About this episode
Discover how to stop chasing the "how" and surrender to the intelligence that beats your heart in this profound conversation with Cortney McDermott, exploring quantum physics, the Dao teaching of non-doing, and aligning to your future self in 2026.Learn why relaxation and surrender are more powerful than forced action, how to navigate the back-and-forth between old identity and new nervous system, and the four ways to get ice cream as a framework for understanding forced versus effortless action.Cortney reveals the white fire of purification process, probability amplitude alignment, and why you must be willing to blow up your phoenix to be reborn.Chapters0:00 - Introduction: Tech Gremlins & Honoring the First Conversation6:45 - Stop Chasing the How: Trusting Inner Intelligence11:20 - "I Have No Idea How You're Figuring This Out"16:30 - The Back & Forth: Old Identity vs. New Nervous System24:20 - Four Ways to Get Ice Cream: Force vs. Flow Framework30:00 - The Tantrum State: Recognizing Nervous System Dysregulation36:00 - Currency = Flow: Understanding Money as Relationship44:15 - Collapsing Particles: How Attention Creates Reality56:15 - Step 1 for 2026: Align to New Probability58:00 - Step 2: Give Up Who You've Been (William Blake Quote)1:02:45 - Step 3: Relax Around How It's Happening1:05:00 - Closing: Let's Make Thriving Our New Normalđź”—Cortney's Socialshttp://linktr.ee/cortinchttps://www.instagram.com/cortneymcdermott/https://www.cortneymcdermott.com/đź”— Get Empowered & Aligned for yourselfhttps://bit.ly/AlignmentResethttp://ushaman.com/elixir - Get 10% off: USE CODE: THRIVEWELLBe a guest on The Thrivewell Journey Podcast? Send L. Michael Burt a message on #PodMatch, https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/thethrivewelljourney#stopchasingthehow #quantumphysics #daowisdom #surrendercontrol #futureselfalignment #2026transformation #whitefireofpurification #nervoussystemhealing #phoenixrebirth #nondoing #innerintelligence #probabilityamplitude #evolutionaryimpulse #currencyisflow #moneymindsetquantum #multiplelifetimes #williamblake #forcedvsflow #cosmosinchaos #authenticself #quantumentrepreneur #spiritualbusiness #thrivewelljourney #c
