This episode of Refractive features a raw, powerful, inspiring keynote speech. Johnny G tells the story of his experience with darkness, the loss of hope, and the unexpected people who pulled him back from oblivion. The keynote speech ends with a powerful lesson that enabled him to let go of the beliefs that kept him in chains.
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If this episode resonates with you, you’ll find similar messaging in these episodes: Surrender to Greatness, Making Peace with Our Dark Side, and The Ancient Truths of Acceptance and PLINKO.
Byron Katie, author and spiritual teacher, is referenced in the keynote address. You can find her website at byronkatie.com.
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Speaker 0 00:00:01 Ever since you can remember, you felt something in your chest telling you to move, to love, to speak, to try day after day. You pretend you don’t hear calling. Maybe you dismiss it as silliness or worse, but it’s there ready for you. my name is Johnny G and I invite you to join me on a journey of awakening as we dare to embrace our life. This is refractive . Hello. Hello everyone. And welcome to another episode of refractive. When I look at all of the things, I think that I was
Speaker 1 00:00:55 Born to do the number one
Speaker 0 00:01:00 And calling that I feel is public speaking. Ever since I was a kid, I have enjoyed immensely getting on a stage and speaking before groups at people. And today I believe that ultimately, this will be the way that I serve the world. This will be the way that I offer the most help, the most support and shine, the most light out to my fellow humans. So when I get a chance to do some public speaking, it really is something that’s powerful for me. It taps into one of the most authentic and powerful places within me as a being. And I really get a lot of joy and energy out of it. So I want to share with you a keynote address. It is raw, it’s personal, it’s powerful. And I hope it helps you to question those times when you believe something that’s holding you back because often there’s a lot more to that story than what we’ve just accepted as truth. Enjoy.
Speaker 1 00:02:18 Who do you think you are? I’ll tell you that even two or three years ago, I would have told you that I was a deeply damaged person. And that goes all the way back to adolescence. You see high school for me was, uh, it was extraordinary in that, uh, it was just a really brutal four years and you know, lots of kids go through bullying. And, um, but I just got to tell you that, um, I made an easy target and I look back at those dark four years, walking down the corridors, I can see the pale blue lockers. I can see the rough brick details inside the building and those indestructable vinyl floor tiles that we’ve all seen in school buildings. And, um, and it was just a really uncomfortable place for me. And, uh, everybody knew it.
Speaker 1 00:03:47 And so as I went through this experience where starting at the bus stop, then on the bus, then in the school yard, then in homeroom, then in the corridor between cl...
