The Mind Mastered: Secrets of Excellence with Dawn Grant
Jun 26, 2026 · 17 min · 11 segments
You cannot change what you refuse to own. In this episode, Dawn Grant explores one of the deepest truths behind lasting change: people often stay stuck not because they do not want better, but…
Dawn GrantHost
One of the truths that can really change your life, if you are willing to really let it in, is this.
But at the same time, they're still protecting the very thing that needs to be faced.
They're still excusing it, still explaining it away, still blaming the pressure, still blaming other people, still blaming the season of life, still blaming stress, still blaming the circumstances, still saying, well, this is just how I am, or still saying, Anybody would do the same thing or still saying, I'll deal with it later or still saying that's not really the issue.
And I say that with compassion because I think almost everybody does this in some part of life.
Not because they are bad and not because they are lazy and not because they do not want better, but because they are still protecting the pattern of that is costing them.
People think they are struggling with the pattern, but many times they are also in partnership with the pattern.
One of the truths that can really change your life, if you are willing to really let it in, is this.
But at the same time, they're still protecting the very thing that needs to be faced.
They're still excusing it, still explaining it away, still blaming the pressure, still blaming other people, still blaming the season of life, still blaming stress, still blaming the circumstances, still saying, well, this is just how I am, or still saying, Anybody would do the same thing or still saying, I'll deal with it later or still saying that's not really the issue.
And I say that with compassion because I think almost everybody does this in some part of life.
Not because they are bad and not because they are lazy and not because they do not want better, but because they are still protecting the pattern of that is costing them.
People think they are struggling with the pattern, but many times they are also in partnership with the pattern.
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