Redefining Wisdom
Redefining Wisdom – Unlock Your Mind, Challenge Your Beliefs, and Evolve.
What if the way you see the world is keeping you trapped? What if your limiting beliefs, subconscious conditioning, and outdated mental frameworks are holding you back from true success, happiness, and purpose?
Welcome to Redefining Wisdom, the podcast that challenges everything you thought you knew about self-improvement, psychology, mindset, and personal growth. Hosted by Daniel Cianci, this show goes beyond surface-level advice to explore the science of human behavior, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, mental resilience, and entrepreneurship.
Through deep, unfiltered conversations with top thought leaders, experts, neuroscientists, psychologists, entrepreneurs, and high achievers, you’ll discover:
- How your brain works – uncover the hidden neuroscience of decision-making, emotions, and motivation.
- The psychology of success – why some people achieve greatness while others stay stuck.
- Mental reprogramming techniques – break free from self-sabotage, procrastination, and negative thinking.
- The power of perception and mindset – how shifting your perspective can transform your life.
- Entrepreneurship and financial freedom – how to build an unstoppable mindset for business and wealth.
- Spirituality and modern wisdom – Explore timeless philosophies, ancient wisdom, and cutting-edge science to elevate your thinking.
If you’re someone who is highly curious, deeply introspective, and obsessed with personal growth, this podcast is for you. Whether you're an entrepreneur, creative, or ambitious thinker, you’ll gain powerful tools to reshape your reality, rewire your mind for success, and break free from the invisible chains of limiting beliefs.
New episodes every Wednesday – listen on your commute, during workouts, or in deep focus sessions.
Subscribe now and start Redefining Wisdom. Your transformation begins here.
Redefining Wisdom
Ep. 090 - Brooke Dukes - The Hidden Cost of Ambition and “Hustle Culture”
Brooke M. Dukes is a #1 international best-selling author of Burn On, Not Out: Finding Fulfillment Beyond Success, speaker, and host of the Burn On, Not Out podcast. She is also the founder of BMD Consulting and the Success by Design Club, transformational spaces where ambitious leaders stop chasing success and start becoming their own strategy. Her methodology blends behavioral science, neuroscience, Human Design, and energetics to dissolve the disconnect between who you are and how you lead. The result? Leaders who create cultures of trust, clarity, and connection, where performance thrives because people do.
Emotional burnout is killing high performers, and most don’t even realize it. In this raw, vulnerable, and powerful podcast episode, we explore how emotional depletion quietly destroys your motivation, creativity, and connection with yourself. I open up about my personal four-year journey through pain, fear, and purpose; sharing how my emotional burnout showed up in unexpected ways and what finally led me to start healing.
We dive deep into nervous system regulation, human design, and how to realign your inner world with your outer goals. Learn the difference between trauma-fueled drive and true alignment, and how to stop pushing and start creating from a place of peace.
Whether you're an entrepreneur, creator, or someone silently struggling with emotional fatigue, this conversation will change how you view success, motivation, and your own nervous system.
In This Episode, Expect to Learn:
- The subtle warning signs of emotional burnout
- Why high performers are more likely to override their nervous system
- How to tell the difference between fear-based ambition and aligned action
- What “functional burnout” looks like in entrepreneurs and creators
- How your Human Design type affects your work rhythm and energy
- Ways to restore emotional safety when you’ve run on empty for years
- Why slowing down can actually make you more successful
- How to know when you’re in alignment vs. just pushing through pain
- The mindset shifts needed to move from force to flow
- Plus much more.
Follow Brooke:
- Website: https://www.brookemdukes.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brookedukes/
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