Jul 8, 2026 · 14 min · 12 segments
The story that protects you imprisons you. What if the quiet, throwaway lines you repeat about yourself aren't descriptions – they're commands keeping you stuck? Kevin St. Clergy is a speaker, coach…
Kevin St. ClergyHost
I want to start today with a sentence that rearranged how I think about pretty much everything.
My business partner, Erik Sorensen, says it better than almost anybody, and he gave me his blessing to make it my own.
And a few months back, I stood on a TEDx stage at Cambridge and gave a talk that was four years in the making.
And I want to tell you something about that moment, because it's the whole reason for this episode.
The guy standing on that stage at Cambridge is the same guy who a couple years earlier was walking around forty pounds heavier, calling himself fat out loud and telling anybody who'd listen that he liked to drink a lot.
And when you spend that much time on stages talking about how people get in their own way, you start noticing your own stuff harder than you'd like to.
I want to start today with a sentence that rearranged how I think about pretty much everything.
My business partner, Erik Sorensen, says it better than almost anybody, and he gave me his blessing to make it my own.
And a few months back, I stood on a TEDx stage at Cambridge and gave a talk that was four years in the making.
And I want to tell you something about that moment, because it's the whole reason for this episode.
The guy standing on that stage at Cambridge is the same guy who a couple years earlier was walking around forty pounds heavier, calling himself fat out loud and telling anybody who'd listen that he liked to drink a lot.
And when you spend that much time on stages talking about how people get in their own way, you start noticing your own stuff harder than you'd like to.
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