#316 Spellbreaking: Dissolving the Illusion of Problems — with Brian D. Ridgway & Abigail Morgan

In this episode, Roy sits down with Brian D. Ridgway, ”The Spellbreaker” and founder of Level 5 Mentoring, alongside Abigail Morgan, CEO of Level 5 Mentoring and a 27-year veteran of the coaching world. Brian shares the extraordinary story of January 3rd, 2011 — the day he hit total rock bottom, about to be homeless with his pregnant wife and two kids, and experienced an awakening that instantly transformed his relationship with his own mind. He unpacks where the ”Spellbreaker” name actually came from, walks through his Five Paradigms that he says govern how every person on the planet experiences their inner world, and lays out his ”Five Spells from Hell” framework — the mental patterns he believes quietly run beneath most people’s stress and stuckness. Abigail shares her own turning point — 27 years deep in the coaching industry, including 8 years running Martha Beck’s practitioner training program, and how a decades-long physical pain vanished in a single 10-minute session with Brian after years of other practices hadn’t touched it. For anyone drawn to stillness and inner work, this conversation offers a different lens on what actually releases tension held in the body and mind. They close with how this applies to parenting, to animals, and where to start if a four-day retreat in Hawaii isn’t realistic right now.