Finding Inner Joy and Happiness Through Self-Awareness with Stephan Szugat

Dawn and former Interim-Manager turned coach, Stephan Szugat, discuss his journey to simplicity in finding inner joy. Stephan coaches businesses on profit and individuals on happiness through practices like mindfulness and facing fears. This episode promotes enduring freedom and joy within through heightened self-awareness.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Personal freedom is seizing control, confidently aligning decisions with values despite fearing judgement. It means setting healthy boundaries, risking disapproval, and saying "no" to what doesn't serve your highest good. It's honouring authenticity over conformity.
• Emotional freedom is the capacity to feel and express emotions without guilt or anxiety about judgement. It demands self-awareness, vulnerability to explore your inner world, and a safe space for open, honest self-expression without fear of rejection.
• True freedom is maintaining an open mind, exploring ideas without rigid opinions, and evolving perspectives when faced with new information. It demands humility, critical thinking, and resisting the urge to judge.
• Freedom entails responsibility – caring for yourself, serving loved ones, and contributing to your community. It's living intentionally, aligned with values, not recklessly. True freedom recognizes our interconnection and considers how actions impact others.
• Freedom is cultivating self-awareness, challenging limiting beliefs, embracing imperfection, and pursuing new experiences despite initial fear. It's moving forward despite anxiety, refusing to let fear constrain growth and self-expression. Freedom is an ongoing practice.

BEST MOMENTS 

‘Freedom means being true to oneself and finding happiness in the present moment’

‘Feelings is come and go just like the clouds in the sky’

‘What am I doing to myself with having these negative beliefs’

‘It was incredibly freeing, suddenly realising it's not me, it's my subconscious mind trying to protect me’

 

EPISODE RESOURCES 

Stephan Szugat

selfcoaching365

 

ABOUT THE GUEST 

Stephan Szugat is a former Interim-Manager for Finance & Accounting. Today he is a coach. He mainly coaches businesses about improving profits and cash-flow as well as individuals about gaining clarity and experiencing happiness from within. Stephan started his self-help journey at the age of 17. Through his life he learned various methods to find that the most simple things work best. Happiness is what we all seek and mostly overlook that it comes from within us. Stephan helps his clients to see and experience this inner joy as easy and simple as possible. 

ABOUT THE PODCAST

Welcome to Finding Freedom, the show exploring diverse perspectives on freedom—what it is, what it isn't, and the ways it can be attained or restricted in physical, emotional, and psychological dimensions. We'll delve into challenging topics that prompt reflection and reconsideration. Whether in life, business, or love, achieving freedom means expressing oneself authentically, choosing a life aligned with personality, and breaking free from societal expectations. Join us as we navigate the facets of freedom and discuss the paths to liberation. Are you ready to find your freedom?

ABOUT THE HOST

Dawn Morgan, hypnotherapist and business mentor, guides individuals in discovering personal and business freedom amid life's challenges. Having faced trauma, attacks, divorce, and more, she believes in learning and growing from every experience. Life is for living, and Dawn helps uncover the innate qualities within—hope, resilien