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Doing the Work for You: Matt Gasseling on Healing, Fatherhood, and Finding Self-Worth [episode 92]

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I’m honored to welcome my friend, Matt Gasseling, to the podcast today!

Matt and I go way back; our families have grown close over the years through shared travels (we love our annual ski trips), friendships, and life lived alongside one another. Matt lives in the Nebraska panhandle with his wife, Michaela, and their kids. He’s worked in the ag space for years, now serving as an agronomist. 

Matt is also part of the 1:1 Good Movement Guidance. I’ve had the privilege of walking with him through some really powerful and transformative inner work over the last several months.

In today’s episode, we’re discussing healing, fatherhood, and finding self-worth. Doing the work for you can be difficult. It’s not easy to prioritize yourself and work on your own stuff, especially when the world has taught you to push it all down and go it alone. 

After facing a tragic and heartbreaking family loss, Matt chose not to shut down, but instead, dig DEEPER. He realized he couldn’t pour love into others until he was willing to love himself. That’s not easy work, and it’s a very slow burn!

Matt shares what’s helped him on this journey, from quieting his inner critic and learning to pause when necessary, to leaning into curiosity and letting go of the need for perfection. This episode is an honest look at what healing really looks like, and why doing the work for YOU is one of the most powerful things you can do!

In this episode,  Doing the Work for You: Matt Gasseling on Healing, Fatherhood, and Finding Self-Worth, we cover:

  • What initially led Matt to seek 1:1 Good Movement guidance
  • Why healing starts with learning to love yourself first
  • Realizing that you’re NOT meant to do this work alone
  • What’s shifted for Matt + the tools that are helping him now
  • The real purpose of inner work, healing, and nervous system regulation

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More about the Good Movement Draws Good Movement podcast:

In stockmanship (the art and science of handling cattle in a safe, effective, low-stress manner), we have this phrase . . . good movement draws good movement. 

It’s this thing that happens when we ask a small group of cattle, maybe a cow or a pair, to move out in a certain direction, and their movement draws the whole herd into moving in the same direction.

Good movement happens when we approach the cattle with a positive attitude, read and really listen to what they’re telling us, and communicate accordingly. 

We don’t approach the aware, flighty cattle the same as we do the tame, docile cattle. We adjust ourselves, our energy, and our approach, and we communicate with each other differently.

These adjustments help us effectively draw good movement from each, which then draws good movement from the herd. But it starts with us.

The same is true for humans. Good movement starts with us.

Welcome to Good Movement Draws Good Movement, the podcast where farmers, ranchers, and rural folks can grow relationally through awareness, understanding, and effective communication.

Hey, it’s me – T. I’m your host, and I, along with my guests, will be covering topics related to drawing good movement – things like self and social awareness, brain science, positive psychology, extending grace, and so much more. 

We’ll share tools that can help you understand why you are the way you are, why others are the way they are, and how you can use that to step out of self-told lies with grace and compassion to draw good movement in conversations, relationships, and life in rural America. 

Tune in every Tuesday, and make sure to hit subscribe so you never miss an episode! Let’s go draw good movement!

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