort, not alignment
    • Choosing restores self-trust, not certainty

    Thanks for listening to this episode of The LAB Podcast!

    Your story is waiting to be told, and we're here to help you tell it better.

    If you’d like to join The Lab, our weekly group coaching experience please visit BrycePrescott.com/thelabgroup and follow the prompts. We’re ready to give you the right information, guidance and community needed for your next level of success!

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    28 mins
  • Your Need To Be Liked Is Ruining You And Here's How

    Your Need To Be Liked Is Ruining You And Here's How
    Dec 30 2025
    Bryce delivers a deeply personal and uncompromising message about why most people don’t fail from lack of discipline—but from abandoning themselves to preserve approval, comfort, and belonging. Drawing on the concept of The Courage to Be Disliked and Adler’s idea of task separation, Bryce breaks down how fear of rejection quietly erodes self-trust, confidence, and momentum over time. He explains why growth always creates friction, why New Year’s resolutions fail without a change in loyalty, and why real commitment isn’t about outcomes—it’s about refusing to betray yourself to avoid discomfort. This episode is a powerful invitation to enter the next chapter of your life with clarity, honesty, and the courage to choose alignment over acceptance, even when it costs you familiarity, relationships, and applause.

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    Takeaways:
    • Most people fail because they abandon themselves, not because they lack discipline.
    • Approval-seeking quietly destroys self-trust and momentum.
    • Fear of rejection is more powerful than fear of failure.
    • Growth always disrupts belonging and familiar identity roles.
    • Being liked costs clarity, speed, and truth.
    • Self-betrayal erodes authority one avoided truth at a time.
    • Task separation restores personal responsibility and power.
    • You are responsible for your alignment—not others’ reactions.
    • Courage is consistency under social friction, not confidence.
    • Real courage happens quietly, without witnesses or applause.
    • New outcomes require the death of old contracts and identities.
    • Resolutions fail when loyalty to approval remains unchanged.
    • Boundaries rebuild confidence faster than motivation ever will.
    • Fear is not a stop sign—it’s a signal of importance.
    • Alignment simplifies life, even when it makes it harder.
    • You are allowed to want more without apologizing.

    Thanks for listening to this episode of The LAB Podcast!

    Your story is waiting to be told, and we're here to help you tell it better.

    If you’d like to join The Lab, our weekly group coaching experience please visit BrycePrescott.com/thelabgroup and follow the prompts. We’re ready to give you the right information, guidance and community needed for your next level of success!

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    28 mins