#16 - Intentionality, Part 1: Everything You’ve Done Prepared You For This Moment
/In this first episode of our Intentionality series, Nyssa and Kelly pull back the curtain on a wild synchronicity in their shared lineage: a 1970s psychologist named Murry Landsman, the human potential movement, and a handwritten bathroom poster of life-changing intentionality slogans.
We explore the first two: “Everything you’ve done in life prepared you for this moment” and “It is frequently easier to get what you want when you know what it is.” Along the way, we talk about trauma reframing, secondary gain, and what it means to move from “this happened to me” to “this is mine to use” in your own healing and personal growth.
If you’re interested in emotional healing, self-awareness, and the human potential movement, or you’ve ever wondered how to make meaning of your past, this conversation is for you.
Main Topics Covered:
How a 1970s human potential pioneer secretly shaped both our lives decades apart
The bathroom poster of “Murray’s slogans” that quietly trained Nyssa’s child brain
What “Everything you’ve done in life prepared you for this moment” really asks of you
How shifting from “this happened to me” to “this is mine to use” changes your story
Why we cling to diagnostic labels (trauma, anxiety, etc.) and what secondary gain has to do with it
The surprising connection between intentionality, Buddhism, and 12-step slogans
“It’s easier to get what you want when you know what it is” — and why we avoid knowing
Vague desires vs. clear wants: how doing “the next relevant thing” brings clarity
What it really means to give yourself permission to want what you want
Space Mountain, home renovation, and why big life changes feel like roller coasters in the dark
