Upbuilding The Self

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Category: Self-Improvement

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Two former monks, a former startup founder/CEO, and a former equity derivatives trader dive into how to be our best selves, free from the ego. Our egos are the identities we create for ourselves and wish the world to validate, but when we are not seen as we want to be, we feel insecure. This podcast lives at the intersection of leadership and spirituality. It will help you understand your ego and shed light on your inner world so that you can act with greater clarity, compassion, and the freedom to be your best self.

Episode Date
Our New Podcast: The Upbuild Enneagram Library
Dec 18, 2025
The Ego Trap of Parenting
Aug 18, 2025
[Part 2] Book Distribution: Timeless Lessons Learned By Two Monks on the Streets and Subways of New York City
Jul 29, 2025
[Part 1] Book Distribution: Timeless Lessons Learned By Two Monks on the Streets and Subways of New York City
Jul 09, 2025
Self-Preservation, Sexual, or Social: Which Instinct Drives You? Unlocking a Key Piece of the Personality Puzzle Through the Enneagram
Jun 17, 2025
Is Compartmentalization Really a Good Thing?
May 22, 2025
Why Feedback Fails…and How to Make It Work
May 05, 2025
Blame: Our Addiction To It and What To Do Instead
Apr 16, 2025
What If I’m Not Fulfilled At Work?
Mar 29, 2025
Coaching vs. Therapy, The Tension Between Ego and Success, and Spirituality in Coaching—Michael Sloyer on the Lovelink Podcast
Mar 11, 2025
How to Take a Compliment
Jan 22, 2025
What To Do With Guilt
Dec 23, 2024
Moral Superiority: The Cost of Needing to Be “Better” Than Others
Dec 03, 2024
Effective One-On-One Meetings: From Transactional to Transformative
Nov 12, 2024
Can I Be Successful If I Give Up My Ego?
Oct 24, 2024
Time Management Is Chaos Management, and Upbuild's Tips and Tricks for Productivity
Sep 12, 2024
Trading Derivatives and the Shame-Based Fear of Being Ordinary
Aug 20, 2024
Learning to Carry Our Shame and What’s At Stake If We Don’t
Jul 30, 2024
Our Complicated Relationship with Accountability
Jul 12, 2024
Saying the "Right" Thing vs. What We Actually Feel
Jun 27, 2024
The Maha-Mantra: The Transformative Power of the Practice at the Heart of Our Spiritual Work
May 24, 2024
Meditation: Transforming The Mind From Worst Enemy To Best Friend
May 23, 2024
Meditation #1: Guided Meditation To Become Present and Grounded
May 23, 2024
Meditation #2: Mantra Meditation
May 23, 2024
The Misunderstanding of Love
May 09, 2024
Contemplating Death To Live a Good Life
Apr 18, 2024
Designing Relationships Intentionally
Apr 02, 2024
Pinch Moments: A Tool to Restore Communication (and Relationships!)
Mar 19, 2024
Comfort, Stretch, and Panic Zones: Where Do You Reside?
Mar 05, 2024
Where Do You Put Your Faith?
Feb 01, 2024
Atomic Habits and Using Identities to Help Us With Our Habits
Jan 04, 2024
Unlocking Growth Through 360 Degree Reviews and the Delicate Dance With Feedback
Dec 14, 2023
Nonviolent Communication #4. Reconciling Our Infinite Longings With Our Finite Capacity, Spirituality, and The Limits of the NVC Framework
Nov 30, 2023
Nonviolent Communication #3: O-F-N-R (Observation, Feeling, Need, Request)
Nov 08, 2023
Nonviolent Communication #2: The Connection Between Needs And Feelings
Oct 24, 2023
Nonviolent Communication #1: Needs vs. Strategies
Sep 28, 2023
Under the Influence of Lust
Sep 13, 2023
Tolerating Provoking Situations
Aug 29, 2023
Gossip: The Temptation and Tolls
Aug 17, 2023
The Cost of Cutting Corners
Aug 01, 2023
Everyone Is My Teacher
Jul 12, 2023
Enneagram Summing Up the Series
Jun 13, 2023
Enneagram Why Mistypings Happen and the Most Common Mistypings
Jun 13, 2023
Enneagram Type 9 The Peace-Seeker
Jun 13, 2023
Enneagram Type 8 The Challenger
Jun 13, 2023
Enneagram Type 7 The Enthusiast
Jun 12, 2023
Enneagram Type 6 The Loyalist
Jun 12, 2023
Enneagram Type 5 The Investigator
Jun 12, 2023
Enneagram Type 4 The Individualist
Jun 12, 2023
Enneagram Type 3 The Achiever
Jun 12, 2023
Enneagram Type 2 The Helper
Jun 12, 2023
Enneagram Type 1 The Moralist
Jun 12, 2023
Enneagram Typing, Mistyping, and the Wings
Jun 12, 2023
Enneagram Levels of Consciousness, the most important dimension of the framework
Jun 12, 2023
Enneagram Introduction to the Series
Jun 12, 2023
Finding the Bait of the Inner Critic
May 30, 2023
The Four Levels of Motivation
May 09, 2023
An Existential Crisis is an Opportunity for Growth
Mar 29, 2023
Our Need for Validation and Why We Don’t Like To Need It
Mar 15, 2023
I Dislike in You What I Dislike in Me
Mar 01, 2023
Anger Management
Feb 10, 2023
The Power of Powerful Questions
Jan 13, 2023
The Rules that Rule Us
Dec 23, 2022
The Four Listening Channels and the Power of Curiosity
Dec 07, 2022
The Two Sides of Working on Yourself
Nov 23, 2022
Safe vs. Quality Problems
Nov 09, 2022
A Monk in NYC: Demystifying the Monastery
Oct 26, 2022
Internal Family Systems (IFS) & Parts Work: Your Internal Board of Directors
Oct 05, 2022
This is Your Damn Life
Sep 14, 2022
The Freedom Fantasy
Aug 24, 2022
Humiliation Comes Before Humility
Aug 03, 2022
“There I Go Again”
Jul 06, 2022
The Art of the Meta-Conversation
Jun 22, 2022
The Trap of Defining My Value By What I Produce
Jun 08, 2022
The Ego vs. the Self
May 25, 2022
How to Have Difficult Conversations
May 11, 2022
Our Motivations for Charitable Giving
Apr 27, 2022
Goldman Sachs Bonus Day and the Entitled Ego
Apr 13, 2022
The Three Sources of Introversion
Mar 30, 2022
What Does It Mean to Be a Chameleon
Mar 16, 2022
The Inspiration-Insecurity Continuum
Mar 02, 2022
How Are You: The Deeper Meanings Behind Our Responses
Feb 16, 2022
Creating Space Between Stimulus and Response
Feb 02, 2022
From Investment Banker to Monk: Finding Your Calling
Jan 19, 2022
The Agitation We Feel from Social Media (Our Unilateral Contracts)
Jan 05, 2022
The Masks We Wear
Dec 15, 2021
Productivity as a Coping Mechanism for Shame
Dec 01, 2021
The Antidote to Envy
Nov 17, 2021
Imposter Syndrome
Nov 03, 2021
The Seduction of Anger
Oct 20, 2021
Detangling Self-Worth from Achievement
Oct 20, 2021
If You Think You're Self-Aware, You're Not
Oct 20, 2021
Introducing: Upbuilding the Self
Oct 13, 2021