What No One Tells You About Love, Aging & Fulfillment .

The Truth About What Actually Makes You Happy,

When Ambition Loses Its Grip — And Love Takes Over ...

The Shift Every Woman Feels (And Men Eventually Catch Up To)

This week on The Three Mantras Podcast, I sit down with Andrew Strassner, Marriage & Family Therapist (MA, LMFT) — and someone I’ve known for over 15 years.

We talk about what actually matters as you get older.

When you’re younger, it’s about achievement.

After 40, it becomes about connection.

We unpack the quiet shift that happens with age — success, relationships, identity, and the lessons life only teaches you after you’ve lived a little.

Honest. Grounded. Real.

If you’re rethinking what you’re chasing, this episode will hit.

#TheThreeMantras #LifeAfter40 #MeaningOverMoney #Relationships #MentalHealth #TherapyTalk #PersonalGrowth #MidlifeWisdom

🎙️ This Week’s Guest: Andrew Strassner, MA, LMFT

Andrew is a Marriage & Family Therapist

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Website: https://andrewstrassner.com/

Andrew’s Therapy Practice: Andrew Morris Strassner, Marriage & Family Therapist, Los Angeles, CA, 90027 | Psychology Today

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I chased girls, money, and status. After 40, I realized fulfillment comes from connection — not success.

Girls, gold, status.

That was the scoreboard for most of my life.

The chase. The validation. The lifestyle.

On paper, it looked like success.

Then I turned 40 — and everything changed. In this episode of The Three Mantras, I talk honestly about the moment I realized that the things I spent years chasing weren’t the things that actually fulfilled me. I’m not here to shame ambition or desire — I lived that life fully.

But somewhere along the way, I discovered something deeper: connection. Presence. Meaning. Peace.

I never thought I’d be the guy talking about real life being more than status, money, or who you’re seen with… but growth has a way of humbling you.

This conversation is about evolution — especially for men who’ve “made it” and still feel like something’s missing.If you’ve ever hit your goals and wondered why it didn’t feel the way you expected…

If you’ve lived fast and now feel called to live real…

This episode is for you.

🎙 Raw conversation

🔥 Masculinity without the mask

🧠 Success, spirituality, and what actually matters

Watch all the way through — this one goes deeper than expected.

#After 40…”

#The Truth About Success

#LifeAfter40

#MensGrowth

#ModernMasculinity

#SpiritualAwakening

#SuccessMindset

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In Part Two of our deep-dive on Dating, we go beyond the symptoms and into the system that’s quietly shaping how people experience love today. From social media illusions and curated “perfect relationships” to the emotional patterns that drive romantic obsession, approval-seeking, and attachment wounds, this episode breaks down what real, healthy connection actually looks like. We explore the difference between love, need, fantasy, and addiction—and how young people in particular are being conditioned to confuse attention for intimacy. If you’ve ever wondered why modern relationships feel harder, faster, and more fragile, this conversation may change the way you see love forever.

#DatingInTheDigitalAge

#Badbunny

#LoveAddiction #HealthyRelationships

#manifesting

#abundance

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This episode is about why the hottest connections are usually the most broken ones.

In LA, attraction is everywhere—perfect bodies, curated lifestyles, endless options. But underneath the yoga pants, cold plunges, and rooftop cocktails is something way less glamorous: love addiction and unhealed childhood trauma.

In this episode of The Three Mantras Podcast, I break down:
• Why sexual chemistry is often trauma responding to trauma
• How emotionally unavailable people find each other effortlessly
• Why intensity feels like intimacy—but never lasts
• The cycle of attraction, sex, distance, and collapse
• Why LA dating rewards desire, not depth

These relationships look incredible on Instagram.
They feel electric in bed.
And they implode the moment real emotional safety is required.

If you keep attracting unavailable partners…
If passion keeps replacing peace…
If the connection is hot but unstable…

This episode explains why—and how to stop mistaking chaos for love.

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In this episode of The Three Mantras Podcast, we dive into an honest conversation about the overlap between mental health and addiction, and how easily one can be mistaken for the other. So many of us have used “mental health” as a shield because it feels more acceptable, more sympathetic, and less confronting than acknowledging patterns of addiction. But when we blur the lines, we delay the real help and healing we need.

This discussion explores self-awareness, accountability, and the courage it takes to stop hiding behind a label that protects us from the truth. It’s about understanding our own motivations, recognizing when we are avoiding something deeper, and learning to face what we fear with integrity and compassion. If you’ve ever struggled to tell the difference between when you’re taking care of yourself and when you’re avoiding yourself, this episode is for you.

#MentalHealthRealTalk #AddictionRecovery #SobrietyLife #InnerChildHealing #MentalHealthAwareness #SpiritualGrowth #SelfHelpPodcast #TraumaHealing

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This week on The Three Mantras Podcast, I talk about something we’ve almost forgotten how to do in today’s world: loving confrontation.

Not shaming.

Not canceling.

Not silence.

But the kind of honest, compassionate truth-telling that actually helps people get better.

In an age where addiction, overdose, and quiet suffering are everywhere, avoiding hard conversations doesn’t protect anyone — it isolates them. Growth doesn’t happen without reflection, and reflection often requires someone who cares enough to speak up.

As I head to Boston during Christmas week, this episode feels especially timely. The holidays bring love, memory, grief, and truth to the surface. This is a reminder that accountability and compassion can — and must — coexist.

If we really love people, we don’t abandon them to comfort.

We stay present.

We tell the truth.

And we do it with love.

#RecoveryTalk

#AddictionAwareness

#HealingJourney

#PersonalGrowth

#EmotionalSobriety

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You Don’t Attract What You Want — You Attract What You Haven’t Healed

This week on The Three Mantras Podcast, I’m coming to you after returning from Dubai, reflecting on abundance, healing, and what it really means to manifest from a grounded place. We go deep into inner child healing—how unresolved wounds quietly shape our relationships, money patterns, and sense of self-worth, and how reconnecting with that part of us is essential to real manifestation.

I also unpack thoughts sparked by the P. Diddy documentary, exploring power, trauma, denial, and what happens when inner work is avoided. This episode is about breaking cycles, reclaiming joy, and understanding that true abundance doesn’t come from ego or external validation—it comes from healing the inner child and aligning with who you really are. If you’re ready to manifest with clarity instead of chaos, this conversation is for you.

#PDiddyDocumentary

#HealingTrauma

#LawOfAttraction

#Manifestation

#Abundance

#TheThreeMantras

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This week on The Three Mantras Podcast, I reveal how I casually told F1 superstar Carlos Sainz in Doha that his race would go better than he could imagine — and then the man actually delivered. Did I manifest it? Did I bless him? Am I the spiritual pit crew he never knew he needed? Possibly.

I also break down why the holiday season is not the time to confront your ex, your boss, or your inner demons. December is for sitting still, letting things marinate, and ignoring texts like a professional. If it feels urgent, it’s probably nonsense. January can handle it.

#CarlosSainz #Manifestation #F1

#Manifesting

#LawOfAttraction

#AbundanceMindset

#SpiritualComedy

#ComedyPodcast

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