Jul 7, 2026 · 49 min · 12 segments
In this episode of PodCrash, Matt Ebert sits down with Jen Sincero, bestselling author of You Are a Badass, for a conversation about fear, money, identity, habits, and what it really takes to change…
Matt EbertHost
If you were to sum up most common mistakes most all people, like I know you do a lot of coaching too or have in the past, besides the obvious answer of what's between our ears, where do most people get stuck? Do you find a recurring theme often?
What's between your ears? Certainly, you know, where they I think where they get stuck is they keep doing the same thing and expecting different results.
And I think also hanging out with people who are at the same level or below, I think, is a really common mistake, especially when, you know, when you decide to really go for it and change your life and the people that you were surrounding yourself with often haven't been doing that.
And this is a lot of I think this is a big reason why a lot of people don't go for it is because you kind of outgrow the people you've been hanging out with, not to say you have to ditch everybody you've known and loved your whole life.
And I think unconsciously, a lot of people aren't, they're scared, you know, our most primal fear is the fear of abandonment.

They're just, they're operating in that same fear of change, fear of like the comfort level, not being there with what you're undertaking.

So it's their own fight or flight that's kind of in their advice to you in those kind of times.
But have you ever heard of the crab effect? Have you ever heard that expression? I

If you were to sum up most common mistakes most all people, like I know you do a lot of coaching too or have in the past, besides the obvious answer of what's between our ears, where do most people get stuck? Do you find a recurring theme often?
What's between your ears? Certainly, you know, where they I think where they get stuck is they keep doing the same thing and expecting different results.
And I think also hanging out with people who are at the same level or below, I think, is a really common mistake, especially when, you know, when you decide to really go for it and change your life and the people that you were surrounding yourself with often haven't been doing that.
And this is a lot of I think this is a big reason why a lot of people don't go for it is because you kind of outgrow the people you've been hanging out with, not to say you have to ditch everybody you've known and loved your whole life.
And I think unconsciously, a lot of people aren't, they're scared, you know, our most primal fear is the fear of abandonment.

They're just, they're operating in that same fear of change, fear of like the comfort level, not being there with what you're undertaking.

So it's their own fight or flight that's kind of in their advice to you in those kind of times.
But have you ever heard of the crab effect? Have you ever heard that expression? I
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