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EPISODE · Sep 22, 2026 · 41 MIN

Are You Chasing the Wrong Life? Divine Design, Ego, and the Life That Actually Fits! EP152

from The New Ashla Podcast: Cultivating Consciousness through Inner Work and Self-Mastery · host Justin V Gates and Michael Perry

Episode GuideWhat if the life you have been working so hard to build is not actually yours?In Are You Chasing the Wrong Life?, we explore the difference between a life shaped by calling, truth, values, and authentic self expression, and a life shaped by approval, comparison, fear, status, and inherited expectations.Many people reach the career, income, relationship, lifestyle, or level of success they were taught to want, only to arrive and feel strangely empty. That emptiness does not always mean you need more. Sometimes it is a signal that you have been chasing goals that never truly belonged to you.Through the lens of psychology, Florence Scovel Shinn’s idea of Divine Design, and the teachings of Ashla, we examine intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation, identity based goals, the Greater Self, Calling, service, and the Sacred Ethos of Love, Truth, Integrity, Connection, and Sanctity of Life.The deeper question is not simply:“What do I want?”It is:“Where did I learn to want it, and does the life I am building actually fit who I am becoming?”This episode is an invitation to stop measuring your life by what looks successful from the outside and begin creating one that feels true, aligned, meaningful, and alive from within.KeywordsAre You Chasing the Wrong Life, Divine Design, Ego Design, life purpose, finding your purpose, finding your calling, authentic self, authenticity, personal values, spiritual alignment, Greater Self, self expression, perfect self expression, Florence Scovel Shinn, intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, identity based goals, self determination theory, purpose driven life, meaningful life, success and emptiness, achievement and happiness, spiritual purpose, spiritual growth, personal growth, self discovery, conscious living, life alignment, ego driven goals, inherited goals, social conditioning, comparison, self worth, approval seeking, authenticity and purpose, vocation, right vocation, service, calling, New Ashla, Way of Ashla, Sacred Ethos, Love, Truth, Integrity, Connection, Sanctity of Life, the Force, self mastery, aligned goals, finding meaning, living authentically, spiritual coachingKeywords

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