Boyd Varty — Trust Your Inner Guide

Eight years ago, I had Boyd Varty on the podcast for the first time. At the time, I knew I resonated with his work. But I don't think I fully understood the role it would go on to play in my life. Since then, Boyd's book The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life has become one of those rare books I return to again and again. It's one I've gifted countless times. The first time I read it, I remember feeling like something in me both softened and intensified at the same time. That is hard to explain, but I think anyone who has encountered Boyd's work in the right moment knows exactly what I mean.

In this episode, Boyd and I talk about what has changed in his life over the last eight years, the cultivation of presence, the practice of returning to center, and what it means to build a life that is both intentional and fluid. One of the central questions we explored is: How do you learn to trust your inner guide?

And right now you can sign up for Boyd's Masterclass to explore learning to trust your inner guide - https://boydvarty.com/course-listing/track-your-life-masterclass

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In this episode, Boyd and I explore:

• What has changed in Boyd's approach to life over the last eight years
• The embodied state of awareness and presence
• How to cultivate deeper self-trust
• Goethe's line: "As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live"
• Building a life architecture rooted in listening and fluidity
• Josh Waitzkin's idea of "form to leave form"
• Why inner work is a lifelong practice
• The importance of returning to center
• What supports you when nothing external supports you
• The meaning of mastery
• Why being yourself in any situation is so difficult and so powerful
• The wisdom of letting go
• Fatherhood, maturity, and the healthy masculine
• How younger unconscious patterns show up in adult relationships
• Making the unconscious conscious
• Tracking recurring patterns and upper-limit dynamics
• Finding what truly matters
• David Whyte's "conversational nature of reality"
• Why being fully yourself gives others permission to do the same