# The 3-year-old & power of being yourself vs The cost of performing yourself | Embodied Self-Mastery Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspiring-human-potential-176458/the-3-year-old-power-of-being-yourself-vs-the-cost-of-performing-yourself-embodied-self-mastery Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspiring-human-potential-176458/the-3-year-old-power-of-being-yourself-vs-the-cost-of-performing-yourself-embodied-self-mastery.md Podcast: [Inspiring Human Potential](https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspiring-human-potential-176458) Published: 2026-09-16T19:37:03+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/maria-florio/episodes/The-3-year-old--power-of-being-yourself-vs-The-cost-of-performing-yourself--Embodied-Self-Mastery-e3ourqa Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/dde898/podcast/play/125840650/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-16%2F432038791-44100-2-789b7a8d2f53e.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/inspiring-human-potential-176458/episodes/the-3-year-old-power-of-being-yourself-vs-the-cost-of-performing-yourself-embodied-self-mastery Duration seconds: 4533 ## Resource Shift from Reactive Survival Loops to Real-Time Empowered Composure—The SMART Way. Download Your FREE 10-Minute SMART MICRO-HABIT Check (PDF): https://payhip.com/b/r3sNW 📘 1-Day Inner Growth Mindset Practice & SMART MICRO-HABIT Guide ($22): Master the complete Level 1 & Level 2 architecture to build daily baseline composure: https://payhip.com/b/Qw23E Stressful day? Whether it’s friction with your boss, partner, parents, in-laws, kids, or landlord… (Giornata stressante? Che sia per il capo, il partner, i genitori, i suoceri, i figli o il proprietario di casa...) When a missed deadline, an unexpected bill, or a difficult interaction throws off your day, how do you return to center without faking growth or suppressing the reaction? This quick $0.92 SMART MICRO-HABIT Checklist gives you an immediate somatic-mindset protocol to shift out of reactivity and back into ventral alignment and mental clarity in real time: https://payhip.com/b/2x0tk Stop relying on a survival loop and shift into a growth mindset. Your guide to ventral pivoting and nervous system sovereignty is one click away. Check out The Accessible Guide to Your Sovereign Blueprint: Nervous System Sovereignty & Conscious Self-Leadership - https://payhip.com/b/NJXhO Not ready for the guide, check out the FREE Executive Summary here: https://payhip.com/b/VtK7k --------- Inspiring Human Potential explores self-leadership, emotional intelligence, journaling, and conscious living through a higher-self lens. ------------- Subscribe on Substack: 👉 https://inspiringhumanpotential.substack.com/subscribe --------------- 🎙 About This Space IHP is a space for individuals committed to self-leadership, nervous system regulation, and embodied growth. Here we explore: emotional and mental intelligence self-led regul… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/inspiring-human-potential-176458/episodes/the-3-year-old-power-of-being-yourself-vs-the-cost-of-performing-yourself-embodied-self-mastery/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspiring-human-potential-176458/the-3-year-old-power-of-being-yourself-vs-the-cost-of-performing-yourself-embodied-self-mastery.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.