E92 When Your Circle Becomes Your Cage: How to Break Free & Manifest Your Dreams; The Group Chats

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Welcome to another edition of Addition! I am your host, Addy Snowden, Quantum Life Coach, helping you get HAPPIER, HEALTHIER and WEALTHIER by jumping into the reality of your dreams!

In today’s episode, we dive into the surprising ways the people closest to us — friends, coworkers, even mentors — can unintentionally or intentionally derail our progress toward our goals and dreams. Learn how to spot the signs, why it happens, and how to protect your vision while maintaining your relationships.

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00:24 Addy introduces todays topic: When Your Circle Becomes Your Cage: How to Break Free and Manifest Your Dreams

06:06 The nature of dreams and relationships

13:04 Types of dream-blocking friends and coworkers

23:30 The consequences of having the wrong people around you

30:50 How to protect your dreams

34:00 Summary, takeaway, homework

36:12 Hot topic in tech, “The Group Chats that Changed America”: https://www.semafor.com/article/04/27/2025/the-group-chats-that-changed-america

39:34 What Addy is geeked out about this week

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