Jim Curtis on How to Change the Beliefs That Are Running Your Life

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Who are you when your mind is running on beliefs you never chose? Is your pain a life sentence — or a story waiting to be rewritten? What if the limits you feel aren’t real, but learned? And who might you become if you stopped fearing your own potential? In this mind-opening episode of A Really Good Cry, Radhi sits down with transformational coach and author Jim Curtis for a deeply reflective conversation on identity, fear, and the unseen programming that shapes our lives more than we realize. Jim shares his personal journey from Wall Street trader to transformational coach — a path marked by physical pain, spiritual seeking, and the realization that true freedom begins within. With more than twenty-five years in wellness leadership, including executive roles at WebMD, Everyday Health, and The Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Jim blends neuroscience, hypnotherapy, and spirituality to help people reprogram subconscious patterns and create lasting change. His latest book, The Book of Possibility, is designed to feel like a one-on-one coaching session — an experiential journey that guides readers through his signature three-step process: Release, Align, Become. Through guided practices, reflective prompts, and hypno-meditations, the book explores how lasting change doesn’t come from fixing your life externally, but from transforming the identity operating beneath the surface. Together, Radhi and Jim explore how beliefs formed in childhood quietly run our lives, how emotional wounds can manifest physically, and why questioning everything you think you know may be the key to peace, power, and possibility. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why 95% of your life is influenced by your subconscious — not your conscious choices How to identify and rewrite beliefs that no longer serve you Why pain — physical or emotional — is often rooted in unresolved fear The difference between “I want” and “I am” when manifesting change How hypnotherapy and visualization rewire identity at its core Why awareness must begin with emotional