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THIS EPISODE ISN'T ABOUT CHANGING - IT'S ABOUT FINALLY FEELING GOOD!
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This one hit me out of nowhere. A friend said something to me recently that stopped me in my tracks: “I think you’re just at peace with yourself now.” And for the first time, I realized… they might be right. In this raw and honest episode, I open up about the journey I’ve been on — from microdosing and cold plunges to letting it all go and simply being. I share what it’s like to go from anxious and constantly searching to grounded and content. If you’re in the thick of the inner work and wondering if it ever actually pays off… this episode is for you. Proof that peace is possible — even if you don’t see it coming.
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Transcript
Introduction to 'Mental Monday'
00:00:00
Adam Pike
All right, it is Monday morning. Let's get it, okay? Welcome back to another episode of Mental Monday. And if this is your first time listening, this is where we slow things down and get a bit real and talk about the stuff that actually matters. But I want to set the tone for this new week.
00:00:18
Adam Pike
That's why we call it Mental Mondays, okay? um I always try to keep it really honest with you guys. Because I know that there is a lot of us, many of us, that we go through things behind the scenes.
00:00:32
Adam Pike
Even when it looks like we have it all together. Including myself. So, I want to thank you guys for tuning in. um Really happy to have you here.
00:00:43
Adam Pike
And I'm going to share a little story about myself. So, I hope you guys ah enjoy.
Personal Peace Revelation
00:00:49
Adam Pike
So the other day, um you know, I was talking to my friend about, uh, just my life and, and, and something really clicked, you know, like in the middle of the conversation, um,
00:01:04
Adam Pike
what they said kind of like, i was like, shit, like you're, you're right. Basically I was, I was telling this, one of my buddies that, uh, lately I just, I don't have any anxiety.
00:01:16
Adam Pike
i don't ever have any off days. I don't have any issues. Like there's just, I just feel good. And he's like, dude, he's like, I think you're at peace with yourself.
00:01:29
Adam Pike
And I I kind of just sat there thinking, and i was like, wait, I was like, maybe you're right. Maybe, maybe for the first time in a long time ever, I'm actually at peace with myself.
00:01:45
Adam Pike
And I didn't even realize it until someone really kind of pointed it out. Now, once they did, i couldn't stop thinking about it. Like that sentence, being at peace with yourself,
00:01:56
Adam Pike
has just been like, ah I guess he's right. I guess I am at
Self-Development Journey
00:02:02
Adam Pike
peace with myself. So I want to ah want to rewind about, let's say like a year ago.
00:02:08
Adam Pike
So I was, as you guys know, yeah i'm I'm sure the people that were following me for a while, you guys know that I was in like deep self-development. I was in that whole space, was in that world. I was, I was microdosing for for those you don't know what that is. um You take a really small amount of, um of mushrooms. It's called a microdose. It helps you like,
00:02:30
Adam Pike
um with a lot of personal things anxiety depression like you can use it for many things um it just kind of helps your brain oh work a little better maybe uh anyways I was microdosing journaling I was meditating I was doing breath work uh cold plunges sauna uh podcasts all about like mindset and uh just how to better yourself like you name it I was doing it all okay And, you know, I, I, I wasn't, I wasn't just doing it for the content trends.
00:03:01
Adam Pike
i I, was doing it because i I don't know. I didn't even know why I was doing it back then. But when I look back at it now, feel like I was just searching for something, right?
00:03:13
Adam Pike
Like my mind was busy. Um, I had those off days. I did have days where I did have anxiety. Um, And I guess I was just really trying to figure it out.
00:03:25
Adam Pike
And I didn't feel it. I didn't really fully understand it then. um i felt like when I look back at it now, I feel like I i never really had clear direction. And I was just doing all of those things because...
00:03:39
Adam Pike
I was just searching for something that I didn't even know that I was searching for. And maybe what I was searching for was just being at peace with myself. Right? So, you know, I didn't fully fully understand it then. But now, like, i can i can't kind of see it clearly. i was trying to find that peace. I was chasing something that would come...
00:04:00
Adam Pike
me and calm the noise in my head and help me feel more like me, if that makes any sense. Are you guys following me here? um You know, even like my relationship wasn't the best.
00:04:12
Adam Pike
Definitely he needed a lot of work, but like that was, that stemmed from me not being able to show up fully as me and give to the relationship that I You know what I mean? Like, i just had i just had problems in my life.
00:04:28
Adam Pike
I was doing all those things to try to fix me, right? um So, like, you know, i was I was doing all that inner work. But I still, like, as much as I was doing it, there was definitely still something missing. So I just kept pushing, trying new things, you know, thinking, i guess maybe one day it it it would just fix everything. But to be fair, you know, that season of my life did help me.
00:04:55
Adam Pike
And it it it really was necessary because it it honestly built a foundation for how I am right now.
Transformative Costa Rica Experience
00:05:03
Adam Pike
So then last fall, I had this and and I had this most wild, deep, personal experience um down in Costa Rica, and and I feel like that kind of hit the reset. you know I won't go into full details on that. I actually did a full podcast about my experience um ah in Costa Rica, and I shared the whole story. So...
00:05:26
Adam Pike
If you guys are interested in hearing about that experience down in Costa Rica, um definitely check out that episode. um I'm not sure what podcast episode that was, but you can reach out and I'll i'll send it to you.
00:05:38
Adam Pike
um But yeah, it kind of had like it just kind of did a reset. like something Something shifted in me because since then, since that moment, I haven't microdosed at all.
00:05:51
Adam Pike
It's been almost a year. haven't really journaled. I'd never meditate. I kind of stopped listening to self-help podcasts. i don't cold plunge at all. I don't go in the sauna.
00:06:06
Adam Pike
It's been months since I've been in the cold plunger sauna. But here's the thing.
Shift from Self-Help Practices
00:06:10
Adam Pike
Like before, when I was kind of going through that self-development and trying to figure all that out, right? um i I found when and like I would step off the gas with with all of those things I just listed.
00:06:23
Adam Pike
I would ah slowly go back into having an anxiety and having those off days, you know? But now I don't feel like I slipped at all. I don't i don't feel like I've fallen off. I i just ah just feel like I don't need any of that right now.
00:06:38
Adam Pike
And maybe that's because I'm just at peace with myself. So, like, that's when it hit me, you know? Maybe... maybe all those tools, I just needed that in the moment.
00:06:50
Adam Pike
Now, I don't know. i don't have all the answers. I'm just kind of sharing it as I'm thinking about it, right? And and with My buddy like telling me that, oh, maybe you're at peace.
00:07:03
Adam Pike
I'm like, shit, maybe that's why i don't feel a need to do any of those things anymore because I'm just at peace. Sure, it's still beneficial to do all those things. Maybe I'm just being lazy.
00:07:14
Adam Pike
I don't know. i don't have, like I said, I don't have all the answers. so um I'm just sharing this story with you. So like maybe I actually found peace peace within myself. So if you're someone that, listen, if if if you're someone that's constantly like,
00:07:26
Adam Pike
You need to do something to feel okay, to feel better, you know, then you know how big of a shift that is. I think like, I think for the first time in my adult life, I actually just feel good.
00:07:42
Adam Pike
On my own. You know. Like. I'm not. I'm not perfect. but i'm I'm not immune to stress. I'm just okay with where I am right now. I'm very content.
00:07:54
Adam Pike
You know. um Like even the only podcast that I. That I listen to now. um Are just a about like. Growth and like financial goals. Or career moves. Like that kind of thing. You know.
00:08:07
Adam Pike
i feel like I'm just locked into my content. Um. I found the flow that kind of like really works for me. And I genuinely actually like creating content, you know?
00:08:20
Adam Pike
um Yeah, I just have been focused on like the cooking content. and Like that's been doing really well. ah feel aligned with that. i had like i had like i had goals back then too, but like something just feels different now. I feel like I'm just on a path to...
00:08:35
Adam Pike
hitting those goals faster. And then I'm not just like dreaming about it, you know, like working towards it every single day. feel like back then I was just kind of a little bit lost and I was just trying to figure out my way.
00:08:49
Adam Pike
i don't know. I don't know. i just, I feel like I'm just having this full circle moment. Like, holy shit. Like maybe all of that work really paid off because i don't wake up with any off days.
00:09:02
Adam Pike
I haven't had anxiety. I don't even remember the last time I had anxiety. I really don't. It's been that long, you know? So maybe like, this is just a reminder that like the piece that you're looking for, it's it's not going to come
Consistency in Achieving Peace
00:09:17
Adam Pike
overnight.
00:09:17
Adam Pike
It doesn't live, you know, it it doesn't live in one journal entry, one meditation, one podcast. i think I think that it just lives in the process of really showing up for yourself again and again.
00:09:33
Adam Pike
You know, I actually just made a fitness post last night. you know yeah And basically the the quote is like, You don't have to be the strongest in the room. You don't have to lift the heaviest weights.
00:09:46
Adam Pike
But how does that go? but if When you consistently show up for yourself, even when you don't want to, or even when things are hard, that's where real strength is built. Um...
00:09:59
Adam Pike
How does it go again? ah Progress is not about perfection. ah It's about hard work, consistency and commitment when you show up for yourself over and over again.
00:10:11
Adam Pike
So like, yeah, I'm having a full circle moment right now. Although all those little things like they add up, they do. Like i'm I'm living proof of that, you know? And like they really do matter.
00:10:24
Adam Pike
And even if you're feeling lost or anxious or stuck right now, even if you're doing all the right things and it still feels like it's not working, trust me, I was in your shoes.
00:10:36
Adam Pike
And as much as I did all those things, there was definitely times I still have anxiety. There's definitely times i I would have those off days. It was definitely times where I was just struggling mentally. But that doesn't mean that it's not helping.
00:10:48
Adam Pike
just It just means that you're building... You're building something that you you don't really fully understand until you until it just actually shifts. And you look back on yourself like I am right now.
00:11:01
Adam Pike
and And I'm like, holy shit. What a change. Right? But like i like I said, I didn't realize it in the moment. It took me almost a year to like really, you know, it it it took me my friend being like, maybe you're at peace. to me too For me to be like, holy shit, you're probably really right.
00:11:22
Adam Pike
So I know there's a lot of people listening right now. um You know, maybe you're in the middle of this mess right now. You're doing the journaling. You're doing the meditating. and You're trying everything. You still feel off, right?
00:11:34
Adam Pike
You're still not sure why your relationship feels hard. You're not sure why you wake up with anxiety. Or why life feels heavy. Listen guys, I'm here to tell you. You're not broken. Nobody's broken. Everybody can heal themselves. You're building.
00:11:49
Adam Pike
You're building on you. And peace guys is definitely possible. Even if it doesn't feel like it right now. Because I'm living proof of
Encouragement for Personal Growth
00:11:58
Adam Pike
that. That you can be struggling, confused, unsure, lost, just uncertain about life.
00:12:06
Adam Pike
And you can still find your way through it. You know, you can go through breakups. You can leave jobs. You can just feel completely lost and still come out the other side more grounded, more focused, and more at peace than you've ever been in your entire life. But guys, that takes time.
00:12:23
Adam Pike
That takes work. It takes effort. It takes real, true commitment to really better yourself. no one else is going to cut No one else is going to do this for you.
00:12:34
Adam Pike
Nobody. It's only you versus you. And that's that's the truest thing I've ever heard. It's you versus you. Because at the end of the day, nobody's going to make you do stuff to to work on yourself.
00:12:49
Adam Pike
You know? You got to just step up and and do the work. And once you get there, it's quiet. It's calm. It's calm. peaceful. It feels like home.
00:13:02
Adam Pike
It's relaxed. It's chill. It's nice. um don't know. It's nice. It's honestly nice. So yeah, if if if you related to this, um if you want to, if you even want to talk about this, or if you're going through something, reach out to me, send me a message.
00:13:21
Adam Pike
If you like this podcast, let me know what you liked about it. Let me know what you took from it. Let me know how you are going to take the steps to start working on yourself moving forward.
00:13:33
Adam Pike
Right? So that's it for today. that's all i had this That's all I had to share with you guys. If this if this hit you in any way, shape, or form, if it hit the feels, send it to somebody who really needs to hear it.
00:13:46
Adam Pike
Because, you know, it' it's it's always nice to hear people's story about them going through things that you were also going through because sometimes it can feel very lonely when you're going through something and maybe you're afraid to open up and talk about it.
00:14:05
Adam Pike
But when you hear others talk about it, it's it's like, oh, okay. He's going through that too. Oh, shit. He he he had anxiety. he he would he he would He had really off days. for Some days i almost felt depressed, man.
00:14:23
Adam Pike
And I don't anymore. I don't anymore. I'm almost getting fucking emotional here, man. I'm having a full, I'm having
Emotional Reflection and Listener Engagement
00:14:30
Adam Pike
a full source. I'm having a full circle moment.
00:14:35
Adam Pike
Ooh, it's not the, it's not the podcast that, that I thought that was, I thought there's very, well, I mean, it is inspiring, but I didn't think it'd be hitting me in the fields like this, 830 on the Monday morning.
00:14:52
Adam Pike
Anyways, if you know somebody that's going through something, try to get them to open open up. Just give a helping hand, you know? Let them know that they're not alone.
00:15:04
Adam Pike
And if you are the one that's needing it, I'm glad that you're here listening to this podcast and and and showing up. So just keep doing the work because guys, trust me, peace is possible.
00:15:17
Adam Pike
see you guys in the next one. Have a good week. I love you. Peace.