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In this episode, Mike returns to the foundational — but rarely mastered — concept of Healthy Selfishness. He shares how giving without receiving leads to depletion, why most people are unconsciously afraid to receive, and how deserving, expecting, and receiving are actually nervous system conditions — not mindset problems. This episode is a permission slip to stop playing martyr, start playing big, and rewire your body for reciprocity, worthiness, and overflow.

Key Takeaways

1. You Are Not the Meat Suit — You Are the Awareness Navigating It
   Understanding this distinction is the beginning of every transformation.
2. The Nervous System Is Wired for Familiarity, Not Fulfillment
   If you're conditioned to overgive, you’ll feel unsafe receiving until your body is reconditioned.
3. Selfishness Is Just a Triggered Word — Not a Truth
   What we call “selfish” is often just healthy boundaries and energetic reciprocity.
4. Deservedness, Expectation, and Receptivity Are Somatic
   You can’t out-think these — you have to feel and rewire them in the body.
5. You Were Built to Give — Now It’s Time to Learn to Receive
   Until you receive, your giving will always have a ceiling… and an expiration.

Notable Quotes

• “The greatest lie ever perpetuated in human history is that it’s better to give than receive.”
• “For almost my whole life, I was living as if these beliefs were true.”
• “Your nervous system has one task and one task only — and that’s to keep you alive.”
• “The limitation of our expectation is what we do feel that we do deserve.”
• “I deserve what I want. I expect what I want. I receive what I want — because I’m worth what I want.”

Call to Action

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If you’re bumping into the ceiling of what you feel you deserve, expect, or can receive — there’s nervous system work to do.
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Music Credit: "What's Left of Me" by Wes Hoffman & Friends

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Mike Kitko is an executive self-mastery coach, speaker and author. He found external success through powerful titles, incomes, and material possessions. He ultimately fell into depression, toxic abuse of alcohol, and the near collapse of his family before he began a journey of internal happiness and success.