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Hosted by Dylan · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 43 episodes
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A real-time journal of becoming. Hosted by Dylan Phipps, The Self-Discovery Files is where we unpack growth, direction, and what it means to build yourself from the inside out. Episodes every Monday at 12 EST
Dylan hosts The Self-Discovery Files, a education show with 43 episodes published.
You've been meaning to do it for two years. In those same two years you've worked fourteen-hour days and stayed up until 3am on things that mattered less. So it isn't that you can't do hard things — you just can't do tha
You can spend a year becoming someone you actually respect. Regulated, independent, fine on your own. And then one person becomes significant and suddenly you're checking your phone, reading into tone, wanting reassuranc
Think of someone who really matters to you. Now think of someone you've spent just as much time around who doesn't. Same hours. Completely different weight. So what actually happened? I spent a week trying to figure this
There's a voice in your head that talks you out of things. And it never once tells you you're scared, it tells you the timing's wrong, you're not ready, you'll start Monday. That's the trick. This one's about that voice,
You've probably been on both sides of this. Someone's hurting, someone else offers a real, true, well-meaning piece of advice, and it lands completely wrong. Makes them feel more alone, not less. Even though it was kind.
I woke up one morning, lost something I actually cared about, and by 7am I was completely certain my life was over. Fifteen hours later I didn't care, and not because I forced myself to, or got over it. Nothing about the
There are two words that quietly shape your entire life, "I am". Most people never stop to check if the story they've attached to them is even true. This episode is about the scripts we write about ourselves, usually whe
Some of the most "giving" people aren't being generous at all. They're scared. And they're slowly disappearing while everyone tells them how kind they are. This one's about the difference between giving because you're fu
I've been feeling stuck lately, same job, same days, nothing moving. So I started paying attention to what it actually feels like, and where it really comes from. This one got more honest than I planned. It's about the f
If you could sit down and write to the kid you used to be — the one who thought he was so far behind, who was so hard on himself — what would you say to him?
There was a last ordinary night you spent with someone. It didn't feel like anything. You only understand what it was now. This one's meant for headphones, alone, in the dark. Not background — a place to sit for ten minu
Some thoughts only show up when everything else goes quiet. This one's meant to be listened to alone, in the dark, with headphones in. Not as background — as a place to sit for a while. It's 3am, you can't sleep, and the
There’s a part of you that already knows the truth. It knows when you’re calling fear “timing.” It knows when you’re calling avoidance “confusion.” It knows when you’re saying you need more time while wasting the time yo
Imagine walking into a museum with your name on the door. But instead of seeing artifacts from the life you lived, every room shows you a version of yourself that never fully got to exist. In this episode, I take you thr
There is always another level. Always something leaner, sharper, more impressive, more disciplined, more successful. At first that sounds like motivation. But when the engine driving it is not growth but self-rejection,
Most people aren't wasting time. They're spending pieces of their life without realizing it. This episode is a raw, honest conversation about time, autopilot, the small decisions nobody sees, and the difference between t
Sometimes the hardest thing isn’t failing to reach the dream. Sometimes the hardest thing is realizing the dream itself no longer fits. In this episode, I talk about the grief of outgrowing a future you once wanted deepl
Some pain doesn’t leave all at once. It doesn’t end with a final conversation, a breakthrough moment, or some dramatic realization. Most of the time, it leaves quietly. One day their name doesn’t hit your chest the same
A lot of people don’t actually want the life they keep imagining. They want the picture of it. In this episode, I talk about the difference between loving the idea of something and respecting the reality of what it takes
Just because you can explain yourself doesn’t mean your life is different. In this episode, I break down the difference between seeing a pattern and actually no longer living in it. We talk about why awareness can feel l
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The Self-Discovery Files is hosted by Dylan. The show is categorised under education (self improvement) and has published 43 episodes.
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