The Landmine After the Goldmine with Peter Kennedy

Most leaders spend their entire career building toward one moment: the exit. The sale of the successful business. The win that's supposed to make everything feel worth it.In this episode of Fearful Giants, Clay Stelzer sits down with Peter Kennedy—serial entrepreneur, author of The Remembering, and CEO and co-founder of Evolvewell. Peter built Tagger Media, a leading influencer marketing and social intelligence company, scaled it, and sold it to Sprout Social. By every external measure, it was everything he'd worked for.Then he fell into the darkest depression of his life.What followed was one of the most honest accounts of identity, fear, and spiritual awakening we've had on this show.What You'll Hear:How tying self-worth to achievement slowly hollows you out, and what the exit actually exposesThe sweat lodge vision in Brazil that cracked Peter's world open: "Fear is worse than death. And that is why I fear no death."Why trying to destroy your inner critic doesn't work and what integration actually looks likeHow Peter leads Evolvewell with a "personal growth before profits" philosophy including breath work sessions before team brainstormsThe backpack of rocks metaphor that changed how Peter says no and what it means for leaders everywhereWhat vulnerability really means in leadership, and why the ego is the enemy of real cultureIf this one lands for you, share it with a founder or leader who's chasing the win and might need to hear this.Connect with Peter Kennedy: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterkennedy182/ Website: https://www.evolveweird.com/Connect with Clay: Website: https://15sixty.com/ LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/claystelzer  Resources Mentioned: The Remembering by Peter KennedyEvolvewell journeys on YouTube (Alex's breath work sessions)Michael Singer Joe DispenzaIboga plant medicine🎵 Music License: CMUVN6N0WHFMBOOL