Your Purpose is BUILT IN - Your Thinking is the Only Thing Keeping You From It

In this episode of Fatima Bey The MindShifter - Guesting, Fatima joins In the Groove With Todd and Jackie for a deep MindShift conversation about purpose, confidence, identity, and why your thinking determines far more than your circumstances ever will.

From going through a full career collapse during the pandemic to realizing that MindShift work had always been her true calling, Fatima explains why most people are not actually stuck. They are simply repeating unchallenged thinking. This conversation explores MindShift at its core, how confidence is trained out of people, why tools fail without thinking shifts, and how teenagers are navigating identity in a hyperconnected world.

This episode is for anyone at a pivotal point who knows change is necessary and is ready to stop avoiding responsibility for their own growth.

Chapters

00:00 MindShift Intro - From fitting brides to shifting minds

02:54 What MindShift really means and why thinking comes first

05:40 You are never stuck unless you choose to be

06:44 Losing everything and finding purpose during the pandemic

09:34 Why tools fail without a MindShift

14:01 Confidence work - Unlearning what was never true

15:52 Brides, bodies, and belief - Seeing yourself clearly

21:14 Change has no age limit - Growth at 70

23:17 Teen MindShift - Identity in a hyperconnected world

31:34 MindShifting Moment - Your value existed before achievement

Quotes

“Your purpose is already built in. MindShift is not about becoming valuable. It is about uncovering what already exists.”

“Most people do not need more tools. They need a MindShift before the tools can work.”

“You are never stuck unless you decide to stay there. MindShift begins with choice.”

“Value does not come after achievement. Value comes first. That is the MindShift.”

Key MindShifts

• Being stuck is rarely about circumstances. It is about unchallenged thinking. MindShift begins when responsibility replaces resignation.
• Change does not arrive through motivation alone. It happens when thinking shifts before behavior ever does.
• The MindShifter identity was not created by crisis. It was revealed when comfort disappeared and purpose had nowhere left to hide.
• Tools fail when thinking stays the same. MindShift works because it addresses the root before the strategy.
• Purpose is not something you earn later. MindShift reveals what was already built into you from the start.
• Teenagers are not lost. They are overloaded with voices, expectations, and constant comparison. MindShift brings clarity where noise dominates.
• Identity confusion is not weakness. It is a natural human stage that becomes dangerous when guidance is absent.
• Technology connects faster than it connects deeper. MindShift teaches discernment, not disconnection.
• Confidence is not missing in most people. It was trained out of them. MindShift helps restore what was taken.
• Not everyone wants change. MindShift work begins only when a person is willing to be honest about their responsibility in their own life.

Learn more about Fatima Bey The MindShifter and explore all guest appearances in one place:

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Featured Host:

In The Groove With Todd and Jackie

https://www.toddandjackie.com/

Thank you for listening.

Original air date: December 26, 2025

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