Episode 329. Computer logic, mathematical equations, and taking a punch to the kidneys

This episode starts with a simple idea from the binary logic of computer science, and ends up somewhere much closer to home.

Every computer program runs on basic on/off decisions. 1 or 0. True or false. And as it turns out, that’s exactly how a child makes sense of the world. Questions to: Am I good, worthy, smart, special, different, normal (and plenty more) are answered definitively one way or the other.

In this episode, I unpack how those early binary decisions form the structure of insecurity and how most adults go their whole lives without examining this core coding.

I’ll also show you how the strategies you’ve built to avoid having your worst fear about yourself confirmed operate like mathematical equations. Precise. Predictable. And completely invisible once they’re running.

And most importantly:

Why the solution is not to flip the answer from “not enough” to “enough”… but to dismantle the binary logic altogether.

I also share a very real and painful example from my own life this week that would have triggered binary logic, had I not already dismantled it.

Plus:

• The first official Insecurity Project patron saint, and

• A brand new version of the Hidden Insecurity Diagnostic to help you see your deepest patterning

If you’ve ever tried to ‘positive think’ your way out of insecurity or try to replace one belief with another, this will show you why that never quite works, and what to do instead.