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February 27, 2025 25 mins

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Many people struggle to receive. Whether it’s wealth, love, success, or support, there’s often an internal block that keeps what they desire just out of reach. In this episode, Mike Kitko explores the connection between mindset, heartset, and the ability to receive fully. He dives deep into why so many feel unworthy, undeserving, or like they have to earn everything before they can have it. True abundance comes when a person aligns their thoughts, beliefs, and emotions with what they want, rather than unconsciously repelling it. If you’ve ever felt uncomfortable accepting help, opportunities, or even compliments, this episode will challenge you to open your heart and finally allow in what you’ve been waiting for.

Key Takeaways

  • Mindset and heartset work together—thoughts and beliefs direct what you create, while emotions determine what you attract.
  • Most people unconsciously block receiving because they don’t feel worthy, significant, or capable of holding what they desire.
  • It’s not better to give than to receive—giving and receiving are equally important, and resistance to receiving is resistance to abundance.
  • Struggle, over-effort, and constantly trying to prove yourself keep you from allowing what you want to flow in effortlessly.
  • The gap between what you want and what you have is created by your own perception of what you deserve and are ready for.

Notable Quotes

  • “If you don’t feel worthy of wealth, love, or success, you will unconsciously block it—even when it’s right in front of you.”
  • “Your thoughts and beliefs are the prayers for what you want, but your emotions are the magnet that draws it in.”
  • “The discomfort you feel when someone gives you something is the exact thing that’s keeping you from receiving at higher levels.”
  • “You don’t take action to create—creation happens when you get clear. You take action to receive.”
  • “You don’t have to earn, prove, or struggle to deserve more. You just have to open yourself to receive it.”


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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Do you ever wake up feeling like there's something
missing in your life?
Do you ever feel the need toescape your business?
Are you running your life or isyour life running you?
I'm Mike Kitko and I'll helpyou design and create a life so
authentic and aligned with whoyou really are that you'll get
excited just to wake up.
I'll help you create realwealth, success and freedom from
the inside out.

(00:23):
Welcome to the Inner WealthPodcast, where we learn and
choose to live inspired each andevery day.
This weekend, we held andfinished up another Choose your
Destiny live intensive workshop.
And listen.

(00:43):
Those workshops are extremely,extremely powerful and the work
that we do is deep, it'smeaningful, it's useful and
helpful.
This isn't a session where wedo what most workshops do, where
it's just, you know, it's justsurface level stuff and it's
about tactics and it's aboutstrategies.

(01:05):
These workshops aren't.
The Choose your Destiny LiveIntensive is very deep and we do
some profound, deep digging andhealing work from an energetic
perspective, an energetic level.
At the energetic level, it'svery.
There's a lot of tears, there'sa lot of laughter, there's a
lot of freedom, there's a lot oflaughter, there's a lot of.
There's a lot of freedom, likewhen, when you walk in the first

(01:29):
day there's a feeling of of alittle heavier energy.
Most people don't know whatthey're stepping into.
Most people have followed mefor a while so they know some of
my musings, but they don'tfully understand the work that
we do in these workshops and Ilead meditation and I do some

(01:49):
one-on-one work with people froma mindset and a heart set
perspective.
I work with people directly.
There's every once in a while,you know, an ad hoc hot seat
will come up where the roomfocuses on one individual, but
you never know where we're goingto go.
I've got a little bit of astructure and a little bit of a
framework, but these things aresuper powerful and they're super

(02:11):
liberating.
So you come in the first daythat the energy is a little
dense.
People go home a little tiredthe first day, but the second
morning when you come in,there's a lighter energy and
people are smiling and peopleare happy and people are
laughing and they've releasedsome of the emotional baggage
and some of the worry, doubt,fear, shame, guilt, some of the

(02:35):
deep stuff that they've carriedaround for a long time.
They let it go the first dayand they come in and it's like,
energetically, they're adifferent person.
By the end of the second daythey've lightened the load quite
a bit and oftentimes I'll getmessages afterwards that, holy
cow, I slept like a baby for thenext couple of days.
Because we carry a lot, a lot, alot of emotional baggage.

(03:03):
When it's unchecked, when wedon't dive in, we carry a lot of
energetic pain in our body likestress and struggle and pain
from our childhood and fromadulthood and our lower level
beliefs and our lower levelthoughts and our lower level
emotions.
We carry them around likethey're part of our identity.
But when we really start toloosen them up and let them go,

(03:25):
we literally become a differenthuman being.
And that's what the Choose yourDestiny, live intensive
workshop does, because whathappens is you plot a course for
your life.
We have a vision for where youhave a vision for where you want
your life to go, and if youdon't, I would suggest you
develop one.
But we develop a vision forwhere we want to go and some

(03:47):
people are built now toaccomplish that vision and some
people have some internalconflicts, some worry, doubt,
fear, this lack of self-trust,lack of belief in themselves.
They're carrying around all ofthis deep mental and emotional

(04:07):
baggage and garbage that'skeeping them from fully tapping
into their full power and theirfull potential.
So in this workshop, we notonly start to scratch the
surface on what you really wantin life.
I teach you how to let go ofwhat's no longer serving you,
from a belief, from a thought,from an emotional perspective,
and as we let that go, we becomemore capable and more powerful

(04:29):
of creating any vision andanything we want in life, and we
become capable of getting andreceiving anything that we want
in life.
This weekend was a very, verypowerful session.
In fact it was one of our mostpowerful, and we're going to do
more of these.
The next one's going to be inAugust and I'll put the link to

(04:52):
the session in the new link tothe session in the show notes.
But we're doing the next one onAugust 23rd or 22nd and 23rd in
St Louis, missouri.
Same format, same place.
It's just going to be awesome.
It's a great container.
If you're interested, tap thatbutton and meet me in St Louis.
Ah, it's a movie, but anyway,listen, here's one of the things

(05:15):
that started coming up beforethe workshop, and the workshop
really, really amplified itright.
So we talk about mindset andsome of this, some of this work
is, is mindset and what whatthat means is.
It's creating a more powerfulmind and more empowering beliefs
and more powerful andempowering thoughts, so that our

(05:39):
mind is pointed towards an anan alignment with what we want
instead of what we don't want.
If you really pay attention tomost of this world, most people
are living in a deep state witha deep sense of worry, doubt and
fear that they won't have whatthey need and they can't trust
themselves and they can't trustlife.
They're living throughinsecurity and inadequacy and

(06:01):
insignificance.
And these thoughts and thesebeliefs that create these states
of insecurity, inadequacy andinsignificance, and these
thoughts and these beliefs thatcreate these states of
insecurity, inadequacy andinsignificance, these are just
disempowered beliefs anddisempowered thoughts.
And creating a more powerfuland empowering mind means
shifting those beliefs, meansshifting those habitual thoughts

(06:22):
, those routine thoughts, andgetting really clear about what
you want, but focusing your mindto be disciplined on paying
attention and being laserfocused on what you want instead
of what you don't want.
I get hired for speakingengagements.
I get invited to speakingengagements to talk about
mindset, specifically moneymindset.

(06:43):
Everybody thinks that money isgoing to solve all their
problems in the world.
So everybody thinks most people, not everybody.
Most people think that as soonas they have all the money they
need, all their problems will goaway and money just amplifies
whoever you are.
And if you're holding money,fear.
Having a lot of money justamplifies the money fear.
And if you feel inadequate whenyou have a lot of money, you'll

(07:04):
feel inadequate.
With a lot of money justamplifies the money fear.
And if you feel inadequate whenyou have a lot of money, you'll
feel inadequate with a lot ofmoney just amplified.
So the goal is not just to getmoney.
I love money, money loves mebut the goal isn't just to
create higher levels of wealthand more zeros and more commas.
It's to resolve and to dissolveand to heal and to let go and

(07:28):
to reframe the beliefs and thethoughts of insecurity, fear of
loss, inadequacy, the fear thatI'm not enough or I'm not good
enough, and any stories ofinsignificance that you don't
matter.
And these are the three voicesand we talked about them in last
week's episode and many othertimes before.

(07:49):
These are the three voices ofsurvival mode and most of the
world.
If you look, if you really payattention, most of the world is
just surviving day by day, weekby week, month by month, and
there's a few that have shiftedinto creation mode.
And creation mode is whereyou're living through the
inspiration that's inside of you, in your thoughts, in your

(08:12):
beliefs and in your body andthat creates margin in the world
.
But most people think that assoon as they have financial
margin, all their problems willgo away.
And it's not that money is notimportant.
It's money is not the elixirfor every single problem and
every symptom that you have.

(08:32):
But when we create a moreempowered mindset and we get
laser focused, we get thosethoughts and those beliefs
pointed on what we want insteadof what we don't want.
We have an easier time, a moreeffortless time, in creating
what it is what we want insteadof what we don't want.
We have an easier time, a moreeffortless time, in creating

(08:54):
what it is that we want andliving an inspired life.
So we all get mindset, we allunderstand mindset.
But there's another level tothis and this is something that
started showing up before theworkshop, but it really.
When I dove into this during theworkshop, it really caught
people's attention and therewere literally tears over this
concept and that is the conceptof heartset.

(09:14):
Now, if you've never heard thatword, then don't be surprised,
because it's not somethingthat's thrown around a lot.
It's not something that'sthrown around a lot.
It's not something that'swidely understood.
It's not something that'sreally understood by many people
, so they don't understand theimportance.
But heartset in some cases iseven more important than mindset

(09:37):
.
But nobody wants to talk aboutfeelings, and that's really what
Heartset is all about.
It's about emotions and it'sabout feelings.
And we're taught to not talkabout our feelings and not talk
about our emotions.
And most people are justkeeping their feelings and their
emotions to themselves.
And this isn't about justsharing your misery with

(10:00):
everybody else so thateverybody's miserable misery
with everybody else so thateverybody's miserable.
This is just understanding thefeelings and understanding the
emotions that are in your heart,that are in your body, because
when we understand that, we havea better chance and we will
create whatever it is you want.

(10:28):
So I'm not a religious man.
I don't believe in the puppetmaster God.
I don't believe in, as my wifecalls him, sky Daddy.
I don't believe in that God.
But I believe that there issome magical, mystical, amazing,
supportive, loving, encouragingforce in the world that wants
to see us win and doesn't makeus win or doesn't make us lose,

(10:49):
doesn't answer some prayers andnot answer others.
It's just there, waiting for usto kind of exert some free will
, find our divinity, find ourpersonal power, empower our
minds, empower our bodies andaccomplish and create and
accumulate whatever it is ourhearts desire.
And this magical, mysticalforce is our greatest

(11:13):
cheerleader and it's supportiveas fuck.
And this force has given useverything.
Our creator has given useverything we need to be
successful.
And our prayers, our thoughtsand our beliefs are the prayers
for what you want, and they'redirected at God.

(11:35):
But God is all things what youcan see and what you can't see.
It's what you know and what youdon't know.
It's the matter and the spacebetween the matter, it's the
energy that's all around us.
That's God.
There's nothing that isn't God.
But God's just waiting for usto put in our order and our

(11:56):
prayers, our beliefs and ourthoughts.
That's how we give our order tothe world, to life, to the
universe, to our creator.
And when we drop down 16 to 18inches into our heart, the
emotions and what's happening inour heart and in our body,
that's how we magnetize thingscircumstances, people, money,

(12:20):
success, clients to our lives.
That's how we magnetize, but wecan also magnetize poverty.
We can also magnetize failure.
We can also magnetize people toabuse us.
We can also magnetize peoplethat manipulate us.

(12:41):
We can also magnetize peoplethat hurt us.
Because whatever emotions arein your body and in your heart
is what you're bringing,carrying forward and bringing to
you, where the beliefs and thethoughts are, the prayers, the

(13:01):
emotions in your body are themagnet.
That's your attraction fieldand we talk about the power of
mindset, but we don't understandthe power of heartset, because
if you don't feel worthy, if youdon't feel valuable, if you
don't feel like you deservesomething, if you don't feel
like you earn something, if youdon't feel significant, if you

(13:23):
don't feel adequate, if youdon't feel secure, you are
literally attracting things toshow you what you're feeling.
At the level of what you'refeeling, your emotions are your
magnet and there's an amazingbook by Neville Goddard called

(13:46):
Feeling is the Secret.
There are so many books aboutthe power of our emotions and
the power of our feelings andthis is really really critical,
really important stuff.
In the workshop I shared, Iasked a simple question.
I said is it better to give orreceive, receive and like the

(14:16):
programmed in condition peoplethat you know we typically are
when we're not paying attentionand we're not conscious.
Most people answered it'sbetter to give and I called them
on their bullshit.
I said no, that's why, that'swhy you are struggling, or
that's why you have struggled tocreate what it is that you want
and to receive what you want inthe world because you're too
focused on giving.
And it really is a trickquestion Is it better to give or

(14:41):
receive?
Trick question they're equal.
We must be willing to give andreceive and if we can't easily
and effortlessly receive and ifwe can't easily and effortlessly
receive, then we are literallynot taking receipt of what it is

(15:02):
we say we want.
And if your emotions arescreaming I am not worthy, I am
an imposter, I don't deserve it,I haven't earned it, I'm not
good enough, then you areliterally magnetizing
circumstances, people, things toyou that are at the level and
at the frequency of thoseemotions.

(15:23):
And if they're disempoweredemotions, you are attracting
disempowered things.
And this is how somebody feelslike they are a victim is
because inside they've got thisvictim story and they they
attract things into their lifeto amplify and to show the
person, the evidence of that,those feelings of being a victim

(15:45):
.
When someone is a winner andthey feel like a winner, they
attract circumstances and peopleinto their lives to amplify and
support and to show them matchtheir feelings of being a winner
.

(16:07):
I've got a private client.
He wins in every aspect of hislife and the dude is he's got a
powerful mindset, he's got apowerful heart set, he's had an
amazing empowering environmentthat he grew up in, that he was
nurtured in.
And when I sit down with himand I say, hey, how does it feel
to win in every aspect of yourlife?
He said that's what I do, mike.

(16:28):
I'm a winner Because that's howhe's built.
That's how he's built.
And you might ask well, mike,why is he working with you if he
already feels that?
That's because he's at a 99.1and he's looking to go to a 99.2
.
And he's a winner.

(16:49):
So he believes he deserves thatand he believes he's worth it
and he believes that he's worthinvesting in, deserves that and
he believes he's worth it and hebelieves that he's worth
investing in.
Guys, your heart set, theemotions that are present in
your heart, are determining on adaily basis, whether you know
it or not what is showing up inyour life.
If you don't feel like youdeserve wealth, you won't create

(17:14):
wealth.
If you don't feel like you'veearned wealth, you won't get it.
If you don't feel like you areworthy of love, you won't
receive it.
If you don't feel like you areadequate or significant enough
for the universe, for God, forlife, for people to support you

(17:37):
and encourage you and inspireyou and aid you in creating and
accomplishing what you want, ifyou don't feel adequate or
significant enough for that tohappen, then it won't, because
what you feel is what you areattracting.
Okay, it's not better to givethan it is to receive, but to

(17:59):
receive, your heart must be opento receive.
You must feel as if you'vealready earned it.
You must feel like you alreadydeserve it.
You must feel like a winner Toget what you want.
You must feel powerful, youmust feel adequate, you must
feel significant.
And when you feel these things,you will attract these things

(18:21):
into your life, circumstancesand people, things that
reinforce that, aid and supportthese emotions that are in your
body.
Because your emotions are yourmagnet, they are your attractor

(18:43):
field and the frequency of youremotions determines the
frequency of the things that youbring into your life Now.
In this workshop, in the Chooseyour Destiny Live Intensive, I
ask people to check in withthemselves what are your dreams
and do you feel like you havealready earned those dreams?

(19:03):
Do you feel like you deservethose dreams?
Do you feel like you have thatyou are adequate enough or
significant enough to achieveand accomplish and bring that
stuff into your life?
And a few of the people few ofthe students in there with

(19:29):
watery eyes said they alwaysfeel like they still have work
left to do to earn or deserve itand they never seem to close
that gap and that's why theystruggle so much to bring a
higher level of circumstance intheir life is because they're
too busy trying to earn it andtoo busy trying to deserve it.
And when they don't feel likethey've earned it and they don't
feel like they deserve it, thenlife brings them the frequency

(19:51):
of not having thosecircumstances fulfilled.
Circumstances fulfilled andyour thoughts and your beliefs
are your prayer and you can givethat order to life.
But if you're not willing, ifyou have not opened your heart
to receiving now, not later,after you've earned it now, not

(20:13):
after you deserve it now, notwhen you take action now, then
then you still believe thatthere's more work to be done,
and it's likely that the workwill never be done enough, or
you have done enough to feellike you've earned it or deserve
it.
So it'll.
All your circumstances willjust stay away from you because

(20:34):
you're too busy trying to earnit, you're too busy trying to
deserve it.
You're too busy trying to closethat gap.
You're too busy trying todeserve it.
You're too busy trying to closethat gap and you're the one
creating that gap, and you canclose that gap whenever you want
by opening your heart toreceiving right now.
I want you to think about thisas we close out this episode.

(20:54):
I want you to think about thisIf somebody gives you a
compliment, does it make youfeel like all uncomfortable
inside?
When somebody tries to help you,does it make you feel all
uncomfortable inside, all gooey,all resistive when you think
about asking for help?
Does it turn your insides, makeyou feel like a burden, or make

(21:19):
you feel like you're puttingyour problems on somebody else?
When somebody wants to give yousomething for no reason, do you
suddenly feel like you need toearn it or that you don't
deserve it?
Are you fighting to try tofigure out how to give them
something before you receive it.
When somebody wants to pay youand they actually want to

(21:45):
deliver your worth, your value,above what you deem your value
is, does it make you feel likean imposter?
Does it make you feel like afraud?
Do you have any sense ofimposter syndrome or feel like a
fraud?
Because all of these things, anyof this discomfort and internal

(22:06):
conflict about bringingsomething into your life and
receiving it now, any place thatthere's a gap between what you
want and what you feel like youdeserve and earn and what you'll
receive right now, any gap isshowing you that you have not
opened your heart to receive andyou are not yet ready to

(22:29):
receive.
And as soon as you close yourheart, you will receive, because
your emotions draw and attractwhat shows up in your life.
Your beliefs and your thoughtsare the prayers.
Your emotions are your tractorbeam.
Brings it to you Mindset,empowered beliefs and empowered

(22:52):
thoughts, heartset, an empoweredheart that's wide, open and
ready to receive whatever it isthat you want right now.
And you take action to receive,not to create.
Action is a receiving activity,not a creation activity.

(23:14):
You create when you're clear.
You receive by taking action,and it doesn't need to be
strugglicious, stressful,chaotic, overly ambitious action
, because if that's the case,then you're not ready to receive
yet.
Get clear about what you want.

(23:36):
Let go of any worry, doubt,fear that you can't have it.
Build up a healthy level oftrust in yourself and in life,
god, universe, and then bewilling to receive.
Spend more time opening up yourheart to be willing to receive,
so that when you do take actionand move forward, you're doing

(23:57):
this in the receptive mode, notto see if you can create it, but
to receive.
Guys, the next Choose yourDestiny Live Intensive is August
22nd and 23rd in St Louis,missouri.
I'll drop the link in here.
I've got a couple of virtualcontainers that I'm going to be

(24:17):
launching in over the nextcouple months.
In April we're going to have awinning the inner game of wealth
virtual container.
So I got a lot of cool stuffcoming up and I want to do a
deeper level of work with you.
I want to.
I want to work with people thatare excited to work with me.
So don't just stop at thispodcast.

(24:38):
Come and get some of this.
I'll give you some goodness.
I'll pour into you, I'll giveyou some knowledge, some wisdom,
some tools, some techniques and, most of all, I will help you
believe in yourself and yourability to create anything you
want in this world.
Love you, guys, and I'll seeyou next week.
And I'll see you next week.
If you enjoyed what you heardand you want to learn more, go

(25:07):
to wwwinnerwealthglobalcom formore tools and resources.
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