# Jord Cuiper: The One Thing Stopping You From Actually Changing | EP 80 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-of-man-men-s-leadership-relationships-and-intimacy-6476755/jord-cuiper-the-one-thing-stopping-you-from-actually-changing-ep-80 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-of-man-men-s-leadership-relationships-and-intimacy-6476755/jord-cuiper-the-one-thing-stopping-you-from-actually-changing-ep-80.md Podcast: [Heart of Man | Men's Leadership, Relationships and Intimacy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-of-man-men-s-leadership-relationships-and-intimacy-6476755) Published: 2026-06-24T08:38:01+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heartofman/episodes/Jord-Cuiper-The-One-Thing-Stopping-You-From-Actually-Changing--EP-80-e3l5no8 Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/dfbdca10/podcast/play/121871560/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-23%2F426667330-44100-2-af8c90b32af24.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/heart-of-man-men-s-leadership-relationships-and-intimacy-6476755/episodes/jord-cuiper-the-one-thing-stopping-you-from-actually-changing-ep-80 Duration seconds: 5553 ## Resource Jord Cuiper is back for his 2nd round, and this interview feels like a full-circle moment, considering he was part of the first episode I ever published. He's an executive and self-leadership coach with over a decade of experience working with founders, business owners & high-level professionals across the world. As I see it, his work cuts straight to the core of what actually holds people back: ◾ The blind spots they cannot see in themselves, the self-protective patterns they might have built over a lifetime, and the foundational values they've disconnected from. In his own life, Jord founded his first tech company at 24, scaling it from zero to a seven-figure business serving clients across Europe. Then, in 2018, a near-fatal health crisis forced him to step down from the business and confront the aspects of himself that led him to this definitive moment, requiring him to completely rebuild his life from the ground up. And this became the very foundation of the work he provides today... Back in the beginning of 2024, I went through a defining period myself, where my business scaled 2x, and at the same time I was constantly overwhelmed, needing to confront the fact that I was at the brink of burnout, even though I was deeply trained within the understandings of the nervous system. I reached out to him, knowing if someone could help me through this time, it would be him. That led to him becoming my coach over a 16-month period, guiding me toward building a deeper form of self-leadership from the inside out. The shifts I made during that time were foundational, and I carry much of what we built together into my work to this day. In this episode, Jord and I return to the core of his work: Why change is harder than we think, why knowing is never enough, and what it ac… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/heart-of-man-men-s-leadership-relationships-and-intimacy-6476755/episodes/jord-cuiper-the-one-thing-stopping-you-from-actually-changing-ep-80/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-of-man-men-s-leadership-relationships-and-intimacy-6476755/jord-cuiper-the-one-thing-stopping-you-from-actually-changing-ep-80.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.