In the 181st episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, the owner of Flow State Designs, Nick Motycka, will talk about the importance of receiving love when we are children, the masculinization of everyone as a police officer, the drug undercover street team, crying for the first time as an adult, getting back to yourself, and more!

Join us in this insightful and captivating talk!

In this chapter, you will discover:

(0:30) Mike introducing our special guest, Owner of Flow State Designs, Nick Motycka @flow.state.designs

(1:30) Psilocybin

(2:00) Nick’s origin story

(4:20) The importance of receiving love when we are children

(5:30) Understanding your inner child

(6:00) Working as a security guard and then studying criminology

(9:40) Working in loss prevention

(11:00) Working in court security

(15:00) Everybody lies to the police

(18:20) 120 Open investigations

(24:40) The masculinization of everyone as a police officer

(27:40) Writing pros and cons before making a decision

(29:40) The drug undercover street team

(31:20) “The energy of working undercover is all lies.” - Nick Motycka @flow.state.designs

(34:40) Alcohol is significant in the undercover world

(35:50) Transition from undercover work to gang suppression team

(39:30) Sleep problems because of the shifts

(41:20) The murder of George Floyd

(45:10) Crying for the first time as an adult

(46:00) The trauma of the career

(47:00) “I wasn't going to go back to work until I was back to myself.” - Nick Motycka @flow.state.designs

(48:00) Doing all kinds of therapy to get back to myself

(53:20) Having time to process traumas

(57:40) Compassion for other people and compassion for myself

(1:00:40) PTSD diagnosis and healing

(1:04:20) The decision of resigning from his career

(1:05:40) Detachment and surrender

(1:06:10) We are a different person every day

(1:09:30) Detach Yourself From Your Past Traumas

(1:11:00) There are always options

(1:14:40) Where to follow Nick Motycka @flow.state.designs https://flowstatedesigns.ca/

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