What happens when you stop numbing, stop performing, and finally face what’s been running the show beneath the surface?
In this powerful episode of The Greatness Machine, Darius Mirshahzadeh reconnects with Jesse Elder for a raw conversation about sovereignty, emotional excavation, and becoming a whole human being. Jesse shares what led him to step away from business, confront long-standing patterns, and do deep embodiment work that uncovered how anger, sadness, and abandonment have shaped his life and leadership.
Together, they explore why growth has no finish line, how emotional resilience is built through presence rather than avoidance, and the difference between real inner work and performative vulnerability. The conversation also weaves in faith, spirituality, masculine conditioning, and Jesse’s philosophy on future-self alignment and “time piercing.”
In this episode, Darius and Jesse will discuss:
- (00:00) Diving Deep: Personal Journeys and Self-Discovery
- (02:46) The Illusion of Destination: Understanding Life’s Continuum
- (05:38) Navigating Emotions: The Onion of Self-Discovery
- (08:11) Sovereignty and Energy: Reclaiming Personal Power
- (11:18) Embodiment Work: Making Friends with Emotions
- (13:58) The Role of Faith and Spirituality in Personal Growth
- (16:45) The Game of Life: Levels and Challenges
- (19:18) Time Piercing: Accessing Past and Future Selves
- (22:09) The Power of Memory: Transforming Past Experiences
- (25:19) Creating a New Narrative: The Art of Reframing
- (28:07) The Time Piercer Tour: A Journey of Self-Discovery
Meet Jesse:
Jesse Elder is an action philosopher, performance coach, and motivational speaker who helps people create lives of freedom, purpose, and fulfillment. Starting his journey in martial arts, he opened his first school at 23 and went on to build multiple successful centers before selling his multimillion-dollar business. Shifting to personal development, Jesse combines mindset, clarity, and aligned action through his Mind Vitamin series, coaching programs, and live events. Known as a “Time Piercer” and “Reality Hacker,” he mentors high achievers to live authentically, integrate personal integrity, and design lives aligned with their deepest values.
Meet Darius:
Darius is your host of The Greatness Machine. Darius is a mad scientist, high-growth CEO, serial entrepreneur, author, conscious capitalist, speaker, and entertainer. Darius is on a quest to create 1,000,000 Core Value Driven Organization by 2030. He is calling this “The Core Value Revolution.” Darius is an alumni of the Birthing of Giants Entrepreneurial Program at MIT and Stagen Integral Leadership Program. Darius’s accolades include being ranked #9 Top Rated CEO in America on Glassdoor, has won numerous Stevie Awards, and has founded and grown organizations that have been ranked #40 in the Inc. 500 and were ranked #3 Best Places to Work By the San Francisco Business Time. He is all about the P’s: Passion, Pizza, Puzzles, and, especially, Pink Unicorns. His book, The Core Value Equation, is an Amazon #1 Best Seller and is available at www.thecorevalueequation.com.
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