The Courage to Face Yourself with Kyle Dean Houston

Mistakes can haunt us. The guilt, shame, and fear we may carry for decades. How do we let go and be free? Get the answers from a man who has reached the bottom of bottoms from indictment by the government and potentially facing life in prison, to creating a new way of life, a successful career, and a philosophy for self-acceptance and self-love. 

Kyle is a speaker and author of Patchwork Junkie: A True Story About Drugs, Prison & Surviving Redemption. He came out of prison at 35 years old with 5 felony convictions, no college degree, no network, and had never even sent an email. He then built a successful sales career and went from earning $10 per hour to becoming Vice President of a publicly-traded company in less than a decade.

Quotes to remember: 

“I changed the way I thought and what I was filling that God-shaped vacuum with.”

“Success doesn’t require that you’re complete or that you’ve got everything worked out.”

“Everyone’s ultimate success is always on the other side of fear.”

Takeaways:

• Seek truth rather than different circumstances
• Everyone has opportunities; they are disguised as hard work and needing to swallow your pride
• Your life is so much more than to make money for investors
• Telling your truth is an act of courage and strength to overcome your fear
• We are not the ego/lizard brain
• What is happening to you might be happening for you; ask yourself what the thing inside you is that wants to be expressed or shifted and do it
• It all comes down to how we treat ourselves, and to love ourselves
• See the child in everyone
• Who you become is why it matters
• What is more important than your spiritual philosophy?
• Your story will become part of many other people’s stories

What you’ll learn:

• How Kyle went from Letterman to junkie on the streets to criminal in jail
• The three spiritual truths he came to after detoxing for months in solitary prison, which helped him recover without rehab
• About the emotional strain of not knowing how long he would be imprisoned
• The secret sauce that launched him from working at a call center to VP of a large company
• Why he walked away from his lucrative career 
• How to face your inner critic
• What scares Kyle now, in this leg of his journey
• Why he wouldn’t change anything looking back; what’s truly important
• The power of your story and your truth

Mentioned on the podcast: 

• https://kyledeanhouston.com/
• Patchwork Junkie: A True Story About Drugs, Prison & Surviving Redemption
• The Edgar Cayce Primer - Herbert Puryear
• Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions - Alcoholics Anonymous

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