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The Niche Is You
Hi, I’m Matt Gottesman (@mattgottesman on Instagram) and this is my daily podcast where I offer practical thoughts and perspectives to un-complicate life, creativity and the pursuit of your highest self. Instead of choosing one niche for the podcast, I decided that the niche is you… a simple, straight forward show about the power of not boxing yourself into any one category, title or niche, but embracing all of your gifts, having a better relationship with yourself and trusting your path…
Episodes
- The Niche Is You
Momentum Isn’t Created… It’s Protected
In this episode, I talk about how most momentum is lost through misaligned commitments, why saying yes too quickly drains your spiritual, emotional, and…
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When the World Defines Success For You, You Forget To Define It For Yourself
In this episode, I talk about why “keeping up” is one of the most soul-draining cultural habits, how comparison distracts you from the life God actually…
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Why Forcing Growth Creates Resistance, But Accepting Truth Creates Momentum
In this episode, I talk about why you can’t grow faster than you’re willing to accept, how forcing your will leads to burnout, anxiety, and misalignment, why…
- The Niche Is You
The Difference Between Your Intuition and the Voices in Your Mind
In this episode, I talk about how intuition speaks vs. how fear, ego, and anxiety speak, why intuition is steady while inner noise is loud, how to recognize…
- The Niche Is You
Your Genius Activates in Environments & With People That Match Your Spirit
In this episode, I talk about how environment shapes creativity, clarity, and calling, why your spirit knows when a space is aligned (or misaligned), the…
- The Niche Is You
Faith Is Not What You Believe… It’s What You Do With What You Believe
In this episode, I talk about why belief without action becomes spiritual stagnation, the difference between having faith and walking in faith, why obedience…
- The Niche Is You
God Strengthens You While You Carry What You Prayed For
In this episode, I talk about why blessings don’t eliminate the need for growth — they intensify it, the difference between receiving a blessing and preserving…
- The Niche Is You
Redefining Progress: Why Stillness Isn’t Stagnation
In this episode, I talk about why hustlers struggle to rest… and why it feels like going backwards, the spiritual and emotional cost of tying progress only to…
- The Niche Is You
Why Alignment Feels ‘Wrong’ Before It Feels Right
In this episode, I talk about why soul alignment often feels uncomfortable, foreign, or “off” at first, how God uses unfamiliar seasons to break old patterns…
- The Niche Is You
Communication Is How We Love, Honor & Respect Each Other Better
In this episode, I talk about why communication is one of God’s greatest tools for healing and growth, the difference between reacting to pain and responding…
- The Niche Is You
The Most Liberated Souls Are Walking Paradoxes
In this episode, I talk about why integration… not balance… is the path to wholeness, the danger of trying to simplify your identity for the world’s comfort…
- The Niche Is You
“I Got You” Is a Love Language
In this episode, I talk about why “I got you” is deeper than words… it’s presence, protection, and peace, how real love expresses itself through grounded…
- The Niche Is You
Don’t Rush the Blessing
In this episode, I talk about the cost of rushing what God hasn’t finished preparing, how delay teaches trust and maturity, why God slows things down to…
- The Niche Is You
Are Your Plans Aligned With God’s Path For You
In this episode, I talk about the difference between making plans for God and planning with God, why direction matters more than speed, how to discern when…
- The Niche Is You
You Don’t Need a New Strategy… You Need a Stronger Why
In this episode, I talk about why most people overcomplicate execution because they’ve drifted from purpose, the difference between chasing tactics and…
- The Niche Is You
You Can’t Hear Divine Direction When You’re Rushing to Find It
In this episode, I talk about why stillness is not passivity but positioning, how to discern between divine peace and worldly pressure, the difference between…
- The Niche Is You
The People Who Hold Up the Mirror… They See, Challenge & Refine Us
In this episode, I talk about how God places people in our lives to activate what’s already within us, why real connection isn’t about comfort — it’s about…
- The Niche Is You
Trust… That’s Where Miracles Happen
In this episode, I talk about the 7 spiritual postures that open your life to divine alignment, how miracles, breakthroughs, and peace all flow from the unseen…
- The Niche Is You
How to Work With God’s Timing
In this episode, I talk about why God’s timing is never delayed — just designed, how to live in peace even when nothing is moving, what it means to cooperate…
- The Niche Is You
The Thing You’re Most Afraid to Do is the Thing You’re Meant to Do
In this episode, I talk about why fear often points to the very thing God is calling you to create, how resistance is spiritual feedback, not a stop sign, why…
- The Niche Is You
Are You Manifesting Your Life or Surrendering it to God
In this episode, I talk about why manifestation often glorifies control over connection, the spiritual difference between energy and obedience, how surrender…
- The Niche Is You
Partnership is a Form of Stewardship… Divine Relationships Are Assignments Not Attachments
In this episode, I talk about why divine partnership is about purpose, not possession, the difference between attachment and assignment, how to steward a…
- The Niche Is You
Don’t Let the Pain Behind You Block the Joy Ahead
In this episode, I talk about why holding onto pain keeps us from receiving new joy, how God uses the past to teach us, not to trap us, the spiritual…
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“Hard” Is a Universal Experience, Not a Personal Failure
In this episode, I talk about why “hard” is a universal experience, not a personal failure, how resistance is proof you’re walking in purpose, the difference…
- The Niche Is You
Partnership Is the Practice Field for Purpose
In this episode, I talk about why divine partnership refines your purpose, not replaces it, how relationships are where love and leadership meet, the balance…
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The Assignment You Avoid Will Be the One That Evolves You
In this episode, I talk about why discomfort often reveals divine direction, how resistance exposes where growth is required, the cost of avoiding assignments…
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Your Hobbies Are Clues to Your Calling
In this episode, I talk about why your hobbies are divine breadcrumbs leading you toward your calling, how curiosity and play prepare you for mastery and…
- The Niche Is You
Your Becoming Will Offend Who You Were
In this episode, I talk about why evolution often feels like conflict within yourself, how identity shifts can threaten comfort but strengthen calling, the…
- The Niche Is You
You Can’t Receive What You’re Still Resisting
In this episode, I talk about how resistance blocks blessings and opportunities meant for you, why surrender is not weakness, but spiritual strategy, the link…
- The Niche Is You
What’s a Hill You’re Willing to Die On… Defining Conviction, Clarity & Courage in a World of Compromise
In this episode, I talk about why conviction is more valuable than consensus, how spiritual alignment creates moral clarity, the cost and freedom of standing…
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Why God Removes What You Still Think You Need
In this episode, I talk about how God’s “no” is often divine protection, not punishment, the difference between loss and pruning, why you can’t take old…
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Your Calling & Your Person Will Both Call You Higher
In this episode, I talk about why true alignment stretches you beyond comfort, the parallel between purpose and partnership as divine assignments, how God uses…
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You’ll Never Feel Ahead if You’re Measuring Someone Else’s Lane
In this episode, I talk about why comparison destroys peace and clarity, the difference between worldly hustle and divine direction, how obedience creates…
- The Niche Is You
Why Saying “Thank You” in the Storm Opens Doors You Didn’t See
In this episode, I talk about why gratitude is not just polite… it’s powerful, how to thank in the hard seasons and what that posture changes, the spiritual…
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Integrity Compounds — In Business, In Love, In Life
In this episode, I talk about how integrity is a long-term strategy for both business and relationships, why quiet discipline and honest intentions always…
- The Niche Is You
You’re Early… The World Just Hasn’t Caught Up Yet
In this episode, I talk about why “being early” is a form of preparation, not punishment, the unseen process behind divine alignment and timing, how to find…
- The Niche Is You
Purpose isn’t Something You Discover… It’s Something You Uncover
In this episode, I talk about why your life’s work is planted long before it’s recognized, how creative callings evolve through form, not force, the importance…
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Imperfect Execution Often Teaches You More & Connects Deeper Than Overproduced Perfection
In this episode, I talk about why waiting for perfection delays your growth, the power of iteration and learning in public, how imperfection creates deeper…
- The Niche Is You
God Won’t Compete With Your Distractions
In this episode, I talk about why God speaks in stillness, not in noise, how distraction dilutes discernment the difference between movement for progress and…
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The Age of Climbing Ladders is Over… the People Who Connect the Dots Are Now In Charge
In this episode, I talk about why linear “ladder climbing” no longer guarantees success or fulfillment, the rise of creators, polymaths, and multi-disciplinary…
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Time Isn’t Wasted When You’re Present… It’s Wasted When You’re Divided
In this episode, I talk about why division, not slowness, is what wastes your time, how hurry erodes your peace, presence, and connection with God, why love…
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What Builds Trust Isn’t the Perfect Version of You — It’s the Consistent, Honest Version
In this episode, I talk about why trust is built through consistency, not performance, how honesty creates intimacy and credibility, the role of showing up…
- The Niche Is You
Real Love Multiplies Your World… Not Divides it
In this episode, I talk about redefining real love as the act of multiplying peace, faith, respect, and growth in your partner’s life rather than dividing it…
- The Niche Is You
Your Spirit Knows Before Your Mind Does
In this episode, I talk about why discernment speaks in peace, not logic, the difference between soul knowing vs. mind overthinking, how to recognize when God…
- The Niche Is You
Why the Right People Don’t Just Inspire You… They Activate You
In this episode, I talk about why why your environment is either a mirror or a mask, the difference between people who comfort you vs. people who call you…
- The Niche Is You
Busyness Isn’t Faithfulness… It’s Avoidance
In this episode, I talk about why busyness masquerades as devotion but is often distraction, how hurry keeps you from the work God actually assigned, the…
- The Niche Is You
The Best Place to Find Undiscovered Ideas Isn’t Where Everyone Else is Looking
In this episode, I talk about why curiosity is a greater edge than convention or credentials, the difference between conventional minds (seeking certainty) vs…
- The Niche Is You
Credentialism Is a Trap… You Don’t Need to Fit Into a Box to Prove Your Value
In this episode, I talk about why credentials are often a cage, not a catalyst, the difference between legitimacy by title vs. legitimacy by resonance, how…
- The Niche Is You
Presence & Understanding Are the Currency of Real Connection
In this episode, I talk about why authentic attention is the rarest (and most valuable) gift you can give, how being truly understood feeds the human soul more…
- The Niche Is You
Consistency Isn’t Boring… It’s Freedom
In this episode, I talk about why consistency is the hidden foundation of wealth (in every area), the difference between boring repetition and compounding…
- The Niche Is You
Most of What Changes Your Life Starts Way Before Anyone Else Sees It
In this episode, I talk about why beginnings are supposed to be invisible, not impressive, how obscurity is a season of shaping, not punishment, the danger of…
- The Niche Is You
Fall in Love With Your Lane So Deeply That You Stop Comparing Someone Else’s Race
In this episode, I talk about why comparison is a thief of peace and progress, how to cultivate devotion to your unique lane, the freedom that comes from…
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Stop Asking, “How Fast Can I Grow This?” & Start Asking, “How True Can I Make This?”
In this episode, I talk about why speed without substance creates burnout and brittle results, the difference between chasing momentum vs. cultivating meaning…
- The Niche Is You
Answered Prayers Are Often Disguised As Uncomfortable Blessings
In this episode, I talk about why answered prayers rarely look like what you expected, the hidden link between discomfort and preparation, how God uses…
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When Your Professional Curiosities Align With Your Personal Values, You’ve Found Your Path
In this episode, I talk about why curiosity is often the clue to your calling, how personal values serve as your internal compass, what happens when curiosity…
- The Niche Is You
The Thing You’re Waiting For Is Often Waiting On You to Start
In this episode, I talk about why waiting for certainty keeps you stuck, how the act of starting reveals the path, why imperfection is often the doorway to…
- The Niche Is You
How to Overcome Doubt for the Vision
In this episode, I talk about why doubt is real in feeling, but not in truth, the power of consistency as your antidote to doubt, how to anchor your mission…
- The Niche Is You
Stop Chasing Attention, Start Tuning Your Signal
In this episode, I talk about why attention ≠ authority… resonance is the real power, the difference between hype and signal, how to tune your life, work, and…
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What Are Non-Negotiables To Consider In a Relationship
In this episode, I talk about why non-negotiables protect relationships instead of restrict them, the difference between shared values and surface-level…
- The Niche Is You
How To Forgive People Who’ve Wronged You & Move On
In this episode, I talk about why forgiveness is more about you than them, how forgiveness releases the act but keeps the lesson, the role of boundaries and…