Last week, we started the Unmedicated Challenge by asking one simple—but powerful—question: Where are you right now?

We focused on awareness, sensing the body, and resisting the urge to rush straight into fixing or forcing change.

This week, we take the next step.

In this episode, we introduce Step Two of the Shift and a core concept that explains why so many well-intended changes fail:

1. The difference between a want and a should (and why shoulds never work)
2. The three levels of caring—and how to tell which one you’re in
3. Why pain can create awareness but still isn’t enough to drive lasting change
4. How your body is always participating in your decisions (whether you acknowledge it or not)
5. Real-life examples from relationships, health, work, caffeine use, sleep, movement, and motivation
6. How to identify the emotion you’re actually seeking—and recreate it in new contexts
7. What it means to stop forcing change and start aligning with yourself

This episode builds directly on our recent health episode (episode 43 and 44!) and shows why sustainable health (and growth in any area) can’t come from guilt, pressure, or discipline alone.

The goal this week isn’t to force yourself to want something.

It’s to discover what you already want, find the emotional drivers behind it, and let your body come along for the ride.

We reference several worksheets throughout this episode to help you do the Want Match work step-by-step.

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This minisode is a direct follow-up to the Health Challenge episode.

If you haven’t listened to Ep 43 “Unmedicated Freedom: Applying the Shift 5 to Health, Awareness, and Radical Self-Ownership” yet, start there first—this conversation is meant to deepen and clarify that work.

In this minisode, Chase and Carly open the floor to real voices inside the community as people process the health challenge out loud—asking honest questions, naming concerns, and discovering just how much awareness changes everything.

You’ll hear how caffeine, supplements, sleep, food, exercise, and medication sneak into the “I’m not on anything” category—and why this phase isn’t about fixing or quitting, but seeing clearly without judgment.

1. Why “I’m not on meds” often isn’t the full picture
2. How caffeine, supplements, and sleep habits fit into the awareness phase
3. Real-time coaching around autoimmune medications and chronic illness
4. Why the first step is never “get off”—it’s get honest
5. The danger of choosing too many health goals at once
6. Why choosing one thing creates more change than trying to fix everything
7. How awareness reduces guilt instead of increasing it
8. Parenting, picky kids, and food—without pressure or power struggles
9. Why kids eat what you love, not what you lecture
10. Sleep as a foundational health lever (and why nothing changes yet)
11. The four quadrants of knowledge—and why this week focuses on what you don’t know you don’t know
12. Running, nutrition, caffeine, and the surprising role belief plays in physical performance
13. The question that defines the next phase of the work:
14. “What if you believed your body could do it?”

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This is where the rubber meets the road.

In this episode, Chase and Carly move from theory into application, kicking off the first real-world Shift 5 challenge: health.

You’ll learn how to take the Shift 5 framework out of the classroom and into your daily life—through tangible challenges designed to increase awareness, reclaim agency, and create real freedom. This episode introduces the Unmedicated Challenge and three distinct health tracks, all rooted in compassion, curiosity, and radical self-ownership.

This isn’t about judgment or perfection. It’s about learning where you are—so change becomes possible.

1. Why awareness always comes before change
2. The difference between learning theory and living the work
3. Why health is the foundation for freedom in every other area of life
4. The Unmedicated Challenge and what it actually means (and doesn’t mean)
5. How medications and supplements replace natural body functions—and why understanding that matters
6. Why shame shuts down growth and curiosity opens it up
7. How breathwork and cold exposure become tools for clarity, insight, and revelation
8. The daily “Sense Your Body” practice and reflection prompts
9. How small health shifts create more time, freedom, and flexibility in life
10. A powerful cold-shower realization that reshaped how Chase and Carly think about time, money, and lifestyle design
11. Why inverted living and radical self-ownership unlock long-term freedom

Several worksheets and reflection prompts are referenced throughout this episode.

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