In this episode, I stop trying to “manage” the conversation and let it unfold, because control is exactly what we’re talking about.

So many of the symptoms we label as anxiety, stress, or burnout are often downstream of something deeper: the quiet obsession to keep everything under control. I share real examples from parenting, leadership, and my own relationship with substances to show how control tends to create resistance, while influence creates movement.

We’ll explore why we can’t even reliably control our own minds, how letting go can paradoxically return power, and a simple parenting shift that works better than pressure. We end with a Dao-inspired metaphor (water and sand) that might change how you hold everything you care about… and a preview of the next conversation: when influence becomes manipulation.

📌 Next Steps If you’re serious about your growth, don’t just watch this. Work with it.

🤝 Private Mentorship Application + details here: ➡️ https://ericsosborne.com

🌿 Psanctuary For spiritual community, teachings, and our broader work: ➡️ https://psanctuary.org

🎧 Podcast Archive Previous episodes and conversations: Not Your Guru https://open.spotify.com/show/3dLRKggqqJrva9Tru4p8Fv?si=81c39a0e186d41a7

The Psanctuary Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/4Bf3MfYDCLduPkDYKOHQ09?si=60e0a1da19bc4920

The Psilocybin Chronicles 1 https://open.spotify.com/show/4zNQ9ropmnTNilxQiDrr0o?si=40190dfa6a0c43ae

The Psilocybin Chronicles 2 https://open.spotify.com/show/0ZBK3wxMQRV64pta0RO4sj?si=bba56f83c5e7434f

I don’t have answers in this episode — and that’s the point.

This is a conversation I avoided for a long time: God, consciousness, free will, and the mystery at the center of existence. Not from a place of belief or disbelief, but from lived experience, deep questioning, and decades of watching what actually transforms people. I grew up religious.

I became skeptical. I walked away entirely. And then, slowly, the questions found me again — through nature, science, psychedelics, and moments that couldn’t be explained away. This episode isn’t about religion. It’s not about convincing you of anything. It’s about reopening a conversation many of us closed too early.

If you’ve ever felt torn between faith and reason… If certainty has stopped feeling honest… Or if you sense there’s something worth exploring beyond what you were taught… This conversation is for you.

Stay curious. Embrace the mystery. And see where the question takes you.

📌 Next Steps If you’re serious about your growth, don’t just watch this. Work with it.

🤝 Private Mentorship Application + details here: ➡️ https://ericsosborne.com

🌿 Psanctuary For spiritual community, teachings, and our broader work: ➡️ https://psanctuary.org

🎧 Podcast Archive Previous episodes and conversations:

Not Your Guru https://open.spotify.com/show/3dLRKggqqJrva9Tru4p8Fv?si=81c39a0e186d41a7

The Psanctuary Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/4Bf3MfYDCLduPkDYKOHQ09?si=60e0a1da19bc4920

The Psilocybin Chronicles 1 https://open.spotify.com/show/4zNQ9ropmnTNilxQiDrr0o?si=40190dfa6a0c43ae

The Psilocybin Chronicles 2 https://open.spotify.com/show/0ZBK3wxMQRV64pta0RO4sj?si=bba56f83c5e7434f

In this episode, Eric Osborne moves beyond diagnosing the problem of post-success suffering and into something far more practical: how to restore balance in a life that’s grown complex, demanding, and outwardly successful.

Rather than chasing a static idea of balance, Eric reframes it as a living practice, one that requires awareness, ownership, and courageous action.

Using a mixing-board metaphor, real stories from his own life, and decades of experience guiding others through transformation, he explores balance across three essential dimensions:

• The material / physical world

• The emotional world

• The spiritual / energetic world

You’ll hear what true balance actually looks like in each area, how external validation quietly signals internal imbalance, and why neglecting even one dimension eventually shows up as dis-ease in the body, relationships, or work.

Eric also shares a striking story of a successful engineer who reclaimed his life with one unforgettable act, along with personal reflections on boundaries, cannabis, health, relationships, and the cost of living out of alignment.

This conversation is for entrepreneurs, creatives, and leaders who sense they’re standing on a plateau and know, deep down, it’s meant to be a launchpad.

If you’ve been asking:

• “Where am I out of balance?”

• “What am I using to validate my worth?”

• “What would a more integrated version of me look like?”

This episode is an invitation to explore those questions honestly, without shame, and with hope.

Where do you notice imbalance showing up in your life right now?

If this resonated, please like, subscribe, and share so these conversations can reach others who are ready for growth.

We all have a choice: remain comfortably unconscious, or step into the discomfort of becoming whole.

If you’re serious about your growth, don’t just watch this. Work with it.

Private Mentorship Application + details here: ➡️ https://ericsosborne.com

Psanctuary For spiritual community, teachings, and our broader work: https://psanctuary.org

🎧 Podcast Archive Previous episodes and conversations:

Not Your Guru https://open.spotify.com/show/3dLRKgg...

The Psanctuary Podcast