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liberated

liberated

By: david michael titeu
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welcome to liberated. this is your space to pause, let go of who you think you need to be and feel at peace with who you are. i’m david michael titeu, mindset coach and recovering hustler. each week, we unpack what’s beneath success and why it never feels like enough. we’ll dive deep into psychology, identity, purpose, philosophy and healing - the deeper human stuff that shapes how you lead, love and live. this isn’t another grind podcast. whew. it’s a sanctuary to slow down, explore the inner work behind self-worth and help you remember there was never anything wrong with you to begin with.david michael titeu Personal Development Personal Success
Episodes
  • ep 29: why do you resist feeling your feelings?

    ep 29: why do you resist feeling your feelings?
    May 28 2026
    📺watch and subscribe on youtubethere's a message most of us received early in life.. it sounds like “toughen up. don't cry. push through. get on with it.” and for me it was direct - i was told to “put up, shut up and get on with it.” and i did.. i got very good at it. i pushed through school, university, relationships, career failures and family pain. i kept moving and kept achieving. and underneath all of it, there was a whole world of feeling i had learned to lock the door on. in this episode i get into why so many of us (and men especially) resist feeling our feelings, where that resistance actually comes from, what it costs us biologically and psychologically, what ancient wisdom traditions have known for thousands of years that modern culture keeps forgetting and a clear practical guide to begin (gently, without needing to rip yourself open). this one's close to my heart. enjoy 💙what we explored this episode00:00 welcome welcome!01:24 put up, shut up and get on with it03:54 how suppression followed me through school, uni, career and business06:39 dr jekyll and mr hyde08:24 8 years of therapy and still not breaking the resistance10:58 masculine conditioning and the damage it's doing13:14 the productivity industrial complex14:44 brené brown and shame18:16 what actually happens in the body when you suppress emotion20:54 ancient wisdom on feeling your feelings23:24 the cruel irony25:34 why feeling an emotion fully is what allows it to complete and release27:50 the window of tolerance and the fear of falling apart29:24 step by step (a practical guide to beginning)32:07 coming home to yourselfresearch references and thought leadersTerrence Real — author of I Don't Want to Talk About It. Boys are socialised to treat vulnerability as unsafe and feelings as a liability.Brené Brown — author of Daring Greatly. Shame is the fear of disconnection and the primary reason people suppress emotion.Candace Pert — author of Molecules of Emotion. Suppressed emotions continue circulating as neuropeptides, affecting immune function, hormones, and digestion.Bessel van der Kolk — author of The Body Keeps the Score. Suppressed emotion gets encoded in the body's fascia, musculature, and organs.→ www.besselvanderkolk.comStephen Porges — developer of Polyvagal Theory. Chronic suppression locks the nervous system in survival mode.→ www.stephenporges.comPeter Levine — founder of Somatic Experiencing. Incomplete emotional responses create frozen residue of energy stored in the body.→ www.somaticexperiencing.comHeartMath Institute — research on cardiac coherence. Processing emotion makes the body more intelligent, resilient, and capable.→ www.heartmath.orgDan Siegel — author of Mindsight. Name it to tame it — labelling an emotion reduces amygdala activation and calms the nervous system.→ www.drdansiegel.comRichard Schwartz — developer of IFS. Turning toward a feeling with curiosity rather than judgment reduces its intensity.→ www.ifs-institute.comAncient wisdom — Buddhism, Hinduism, Kabbalah, and Stoicism all point to the same truth: suppression is avoidance. The path to freedom runs through the feeling, not around it.connect with me👉take the root cause auditfree five minute assessment - answer a few honest questions about what's showing up in your life right now. i'll personally review your responses and send you back a detailed breakdown of the specific emotional pattern driving your behaviour within 48 hours. no call and no pitch. just clarity on what's actually keeping you stuck.👉free resourcespractical tools, guided practices and resources to help you create more clarity, confidence and alignment - all 100% free. no catch - just high-impact support for high performers & purpose-driven humans ready to grow. enjoy! 👉need more support?if you’re interested in coaching programs and more support.👉linkedin👉facebook👉instagram👉tiktok👉youtube👉websitelots of love,david 💙
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    35 mins
  • ep 28: nothing is wasted - on grief, loss and finding your way

    ep 28: nothing is wasted - on grief, loss and finding your way
    May 22 2026

    Sandeep Adnani is an Amazon number one bestselling author, mental health counsellor, and life coach based in Dubai. He spent years working as a director of media before following a quiet calling into psychology and counselling, completing an 18-month course in nine months and building an online practice that he has run since 2018. He is the author of eight published books across multiple genres — from the award-winning Exiled Rogue Trilogy, a metaphysical and transformational fiction series about the purpose and meaning of life, to the You Decide nonfiction series drawn from his years in the counselling room. His first nonfiction book Wounded or Wise opened at number five in the Counselling category on Amazon Australia. The omnibus of his trilogy won the Silver Medal at the 2022 Global Book Awards. He writes with the heart of a seeker and the precision of someone who has spent years listening deeply to other people's pain — and his own.


    connect with Sandeep

    Sandy’s website: https://sandeepadnani.com/

    Sandy’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sandeepadnani11/

    Sandy’s counselling: https://www.instagram.com/counsellinglife/

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    Sandeep Adnani left a successful career as a director of media in dubai to become a counsellor. he wrote six books across completely different genres. he lost his mother.. and found her again in a whole new way. in this conversation we get into what it actually looks like to walk away from a path that no longer fits, why listening to your body is one of the most radical acts you can do, how creative expression becomes a doorway to healing, what grief really is beneath all the pain and what it means to be liberated when only you know your journey. this one is warm, wise and deeply human. enjoy 💙


    what we explored this episode

    00:00 the career pivot that was always waiting

    03:56 the obstacles (redirections in disguise)

    08:58 why listening to your body terrifies most high achievers

    18:58 three trips to the emergency room

    24:23 junk data

    27:15 we are all children walking around looking for validation

    32:43 wounded or wise

    36:19 alchemising pain into creative expression

    40:14 we don't want things for the thing itself

    42:34 the 60th anniversary and the moment his mother passed

    44:15 changing the whatsapp group name

    47:17 what to do with all the unspent love

    50:56 it's okay not to know if any of this is real

    55:28 if you chose this, why did you choose this?

    56:28 your value is not determined by what someone else says about you

    57:41 what liberation actually means to Sandy


    connect with me

    👉take the root cause audit

    free five minute assessment - answer a few honest questions about what's showing up in your life right now. i'll personally review your responses and send you back a detailed breakdown of the specific emotional pattern driving your behaviour within 48 hours. no call and no pitch. just clarity on what's actually keeping you stuck.

    👉free resources

    practical tools, guided practices and resources to help you create more clarity, confidence and alignment - all 100% free. no catch - just high-impact support for high performers & purpose-driven humans ready to grow. enjoy!

    👉need more support?

    if you’re interested in coaching programs and more support.

    👉linkedin

    👉facebook

    👉instagram

    👉tiktok

    👉youtube

    👉website

    lots of love,

    david 💙
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • ep 27: your body remembers everything you refused to feel

    ep 27: your body remembers everything you refused to feel
    May 14 2026
    📺watch and subscribe on youtubethis is an episode dedicated to the tightness in your jaw, the pressure in your chest, the hips that seize up and the stomach that knots before difficult conversations. you've probably tried to address it the conventional way.. physio, massage, stretching, yoga, medication.. and it may help temporarily.. and then it comes back. in this episode i get into why. the body is not breaking down randomly… it is communicating to you - and until we learn to listen, the signals get louder. i share my own decade-long journey with hip and leg tension that nothing physical could resolve, what traditional chinese medicine has known about the body's emotional map for over 2500 years, what modern neuroscience is now confirming and a simple, grounded practice you can do right now to begin listening to what your body has been waiting to say. enjoy 💙what we explored this episode00:00 welcome welcome!01:24 what conventional medicine never fully resolves04:04 what gets stored when emotion can't be felt07:39 why you constantly feel on edge09:54 your body’s survival program12:25 2500 years of wisdom modern science is catching up to14:44 the lungs and grief, the liver and anger, the kidneys and fear17:32 no one will love you the way you need to be loved but you21:09 why old patterns keep repeating24:33 a grounded body scan practiceresearch references and thought leadersBessel van der Kolk — author of The Body Keeps the Score. Trauma lives in the body's fascia, organs, and sensory motor systems — not in narrative memory. → www.besselvanderkolk.comPeter Levine — founder of Somatic Experiencing, author of Waking the Tiger. When a stress response can't complete, the energy freezes in the body as unfinished biological business. → www.somaticexperiencing.comStephen Porges — developer of Polyvagal Theory. The nervous system can't distinguish between a past threat and a present one if the emotional residue is still stored in the body. → www.stephenporges.comHeartMath Institute — research on cardiac coherence. Suppressed emotion drops heart rate variability, raises stress hormones, and diminishes capacity for clear thinking and connection. → www.heartmath.orgBruce Perry — author of The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog. The nervous system is experience-dependent. Unprocessed experiences keep shaping behavior until they are metabolised. → www.neurosequential.comCandace Pert — author of Molecules of Emotion. Suppressed emotions circulate as neuropeptides, influencing immune function, hormones, digestion, and heart health.Dan Siegel — author of Mindsight. Healing happens within the window of tolerance — present with sensation, without numbing out or being overwhelmed. → www.drdansiegel.comTraditional Chinese Medicine — organ emotion map — 2500 years of documented practice recognised by the WHO. Lungs correspond to grief. Liver to anger. Kidneys to fear. Stomach to worry. Heart to emotional shock.Parag Lokhande — shadow coach and somatic practitioner. Listen to the full conversation on a previous episode of Liberated. → www.metromunk.com.auconnect with me👉take the root cause auditfree five minute assessment - answer a few honest questions about what's showing up in your life right now. i'll personally review your responses and send you back a detailed breakdown of the specific emotional pattern driving your behaviour within 48 hours. no call and no pitch. just clarity on what's actually keeping you stuck.👉free resourcespractical tools, guided practices and resources to help you create more clarity, confidence and alignment - all 100% free. no catch - just high-impact support for high performers & purpose-driven humans ready to grow. enjoy! 👉need more support?if you’re interested in coaching programs and more support.👉linkedin👉facebook👉instagram👉tiktok👉youtube👉websitelots of love,david 💙
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    31 mins
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