The Jim Fortin Podcast

Start Your Transformation NowYes, you read the headline correctly. Fear is the cure for fear. Why? Because you’ll not go through fear until you go through your fear, hence, fear is the cure for itself. I could spend hours writing fancy copy explaining this episode but it’s as simple as this: Go through your fear or you’ll never go through your fear and when you go through your fear your higher essence and Spirit will be free to soar. You have probably heard before, “All the things you want are on the other side of your fear.” This is because mostly all the big things you want in life are coming from your desires which are many times coming from your spiritual essence. As long as you entertain your fear you’re going to hobble and hinder your spiritual growth. So many people who listen to my podcast would consider themselves spiritual but on the flip side of the coin, they have tremendous fears. Ask yourself, “How spiritual is it to get into fear, that which hampers my spirit?” In this episode of course I go deeper into this but it’s a short episode because when you really ponder the single phrase, Fear Is The Cure For Fear, and you come to know that, everything changes in life. Transformational Takeaway: You’ll not transcend your fear until you go through your fear and it’s one of the most spiritual things that you can do.Mentioned Resources:EPISODE 1: “Transforming Your Life From The Inside Out”Let's Connect: Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn LIKED THE EPISODE?If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!Thank you for listening! With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

Start Your Transformation NowHenry David Thoreau said, “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation.” And, when he said men, of course, these days we can interpret that as most people, both men and women. Almost all of us have heard that phrase and it rings true for many many people but truly who owns it and what does it mean? In modern terms, a life of quiet desperation means being at the mercy of our circumstances and living paycheck to paycheck, and struggling with money, health, and relationships, or a combination of any of these circumstances. In my experience and observation, the best, easiest, and most rewarding way to start living an extraordinary life is to live a life in the service of others. So many people want and search for a better life when it’s in front of them all the time if/when they move the focus off themselves and move it onto others. Gandhi said, “The best way to find yourself is in the service to others.” And, that is the key, and let’s explore that. And, when you “find yourself” every single door in your life that is closed will magically open…I promise! I want to take you on a short journey with one of the greatest mentors and friends in my life, a woman name Virginia Cook. As my podcast has a global following but for those in Dallas, TX real estate and maybe even some in national real estate, they have heard of Virginia Cook. Virginia built the second-largest private real estate company in North Texas in just under a decade and one day I asked her how she did it and she shared her magical formula with me and I want to share it with you in this episode. The gist is, when we serve others we then inadvertently serve ourselves and the more we serve others the more we create and share in life and when we do this life becomes extraordinary. When we switch from self-service to self (survival and getting by) and we change to building others in the world, our life becomes magical and extraordinary. This entire episode is sharing stories and experiences I have learned from Virginia Cook. Transformational Takeaway: When we first serve others we serve ourselves.Let's Connect: Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn LIKED THE EPISODE?If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!Thank you for listening! With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

Start Your Transformation NowOk, so Albert Einstein has not been on the planet for over 50 years but he can help you today and truth be told every day. A few times in my podcast I’ve mentioned one of Einstein’s quotes, “Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.” Having done what I do for many years and observing myself, what most of us do when we hear a great or powerful quote is, well, nothing to near nothing. Often we hear it and think, “That’s nice” and 30 seconds later we’re back to the tasks at hand. So, when hearing the Einstein quote, what are your thoughts? Have you really placed some deep and focused attention on how you use your imagination and what you imagine daily? If you have been listening to me for any amount of time you know I often say, “You are where your attention is,” and the more powerful awareness is what you’re thinking about is actually using your imagination because you have to use your imagination to “think about it.” When you’re worrying about work, family, kids, health, relationships, love and money…that’s ALL imagination and research shows that 90% of people spent a lot of their day imagining negative outcomes. Hence, if you’re thinking about things and circumstances you don’t want you’re then imagining it and when you’re doing that you’re imprinting your subconscious mind and actually creating the negative imagination in your life circumstances. Also notice, when you’re thinking about negative things and outcomes do you not want in your life and the more you do that the more you create what you do not want. So…..think about and imagine only what you want. Transformational Takeaway: See things as you want them to be and not as they are.Mentioned Resources:EPISODE 1: “Transforming Your Life From The Inside Out”EPISODE 33: “AYNI – The Reciprocity Of Life”Let's Connect: Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn LIKED THE EPISODE?If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!Thank you for listening! With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

Start Your Transformation NowSmarter than a potato? That’s a stupid question, right? I could ask this another way. Are you smarter than the intelligence that works through a potato? Let me ask that again, and in another way. Are you smarter than “Divine Mind” that works through a potato?I start this episode talking about a potato. I mean, how does a potato become a potato? How does it know how much water to absorb, what minerals to absorb out of the soil, or how to maintain the genetic map that gives it the ability to create other potatoes? The answer is easy…Divine Mind, and Divine Mind is the intelligence that also flows through your life, and directs and empowers every aspect of your very own life. You can have anything, do anything, and be anything when you call upon the inherent power than runs through your body, and that is the power of universal mind or Divine Mind.Want or need to heal? Want or need money? Want or need love? Use Divine Mind to draw it to yourself. And, in this episode I talk about an easy way to do this…to use the power of mind to create the life of your dreams. I give you a simple exercise that I use myself and one that works. You can use it or not, and ignore it at your own loss…because it works! Transformational Takeaway: Don’t want it, don’t think it. Want it, think it, FEEL it!Mentioned Resources:EPISODE 1: “Transforming Your Life From The Inside Out”EPISODE 9: “How The Law Of Attraction Repels The Money And Abundance You Want”Let's Connect: Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn LIKED THE EPISODE?If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!Thank you for listening! With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

Start Your Transformation NowIn this week’s episode I dug into some old notes and teachings I have acquired and I wanted to share them with you. I’ll give you a hint as to what I cover in this episode and then you have to listen to the episode to discover more for yourself. The five random thoughts are: 1. You don’t get what you want in life, you get what you need. Have you ever noticed that many times you’ve wanted something and you didn’t get it? Instead, you got something you think you didn’t want and it turned out to be better? Higher mind does not give us our simply wants all the time, it gives us what we need to grow and evolve spiritually. 2. What are your biggest distractions in life? How often have you wondered, “Why do I waste so much time and why can’t I focus on things?” Distractions are the biggest thing that keep you from what you want in life. In this segment I talk about how we often distract ourselves from greater things in life and the 2×2 between the eyes is that what we allow as major distractions are also what we become devoted to in life. 3. Deciding what you want to do with your life. You’ve often seen social media posts with lists like, “The top five regret of those dying.” There is a reason people have these regrets and I’ll share that in this episode. When we “use our life” and we live it purposefully we have no regrets and we live our lives well! 4. Fighting with yourself You see in the world where people are fighting this enemy or the other but have you considered that the greatest enemy you have is yourself? Conquer that enemy and your life will forever be much happier. You may think that your greatest enemy is outside yourself and for most of us our greatest enemy is in ourselves. 5. Acceptance surrenderTrying to control things in your life? Trying to make things happen? Frustrated when things don’t work like you want? There is an easier way. When we accept ourselves and accept others for who they are life becomes a lot easier and peaceful These are five powerful lessons I have learned in my time working with a shaman and I share them with you in the hope that you’ll find power in them for yourself. Transformational Takeaway: Be purposeful and be in peace.Mentioned Resources:EPISODE 1: “Transforming Your Life From The Inside Out”Let's Connect: Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn LIKED THE EPISODE?If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!Thank you for listening! With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

Start Your Transformation NowI was thinking a few weeks ago, “What do I want to talk about this week on the podcast?” and I had a flood of ideas and topics pop into my mind and none of them were calling to me at that time and I thought, “So many people ask about spirituality, why don’t I dig further into and talk about my experiences with a shaman?”So, in this episode, I pull the curtain back a bit and share one of my most memorable experiences with a shaman/sorcerer. I could share many of these but that would be overwhelming so it’s better to just start with one and we’ll see how it goes.What I’m sharing in this podcast is a non-ordinary event and at the very least an event that may be a good story if nothing else.More than anything, my intention with this episode is to get you to start thinking about the world of the non-ordinary and the world that exists that you cannot physically observe with your sight or sound. My intention is to get you to really start thinking about the power you wield as a “cosmic being.”Think about the world of physics, energy, and what’s real and not real. Science shows that we can only observe about 3% of what exists on the electromagnetic spectrum which means we miss most of like and what’s available to us.Perhaps this episode can get you to start thinking about the world and your world of the non-ordinary and what’s really all around you.Enjoy Mentioned Resources:EPISODE 187: “The Power Of Synchronicity And Intention”EPISODE 6: “Here’s The Only Place To Find Your Highest Potential”Let's Connect: Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn LIKED THE EPISODE?If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!Thank you for listening! With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

Start Your Transformation NowHow much thought have you really put into how powerful you are? Do you even see yourself that way or think of yourself that way? In reality, you are not all that powerful but you can command the power of the universe to work through you and you do that using your intention. And, when you do that, what I call synchronicities happen for you. In our 3D world, we see things happen that we intend or have been thinking about but we see or observe no 3D physical cause and we think “Wow, that’s freaky, how did that happen?” St. Germain said many years ago, “When humans understand how the universe works they will cease to believe in miracles.” We work, like it or not, by universal laws. I’m not a proponent or a fan of the commercialized Law of Attraction, however, it’s physics and a law of the universe which we humans have capitalized on so we (some) can make a buck. I often wish I could be like Tesla. He wanted to introduce free energy to the world and when he showed JP Morgan his creation and discoveries JP Morgan said, “Where do we put a meter on it?” Meaning, so that energy could be charged for. In the analogy I just gave you, I wish I could give or better help you realize the power of intention and what it can do in your life but until you agree to let go of your insistence in the dominance of a 3D reality, the power of intention will be hard for you to harness. In this episode, I share some of my personal stories about how I have used intention in my life and how you can too. It’s pure power and you have this power! Transformational Takeaway: What do you intend to happen in your life?Mentioned Resources:DR. QUANTUM – DOUBLE SLIT EXPERIMENTLet's Connect: Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn LIKED THE EPISODE?If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!Thank you for listening! With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

Start Your Transformation Now“Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.” Ernest Holmes Slow down, read that again and when it fully hits you it will hit you right between the eyes like a 2×4. Want to “find yourself?” Want a more fulfilling life? Want a rewarding life but you don’t know where to start? Easy, start inside. Everything starts inside you, not outside of you. How often have you thought about doing something…going on a trip, an excursion of some sort, etc. to “find yourself?” You don’t have to go anywhere to find yourself. Yourself is in you and you are in your life hence your life reflects you. Nothing to go find, nowhere to go, just observe. If you want to “go somewhere,” then go inside…all your answers are there. As I wrote the last sentence it popped into my mind to ask: What are you afraid you’re going to see when you look inside yourself? Interestingly enough, many people are afraid to look inside themselves because they are afraid they are not going to like what they see…which is themselves. One of my coaches once said, “most people distract themselves with the world around them, they stay busy all the time because they want to distract themselves.” They want to distract themselves from their own life and they are afraid of self-intimacy. The word intimacy, if we look at it a slightly different way it can be realized as “Into Me I See.” Intimacy. The main purpose of this episode is to have you fully recognize and realize that your external life is a road map of your internal life. Transformational Takeaway: If you want to Be, Do or Have more in your life, look at the mirror of your life and determine what needs to be changed in you to get the outcomes you want in life.Mentioned Resources:The Science of Mind: The Complete Edition by Ernest HolmesEPISODE 6: “Here’s The Only Place To Find Your Highest Potential”Disclosure: Some of the links above are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission if you make a purchase.Let's Connect: Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn LIKED THE EPISODE?If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!Thank you for listening! With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

Start Your Transformation NowIt’s a profound truth most of us miss for years, decades, and sometimes a lifetime.About a decade ago one of my friends wrote a book on alcoholism and he asked me to proof it for him before he self-published it. When I read the book one line hit me hard, and I wasn’t even an alcoholic but that line was, “An alcoholic waits to stop drinking tomorrow and that tomorrow never comes.” That last line hit me hard, really hard, and the reason why is that I realized that it applied to all of my life and all of our lives.We ‘excuse away' life and we say things like, “I’ll go to college someday and I’ll travel Europe, and I’ll change jobs and I’ll learn to cook and someday I’ll even learn to play a musical instrument.” And, what do we do? We wait for that someday. We don’t take action…we wait until later and then three, five, ten years later we say, “Oh yeah, I said I was going to wait until _____ to blank but I forgot. Oh well, that was a long while back and it’s too late now but I sure wish I would have done that.” And the “Later Hamster Wheel” goes on another week, month, year, and many times a lifetime.WHY? Later never comes because later comes from what you do now and if you wait until later to do now then later never comes. Hence, waiting for later is a lie to yourself and then the excuses make you feel better about yourself and you rationalize away your life. The irony is that most of us want more in life and we wait until later to get it and that later, as you know, never comes. So, the solution…Act now, but if it were that easy you would have done it already. It takes courage and it takes action.So, instead of waiting to act now ask yourself this, “What is causing me not to act now?” HINT: Most times when we want to do something much bigger in life it’s the F word that stops us! (Fear)Transformational Takeaway: Later Never Comes When You Wait For It – Act Now!Let's Connect: Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn LIKED THE EPISODE?If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!Thank you for listening! With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

Start Your Transformation NowThis episode was inspired by a current student of mine. Essentially, he wrote me a note and was sharing how he’s feeling hopeless about the state of the world, the future of humanity, and the planet.I can definitely understand his fears, however, from my perspective, I’m not hopeless at all. Actually, I’m quite optimistic about the future.There are a couple of places mentally that I “work from” in life and for this reason, the state of the world is not creating fear or reaction in me.With so much chaos in the world, millions if not more are in fear about what the future holds. I am not one of those people.In this episode, I share the paradigm that I have worked from for years. It applies both to the state of the world and as well the relationships in my life and even to passersby in life.I choose how I want to participate in the world, to some degree physically and to a huge degree, mentally.Perhaps when you ponder what I share in this episode then you too may find more peace and comfort in your life.Transformational Takeaway: In all areas of life ask yourself, “What pertains to me?”Let's Connect: Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn LIKED THE EPISODE?If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!Thank you for listening! With Gratitude, Jim Fortin