Episode 21 Be the CEO of Your Life with Kelly Meyer – From Trauma to Transformation

In this powerful episode, Sam is joined by transformational coach and retired professor Kelly Meyer, who shares wisdom from decades of studying and teaching human behavior, emotional healing, and personal development. Together, they explore how to stop living in survival mode and start becoming the CEO of your own life.

Kelly explains the concept of “multiple selves” living within us and how understanding which version of ourselves is showing up can radically change our relationships. They also unpack the difference between experiencing trauma and living in it, how to detach from familiar pain, and why true transformation requires reframing the meaning we give to past events.

Whether you’re rebuilding after toxic love, struggling to find yourself post-relationship, or want to show up better in your life and business, this conversation is a wake-up call and a warm hug all in one.

💥 What You'll Learn:

• Why you are not just “one self” – and how naming your inner personalities can shift your entire life.
• The mindset shift that helps you move from “hurt” to “healed.”
• How trauma bonds and toxic comfort keep us repeating unhealthy patterns.
• The trap of tying your identity to your relationships, career, or material things.
• What it really means to build a small fire and create deeper, more meaningful connection.
• Why being the CEO of your life starts with radical self-nurturing and purpose.

💬 Quotes to Remember:

“You can’t pour from an empty cup. So many entrepreneurs are feeding their business, but starving themselves.” – Kelly Meyer

“You’re not broken. You just have the wrong version of you showing up in the wrong moment.” – Kelly Meyer

“We don’t go to what’s comfortable—we go to what’s familiar. Even if it hurts.” – Sam Morris

🛠️ Resources & Mentions:

• Project Find Your Fire – Learn more about Kelly and his wife’s work: projectfindyourfire.com
• Follow Kelly on Facebook
• Related Episode: Why You Keep Attracting the Same Type of Relationship

🔗 Connect with Sam:

• Website: www.thesammorris.com
• Instagram: @thesammorrisc
• Free Workshop: Heal, Grow, Attract – Register here 👉

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💬 DM Sam on Instagram and tell her: What’s one personality in you that keeps showing up where it shouldn’t?

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Podcast: Whatever Happened to the Gentle Men
Host: Sam Morris
Guest: Kelly Meyer, Transformational Coach & Co-founder of Project Find Your Fire
Duration: ~38 mins