{"id":5266,"date":"2026-03-25T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frankrechsteiner.de\/the-one-lie-that-determines-your-life-without-you-realizing-it\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T12:04:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:04:01","slug":"the-one-lie-that-determines-your-life-without-you-realizing-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frankrechsteiner.de\/en\/the-one-lie-that-determines-your-life-without-you-realizing-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The one lie that determines your life &#8211; without you realizing it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We all tell them to ourselves. Every day. And most of the time it sounds completely harmless: &#8220;I don&#8217;t have time for this&#8221;, &#8220;Now is not the right time&#8221;, &#8220;I&#8217;m just like this&#8221;. In the new episode of &#8220;Men in crisis&#8221;, I talk about why exactly these sentences are often not the truth, but the one lie that&#8217;s holding you back.   <br\/><br\/>It&#8217;s about stories that feel logical. That give you security. And at the same time keep you exactly where you are, even if you have long since sensed that more is possible.  <br\/><br\/>The tricky thing is that this lie protects you. From risk, from change, from the fear of failure. And that&#8217;s exactly why you don&#8217;t question it. You believe it to be reality, even though it limits you in your own life.   <br\/><br\/>What if you&#8217;ve been telling yourself this one story for years? And what if it&#8217;s the reason why you&#8217;re not taking the next step? <br\/><br\/>New episode &#8220;Men in Crisis&#8221;: Which lie controls you, why it feels so reasonable and what changes when you start to question it honestly.<br\/><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listen to the new episode:<\/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: #067 Du sabotierst dich selbst \u2013 mit dieser einen L\u00fcge!\" 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\/4YLXhy58OmMTSjKAKDkVbp?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 with Apple Podcasts:<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/de\/podcast\/067-du-sabotierst-dich-selbst-mit-dieser-einen-l%C3%BCge\/id1761337825?i=1000757234023\">https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/de\/podcast\/067-du-sabotierst-dich-selbst-mit-dieser-einen-l%C3%BCge\/id1761337825?i=1000757234023<\/a><br\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all tell them to ourselves. 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