• Lucy Doughty: Ego, Self-Worth & The Illusion of Success
    Mar 3 2026

    Success. Wealth. Recognition.

    Why does it still feel empty for so many people?

    Lucy Doughty is a global philanthropist, foundation leader, and mother who has built impact across the world. But her greatest transformation didn’t happen through wealth or influence. It happened through loss. Through vulnerability. Through confronting the ego.

    In this episode of You Versus You, we explore:

    • The difference between ego and pride

    • Why success doesn’t guarantee fulfillment

    • How setbacks are actually guidance

    • The power of vulnerability

    • Gratitude as a daily discipline

    • Raising children with intention

    • Wealth, generosity & validation

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    39 mins
  • Derick Grant: Self-Worth, Scarcity & The Beliefs Running Your Life
    Feb 24 2026

    In this episode of YOUvsYOU, Lex sits down with growth mindset coach, author, and former professional basketball player Derick Grant for a powerful conversation about identity, self-worth, and the invisible beliefs shaping your reality.

    From losing everything in 2019 to rebuilding his life from the inside out, Derick shares how adversity became his greatest teacher. Together, they unpack the real question beneath achievement:

    “Am I good enough just as I am?”

    This episode explores:

    • Why your reality is a mirror of your beliefs

    • The hidden self-worth wound driving high performers

    • Scarcity vs. true abundance

    • Why we don’t actually want the car or the house — we want who we’d have to become

    • How adversity builds you instead of breaks you

    • The power of presence and patience

    • Trust as the ultimate tool in your YOU vs YOU battle

    Derick breaks down how trauma, culture, and generational belief systems silently shape our behavior and how awareness is the first step to freedom.

    It’s YOU vs YOU.

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    53 mins
  • Success Can’t Fix the “Hole in Your Chest”, Jerry Colonna
    Feb 17 2026

    If success makes you feel emptier, you’re not broken.
    Jerry Colonna explains why the “hole in your chest” can grow with every win, and what radical self inquiry actually looks like.

    Jerry Colonna is an executive coach and the CEO of Reboot.io, and the author of Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up and Reunion.

    In this episode, we go deep on:
    , Why “lonely at the top” is real, and what leaders never say out loud

    , The hidden addiction to external validation, and how it turns into power that hurts people

    , Why imposter feelings are normal, and how empathy becomes your advantage

    , How to be “a mountain in a hurricane”, practical radical self inquiry prompts

    , The gift of impermanence, and why resisting change creates suffering

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    50 mins
  • You’re Not Lost, You’re Fighting Yourself
    Feb 10 2026

    Most people think they’re stuck because they don’t know their purpose. The truth is harder to face.

    In this episode of You Versus You, Danny Morel explores why high-achievers often feel

    disconnected, restless, and unfulfilled even after success.

    This conversation breaks down how childhood wounds, identity conditioning, fear of stillness, and

    the need to prove ourselves quietly turn ambition into an internal battlefield.

    In this episode, you’ll learn:

    + Why ambition is often rooted in unhealed pain

    + How early experiences shape adult identity

    + Why success can increase inner conflict instead of peace

    + How resistance creates anxiety and suffering

    + The difference between achievement and awakening

    + How to stop fighting yourself and reconnect with who you are

    This isn’t about motivation. It’s about self-confrontation. Because the real fight was never with the

    world, it’s always been with yourself.

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    50 mins
  • Why Successful People Still Feel an Inner Void
    Feb 3 2026

    Success doesn’t always bring peace.

    This episode explores the inner tension many successful people face when achievement, discipline, and recognition still don’t quiet what’s happening inside.

    In this conversation, we talk about inner work, spirituality, discipline, and the long road toward peace of mind. From meditation and self-care to trauma, healing, and redefining what fulfillment really means, this episode goes beyond external success and into the internal battle most people never talk about.

    This episode is for anyone who has achieved, pushed, and hustled and still feels there’s something unresolved beneath the surface.

    This is You Versus You.

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    47 mins
  • Are You Born Lucky Or Do You Create It? | Dr. Tom Myers
    Jan 27 2026

    Synchronicity isn’t random.
    It’s perception.

    In this conversation, Dr. Tom Myers, Ph.D., breaks down what synchronicity really is and why some people recognize meaningful patterns while others miss them entirely.

    We explore how the brain filters reality, how perception shapes decision making, and why control can quietly block clarity. This is not about manifestation or believing harder. It’s about applied psychology, awareness, and learning how to read reality more accurately.

    If you’ve ever felt like life was trying to tell you something, this conversation will change how you understand why.

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    45 mins
  • Dr. Gail | Why What You Were Labeled Might Be Your Greatest Advantage
    Jan 20 2026

    You Versus You is a psychological audit for people who achieved what they were chasing and realized the real conflict didn’t disappear. It just moved inward. This episode explores how traits once labeled as problems often become the very systems that drive creativity, leadership, and original thinking.

    Dr. Gail reframes mental differences not as disorders to fix, but as internal operating systems that were misunderstood, suppressed, or mismanaged. We examine how labels shape identity, how validation and shame create internal pressure, and why so many high performers feel fractured despite external success.

    This conversation isn’t about healing or motivation. It’s about clarity. If you’ve ever felt successful but misaligned, capable but constrained, this episode offers a different lens to understand what’s actually been driving you.

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    46 mins
  • Pink Sweat$ Reveals the Truth About Faith, Trauma, and Self-Worth
    Jan 13 2026

    In this episode of You vs You, Lex Borrero sits down with Pink Sweat$ for a conversation that starts in Philadelphia church culture and ends in the quiet, daily work of healing, accountability, and becoming whole.

    Pink opens up about growing up behind a drum kit, watching people show up to church week after week yet rarely transforming, and how that shaped his relationship with faith, truth, and identity. Together, they unpack the tension between organized religion and a personal connection with God, the way power and money can distort systems, and why real growth often requires you to challenge what you were taught… even when it came from people you love.

    As the conversation deepens, Pink connects the dots between songwriting and spirituality: how words create emotion, how they can also become mental prisons, and why the discipline behind “softness” is actually a form of strength. Lex shares his perspective on self-worth, inner battles, and the modern craving for validation, and Pink reflects on what it means to stay grounded in a world that rewards noise, attention, and performance.

    They also touch on childhood wounds, the fear of letting people in, and how small moments can quietly shape your entire life, until you finally close the loop and choose to heal. The episode ends with a simple but powerful question: what’s the one word you need to hear to win the battle of you versus you? Pink’s answer is raw, human, and unforgettable.

    If you’re navigating anxiety, identity struggles, trauma, faith, people-pleasing, creative pressure, or the need to be understood, this is the kind of episode that doesn’t just motivate you—it sits with you.

    Watch now, then ask yourself:

    • What belief did I inherit that I’ve never questioned?

    • Where am I still creating from lack instead of wholeness?

    • What part of me is asking to be understood—and by who?

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    53 mins