<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Alpha Divergent]]></title><description><![CDATA[You’re not fucked up. Alpha Divergent is a newsletter about YOU. You know what to do, have the time, the resources, the plan, and still won’t mash on the gas. Stop pumping your own brakes. I will show you EXACTLY how.]]></description><link>https://alphadivergent.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ufFP!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2223b4f4-4e5d-4a6d-b8e1-4811a6bcd202_1024x1024.png</url><title>Alpha Divergent</title><link>https://alphadivergent.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:23:48 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://alphadivergent.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[achy rios, agent - UCC 1-207/1-308 all rights reserved]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[alphadivergent@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[alphadivergent@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Achy]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Achy]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[alphadivergent@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[alphadivergent@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Achy]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[THREE: TRIGGERS AND PROJECTIONS]]></title><description><![CDATA[IT'S ALL FAKE. YOU'RE ALL FREE.]]></description><link>https://alphadivergent.com/p/three-triggers-and-projections-46c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://alphadivergent.com/p/three-triggers-and-projections-46c</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Achy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:11:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b4274e59-9526-4d41-bea0-b5835b7c85ff_1920x1080.webp" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>STORYTIME</p></blockquote><p>I know there&#8217;s a lot of reference to story lines here. There&#8217;s a lot of reference to characters. We&#8217;re just talking about life. Stories and even the idea of story telling just make it easier for the lessons to land. Keep that in mind.</p><p>Your life is a story. In reality your life is a process and a cycle from birth to death. Most things are on repeat. It&#8217;s not hyper complex when you put it that way. But we still play things out like stories. You are the main character, of course. But you are not thinking that. You are just behaving that way on autopilot. There are people you (maybe) consider good and bad guys. There is history and there is the projected future. There is the present day. </p><p>We have a long history of learning through story. Tribesmen and kings alike share stories to impart wisdom, joy, and clarity to each other. Even in the age of AI, we are creating prompts that create characters. </p><p>But we are just talking about you.</p><p>Take some time to sort of see your own version of this behavior or thought process. What could you say is the simple story of your life? Who are the good guys and the bad guys? What is your ordinary world, your call to adventure, your magic sword, your final battle, or your final trip home? What is your initiation, separation, and return?</p><div><hr></div><blockquote><p>FAUX SOCIETY</p></blockquote><p>Even though story telling is great in the grand scheme of things for all of us because it allows us to relate, we all make the mistake of casting people as characters in our story. In a book or a movie, you can expect the characters to always be who they are. Sure, you may have the plot twist or two, but for the most part you understand the general arc of a character. In short, you know what to expect.</p><p>In real life, people change. People evolve. (Assuming they choose to do so.) In real life, you don&#8217;t know people&#8217;s stories. You have no clue what motivates them. You don&#8217;t know where they came from. You don&#8217;t know what they fear. With wisdom and experience you can get a good feel for behavioral psychology and that helps you get a better grip on people. Maybe you are very social. Maybe you&#8217;re in sales. Maybe you deal with a certain class of society. These things give you an edge.</p><p>But you need to be careful of trying too hard to place people in a box. The good or evil box. Not because you can&#8217;t tell who does good or bad things. But because when you can&#8217;t look at people objectively, you can&#8217;t learn about them as much as you&#8217;d like. You become less curious and ask less questions. You miss opportunity or you overinvest in people you should be walking away from. </p><p>I only bring up this process of &#8216;projection&#8217; because many people do it. People, suffice it to say, can be very mentally lazy. It&#8217;s easy to just label a person and move the fuck on. It&#8217;s hard to spend time and get to know someone. By the way, this is not an obligation to go deep on every conversation. This is just a lesson on the average human mind.</p><p>The result is we all live in a faux society, where everyone is floating in and out of consciousness. So while you&#8217;re projecting, they&#8217;re projecting. When you are projecting, you likely don&#8217;t know it. When you are tense without thought, you are seeking to project&#8230;but just haven&#8217;t found a target yet. When you are triggered, you are not here. When you are projecting, you are not here.</p><p>So the faux society is in your head. You want to stay out of it and have more vivid interactions that are not constantly running through the filter of your projected story line. </p><div><hr></div><blockquote><p>TRIGGER LOOP</p></blockquote><p>The average consciousness beLIEves that triggers live outside of them and it&#8217;s kind of true. But one can&#8217;t be triggered without a thought process or an idea telling the &#8216;self&#8217; to be triggered. When the &#8216;self&#8217; is triggered, the conscioussness beLIEves they are being triggred. The consciousness only gives orders and has experiences. You are conscioussness and therefore not the receiving end of the trigger. Rather, you are the observer of the &#8216;self&#8217; reacting to the trigger. You see the thing that triggers. You experience the mental and physical reaction of the &#8216;self&#8217;. It&#8217;s so close that you just assume it&#8217;s you.</p><p>You are still the programmer. You teach the &#8216;self&#8217; to find a way to not care about the trigger or you force the &#8216;self&#8217; to create an environment where the trigger cannot exist. Your &#8216;self&#8217; becomes addicted to these triggers. When they are not happening and cannot be found, there is only one other option.</p><p>Projection. Casting a story onto the world. Casting a spell on you. Your mind is seeking out triggers when there are none to be found. You&#8217;re not unique or special in this sense. Everyone has triggers in thier body&#8230;in their &#8216;selves&#8217;. The truth is ff you&#8217;re not unique, there&#8217;s really no story. If there&#8217;s no story, there&#8217;s nothing for your &#8216;self&#8217; to attach to&#8230;and you can be here in the present moment. </p><div><hr></div><blockquote><p>THE CHANNEL</p></blockquote><p>Your mind is a CHANNEL.</p><p>A HALLWAY. </p><p>A PASSAGE.</p><p>Data enters through your senses. </p><p>It emerges from your memory, your synapses, and your superconscious&#8230;your god head&#8230;back into the world. Your mind has the ability to process many thoughts and ideas, however we can make the massive mistake of trying to process every thing that we see.</p><p>Saving. Categorizing. Labeling.</p><p><em>What is it? What does it mean? What can be done with it? How do I feel about it?</em></p><p>Meanwhile, we dump shit signals into our brain.</p><ul><li><p>Weed. </p></li><li><p>Hard drugs. </p></li><li><p>Binge watching shows, movies, and games. </p></li><li><p>Porn. </p></li><li><p>Knowledge. </p></li><li><p>Religion. </p></li><li><p>Alcohol.</p></li><li><p>Crisis and Drama.</p></li></ul><p>I have zero issues with any of these things, by the way. But I used to do all of those things and I just became this hole that would never be filled&#8230;a man never to feel satisfaction. There&#8217;s also really nothing morally wrong with doing these things. But if you are trying to recliam your body and mind and, therefore, your experience of life, you will have to drop these life numbing signals as much as you can in order to make room for that which is fulfilling.</p><p>Keep your channel clear.</p><div><hr></div><blockquote><p>PATTERN VS. SOURCE</p></blockquote><p>Yes, your trauma responses have a &#8216;source&#8217;. Everything comes from somewhere&#8230;and understanding those sources DO help. But you can overcome them EVEN if you never figure out where it all started. It&#8217;s not as important to move toward the source of the problem as much as it is important to see the echoes of the problem that exist in your present day life.</p><p>FIND THE PATTERN.</p><p>Very often, the pattern will bring you to the source anyway. You don&#8217;t have to go on a journey to change. But if you authentically feel you want to move in that direction, you can. Your thoughts are programming left in your &#8216;self&#8217;. If it&#8217;s programming that does not serve you, it&#8217;s illusion. </p><p>You are here to be served by your &#8216;self&#8217;. This can feel a little like dissonance to believe you are here to be served by your own &#8216;self&#8217; as the controlling consciousness. But if you are alive, and you are not into the idea of being a slave to be controlled by others, what else could your &#8216;self&#8217; possibly be for? Use it.</p><p>Your &#8216;self&#8217; will often refuse and try and convince you to be passive or do things later. This is you being the slave. Your body convinces you to do less and then you live an experience that you are unhappy with. You as the consciousness becomes unhappy in order to make the &#8216;self&#8217; comfortable.</p><p>It&#8217;s more important to see the patterns of the &#8216;self&#8217; that are sabotaging you than finding a way to relive the source of a trauma that will bring you no closer to the life and performance you desire. There is something you want to be. A character you truly want to embody. Find the pattern of the &#8216;self&#8217;, and you can break it to engage with the desired pattern of you&#8230;the consciousness. You don&#8217;t need deep discovery. You need training. You are the source.</p><div><hr></div><blockquote><p>PRESENCE</p></blockquote><p>Everything is a practice in being present. Be present. You&#8217;re here. In this space. It&#8217;s your highest calling. Don&#8217;t think&#8230;STREAM. Rumination and fantasizing also fucks you. If you need to think about something you can do it in the present moment. But when you are swept up in thought to the point of not even knowing where you are, it&#8217;s likely a problem. If you want to dive into the mind, you can always meditate. I won&#8217;t get into it, but I would recommend looking into transcendental meditation. Also, be careful of the &#8216;self&#8217; coming in through the side door. For example, if you are lost in thought, and you notice it. Just come back to being here. The &#8216;self&#8217; will trick you by making you feel triggered for not being in the moment which shoves you right back into your head.</p><p>It&#8217;s NOT a self-blame thing or some over hyped taking responsibility shit.</p><p>It&#8217;s - you&#8217;re HERE&#8230;or you&#8217;re not.</p><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: center;">What&#8217;s the pattern that&#8217;s killing you?</p><p style="text-align: center;">How will you break it?</p><p style="text-align: center;">$7/Month - OR - $43/Year</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://alphadivergent.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;button-wrapper&quot;}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="https://alphadivergent.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Founders Special Ends NYD 2027</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://buy.stripe.com/6oU9ASeHheRvgaX5Hu1VK05&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;2027 Founders Special&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;button-wrapper&quot;}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="https://buy.stripe.com/6oU9ASeHheRvgaX5Hu1VK05"><span>2027 Founders Special</span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Details in the post below.</p><div><hr></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;95867bbc-dac2-491b-86fa-c8866601dca0&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;lg&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Alpha Divergent Shadow Alchemy&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:327928490,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Achy&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;You&#8217;re not fucked up. 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They were just too strong and turned me into a zombie. I still appreciate her removing those meds to this day. She liked my energy. I liked it, too. </p><p>As I grew up, I experienced a lot of useless <mark data-color="#4a6741" style="background-color: rgb(74, 103, 65); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">family drama and toxic behavior</mark>, as many families do. </p><p>I don&#8217;t want to get too far into the ugliness. The <mark data-color="#4a6741" style="background-color: rgb(74, 103, 65); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">anger</mark> that I grew up with had attached itself to me. </p><p>I would scream loudly in public. </p><p>My temper was hot. </p><p>I was lucky to have some high energy jobs and activities to keep me together and happy for the most part. </p><p>The relationships I got into always had an element of that toxicity in them. Women who were only nice when I treated them like garbage. People who <mark data-color="#4a6741" style="background-color: rgb(74, 103, 65); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">lie and manipulate</mark>&#8230;and are proud of it. If I dated someone who was not toxic, I usually broke up with them because I was unfamiliar with actual balanced behavior. I had a tendancy to attract other toxic people as well. A lot of my friends held the same characteristics I had. </p><blockquote><p>Unbalanced. Unfocused. Unfulfilled. </p></blockquote><p>I <mark data-color="#4a6741" style="background-color: rgb(74, 103, 65); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">crashed out</mark>. </p><p>I had a kid coupled with an unhealthy relationship that was going nowhere. The relationship was not with the mother. The issue was that I got caught up in drugs and sex and turned into a moron of a boyfriend and generally a lost human in general. I had actually been in that relationship so long that I thought it was something that was going to last. I also thought I was with someone honest. </p><p>But she was just a toxic match for me.</p><p>It was one dramtic story after another, and it only ended with a rough break up and me falling into a deep depression. I lost money. I lost myself. I lost my stability of which I hardly had any. I ended up living in my car&#8230;abandoned buildings&#8230;hopping from shared home to rooming apartment&#8230;sleeping in the streets. </p><p>It felt like it would never fucking end. </p><p>I was constantly on edge. </p><p>The only people I could seem to meet, rich or poor, were fucking nuts.</p><p>After close to five years of absolute spinning and always connecting with the worst of people, I had more than ADHD.</p><p><mark data-color="#4a6741" style="background-color: rgb(74, 103, 65); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">C-PTSD, Depression, and Anxiety</mark> had also entered the chat. I was having trouble sleeping. I had massive <mark data-color="#4a6741" style="background-color: rgb(74, 103, 65); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">intrusive thoughts</mark> about being a &#8216;loser&#8217; or a &#8216;piece of shit&#8217;&#8230;I consciously <mark data-color="rgb(74, 103, 65)" style="background-color: rgb(74, 103, 65); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">knew that these thoughts were not true</mark>. I was <mark data-color="#4a6741" style="background-color: rgb(74, 103, 65); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">self harming</mark> just to quiet the thoughts. </p><p>This was the result of years of traumatic and painful events&#8230;physical pains&#8230;sexual abuse&#8230;fake friends&#8230;abusive bosses and managers&#8230;family drama and &#8216;in&#8217; fighting&#8230;homelessness&#8230;</p><p>I could not socialize. I could not concentrate. I could not read a book. I could not keep a job.</p><p>Fuck.</p><p>I could hardly think.</p><p>I kept trying. </p><p>For a moment I was able to clear everything out by <mark data-color="#4a6741" style="background-color: rgb(74, 103, 65); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">cutting everything out</mark>. </p><p>Shit food. OUT.</p><p>Booze, although I hardly drank. OUT.</p><p>Weed. OUT.</p><p>I was able to clear my head of the intrusive thoughts and just feel normal&#8230;as normal as I COULD feel. Still, it wasn&#8217;t long before I was stressing and feeling pain in my body&#8230;and I had a little weed to feel physically better again. It didn&#8217;t take much at all. It all came rushing back. The anxiety and intrusive thoughts came like they had never left.</p><p>I was in a <mark data-color="#4a6741" style="background-color: rgb(74, 103, 65); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">double bind</mark>.</p><p>I could not seem to totally heal if I was clean, OR if I was smoking.</p><p>After another lost job, I finally got a chance to <mark data-color="#4a6741" style="background-color: rgb(74, 103, 65); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">see a therapist</mark>&#8230;who decided it would be a good idea to lie and say I was on opioids (fentanyl, codeine, morphine, etc.) on her report.</p><p>Seeking help, I somehow got myself a toxic therapist.</p><p>Even with the fake sympathy from an abusive health professional, I knew I needed meds. My mom had been bothering me about it forever, but with work and constant burn out, the time and energy was not there.</p><p>I could be super physically fit. I could lean into organization and self-help knowledge. I could meditate and shove every religious text right up my ass. </p><p>And don&#8217;t get me wrong&#8230;these things REALLY work.</p><p>But I just needed help. </p><p>I JUST NEEDED HELP. </p><p>I was mostly alone except for my mother and brother&#8230;feeling abandoned and constantly in a recurring loop of rumination&#8230;I needed some fucking help.</p><p>Now that I was gainfully unemployed I could make a move. </p><p>I set an appointment and got my very first dose of bupropion. </p><p>As much as I pride myself on being motivated and intelligent, the medication cleared me up in a way that I really needed. The results were not immediate&#8230;but they sure felt that way to me. </p><p>For the first time in years I felt kind of normal once I got medicated. I still had a lot of the symptoms that were beating me over the head, but the volume was turned way down. The recurring thoughts of my past were&#8217;nt so loud anymore. </p><p>All the good habits I had were suddenly easier to lean into because there wasn&#8217;t a wall of bullshit in the way. It was like the road was cleared and I could run a little faster. </p><p>I&#8217;ll be honest. </p><p>A LOT faster. </p><p>I suddenly had wings. I could communicate freely. My thoughts could flow better. I could study. I generally felt good. Did it solve all my problems and buy me a yacht? No. I still had to leverage all I knew and stay consistent. The pill won&#8217;t do your homework for you. </p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>Why would I be so revealing of myself? </p></div><p>Because we need to be honest.</p><p>The traumatized and neurodivergent need help. </p><p>From professionals.</p><p>From each other.</p><blockquote><p>I am not a doctor. </p><p>I hold no certification in anything medicinal.</p></blockquote><p>But for years, even with all the trauma and setbacks, I made progress and stayed on track. I learned the game of shadow alchemy and the importance of story lining your life. The power of revealing yourself TO yourself.</p><p>People out there have so much potential and it all gets buried by fear and excuses. The only real medicine for those are action and truth telling. Removing the bullshit. You don&#8217;t have to be perfect. The neurodivergent and the traumatized are far from it. We want things to be better but there&#8217;s no real accountability or tools for it. </p><p>There are books and youtube clips scattered about that still leave you having to figure it out. </p><p>We want results. </p><p>We want them faster. </p><p>We want them without hiding who we are and what drives us.</p><p>Not only feeling like you BELONG in the world, but having the absolute confidence to stand up when someone tries to make you feel like you don&#8217;t.</p><p>The <mark data-color="#4a6741" style="background-color: rgb(74, 103, 65); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">neurotypicals love to mask</mark> and pretend. </p><ul><li><p>They actually think lying and being passive agressive is normal. </p></li><li><p>They actually think watching hours of fucking TV while letting life pass by is normal. </p></li><li><p>They think fast food is normal. </p></li><li><p>They think being a bully to those weaker than they are is normal. </p></li><li><p>They think it&#8217;s normal to act like a victim when it serves them best. </p></li><li><p>They think you shoud be cool and get fucked up like they do. </p></li><li><p>They think not accepting their religion means other people deserve to die and go to hell. </p></li></ul><blockquote><p>They think like demons because they don&#8217;t think at all.</p></blockquote><p>But <mark data-color="#4a6741" style="background-color: rgb(74, 103, 65); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">you think different</mark>, don&#8217;t you?</p><p>You make the mistake of trying to fit in when you should stand as yourself and let people decide to stay or fucking leave.</p><p>But how do you do this? </p><p>We can&#8217;t feed on memes anymore. </p><p>They are fucking useless. </p><ul><li><p>We need real substance and community. </p></li><li><p>We need real actions and connections. </p></li><li><p>We need accountability and content that works as much as we do. </p></li></ul><p>This is the entire point of shadow alchemy for the divergent. </p><p>To take the labels and past trauma and use them as fuel for individual power.</p><p>Power to be leveraged as you see fit.</p><p>Of course there&#8217;s self-help out there. </p><p>But there isn&#8217;t a real experience with real feed back. </p><p>There isn&#8217;t the opportunity for our content to be updated in real time as we mature and understand ourselves better. </p><p>We want some of the same things the normies do.</p><p>Better relationships, income, and health. </p><p>We want a foundation that allows us to expand and be happy and comfortable with who we are. We are sick of hiding and making excuses for our existence. </p><p>Period. </p><p>This is a chance to do exactly that. </p><p>Alpha Divergent Shadow Alchemy aims to be a deep experience and an expanding community. </p><p>In the near future, we will incorporate all the elements that make a great course. </p><ul><li><p>The text. </p></li><li><p>The audio. </p></li><li><p>The video.</p></li><li><p>The exercises. </p></li><li><p>The community.</p></li></ul><p>Within those elements, you&#8217;ll get:</p><ul><li><p><strong>The process and history on shadow alchemy, and how to ACTUALLY flip your triggers into fuel:</strong><br>We will not be telling you to just &#8216;do it&#8217;. The process is one of intense self-revelation. <mark data-color="#4a6741" style="background-color: rgb(74, 103, 65); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">We operate in the real world</mark>, not the one where we pretend we are making progress.</p></li><li><p><strong>Live calls:</strong></p><p>We are going to treat group sessions like one on one sessions. You will dive into the community right away. There will be no hiding. There will only be <mark data-color="#4a6741" style="background-color: rgb(74, 103, 65); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">tribal building and execution</mark>. Not mandatory. But not easy or comfortable, either.</p></li><li><p><strong>Focus over Friction lessons:</strong><br>We need to learn how to trick ourselves into more productivity and more enjoyment over time. This is where you will execute on <mark data-color="#4a6741" style="background-color: rgb(74, 103, 65); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">environment</mark>. It&#8217;s one of the elements most accessible to you.</p></li><li><p><strong>Community:</strong><br>Forget about me being your magical guru. I am certainly here to teach as much as humanly possible, but <mark data-color="#4a6741" style="background-color: rgb(74, 103, 65); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">you are here to grow</mark>. NOT to worship me. If there&#8217;s anyone I want you to look up to, I want it to be yourself. The community we will build will be based on a tribal culture, where we all <mark data-color="#4a6741" style="background-color: rgb(74, 103, 65); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">care for each other</mark> and give what we can. No need to self-sacrifice. No need to make this your religion.</p></li><li><p><strong>Truth:</strong></p><p>There is no fucking way that a single exercise or a technique will solve all of your problems. We train hard because life is hard. We get help where we can and where it&#8217;s needed. I will give <mark data-color="#4a6741" style="background-color: rgb(74, 103, 65); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">real feedback and information </mark>based on what I can truly stand for. Never any rah-rah optimism shit. Yes&#8230;we need to be optimistic and create hope. But not if it means lying to ourselves.</p></li><li><p>The long game will reveal that we can make it entertaining as well. The possibility for <mark data-color="#4a6741" style="background-color: rgb(74, 103, 65); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">making a cinematic experience</mark> in this program is a challenge, but it&#8217;s doable. Give this one time.</p></li></ul><p>I could talk out of my ass all day and promise you results with a double platinum guarantee and even send you a bullshit booklet with my copied and pasted signature so that you feel like I am talking directly to you. </p><p>My hope is that at some point I become a ghost as you are all able to talk to each other, to be honest. </p><blockquote><p>The best I can do here is make a thousand dollar program and give it to you for <mark data-color="#4a6741" style="background-color: rgb(74, 103, 65); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">dirt cheap</mark>. </p></blockquote><p>And when you see that there are elements &#8220;missing&#8221;, you can rest assured that they will be given attention and the program will evolve. </p><p>That being said.</p><p>I won&#8217;t drag you through a fucking hour long sales process with a bunch of upsells and 50% percent off shit and weird pop ups and then follow that up with a million emails about how you&#8217;re missing out.</p><p>I WILL tell you that when the program is released on new years day 2027 (AST time zone) the price will be a thousand bucks, because frankly lots of people CAN pay that amount and it allows the brand to grow rapidly. <br></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://buy.stripe.com/6oU9ASeHheRvgaX5Hu1VK05&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;It's 45 bucks...for now.&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://buy.stripe.com/6oU9ASeHheRvgaX5Hu1VK05"><span>It's 45 bucks...for now.</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Astronomical V A L U E]]></title><description><![CDATA[Value is not a word for money. (Coaching Clip. 2 mins.)]]></description><link>https://alphadivergent.com/p/astronomical-v-a-l-u-e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://alphadivergent.com/p/astronomical-v-a-l-u-e</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Achy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:34:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208505054/2d06be6391103fb15973372b9175db6e.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Money is indeed considered when speaking on business and commerce. </p><p>But we are not talking about that. </p><p>We are talking about you.</p><p>Your values.</p><p>A few of my examples: </p><ul><li><p>organization</p></li><li><p>simplicity</p></li><li><p>honesty</p></li><li><p>clarity</p></li><li><p>respect</p></li><li><p>knowledge</p></li></ul><p>When you truly have a value, you won&#8217;t break anything for that value. Sure, there may the occasional extenuating circumstance. No worries. Your values guide you. The shape you. They shape the environment around you and change people. You may have had different values before, and you just grew into better ones. But your values not only make you who you are, they allow you to live as you see fit. </p><p>If you have never really thought about your values be sure to take some time. if you feel unhappy or devalued in life, it may be due to not living your true values. Maybe you hang out with people that break your values all the time, and it causes you pain. Perhaps you have a job that goes against your values. If you want to maintain your sanity, look at the parts of your life that create that dull ache that never seems to end. </p><p>Sometimes your pain reveals your values.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being L I K E A B L E is Self-Destruction]]></title><description><![CDATA[The power of making money by being HONEST.]]></description><link>https://alphadivergent.com/p/being-l-i-k-e-a-b-l-e-is-self-destruction</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://alphadivergent.com/p/being-l-i-k-e-a-b-l-e-is-self-destruction</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Achy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 23:34:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208502022/58051b197814e0f5ee5f68876ffb2fe0.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s a simple idea.</p><blockquote><p>Say what the fuck is on your mind.</p></blockquote><p>Statistically, you won&#8217;t do it.</p><p>Being afraid to be honest is common and often considered rude or risky. This is why sales is often seen as a sleazy job. It&#8217;s also why sales people say &#8216;Buyers are Liars.&#8217; The culture of sales has always been overexaggeration and the culture of the buyer has been never to believe a thing a salesman says.</p><p>What is in between those cultures? </p><p>LIES. </p><p>What drives the lies? </p><p>FEAR.</p><p>The buyer tries to squeeze out of the purchase with a &#8216;reasonable excuse&#8217;. </p><p>&#8216;I need to talk to my wife.&#8217;</p><p>The seller tries to force the sale anyway with limited time deals or fake dwindling stock.</p><p>The buyer is afraid he&#8217;s being sold something that&#8217;s bullshit and is basically losing money. Some buyers will even resist when they are looking at a product they KNOW they need because of a need to maintain a false sense of control. The seller is afraid of losing a good commission or gettting shit canned from his job for underperformance. </p><p>The painful cure is honesty. </p><p>Rip the bandaid off. Be honest about the dynamic. Tell the truth about a product. If a customer isn&#8217;t a fit&#8230;tell them. If a customer is a fit but they are being full of shit about a product they obviously need, just tell them. If a sales man is giving you a pitch, don&#8217;t bullshit them about a fake meeting or a money pact you have with your wife. Tell them you don&#8217;t trust them. Tell them if you&#8217;re broke as shit. Fuck it. Break the invisible barrier and just stop doing that fucking dance where you both feed each other scripted and repeated lines that get you both nowhere.</p><p>Build trust and relationships by not reacting to nerves and tapping into your gut feeling and intuition. You may be afraid but you can say it. You may think a product is shit but you can say it. </p><p>Let it rip.</p><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: center;">Are you tap dancing for people you don&#8217;t like to keep them happy?</p><p style="text-align: center;">Stop dancing.</p><p style="text-align: center;">$7/Month - OR - $43/Year</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://alphadivergent.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;button-wrapper&quot;}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="https://alphadivergent.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Founders Special Ends NYD 2027</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://buy.stripe.com/6oU9ASeHheRvgaX5Hu1VK05&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;2027 Founders Special&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;button-wrapper&quot;}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="https://buy.stripe.com/6oU9ASeHheRvgaX5Hu1VK05"><span>2027 Founders Special</span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Details in the post below.</p><div><hr></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;138ecff6-c006-4026-a059-ec262b0b5e23&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;lg&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Alpha Divergent Shadow Alchemy&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:327928490,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Achy&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;You&#8217;re not fucked up. 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Some people will immediately imagine the worst case scenario and hit you with it like its a REAL danger. It&#8217;s not. It&#8217;s some bull shit inside of their head, and they are trying to put it in your head. Do what you have to in order to not get psyched out.</p><div class="pullquote"><p>The process is always initiation, separation, and return.</p></div><ul><li><p>Initiation: You decide or life decides. </p></li></ul><p>You have a desire inside of you that you decide to follow, or something in your life makes goes so WRONG that you HAVE to make a change.</p><ul><li><p>Separation: From your life, from your social circle, and from your comfort zone. </p></li></ul><p>You are walking away from all that you are familiar with. You may have to leave friends, family, and lovers behind. Especially when these people become negative and try to pull you back to &#8216;normal&#8217;. </p><p>While you are making space, you are also obligated to do things and meet people that are all new to you. You may be lost and scared. You will definitely have to work and learn while missing the comforts that you are familiar with. </p><p>After a while, the skill improves along with your confidence. You hit milestones. You get to enjoy a few victory laps. </p><ul><li><p>Return: You come back to the old tribe. (Or a new one&#8230;) You live in a new comfort zone.</p></li></ul><p>You are now in a new place. You get to enjoy the spoils of your victory and the feeling of a new and stronger identity. Your social circle is different. Different people. Maybe the same people who tried to pull you back, with different attitudes. 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Your ass belongs to me.</p></div><h1 style="text-align: center;">-TESTIMONIALS-</h1><div><hr></div><h2><strong>&#8220;Socially Anxious Loser Making Out With Hotties&#8221;</strong></h2><p>NJ was <mark data-color="#4a6741" style="background-color: rgb(74, 103, 65); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">riddled with anxiety</mark>. Couldn&#8217;t approach a woman with a knife to his back.</p><p>&#8220;We went out to the busy bars and clubs and immediately I could feel the anxiety creeping in at the thought of approaching a hot girl, so I started making excuses.&#8221;</p><p>His was a special case. Called for weird coaching. I just knew it.</p><p>I told him to high five strangers while laughing and calling himself a loser.</p><p>Of course he wasn&#8217;t interested. Who would be?</p><p>So I did it first.</p><p>&#8220;Hey heyyyyyy, I&#8217;m a fucking loser! Wooooo!&#8221;</p><p>The nightlife crowd matched the energy immediately. Men and women alike started laughing at the absurdity. High fives. Cheers. The whole thing.</p><p>That was the crack in the dam.</p><p>He could see it now. People were out to play. He could be one of those people.</p><p>We high fived more strangers. Danced on the sidewalk. Did push ups in public. NJ started gaining momentum.</p><p>Then he had the breakthrough.</p><p>He walked up to a total stranger &#8212; a beautiful woman &#8212; and called himself a fucking loser.</p><p>She laughed hard and threw herself into his embrace.</p><p>He was sold.</p><p>&#8220;I found myself getting a lot of attraction even though I was saying funny things. It was like I was hanging out with my college buddy having a blast. By the end of the first night I had the balls to approach groups of people, telling stories, and having the whole group&#8217;s attention. The whole bootcamp turned into an epic adventure of flirting, laughing, making out and having girls follow me around.&#8221;</p><p>NJ was a great student. Could not have asked for more effort.</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m blown away by the results I got and how quickly and easily I transformed into this new version of myself. I had read the books and seen the videos, but I would never have done those things in a million years alone.&#8221;</p><div><hr></div><h2><strong>&#8220;From Creeping in a Dark Corner to Comfortably Approaching Women in a Few Hours&#8221;</strong></h2><p>Ibrahim is well educated. Profitable business owner. Sharp guy. Good attitude.</p><p>Looking from the outside in, you&#8217;d think he was a catch. No reason he shouldn&#8217;t feel confident talking to high quality women.</p><p>Then we walked into a posh rooftop nightclub.</p><p>He couldn&#8217;t even approach women who were separated from the crowd. No social pressure. No boyfriend in sight. Nothing.</p><p>&#8220;Fancy high-rise clubs were just not my scene. I always felt like I just wouldn&#8217;t fit in.&#8221;</p><p>I knew what he needed. A NASCAR lap of the club. No time to think. No time to second-guess. Just moving, chatting, pumping energy from group to group.</p><p>&#8220;Before I knew it, I felt like it was easy to just chat with people, even in such a buzzing place. And it felt so... normal. I got to SEE that it&#8217;s all about making a genuine connection.&#8221;</p><p>Suddenly he was on a roll. Chatting comfortably. Moving from one person to the next. A real flow. He ditched the fear and the self-doubt.</p><p>&#8220;This guy just flipped my whole view around.&#8221;</p><p>He was willing to <mark data-color="#4a6741" style="background-color: rgb(74, 103, 65); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">create real and honest connections</mark>. That&#8217;s all it took.</p><p>&#8220;I actually look forward to meeting new people now.&#8221;</p><div><hr></div><h2><strong>&#8220;Escaping Toxic Abuse in a Cheap Motel and Commanding Respect of Disrespectful Parents&#8221;</strong></h2><p>Maysara is a young woman in India on the verge of breaking into the tech industry. Committed. Driven. Passionate. She&#8217;s at the peak of her life.</p><p>But.</p><p>Her parents regularly exhibited <mark data-color="#4a6741" style="background-color: rgb(74, 103, 65); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">toxic pressuring behavior</mark>. They wouldn&#8217;t allow her to progress in peace. Arguments. Disrespectful comments. Attempts to control her career path.</p><p>Feeling out of options, she went ghost.</p><p>She literally packed her bags and ran.</p><p>No phone calls. No texts. No emails. No warning. She was exhausted from having to fight the people she should be able to trust most in the entire world.</p><p>She was terrified of standing up to them because she knew how it always ended: <mark data-color="#4a6741" style="background-color: rgb(74, 103, 65); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">more disrespect, more insults</mark>. She was hurting too much and could not see a way out besides physically disappearing.</p><p>It was sad to see yet another parent-child relationship totally reversed. But I came from that bullshit. I knew the deal.</p><p>She might not have been able to stand up to them face to face. And she had no clue until it was revealed. But she made a powerful decision by leaving.</p><p>What her conscious mind did not have the strength to do, her soul pushed her to do.</p><p>Now she was in a position of power. She could communicate her needs and boundaries. All we needed was a game plan.</p><p>&#8220;Sam, thank you so much!! I followed your advice regarding what to say and the call went unexpectedly great. It was very healing! By the end of our call you told me &#8216;give them an opportunity through that call to respect your boundaries,&#8217; which they did eventually, despite initial difficulties. The content and timing of your call was a true gift and I just wanted to express my deep gratitude and respect for what you do.&#8221;</p><div><hr></div><h2><strong>&#8220;Young Man Stuck in Parents&#8217; Toxic Relationship Finally Reclaims His Life&#8221;</strong></h2><p>Tom was battling.</p><p>He wanted to start his own videography business. Meanwhile his parents were at odds with each other, pressuring him to pursue college and a career path he knew he had zero interest in. A path that would have wasted his time and money.</p><p>He was literally afraid to stand up to his own parents and make a decision for himself as a sovereign being. Nervous they would reject his choice to carve out a life of his own creation.</p><p>It took one phone conversation and an email.</p><p>&#8220;I took your advice and told them a few hours ago. It went very well. I just realized that it&#8217;s my life and I decide how I want to live it.&#8221;</p><p>He stood up to his parents &#8212; specifically his controlling mother &#8212; took on a small side job to support his business, and dove in head first. Business outreach. Content creation. The real thing.</p><p>&#8220;Mother got a little angry, screaming and stuff but I had thought out the worst scenario and this was nothing.&#8221;</p><p>He was finally taking himself and his mission seriously.</p><p>&#8220;I have thought for months about this decision and now I&#8217;m certain that this is the right path for me. I know this is right for me and every cell in my body believes that.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;Now it&#8217;s real. Now I gotta go forward. I am open with my parents and it feels good to have it off my chest.&#8221;</p><p>He experienced paradigm shifts like never before.</p><p>&#8220;Your point about playing the role of the child who&#8217;s afraid of a reaction was a very good one.&#8221;</p><p>Finally, his life belonged to him.</p><p>&#8220;I feel like I&#8217;m taking full responsibility for my life now and it just feels very easy to move forward. I&#8217;m doing absolutely awesome. Honestly it&#8217;s like my mind is creating its own XTC. Thank you so much for the great advice. You once again brought a huge change in my life. There were the days before today and there are the days after. But I&#8217;m not going back.&#8221;</p><div><hr></div><h2><strong>&#8220;30-Year-Old Mom Left Her Toxic Relationship, Stood Up to Her Family, Quit Her Job of 5 Years, and Started Charging Higher Prices for Her Beauty Services &#8212; in Two Weeks&#8221;</strong></h2><p>Gloria really felt like she wasn&#8217;t living her true desire. Her passion. Which is a fancy way of saying she fucking hated her life and everything sucked and she had no clue why.</p><p>She was stuck with a man who regularly stressed her out, threatened her, and did not put time or energy into helping her raise the child they had together. </p><p>Even when he easily could have.</p><p>She was basically a single mom inside an empty shell of a family structure.</p><p>Working a cheap salon chain for five years. Stretched thin. Full work weeks. Underpaid. Juggling her toxic family dynamic on top of it.</p><p>She knew on some level she should be getting paid more and working less. More time with her son. A stronger relationship with him. A life she could actually live.</p><p>She got to a breaking point and just could not figure out what to do.</p><p>After a few conversations I could see it clearly. She was choosing her own pain. Not that she was masochistic. But as many of my students reveal themselves, I can usually see exactly <mark data-color="#4a6741" style="background-color: rgb(74, 103, 65); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">where they&#8217;ve shackled themselves</mark> with the golden handcuffs of comfort and ill-perceived security.</p><p>In other words, she was so used to things being bad that she just assumed nothing was going to change.</p><p>She did what most people do in the beginning. Attempted to juggle everything. <mark data-color="#4a6741" style="background-color: rgb(74, 103, 65); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Please everyone</mark>. Which drained her of energy and happiness.</p><p>Useless.</p><p>She even bought a program to help her grow her business. Sat on it for a year. Zero traction.</p><p>Was the program bad?</p><p>No.</p><p>But if you don&#8217;t know what makes you tick, you&#8217;re never going to be willing to use even the most advanced and sophisticated of tools.</p><p>Good thing she&#8217;s a great student. Truly looking to make a change. Not one of these big mouth assholes who just argues with everyone who tries to help.</p><p>She pulled the trigger.</p><p>She put healthy space between her and her ex.</p><p>That gave her room to make bigger moves.</p><p>Then she learned to tap into herself.</p><p>She left her job.</p><p>Then she started living for herself. Her family called her childish.</p><p>She stood her ground.</p><p>Then she stopped charging low prices for her services and went premium.</p><p>And people paid.</p><p>Found a better and more fulfilling relationship.</p><p>All in a few months time.</p><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: center;">What kind of masks do you wear? Why?</p><p style="text-align: center;">It&#8217;s good to know. 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