The Stable Living Podcast: Human Behavior, Leadership, and Real Results with Shane Jacob

Make a Promise. Keep It: Being Someone You Can Count On

Most people struggle with confidence, follow through, and overwhelm without realizing why. The issue is not motivation or discipline. It is broken trust with themselves. In this episode, Shane explains how keeping promises to yourself builds self-trust, reduces anxiety, and reinforces the belief that you can rely on yourself. This is a practical conversation about why life improves when your word starts to matter again.What You Will Discover• The real reason broken promises to yourself quietly damage confidence • What happens inside your brain when you follow through even when it is uncomfortable • How planning time and money on purpose eliminates overwhelm

Speak Like You Matter: How to Speak to Yourself to Improve Confidence, Relationships, and Results

The fastest way to improve your life is to change the way you speak to yourself. In this episode, Shane explains how internal language trains the brain to expect certain outcomes and why most people unknowingly reinforce the very limits they want to break.You will learn how intentional self-talk strengthens value beliefs, reduces internal resistance, and leads to better decisions, stronger relationships, and measurable progress.What You Will Discover• Common phrases you are probably saying that weaken confidence and momentum • The truth about why internal language matters so much • What is happening to your belief system when negative self-talk goes unchallenged • The long-term cost of doing nothing about the way you speak to yourself

The Strength to Love When Relationships Are Hard

Most people believe love should feel natural and effortless. Then trust breaks, words land wrong, resentment builds, and love feels anything but easy. In this episode, Shane explains why loving well requires strength, not effort, and how belief in your own value determines how you show up when relationships are strained. This conversation reframes conflict, defensiveness, and emotional connection in a way that brings clarity instead of blame.What You Will Discover· Why doubting your value makes love feel harder than it needs to be· How emotional stability increases your capacity for connection· The link between insecurity, conflict, and emotional distance

Intentional Belief Creation Part 3: Clearing Resistance Before Real Change Happens

Most belief change fails for one reason. Resistance. In Part 3 of the Intentional Belief Creation series, Shane explains why your brain fights new beliefs even when you want them and how to remove the internal blockers that quietly sabotage progress.This episode walks you through a simple but powerful process that prepares your mind to accept new value beliefs without force, guilt, or frustration. When resistance is cleared, belief change becomes possible and lasting.What You Will DiscoverWhy your brain protects old beliefs even when they limit your life The cost of skipping resistance removal A practical exercise that prepares your mind for real belief change

Your Value Is Non-Negotiable: Your Behavior Is Not Who You Are

In this episode, Shane shares a personal story that led him to confront one of the most damaging beliefs people have: that their mistakes define their worth. Drawing from real experience, he breaks down why separating behavior from value is not optional, it is foundational. This conversation challenges the quiet belief that something is “wrong” with us and explains how that belief drives addiction, conflict, self-sabotage, and disconnection. What You’ll DiscoverWhy emotional needs like significance and belonging drive more behavior than willpowerHow shame and self-judgment quietly fuel addiction, conflict, and overcompensationThe danger of letting your mind default to inadequacy without intentional belief work