Words With Myself With Luke Rixson

I talk a lot about personal responsibility, accountability, doing the work, taking your power back. All of it.

But I also think it’s important to understand the world you’re doing that work inside of.

Because you don’t exist in isolation. You exist inside a society, inside a system, inside laws, expectations, habits, incentives, pressures, and all these things that are constantly shaping you. And while that can’t become an excuse, it does need to be understood.

This episode is about that.

It’s about the way modern life keeps us distracted, dependent, isolated, comfortable, and cut off from each other. It’s about alcohol, work, land, ownership, community, nature, freedom, and the fact that so much of what we think is normal has just been slowly taught to us.

And I don’t want this to just be another episode pointing at the problem.

Because I think we have to build something else. Something real. Something rooted in community, autonomy, self-sufficiency, connection, and actual life.

It has to start somewhere. And maybe it starts with us.

Why not here? Why not now? Why not us?

What if being a “master manipulator” isn’t about being cruel, but about trying to keep everyone okay so you can finally feel safe?

In this episode, I talk about people pleasing, control, codependency, childhood trauma, emotional exhaustion, boundaries, and the mask we wear when we’ve spent our lives managing other people’s emotions.

If you grew up around chaos, instability, or emotional outbursts, you may have learned to fix, appease, perform, and hold everything together. But what once protected you might now be poisoning your relationships.

You are not responsible for keeping everyone okay.

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You have made contracts in your life that you probably don’t even remember.

Not the kind you sign on paper, but the promises you made to yourself when you were younger. The things you swore you would become. The people you said you would always be there for. The dreams, ambitions, fears, and protections that once made sense, but might now be quietly ruling your life.

In this episode, I talk about the soul contracts we carry without realising it. The childhood vows, the old relationships, the pursuit of money, the need to never be hurt again, and the versions of ourselves we’re still trying to honour even though we’ve completely outgrown them.

Some contracts deserve renewing. Others need to be ended with intention.

This is about noticing what no longer serves you, letting it go, and making space for commitments that actually align with who you are now.

We often ask for more.

More money. More time. More energy. More space. More freedom.

But before asking for more, maybe we have to look at what we’re already doing with what we have.

This episode explores the uncomfortable gap between desire and action. The way we say we want a different life, while spending our time, money, energy, and attention in ways that keep us exactly where we are.

It isn’t about guilt. It isn’t about never resting, enjoying yourself, or wanting better.

It’s about honesty.

If you want more, are you actually using what you already have? Are your choices aligned with the life you say you want? Or are you waiting for more resources before you start becoming the person who would know what to do with them?

Maybe the answer isn’t more.

Maybe the answer is using what’s already in your hands.

this whole idea that “communication is key” is kind of misunderstood

because most people think it just means “say how you feel”

but that’s not really it

you can talk all day and still not be honest

still not be real

because the real problem isn’t communication it’s that we’re not being ourselves when we communicate

we’re filtering adjusting trying to be liked

so instead of connection you get distance

and the worst part is you don’t even realise you’re doing it

what happens when you stop hiding?