{"id":4563,"date":"2025-06-27T12:43:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T12:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frankrechsteiner.de\/as-long-as-you-lie-to-yourself-nothing-will-change\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T12:50:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T12:50:57","slug":"as-long-as-you-lie-to-yourself-nothing-will-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frankrechsteiner.de\/en\/as-long-as-you-lie-to-yourself-nothing-will-change\/","title":{"rendered":"As long as you lie to yourself, NOTHING will change!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I work. I give my all. I am strong.&#8221;<br\/>And yet:  <br\/><br\/>In the evening, you reach for your cell phone.<br\/>Scroll aimlessly.<br\/>Escape &#8211; into distraction, work, alcohol, porn, shopping, sports.<br\/>Why?<br\/>Because there&#8217;s a feeling you never want to feel again. Because you&#8217;re lying to yourself. <br\/><br\/>Hard truth:<br\/>If you don&#8217;t feel your unpleasant feelings,<br\/>they will control you &#8211; every day.<br\/>You think you&#8217;re not hurting anyone.<br\/>But every time you escape, you lose yourself.<br\/><br\/>What if you stopped fleeing?<br\/>Imagine:<br\/>You feel a trigger.<br\/>Instead of reacting immediately, you breathe. 90 seconds.<br\/>You consciously decide what happens next.<br\/>That is true strength.<br\/>That is new masculinity. <br\/><br\/>New masculinity?<br\/><br\/>Conscious instead of impulsive.<br\/>Reflective instead of reactive.<br\/>Strong in presence &#8211; not in flight.<br\/><br\/>We need men (and women!),<br\/>who are prepared to stop looking the other way.<br\/>Not at themselves. Not in relationships. Not at work.  <br\/><br\/>Your first step:<br\/>Ask yourself these questions:<br\/><br\/>Where do I lose energy &#8211; day after day?<br\/>Where do I live in distraction instead of connection?<br\/>Where do I lie to myself &#8211; and call it &#8220;everyday life&#8221;?<br\/><br\/>If you feel that you are only functioning in one area of your life,<br\/>then it&#8217;s time to wake up.<br\/><br\/>Let&#8217;s be honest:<br\/><br\/>As long as you find excuses,<br\/>as long as you project,<br\/>as long as it&#8217;s &#8216;the others&#8217; fault,<br\/>you are powerless.<br\/>But if you take responsibility,<br\/>you are one of the few,<br\/>who really make a difference &#8211; to yourself and in this world.<br\/><br\/>No coaching-speak. No bullshit motivation.<br\/>Just one simple sentence that changes everything: <br\/><br\/>&#8220;As long as you lie to yourself, nothing will change.&#8221;<br\/><br\/>Be honest. To yourself. For you. Because you are more than crumbs.<br\/>You deserve the whole cake.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: #28 Solange du dich bel\u00fcgst, \u00e4ndert sich nichts\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/0YqkFA2vx1fUJrSXxNAN83?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and at Apple Podcasts:<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/de\/podcast\/28-solange-du-dich-bel%C3%BCgst-%C3%A4ndert-sich-nichts\/id1761337825?i=1000714472489\">https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/de\/podcast\/28-solange-du-dich-bel%C3%BCgst-%C3%A4ndert-sich-nichts\/id1761337825?i=1000714472489<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I work. 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