David Leifeste: On The Possibility of You

In this episode

In this episode I sit down with David Leifeste, a therapist and coach with over four decades of experience and more than 25,000 clients, to talk about his brand-new book, The Possibility of You. January feels like the perfect time for this conversation — so many of us are looking at the year ahead and asking what we really want for our lives, our work, and our relationships. David has spent ten to twelve hours a day, fifty weeks a year, for forty years sitting with people as they dig into their minds and histories, and he's distilled all of that wisdom into one practical, user-friendly book.

We get into something I think we all wrestle with: getting out of our own way. David explains how the beliefs we formed in early childhood — about whether we're good enough, smart enough, lovable enough — quietly run the show for the rest of our lives unless we go back and challenge them. He calls it "outside-in living" versus "inside-out living," and he's beautifully honest about his own fears and insecurities, even around putting this book into the world.

At the heart of it all is his OASIS method — Openness, Analyzing, Sensing, Ideas, and Solutions — a simple, repeatable way to make better decisions and step into the life you were designed to live. I love that this gives you a real tool in your tool belt, especially if the question you're carrying is "how do I find my passion and purpose?" Keep going — this one will encourage you.