Episode 58: From Million-Dollar Success to Soul-Life Balance: An Executive's Journey to Emotional Fitness

<p>Join Den Jones as he sits down with Sam Kabert, an emotional fitness trainer who built a seven-figure business by age 31 but discovered that financial success didn&#39;t equal life fulfillment. </p><p>Sam shares his transformation from chasing work-life balance to embracing soul-life balance, and introduces the neuroscience-backed concept of emotional fitness that&#39;s helping executives break free from burnout and negative thought loops.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:</strong></p><p>- From Success to Depression</p><ul><li>Sam discusses achieving seven-figure success while working minimal hours but experiencing numbing depression</li><li>Key quote: &quot;I was running on the programming of when I achieve A, B, C, I will feel X, Y, Z. So that always kept me in the future state&quot; </li></ul><p>- The Be-Do-Have Model</p><ul><li>Introduction to shifting from doing-having-being to being-doing-having for sustainable success </li><li>Key quote: &quot;For myself and a lot of entrepreneurs and a lot of high performers, they&#39;re just stuck in the doing mode&quot; </li></ul><p>- Soul-Life Balance vs Work-Life Balance</p><ul><li>Sam explains his concept of soul-life balance that includes tending to inner world and spirituality </li><li>Key quote: &quot;Soul life balance is recategorizing work life balance to fit work underneath life because that is all the doing energy&quot; </li></ul><p>- The 90-Second Rule of Emotions</p><ul><li>Discussion of Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor&#39;s neuroscience research on emotional processing </li><li>Key quote: &quot;We are feeling creatures who think, not thinking creatures who feel&quot; </li></ul><p>- What is Emotional Fitness?</p><ul><li>Sam defines emotional fitness as breathe first, feel second, lead with strength </li><li>Key quote: &quot;If people learn how to regulate their nervous system just long enough to feel that emotion for two minutes, a minute and a half or so, then all of a sudden they can get clear thinking&quot; </li></ul><p>- Three Ways of Working</p><ul><li>Sam outlines his service offerings: keynotes/workshops, one-on-one coaching, and certification training </li></ul><p>- The Future of Emotional Health</p><ul><li>Discussion on the shift from mental health focus to emotional fitness prioritization </li><li>Key quote: &quot;I see the future of humanity and our wellness prioritizing emotional health&quot;</li></ul>