Pioneering Spirit: Stefan's Guide through Life's Adventures

About Pioneering Spirit: Stefan's Guide through Life's Adventures

Your Life, Your Call, Let’s Talk is a space for real, honest conversation. I’m Stefan Lindberg-Jones, Life Decoder & Coach. Each episode explores the patterns, experiences, and decisions that shape our lives—through live coaching conversations and guest discussions. This isn’t about fixing. It’s about seeing clearly. If you feel something resonate and want to explore your own journey, you can book a 1:1 conversation: calendly.com/stefan-sljcoach/discovery-meeting

Publisher

SLJCoach

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Apr 2024

Latest episode

4 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

276 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Jul 2026

   "Everyone Thinks I'm Happy... But I'm Falling Apart Inside" | Burnout, Suicide & Asking for Help

   What happens when you're the strong one... The one everyone depends on. The one who's always smiling. The one who never lets anyone see the struggle. In this deeply emotional episode of Your Life, Your Call, Let's Talk, a 24-year-old caller opens up about something he had been hiding from everyone around him. From the outside, his life looked successful. He worked hard. Supported his family. Created content. Spent time with friends. But inside... He was exhausted. Burnt out. And silently battling suicidal thoughts. What followed was an honest coaching conversation about burnout, emotional overload, boundaries, and why the strongest people are often the ones suffering in silence. In this episode: 🔹 "Everyone thinks I'm happy... but I'm pretending." 🔹 A 24-year-old opens up about suicidal thoughts and emotional exhaustion 🔹 Why constantly giving to others can leave you with nothing left for yourself 🔹 The hidden cost of always being the strong one 🔹 Burnout, emotional overload, and losing yourself in responsibility 🔹 Why being busy isn't the same as being fulfilled 🔹 The importance of creating time to recharge without guilt 🔹 How poor sleep, constant stimulation, and lack of routine affect mental health 🔹 The Biological Reset Button: sleep, prayer, and movement 🔹 Becoming the master of your thoughts instead of being controlled by them 🔹 Learning to put your own oxygen mask on before helping everyone else 🔹 Why asking for help is a sign of strength, not weakness The conversation explores a simple but powerful truth: You cannot keep pouring into everyone else's cup if your own is empty. Sometimes the answer isn't to work harder. It isn't to push through. It isn't to pretend everything is okay. Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is admit: "I'm not okay." This episode is for anyone who feels overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, or trapped behind a smile that hides how they're really feeling. Because no one should have to carry that weight alone. 🎙️ Your Life, Your Call, Let's Talk Real conversations. Real people. Real growth. 📺 Watch on YouTube: @SLJCoach 🎧 Listen on Spotify and all major podcast platforms 🌐 www.sljcoach.com #Burnout #MentalHealth #SuicidePrevention #EmotionalWellbeing #SelfCare #LifeCoach #PersonalGrowth #Mindset #SelfAwareness #Overwhelmed #MenTalk #Resilience #Healing #YourLifeYourCall #SLJCoach #TikTokLive #Podcast #MentalHealthMatters #BurnoutRecovery #AskForHelp

2. 

   30 Jun 2026

   The Therapist Who Lost Himself | Depression, Divorce & Finding His Way Back

   What happens when the person everyone turns to for help... becomes the one who needs it most? In this deeply honest episode of Your Life, Your Call, Let's Talk, Stefan sits down with therapist Seth Allison for one of the most vulnerable conversations ever shared on the podcast. For over twenty years, Seth helped people navigate trauma, relationships, anxiety, and depression. He built a successful therapy practice. Raised a family. Became the person others trusted with their deepest struggles. Then everything changed. Depression. Divorce. Suicidal thoughts. Addiction. The collapse of his professional identity. The loss of the business he spent nearly two decades building. And the devastating betrayal of the business partner he trusted like a brother. Instead of hiding behind his professional title, Seth chose something far more powerful: Authenticity. Together, Stefan and Seth explore what happens when life strips away every label you've built your identity around—and how sometimes losing everything becomes the beginning of discovering who you really are. 🔹 Why therapists struggle to ask for help themselves 🔹 Depression, suicidal thoughts, and learning to surrender 🔹 The painful reality of divorce and losing your identity 🔹 Why success doesn't protect you from suffering 🔹 Addiction, recovery, and the courage to wave the white flag 🔹 The betrayal that ended an 18-year business partnership 🔹 COVID and the collapse of everything that once felt secure 🔹 The difference between ego and your authentic self 🔹 Why vulnerability made Seth a better therapist—not a worse one 🔹 Coaching versus therapy—and where they overlap 🔹 Why real healing begins when we stop pretending to have it all together 🔹 Trusting life even when you have no idea what's coming next One of the most powerful moments comes when both Stefan and Seth realise they have walked remarkably similar paths. Two different countries. Two different careers. Yet both experienced the collapse of everything they thought defined them. And both discovered that the greatest breakthroughs didn't come from achieving more... They came from letting go. This isn't just a conversation about therapy. It's a conversation about being human. 🎙️ Your Life, Your Call, Let's Talk Real conversations. Real people. Real growth. 📺 Watch on YouTube: @SLJCoach 🎧 Listen on Spotify and all major podcast platforms 🌐 www.sljcoach.com (http://www.sljcoach.com) #MentalHealth #Depression #Therapy #Healing #LifeCoach #PersonalGrowth #SelfDiscovery #Divorce #AddictionRecovery #Authenticity #Resilience #Mindset #Podcast #Psychology #YourLifeYourCall #SLJCoach #EmotionalHealth #Trauma #Relationships #Purpose In this episode:

3. 

   28 Jun 2026

   "I Changed My Life… But Lost My Daughter" | Addiction, Heartbreak & Learning to Choose Yourself

   Can you change your life… and still lose the thing you wanted most? Today's live was filled with powerful conversations about grief, heartbreak, identity, depression, and the painful reality that sometimes life doesn't unfold the way we hoped. One guest shared the devastating news that despite fifteen months of sobriety, coaching, therapy, and personal growth, he had been told he would not be getting custody of his daughter. Together, we explored what happens when you've done the work, but the outcome remains outside your control. Another returning guest opened up about the pain of discovering that the man she loved had been living a lie. After confronting him face-to-face, she found herself asking a painful question: "Is this really the man I want to spend my life with?" And a former banker who had spent nine years putting everyone else's needs before her own revealed how leaving her career left her feeling lost and empty—realising she had spent years being a good employee, wife, and mother, but had forgotten how to take care of herself. In this episode: 🔹 Losing custody of a child despite changing your life 🔹 Why your past can continue to affect your future 🔹 Setting new goals when life doesn't go to plan 🔹 Walking beside those we love, even when they're far away 🔹 Grief, heartbreak, and learning to let go 🔹 Loving someone who refuses to face the truth 🔹 Why healing takes longer for the heart than the mind 🔹 Fear of falling back into depression 🔹 Understanding depression as a life transition rather than a failure 🔹 Why medication can sometimes provide a window to heal 🔹 The danger of losing yourself inside relationships 🔹 Putting yourself first without guilt 🔹 Leaving a successful career and feeling empty afterwards 🔹 Why looking after everyone else often means neglecting yourself 🔹 Sleep, prayer, movement, and the importance of reconnecting with yourself Throughout today's conversations, one message kept returning: You cannot control other people. You cannot rewrite the past. You cannot force someone to change. But you can continue walking forward. And sometimes… the greatest act of love… is finally choosing yourself. 🎙️ Your Life, Your Call, Let's Talk Real conversations. Real people. Real growth. 📺 YouTube: @SLJCoach 🎧 Spotify & Podcast Apps: Your Life, Your Call, Let's Talk 🌐 www.sljcoach.com #YourLifeYourCall #LetsTalk #SLJCoach #MentalHealth #Heartbreak #Healing #Depression #AddictionRecovery #SelfWorth #PersonalGrowth #Mindset #Grief #Relationships #LifeCoach #SelfDiscovery #Anxiety #Purpose #Resilience #TikTokLive #Podcast

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Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100

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0

YouTube

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Engagement

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