Invincible Life - It's time to live the life you deserve

About Invincible Life - It's time to live the life you deserve

Advice to help you live the life you deserve! I’m Dr. Larry Cornett, a psychologist who loves to study and understand what inspires and motivates people to live their best lives. I spent decades in the corporate world and thought climbing the career ladder to become an executive would make me happy. Spoiler alert: It did not. I found myself wanting more, so I’ve spent the past 15+ years creating the life I want. In this podcast, I share what I've learned with you. I hope my advice will help you pursue the life of your dreams so you can be happier, healthier, and more fulfilled. newsletter.invinciblelife.me (https://newsletter.invinciblelife.me?utm_medium=podcast)

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Larry Cornett, Ph.D.

Category

education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Jun 2022

Latest episode

23 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

49 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Sept 2026

   Side Questing - Long-term Romance (Issue 202)

   Like a little honeybee, some of my friends flit from flower to flower, hoping that the next one will be “the perfect one.” There’s always some reason they become unhappy with a partner, and it’s always that partner’s fault. * They didn’t enjoy doing the same things. * They weren’t adventurous enough. * They wanted different things in life. * They complained too much. * Their sex drive was too low. * The romance faded. Here’s the thing. If you’re constantly getting divorced or breaking up with romantic partners and blaming the other person every time, maybe you should take a long, hard look in the mirror and then seek some therapy. Spoiler alert: You might be the problem. Keeping romance alive My wife and I have been married for over 35 years. Magically, we’ve been able to keep the romance alive. Okay… it’s not magic. It’s not a happy accident or luck, either. It has required intentional effort not to take each other for granted and to realize how lucky we are. Recently, she was away for over a week doing some ranch sitting and taking care of horses, a dog, a cat, and some chickens, too. Busy lady! So, I was home alone and missing her like crazy. The other day, I went over for a visit to have some drinks on the patio, play with the dog, and catch up. I surprised her with some cookies I had baked for her and brought a bouquet of flowers. It’s the little things that help keep our spark alive. Acts of love and care. Surprises. Things we know the other would enjoy. Seeing something, knowing they would like it, and sharing it with them. I make her coffee every morning and usually make our breakfast, too. She is the dinner chef and makes wonderful meals. Sometimes we cook together. We also make a point of going on a date every week. This started when our empty nest (https://newsletter.invinciblelife.me/p/managing-that-empty-nest-feeling) kicked in. We usually go on hikes. Sometimes we ski. Other times, it’s a day trip somewhere, getting some good sushi, or exploring new places. In a couple of weeks, we’re going on our first cross-country road trip as a couple in almost 30 years! We took our children on lots of trips like that (e.g., visiting family, camping, etc.). But it’s been a long time since it’s just been the two of us in a car for days and days. I think it’s going to be a lot of fun! Marry again? As we get older, we sometimes talk about what we would do if something happened to one of us. We have a few friends and neighbors who have lost a long-term partner. They never remarried. We also know some people who lost a partner and remarried within a year. We know which path we would choose. I’ll speak for myself. If I lost my wife, I would never get married again. I can’t imagine trying to introduce a new person into my life. Having someone new in my home? No thanks! I’m okay with having friends and doing things with other people, but the kind of long-term intimacy and friendship I’ve had with my wife could never exist again. I know that, and I would never dream of even trying. The secret to a lasting relationship and the romance in that relationship is that you build it together. You construct it as a collaborative partnership. There is no magical person who magically sparks romance for you. It is in the effort itself! So, when people expect romance and long-term love to be effortless when it’s “just right,” they are fooling themselves. When they think they can find true love if they can just find the right person, they are fooling themselves. Love is created, not found. Romance is an active process, not something that passively bubbles up. It’s sad that people don’t think love, relationships, and romance should be work. Of course they are work! Humans are complex creatures. We experience joy and sadness, happiness and depression, peace and anxiety, love and hate. It is definitely work to ride those ups and downs as a couple. But the reward for that effort is so worth it! My wife has known me for over 36 years. We’ve been through everything together. She is absolutely my best friend, and she knows me better than any other human being on the planet. My wife has seen me at my best and my worst, and she is still here! She has stuck by me as friends and family members come and go. We are the one stable thing in each other’s lives. Why would you ever give up on the joy of having a lifelong friend, love, and partner like that? You don’t. So, put in the work! If you ever want a confidential sounding board, I’m here for you. Book a free call (https://schedule.larrycornett.coach/free-call) anytime! Larry Cornett, Ph.D. | Empowerment coach, psychologist, nature lover, and fitness freak. I help you escape the “hustle trap” to create an empowered life that fits who you are and what you want most. From Silicon Valley exec to self-employed entrepreneur, I’ve also followed this path to freedom, so now I can help others find their way. ➡️ Want to design your path? Book a free call with me (https://schedule.larrycornett.coach/free-call)! 📕 Check out my Invincible Daily Journals (https://brilliantforge.com/#seasonaljournals)! Get full access to Side Questing Life at newsletter.invinciblelife.me/subscribe (https://newsletter.invinciblelife.me/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

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   1 Aug 2026

   Aging Is Stealing Your Edge - Here's How to Get It Back (Issue 194)

   Thank you to everyone who tuned into our Substack Live on Friday! Nicole and I sat down with Dr. Amber Hull (https://substack.com/@dramberhull), a U.S. Board Certified physician currently licensed and practicing women’s health in British Columbia. We discussed the critical intersection of physical health, hormonal changes, relationships, and career fulfillment in our “second half” of life. We also explored how the traditional compartmentalization of the different facets of our lives is pretty artificial. Instead, we need a holistic approach where we prioritize our wellbeing to maximize our personal and professional lives, especially as we age. Key Takeaways *Summarized from our audio transcript by Proton’s Lumo AI (https://lumo.proton.me/) * Hormones Drive Cognitive Performance: Many midlife professionals mistake perimenopausal symptoms (brain fog, anxiety, fatigue) for burnout or depression. Addressing the root hormonal causes and prioritizing sleep is often more effective than simply prescribing antidepressants. * “Pay Yourself First” with Time: Just as you save money, you must aggressively block off time on your calendar for exercise, rest, and recovery before scheduling work obligations. This isn’t selfishness! It’s a necessary investment to prevent burnout and ensure longevity. * The Danger of Unregulated Trends: Be highly skeptical of “snake oil” solutions like unregulated peptides or blanket hormone prescriptions. Unlike past pendulum swings in medical advice, the current approach requires individualized risk assessments rather than one-size-fits-all protocols. * Redefining Intimacy and Pleasure: For women (and their partners), libido often dips because of the sheer weight of caretaking, work, and life responsibilities. True intimacy requires shifting from a transactional mindset to one where a partner’s pleasure and sense of “being seen” are centered without expectation of some sort of reciprocity. * The Power of Saying “No”: It’s amazing to reach a life stage where you stop trying to make everyone else happy all the time. Setting firm boundaries with employers, family, and others allows you to reclaim your agency and design a life that aligns with your values and needs. * Self-Advocacy is Non-Negotiable: Medical education has not always covered midlife changes and health adequately, so patients must become experts about their own bodies and health. Ask tough questions about risks and benefits rather than blindly trusting authority figures. * Exercise is the Great Equalizer: While pharmaceutical interventions carry risks and trade-offs, consistent physical activity (e.g., weightlifting, walking, hiking, yoga) remains the single most reliable, low-risk intervention for maintaining physical vitality and mental clarity. ⬆️ Scroll up and hit play to watch the video and listen to our full conversation. About Dr. Hull Dr. Amber Hull (https://substack.com/@dramberhull) is a U.S. Board Certified physician currently licensed and practicing women’s health in British Columbia. She is a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner (MSCP) and an active member of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health and the International Society for Sexual Medicine. She takes an evidence-based, integrative approach to women’s health; considering measurable goals within the context of improving quality of life. She has a deep understanding of the physical and emotional changes that happen throughout the lifespan; especially in the context of puberty, postpartum, and peri/menopause. In addition to full-time clinical practice in Vancouver, she writes about medicine, immigration, and sexual health on Substack at Under the White Coat (https://dramberhull.substack.com/). Larry Cornett, Ph.D. | Empowerment coach, psychologist, nature lover, and fitness freak. I help you escape the “hustle trap” to create an empowered life that fits who you are and what you want most. From Silicon Valley exec to self-employed entrepreneur, I’ve also followed this path to freedom, so now I can help others find their way. ➡️ Want to design your path? Book a free call with me (https://schedule.larrycornett.coach/free-call)! 📕 Check out my Invincible Daily Journals (https://brilliantforge.com/#seasonaljournals)! Get full access to Side Questing Life at newsletter.invinciblelife.me/subscribe (https://newsletter.invinciblelife.me/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

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   22 Jul 2026

   My Mother-in-law Was Right - You'll Never Feel Ready (Issue 193)

   Many, many years ago, this is the month when I first became a father. I had no idea how much it would transform me and completely change my life. Parenting has changed over the past decades. People are spending more time with their children (https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2026/01/09/millennials-spend-more-time-than-past-generations-with-their-children) than past generations did. As a Gen X dad, I know I spent more time with my kids than most of the Boomer fathers I knew when I was growing up. I was pretty lucky, though. My dad actually did spend a lot of time with us. When he wasn’t working, we did stuff as a family (e.g., shopping, drive-in movies, hunting and fishing, swimming at the lake and river, going on long walks in the country, sledding, camping, and other vacations). Still, it took me a few years of marriage to warm up to the idea of being a father. I was very focused on my graduate school education and my career in Silicon Valley (https://www.linkedin.com/in/cornett/). I wanted to get things off to a solid start and make enough money to feel comfortable supporting a family. 🎧 NOTE: I go into more detail in the audio of this podcast episode. So, scroll up and hit play if you want to listen. ⬆️ But guess what? You never feel you have enough money or that your career is cruising on autopilot. I remember when my mother-in-law talked with us about having children, and we explained why we were waiting (e.g., money, feeling ready to be parents). She said, “If you wait until you feel completely ready to be parents, you will never have children. You will never feel ready.” She was right. That’s true about many things in life. I talk about that when coaching people to plan a self-employed business model (https://newsletter.invinciblesolopreneurs.com/p/an-8-week-exit-from-your-9-to-5-job) that will help them escape their 9-to-5 job and semi-retire early. No one ever feels 100% ready to quit their job and run a business. No one ever feels as though they have saved enough money and invested enough to retire safely. You just don’t! Unless you got really lucky and made the kind of money that you know you’ll be okay. But even multimillionaires and billionaires don’t like the idea of retirement. I have thoughts about why that happens, but that’s a conversation for another time… At some point, if you know you want to become a parent, it’s a leap of faith. Sure, don’t rush it like an unprepared fool. But you also can’t keep putting it off until it’s too late and physically impossible. So, yes, we became parents, and it worked out. It was scary at first. My wife is such a natural mother. I’m not exaggerating when I say she is the best mom in the world. If you don’t believe me, ask our children. They adore her. Everyone does. So, I think she flowed right into caring for our newborn and giving her exactly what she needed. Loving that tiny person more than anything else in the world helps. But I still felt like I had to learn how to be a father. The love part was easy. My heart had felt nothing like that before. You can’t really explain it to someone who isn’t a parent (and I know not all parents feel it). I had never felt love like that before. The kind of love that means you would do anything for your child, protect your child at all costs, and die for a child in an instant. * No questions. * No second guessing. * No hesitation. * You just know it. A funny thing happens when you have known someone and loved them from birth. They exist in your heart and mind as a continuum from baby to adult. The visual in my mind is something like the one below from the television series Avatar: The Last Airbender (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417299). We watched this show with our children for years (they loved it). When I think about my children, I visualize the flow of their existence from newborn to adult. It all exists simultaneously with a blend of memories from their entire lives. I have loved them and interacted with them in ever-evolving ways. For me, it is sometimes hard to let go of the babies and young children I remember. I think part of it is because I had to work so much, so I wasn’t as present in their lives as I wished I could be. It saddens me, so perhaps I cling to those memories. So, as a Gen X father, my career was supposedly my primary quest, and being a dad was a side quest. It’s kind of messed up, and I’m glad to see younger generations challenge that notion. Sure, we need to make a living. But raising good, amazing people who can help bring more good into this world is more important than any corporate mission statement or career goal. Eventually, I figured that out and walked away from my corporate career in 2010. I wanted to be a better father and husband. I wanted to take better care of myself and my health so that I could see my children grow up, start their own families, and bring their own children into this world. I wanted to experience being a grandfather! The path I was on risked all of that. When I look back on my life’s accomplishments, nothing compares to being a dad. I am a father and husband first; a coach second. I enjoy running my business (https://www.linkedin.com/in/cornett/) and helping people, but my family comes first now. My children are the best thing that has ever happened to me. They are the most amazing people I know. I know every parent says that, but I wish you could meet them. They are so smart, adventurous, courageous, compassionate, caring, funny, and wonderful people to spend time with. We are so lucky that they still enjoy being with us. They come home to visit, we travel to see them, and we still do things together (e.g., hiking, backpacking, camping, travel, vacations, etc.). That’s why I intentionally designed a flexible, asynchronous, location-independent business that lets me own my time and travel where I want, when I want. Now, we visit our children and spend several weeks with them. Being able to do this did not happen by accident. No job would ever have enabled it. It hasn’t been easy to make it happen, but it has been worth it. So, the side quest became my primary quest. That happens sometimes. In this case, it happened because it should have happened. I think that many of the issues in this world come from poor parenting. I hear stories of bad parents, toxic parents, unloving parents, absentee parents, etc. The list goes on and on. Some people rise above terrible experiences and swear that they will never do that to their children. They became great parents despite the negative parenting they had experienced. However, some people are damaged by their upbringing, so they take it out on the rest of us and the rest of the world. Sadly, I see that all the time. My message is this: If you’re going to be a parent, be a great one. Make it your priority. I don’t mean the lip service I hear all the time. I mean, really prioritizing your children over other things. Really. I’m gonna brain dump some thoughts on parenting. I’m not saying we were perfect, or that we got it right the first time. But you know what? We wanted to get better at parenting. We invested in it, learned from our mistakes, and kept trying to improve. We still are working on things as we’re becoming parents of adult children! * Quality time matters, but so does quantity. * Love them deeply and fully. * Accept them and support them completely. * Expose them to a variety of foods early and often. * Read to them every day until they fall in love with reading. * Travel with them so they experience the world and other cultures. * Protect them and defend them (this world can really suck). * Be a role model for good behavior, decency, emotional regulation, self-care, etc. * Explore the outdoors with them, and put them on the path to exercise and health. * Help them grow and let them face challenges appropriately. * Don’t give in to the temptation to give them everything under the sun. * Limit their access to screens, online b******t, and the associated risks. * Don’t make their life so easy that they face no failures. * Respect them, talk with them, and actually listen to them. * Take ownership of staying connected with your adult children. * Ask and learn about their lives, relationships, careers, and more. * Make the effort to communicate, travel to them, and visit them. I’m sure some of this advice and my opinions will resonate with some of you. But I also know that some of you will disagree with some of it, feel irritated, or even pissed off. Such is the nature of being a human being and sharing opinions online! If you don’t like it, write your own article about children and parenting. It’s free to do so! And it’s a great way to express yourself and get things off your chest. Hey, that’s why I do it. 🎧 I expand on much of what is written here in the audio of this podcast episode, so scroll up and hit play to listen. ⬆️ Or ignore me. That’s cool, too. Larry Cornett, Ph.D. | Empowerment coach, psychologist, nature lover, and fitness freak. I help you escape the “hustle trap” to create an empowered life that fits who you are and what you want most. From Silicon Valley exec to self-employed entrepreneur, I’ve also followed this path to freedom, so now I can help others find their way. ➡️ Want to design your path? Book a free call with me (https://schedule.larrycornett.coach/free-call)! 📕 Check out my Invincible Daily Journals (https://brilliantforge.com/#seasonaljournals)! Get full access to Side Questing Life at newsletter.invinciblelife.me/subscribe (https://newsletter.invinciblelife.me/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

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