Face Down In The Arena with Carlos Vettorazzi

About Face Down In The Arena with Carlos Vettorazzi

I’m Carlos—a writer, nurse, and ICF-certified coach. Each week, I share reflections and questions for people who refuse to live on autopilot. I talk about personal moments, mindsets, and habits I’ve adopted to build a meaningful life free from numbing behaviors. I blend ideas from Adlerian and Buddhist psychology to challenge harmful societal norms. No shortcuts or toxic productivity. Only unsexy tools that work, which have changed the way I work, love, and live. I’m not an expert or a guru with all the answers. Having faced profound sadness and burnout twice, I know what it’s like to feel lost and dissociate—and how hard it is to be honest about the mess and the beauty of figuring out how to lead myself. New episodes drop every other Wednesday. Note to listeners: Starting from Episode 19, this show is narrated using an official AI clone of my voice. Why? I’m traveling the world with my wife and traded my heavy recording gear for a lighter backpack! Every episode is still 100% written, researched, and produced by me. I’ll see you face down in the arena.

Publisher

Carlos Vettorazzi

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Nov 2025

Latest episode

17 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

20 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   17 Sept 2026

   Human Without Performance

   Human Without Performance pulls back the curtain on the masks we wear just to feel safe, the roles we play to stay loved, and the quiet fear underneath it all. But be careful: even trying to prove you're not performing... might just be your next act. A handful of uncomfortable questions. No easy answers. Just Carlos, asking the things you've been avoiding.

2. 

   28 Aug 2026

   The Courage To Live Imperfectly and Loving Without Fixing

   Carlos reflects on his struggles with connection, parenting, and the impulse to fix others. Drawing on Adlerian and Buddhist psychology,  explores how receptivity, acceptance, and genuine honest presence, rather than control, heals relationships and break cycles of trauma. He shares helpful practical coordinates he uses to lead himself with emotional honesty and personal responsibility.

3. 

   24 Jun 2026

   What 'Making It' Costs: Choosing Presence Over Prestige

   Carlos reflects on sacrificing health and relationships for the pursuit of success, explores the ancestral wiring behind our drive for status, and warns about the moral and emotional costs of ambition.He introduces a new direction for the podcast—receptivity and nonviolent perspective-taking—as alternatives to constant self-improvement, and invites listeners to reconsider what it means to truly 'have made it.'

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