Welcome back everyone to the Truth & Freedom Podcast, where awakening begins with asking the questions most people are afraid to ask. I’m your host, Dr. Dan Amzallag —and this is not just another podcast. This is a journey into awareness, courage, and truth

There’s a moment in everyone’s life when they realize that the loudest enemy they will ever face doesn’t live outside of them—it lives in their own mind. It whispers doubts, amplifies fears, distorts reality, and makes you question your worth, your abilities, and your place in the world. It shows up as negative thinking, ongoing self-doubt, and what we’ve come to know as imposter syndrome. But here’s the truth most people never hear:just because the mind speaks doesn’t mean it speaks the truth.

Today, I want to explore what happens when your mind lies to you—why it lies, how those lies take root, and how you can reclaim your power from the inner critic that has held you hostage for far too long.

Negative thinking doesn’t begin in adulthood.It begins in the small, unnoticed moments where you were criticized instead of encouraged, dismissed instead of validated, compared instead of seen. It beginsin classrooms, in family dynamics, in early relationships, where your mistakes were magnified and your strengths were overlooked. Over time, those messages become internalized. They stop sounding like other people’s voices and start sounding like your own.

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