Josh Trent: How to Overcome Any Addiction + Limiting Belief (The Way Forward Podcast)

Josh Trent: How to Overcome Any Addiction + Limiting Belief (The Way Forward Podcast)

Author: Josh Trent February 18, 2026 Duration: 2:05:25

What if everything you believe about money, love, worthiness, and safety was installed in you before you ever had a say in the matter?

Josh Trent, host of the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast and identity transformation architect, sits down with Alec Zeck for one of the most raw and real conversations he's ever had.

Josh opens up about hitting rock bottom in 2014... $80,000 in debt, freshly fired, putting his mom in a mental home, and stuffing everything he owned into a duffel bag. That moment became the launchpad for over a decade of deep inner work.

Josh also gets honest about his journey through pornography addiction, his experiences with plant medicine (including a brutal Ayahuasca ceremony where he screamed in a room full of strangers), and why he believes emotional epigenetics means we're not just healing for ourselves but for seven generations forward and back.

This conversation covers what it actually looks like to dismantle an identity built on pain, why safety is a paradox, and how the bridge between knowing and doing is the real final frontier of human growth.


In this episode, Josh Trent uncovers:

  • (06:30) Breaking down the old identity: the tools and practices Josh used for transformation
  • (19:02) Is plant medicine a necessity when it comes to transformation?
  • (34:07) Getting to your root beliefs with the BTFA practice: a step-by-step breathwork walkthrough
  • (58:45) Traditional talk therapy vs somatic approaches
  • (01:11:23) Understanding addiction as disconnection and the trap of trading one addiction for another
  • (01:27:05) Facing your biggest fear in real-time: how Alec nearly shut down his podcast
  • (01:41:24) Emotional epigenetics and why we unconsciously pass patterns down through generations
  • (01:53:58) The single most powerful practice: emotional inventory

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Hosted by Josh Trent, the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast serves as a gathering place for anyone looking to navigate the complexities of contemporary life with a greater sense of balance and purpose. Rather than offering quick fixes, conversations are designed to explore foundational aspects of our existence-what Josh calls the "Pentagon of Wellness," which encompasses physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, and financial health. The approach here is deliberate, taking a single topic and examining it from multiple angles to uncover practical, embodied wisdom. You’ll hear Josh engage with a variety of voices and ideas, consistently asking the thoughtful, often challenging questions that get to the heart of what authentic well-being really means. Tuning into this podcast feels like joining a thoughtful dialogue where insights from each episode are meant to be applied, creating tangible shifts in how you move through your days. It’s a resource for those who believe that thriving in our modern world requires an integrated, courageous look at all the facets of a human life.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 50

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