GDL Steven Benedict

So is there like a common denominator you would share with others that are going through or might go through what you've gone through ? So like that you found out the meditation , uh I think , you know , one of the biggest things that I speak on , there's , there's two aspects that I've kind of had self revelation on is one is that our emotional aspects and our emotional language is a universal language . It doesn't matter what my story is , what your story is , or we can all relate to emotional pieces , whether it be loss , fear , abandonment , love , you know , those things correlate to everybody .

GDL Steven Benedict

So like every time , like this morning I was listening to uh like the I am um that Joel Osteen did and I was just like listening to it and I was just like , like , it's so interesting how just like , even when you like feel like things are falling apart , they actually really are falling , falling into place as terrifying as that is , right ? He tried to communicate that to my friend . I was just like , you know , like , uh love is way thicker than blood kind of a thing , right ?

GDL Steven Benedict

So like that you found out the meditation , uh I think , you know , one of the biggest things that I speak on , there's , there's two aspects that I've kind of had self revelation on is one is that our emotional aspects and our emotional language is a universal language . It doesn't matter what my story is , what your story is , or we can all relate to emotional pieces , whether it be loss , fear , abandonment , love , you know , those things correlate to everybody . And you know , our stories are just a platform in which we can express that depending on how we're expressing it , whether we're expressing it from a victim mentality , we're expressing it from , you know , which I've been in that position and I've had to shift the way I've talked about my story and not come out from that perspective to make an impact .

GDL Steven Benedict

And then once they hear the back like pull the curtain from that story , then it's like , oh he's human , you know , he's just like it . So it's a humanistic standpoint and being able to relate to people and understanding from an empathetic standpoint with them . Uh and then being able to portray that and be like , hey , you know what ?

GDL Steven Benedict

Instead of trying to find , we're very good at finding the negative spots because our brains , our brains are shifted to find out , you know , for every negative thought we have , we have to have three or four positive thoughts to override that , right ? And our negative experiences wind up striking us emotionally deeper than our positive because we let them go quicker like , oh , that's great . Like , hey , we get a promotion right now .