The Vybrational Stage Podcast Episode #71

Title:  The First Fracture:  When Joy Became Conditional

Arc:  The Anatomy of Non-Peace:  A Vybrational Guide to Becoming Joy

In this opening episode of the groundbreaking arc The Anatomy of Non-Peace,  teacher, coach, and professional speaker Paul Shepardson—guide listeners into one of the most profound human turning points:

the moment joy stopped being natural… and became conditional.

Through deep insight, compassionate storytelling, and a Vybrational lens shaped by lived experience, this episode explores:

• The settling of the nervous system when it finally begins trusting effortless joy again
• The birth of the “inner explainer”—the part of us that tries to earn worthiness
• How we learned to become bargained with, avoided, or “supposed to be” something for others
• The energy cost of living a life where joy depends on circumstances
• The origin point of the first fracture—and how healing begins through inner reconnection

This episode activates a return to the truth:

Joy was never something you had to deserve.
 Joy is something you are.

This marks the first step in a transformational journey—one that continues through all ten episodes of this arc and interweaves with its sister series, The Frequency of Enough. Together, these arcs guide you back to a life where joy is no longer accidental, earned, or conditional…
but your natural state of being.