Episode 58: From Million-Dollar Success to Soul-Life Balance: An Executive's Journey to Emotional Fitness

Join Den Jones as he sits down with Sam Kabert, an emotional fitness trainer who built a seven-figure business by age 31 but discovered that financial success didn't equal life fulfillment.

Sam shares his transformation from chasing work-life balance to embracing soul-life balance, and introduces the neuroscience-backed concept of emotional fitness that's helping executives break free from burnout and negative thought loops.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

- From Success to Depression

• Sam discusses achieving seven-figure success while working minimal hours but experiencing numbing depression
• Key quote: "I was running on the programming of when I achieve A, B, C, I will feel X, Y, Z. So that always kept me in the future state" 

- The Be-Do-Have Model

• Introduction to shifting from doing-having-being to being-doing-having for sustainable success 
• Key quote: "For myself and a lot of entrepreneurs and a lot of high performers, they're just stuck in the doing mode" 

- Soul-Life Balance vs Work-Life Balance

• Sam explains his concept of soul-life balance that includes tending to inner world and spirituality 
• Key quote: "Soul life balance is recategorizing work life balance to fit work underneath life because that is all the doing energy" 

- The 90-Second Rule of Emotions

• Discussion of Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor's neuroscience research on emotional processing 
• Key quote: "We are feeling creatures who think, not thinking creatures who feel" 

- What is Emotional Fitness?

• Sam defines emotional fitness as breathe first, feel second, lead with strength 
• Key quote: "If people learn how to regulate their nervous system just long enough to feel that emotion for two minutes, a minute and a half or so, then all of a sudden they can get clear thinking" 

- Three Ways of Working

• Sam outlines his service offerings: keynotes/workshops, one-on-one coaching, and certification training 

- The Future of Emotional Health

• Discussion on the shift from mental health focus to emotional fitness prioritization 
• Key quote: "I see the future of humanity and our wellness prioritizing emotional health"