Authentic Growth Blueprint: Recent Episodes
Dr. Andy Garrett
Join psychology coach, Dr. Andy Garrett and co-host Curtis Hunnicutt as we turn the human mind inside out in pursuit of discovering what it means to be your authentic self -- and how this discovery can enhance every aspect of your life. We will discuss high performance, psychological research, family, spirituality, productivity and life change with some of the planet’s most interesting and effective people. Here, you will be challenged to dive deeper, so that you can go further and become better.
Do you have an intrinsic design that you are meant to uncover? Or are you stacking the building blocks of your true identity as you go about your daily life? Could it be both?
Join us as we explore these thoughts and turn it into practical application for your everyday life.
The Bottom Line
In this final episode of season 1, Dr. Andy and Curtis talk through the effect that self awareness has on the results that we see in our lives -- our businesses, our families and our health.
“Self-actualized people...live more in the real world of nature than in the man-made mass of concepts, abstractions, expectations, beliefs and stereotypes that most people confuse with the world.”
― Abraham Maslow, Hierarchy of Needs: A Theory of Human Motivation
Reflection Question
In what area of your life do you think a heightened self-awareness would make the most significant difference in achieving the results that you desire?
Resources from this Episode
Authentic Growth Blueprint
https://ag-thrive.com
Masllow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Hierarchy of Needs Quotes by Abraham H. Maslow
Questions/Comments? Email the team @Dr_AndyGarrett
Dr. Andy Garrett
With a doctorate in clinical psychology and extensive studies in life coaching and consultancy, Dr. Andy Garrett is at the forefront of a revolutionary movement towards personal growth. Dr. Andy is the author of the Authentic Growth Blueprint program and runs his clinical practice in Newport Beach, Pasadena, and Claremont California.
More info here -- https://ag-thrive.com/about/
Follow the journey -- https://twitter.com/Dr_AndyGarrett
About the Dr. Andy Show
Join psychology coach, Dr. Andy Garrett and co-host Curtis Hunnicutt as we turn the human mind inside out in pursuit of discovering what it means to be your authentic self -- and how this discovery can enhance every aspect of your life. We will discuss high performance, psychological research, family, spirituality, productivity and life change with some of the planet’s most interesting and effective people. Here, you will be challenged to dive deeper, so that you can go further and become better.
Do you have an intrinsic design that you are meant to uncover? Or are you stacking the building blocks of your true identity as you go about your daily life? Could it be both?
Join us as we explore these thoughts and turn it into practical application for your everyday life.
Applying the Framework
In this episode, Dr. Andy interviews Curtis as they discuss practical application of the ideas around Authenticity that we have been talking through in the previous episodes.
If you work hard on your job you can make a living, but if you work hard on yourself you'll make a fortune.” Jim Rohn
Reflection Question
How has applying the principles from the Authentic Growth Blueprint had practical implications on the results you’re currently seeing in your own life?
Resources from this Episode
The Challenge to Succeed by Jim Rohn
https://store.jimrohn.com/challenge-to-succeed-by-jim-rohn-4-cd-set.html
Authentic Growth Blueprint
https://ag-thrive.com
Questions/Comments? Email the team @Dr_AndyGarrett
Dr. Andy Garrett
With a doctorate in clinical psychology and extensive studies in life coaching and consultancy, Dr. Andy Garrett is at the forefront of a revolutionary movement towards personal growth. Dr. Andy is the author of the Authentic Growth Blueprint program and runs his clinical practice in Newport Beach, Pasadena, and Claremont California.
More info here -- https://ag-thrive.com/about/
Follow the journey -- https://twitter.com/Dr_AndyGarrett
About the Dr. Andy Show
Join psychology coach, Dr. Andy Garrett and co-host Curtis Hunnicutt as we turn the human mind inside out in pursuit of discovering what it means to be your authentic self -- and how this discovery can enhance every aspect of your life. We will discuss high performance, psychological research, family, spirituality, productivity and life change with some of the planet’s most interesting and effective people. Here, you will be challenged to dive deeper, so that you can go further and become better.
Do you have an intrinsic design that you are meant to uncover? Or are you stacking the building blocks of your true identity as you go about your daily life? Could it be both?
Join us as we explore these thoughts and turn it into practical application for your everyday life.
Virtues and Character Strengths
In this episode, we will talk about how to discover our character strengths and then how to put them to work in our lives. We will dive into a discussion on the relationship between and virtue and values and why understanding that correlation is such an essential building block to who we want to become.
We will talk about how values that are rooted in virtue can significantly alter our lives and allow us to experience “flow state” in any area we choose.
Join us as we discuss the pursuit of moral excellence through virtue and the life changing tools that we all already have within us.
“Most people think that experience is the greatest teacher. Experience doesn’t teach a lot of people anything. A lot of people have a lot of experience but haven't learned anything. Examined experience is the key”
What we discuss with Dr. Andy
- The power of values when they are tied to virtue and moral excellence. 6:00
- Course correcting and self examination - Lessons from Keller and Maxwell 10:00
- The best possible self exercise 11:25
- How to turn growth into purpose14:00
- The difference between strengths and character strengths 24:01
- Character strengths are our super powers 38:00
- Getting daily wins through practicing virtues 44:00
Reflection Question
What challenges in your life are stemming from no tapping into our authentic self, or in other words, not making decisions aligned with your core values?
Resources from this Episode
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17iqOv5V9Xyh8z-eRr6DcHUeQOJg5hu_U2h4lrZOpRZw
Dr. Andy’s AGB Program
Authentic Growth Blueprint
Questions/Comments? Email the team @Dr_AndyGarrett
Dr. Andy Garrett
With a doctorate in clinical psychology and extensive studies in life coaching and consultancy, Dr. Andy Garrett is at the forefront of a revolutionary movement towards personal growth. Dr. Andy is the author of the Authentic Growth Blueprint program and runs his clinical practice in Newport Beach, Pasadena, and Claremont California.
More info here -- https://ag-thrive.com/about/
Follow the journey -- https://twitter.com/Dr_AndyGarrett
About the Dr. Andy Show
Join psychology coach, Dr. Andy Garrett and co-host Curtis Hunnicutt as we turn the human mind inside out in pursuit of discovering what it means to be your authentic self -- and how this discovery can enhance every aspect of your life. We will discuss high performance, psychological research, family, spirituality, productivity and life change with some of the planet’s most interesting and effective people. Here, you will be challenged to dive deeper, so that you can go further and become better.
Do you have an intrinsic design that you are meant to uncover? Or are you stacking the building blocks of your true identity as you go about your daily life? Could it be both?
Join us as we explore these thoughts and turn it into practical application for your everyday life.
Dr. Andy Garrett
With a doctorate in clinical psychology and extensive studies in life coaching and consultancy, Dr. Andy Garrett is at the forefront of a revolutionary movement towards personal growth. Dr. Andy is the author of the Authentic Growth Blueprint program and runs his clinical practice in Newport Beach, Pasadena, and Claremont California.
More info here -- https://ag-thrive.com/about/
Follow the journey -- https://twitter.com/Dr_AndyGarrett
About the Dr. Andy Show
Join psychology coach, Dr. Andy Garrett and co-host Curtis Hunnicutt as we turn the human mind inside out in pursuit of discovering what it means to be your authentic self -- and how this discovery can enhance every aspect of your life. We will discuss high performance, psychological research, family, spirituality, productivity and life change with some of the planet’s most interesting and effective people. Here, you will be challenged to dive deeper, so that you can go further and become better.
Do you have an intrinsic design that you are meant to uncover? Or are you stacking the building blocks of your true identity as you go about your daily life? Could it be both?
Join us as we explore these thoughts and turn it into practical application for your everyday life.
Dr. Andy Garrett
With a doctorate in clinical psychology and extensive studies in life coaching and consultancy, Dr. Andy Garrett is at the forefront of a revolutionary movement towards personal growth. Dr. Andy is the author of the Authentic Growth Blueprint program and runs his clinical practice in Newport Beach, Pasadena, and Claremont California.
More info here -- https://ag-thrive.com/about/
Follow the journey -- https://twitter.com/Dr_AndyGarrett
About the Dr. Andy Show
Join psychology coach, Dr. Andy Garrett and co-host Curtis Hunnicutt as we turn the human mind inside out in pursuit of discovering what it means to be your authentic self -- and how this discovery can enhance every aspect of your life. We will discuss high performance, psychological research, family, spirituality, productivity and life change with some of the planet’s most interesting and effective people. Here, you will be challenged to dive deeper, so that you can go further and become better.
Do you have an intrinsic design that you are meant to uncover? Or are you stacking the building blocks of your true identity as you go about your daily life? Could it be both?
Join us as we explore these thoughts and turn it into practical application for your everyday life.
Dr. Andy Garrett
With a doctorate in clinical psychology and extensive studies in life coaching and consultancy, Dr. Andy Garrett is at the forefront of a revolutionary movement towards personal growth. Dr. Andy is the author of the Authentic Growth Blueprint program and runs his clinical practice in Newport Beach, Pasadena, and Claremont California.
More info here -- https://ag-thrive.com/about/
Follow the journey -- https://www.facebook.com/agthrive/
About the - Awaken Your Purpose with Dr. Andy - podcast
Join psychology coach, Dr. Andy Garrett and co-host Curtis Hunnicutt as we turn the human mind inside out in pursuit of discovering what it means to be your authentic self -- and how this discovery can enhance every aspect of your life. We will discuss high performance, psychological research, family, spirituality, productivity and life change with some of the planet’s most interesting and effective people. Here, you will be challenged to dive deeper, so that you can go further and become better.
Do you have an intrinsic design that you are meant to uncover? Or are you stacking the building blocks of your true identity as you go about your daily life? Could it be both?
Join us as we explore these thoughts and turn it into practical application for your everyday life.
In this brief session with Dr. Andy, he lets us in on the consequences living inauthentically has on our lives. When we can recognize that our emotions alone are not our identity, we can use them to propel us to who we want to be. Dr. Andy discusses how to realign with our core values in moments of decision.
Join us as we dive deeper into what it means to be authentically you.
By affirming your core values and understanding what it means to be authentically you, you empower yourself to change your circumstances.
Reflection Question
What challenges in your life are stemming from no tapping into our authentic self, or in other words, not making decisions aligned with your core values?
Resources from this Episode
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17iqOv5V9Xyh8z-eRr6DcHUeQOJg5hu_U2h4lrZOpRZw
Dr. Andy’s AGB Program
Authentic Growth Blueprint
Questions/Comments? Email the team @Dr_AndyGarrett
Dr. Andy Garrett
With a doctorate in clinical psychology and extensive studies in life coaching and consultancy, Dr. Andy Garrett is at the forefront of a revolutionary movement towards personal growth. Dr. Andy is the author of the Authentic Growth Blueprint program and runs his clinical practice in Newport Beach, Pasadena, and Claremont California.
More info here -- https://ag-thrive.com/about/
Follow the journey -- https://twitter.com/Dr_AndyGarrett
About the Dr. Andy Show
Join psychology coach, Dr. Andy Garrett and co-host Curtis Hunnicutt as we turn the human mind inside out in pursuit of discovering what it means to be your authentic self -- and how this discovery can enhance every aspect of your life. We will discuss high performance, psychological research, family, spirituality, productivity and life change with some of the planet’s most interesting and effective people. Here, you will be challenged to dive deeper, so that you can go further and become better.
Do you have an intrinsic design that you are meant to uncover? Or are you stacking the building blocks of your true identity as you go about your daily life? Could it be both?
Join us as we explore these thoughts and turn it into practical application for your everyday life.
Do you have a habit that you wish you could break? Do you want to feel in control when making decisions throughout everyday life?
In this episode, Dr. Andy interviews Curtis about his core values and links the importance of having clear values and living our best life. When our core values are clear, it impacts our decision making, and we regain the power to break negative habitual cycles. Owning and believing our core values will help us lean into adversity, almost instantaneously, and start to make impactful change in the uncomfortable areas of life.
Dr. Andy makes it clear in this inspirational conversation that core values are the foundation to the life that we want to build. Let’s explore tools on starting the process, and the results that can come from knowing what we value most in our lives.
“When you have a framework for understanding your values, it changes your internal narrative.”
What we discuss with Dr. Andy
- Asking better questions so we can learn to come up with better answers 1:50
- Making your core values truly yours 10:19
- How having clear core values enhance our ability to make great decisions 13:42
- The lifetime pursuit of keeping our core values in front of us in the midst of our busy lives 17:15
- Turning your life around and becoming someone who overcomes 29:00
- The importance of family and faith being in the center of our values 32:45
Reflection Question
Choose an area of your life do you want to make better decisions in. What values can help you guide those decisions?
What does it mean to truly be yourself? What would it feel like to let the mask down and be you -- and to be surrounded by people who you trusted would be there for you no matter what?
Being authentic isn’t simply following your emotions in any given moment, but it’s using your deeper internal compass to guide you to your best decisions and to the people who will help you become better.
In this episode, Dr. Andy and Curtis discuss what it really means to be authentically you. In our society there is a lot of confusion on what this word means, and how to find it for ourselves.
Join us as we explore what it truly means to be authentic, and the freedom that comes along with it.
“It’s who I was when I wasn’t worried about impressing people, when I wasn’t filled with fear and I didn’t have imposter syndrome. It was when I felt most confident; when I could trust myself and I felt pulled to be better and to do better.”
What we discuss with Dr. Andy
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Living with the mask off and being genuine with people around us 3:30
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The power to access the best parts of ourselves through authenticity 8:25
- Seeking out authentic relationships when it seems hard to know who to trust 9:45
- The correlation between trust and authenticity 14:50
- Authenticity as it exists in relationship and how his grandfather, Carl Karcher of Carl’s Jr, taught Dr. Andy about authenticity 21:30
Reflection Question
Do you have people in your life who you can be authentically you with? Are you someone that allows people to be authentic when they are around you? How can you begin to be more authentic with the people around you?
In this episode we dive deeper into Curtis’s story as we discuss what it was like for him growing up with a father who adopted him and what it was like navigating a loving, but messy family. In our society, divorce and broken families are becoming more common and it’s causing a lot of pain.
In this episode, we will learn powerful lessons on forgiveness and the importance of leaning into discomfort as we discuss using our experience (positive or negative) for personal growth.
“Every time you speak into someone, you have no idea of the potential power that act has.”
What we discuss with Dr. Andy
- The freedom that comes with forgiveness 17:30
- The life changing power of unconditional love and gratitude 7:55
- Not waiting for crisis points to have tough conversations - lean into discomfort for liberation; How this works in your personal life and in leadership 20:24
- The opportunity that we all have to fill a void in someone else’s life 27:30
- Breaking cycles of shame in families 28:50
Reflection Question
What is a necessary conversation or interaction that you are avoiding because of the fear of discomfort? What will it feel like for you once that difficult conversation is behind you?
Resources from this Episode
Authentic Growth Blueprint
https://ag-thrive.com
Questions/Comments? Email the team @Dr_AndyGarrett
Dr. Andy Garrett
With a doctorate in clinical psychology and extensive studies in life coaching and consultancy, Dr. Andy Garrett is at the forefront of a revolutionary movement towards personal growth. Dr. Andy is the author of the Authentic Growth Blueprint program and runs his clinical practice in Newport Beach, Pasadena, and Claremont California.
More info here -- https://ag-thrive.com/about/
Follow the journey -- https://twitter.com/Dr_AndyGarrett
What story do you tell yourself about your life? What words do you choose to speak to your loved ones? Are you getting undesirable results in your life that you wish you could trace back to the root, so you could fix the problem for good?
In this episode, Dr. Andy and Curtis discuss how to tell a greater story about ourselves that will ultimately influence who we believe we are. We will dig into what shapes our identity, and how we can reclaim it in order to discover the best possible version of ourselves.
“If you don’t have a clear identity, your environment will inevitably dictate who you become.” Dr. Andy
What we discuss with Dr. Andy
- Being intentional with speaking life into our children and assigning them a positive identity 9:30
- Sabotaging our relationships and our own personal breakthroughs 13:30
- Breaking negative family patterns with perspective 9:15
- How external labels guide who we believe we are 28:00
- How our environment shapes our identity -- rising to the level of expectations 40:00
- The danger of sleepwalking through our decisions 43:00
Reflection Question
If it’s true that our environment shapes our identity, what in your current environment is not contributing to the best version of you? And can you do today to begin making the change?
Have you ever wondered if it was possible to have it all? Deep and meaningful relationships with friends and family, a thriving career that brings significance on a massive scale, and a long life filled with adventure, joy and seeing dreams fulfilled?
In this season I’ll be walking through the Authentic Growth blueprint program with dr Andy.
In this episode, we get a chance to know Dr. Andy on a deeper level as he lets us in on his transformational process of discovering his authentic self.
With perennial wisdom from his Grandpa, Carl Karcher (who is the founder of the restaurant chain Carl’s Jr.), the veil is down and we get a glimpse of the immense power that authenticity can have in every area of our lives.
“When you live authentically, and from moment to moment, you’re stepping into life as the best version of yourself with the people you care about most. You become this incredible light that people can look to as an example” Dr. Andy
What we discuss with Dr. Andy
- The impact that someone can have on another’s life when we show them genuine care, kindness and allowing them to be themselves. 11:58 & 21:10
- How reflection and gratitude toward others can begin to overcome depression, anxiety and anger. (and a tool you can use) 13:00
- How having clear values can allow us to persevere through the toughest times. 14:01
- A key to building powerful relationships. 17:00
- An incredible story that will make you cry, for sure. What it looks like to finish well. 28:50
- How the most successful people find endless energy. 33:30
Reflection Question
Can you think of a moment in your life where someone showed incredible kindness to you, believed in you, celebrated with you or challenged a limiting belief that you had? How did this challenge you to become a better version of yourself?
How would you answer that question if you were asked -- “Who are you?”
Would you start by describing your profession, marital status or hobbies? Would you give current or desired character traits? Would your answer be laced with false optimism or misplaced pessimism?
In this episode, Dr. Andy interviews Curtis as they discuss the complexity that comes with answering the question, “Who am I?” and the power that your life can have once you begin the journey to learning the answer.
“You create so much momentum and get so much traction on moving towards your best self that suddenly the momentum is all heading in that direction and it becomes more difficult to go backwards than it does to keep going forward.” - Dr. Andy
What we discuss with Dr. Andy
- Curtis answers the question, “Who am I?” 1:30
- The clarity that comes with having a well thought out, personal mission statement. 5:48
- The power of change. 16:00
- The slow process of growth. 21:00
- How emotional energy can enhance and expedite change in our lives -- and how to generate that energy. 27:41
- Building momentum with your habits toward the best version of you. 39:00
Reflection Question
What limiting beliefs do you hold onto about who you are? How can you begin to change the story you’re telling yourself?
Resources from this Episode
The Challenge to Succeed by Jim Rohn
https://store.jimrohn.com/challenge-to-succeed-by-jim-rohn-4-cd-set.html