In this episode, Roy sits down with Brian D. Ridgway, "The Spellbreaker" and founder of Level 5 Mentoring, alongside Abigail Morgan, CEO of Level 5 Mentoring and a 27-year veteran of the coaching world. Brian shares the extraordinary story of January 3rd, 2011 — the day he hit total rock bottom, about to be homeless with his pregnant wife and two kids, and experienced an awakening that instantly transformed his life. He unpacks where the "Spellbreaker" name actually came from, walks through his Five Paradigms that he says govern how every person on the planet experiences life, and lays out his "Five Spells from Hell" framework in detail. Abigail shares her own turning point — 27 years deep in the coaching industry, including 8 years running Martha Beck's practitioner training program, and how a decades-long physical pain vanished in a single 10-minute session with Brian after nothing else had touched it. They also get into applying this work to parenting and even to trauma in animals, and close out with where people can start if a four-day trip to Hawaii isn't in the cards.
Timestamps
0:02 – Introducing Brian D. Ridgway and Abigail Morgan
2:38 – Abigail's story: decades of chronic physical pain and the session that changed everything in 10 minutes
5:09 – What actually happened on January 3rd, 2011
9:07 – Brian's childhood gift, and how his parents tried to suppress it
12:17 – Where the name "Spellbreaker" came from
15:19 – Do spell breaks last, or can people fall back into old patterns?
19:51 – How Brian, Abigail, and business partner Keith found each other
20:22 – Is a four-day trip to Hawaii the only way in? Books, courses, and other entry points
23:56 – Applying this work to parenting and children
28:21 – Applying this work to trauma in animals — Brian's own rescue dog
29:47 – Testimonials, including Dr. Erica Yates' story
33:00 – How it feels for Brian to witness a life-changing transformation
39:23 – The Five Paradigms that Brian says govern everyone on the planet
40:09 – The Five Spells from Hell, explained in full
54:16 – On self-help, therapy, and why Brian doesn't regret the $300,000 he spent finding this
57:11 – The advantage of Brian's own hard journey in connecting with clients
57:21 – The crystals in Brian's office
57:48 – Where to find the book and get started
About Brian D. Ridgway
Brian D. Ridgway, known as "The Spellbreaker," is the founder of Level 5 Mentoring and author of the #1 international bestseller Break Your Self-Help Addiction. After 17 years of childhood abuse and decades of financial disaster, relationship trauma, and a suicide attempt, Brian experienced a life-changing awakening on January 3rd, 2011. Since then, his method — called Spellbreaking — has helped over 265,000 people across 84 countries.
About Abigail Morgan
Abigail Morgan is CEO of Level 5 Mentoring and a 27-year veteran of the self-help and coaching world. After investing over $750,000 in her own healing journey, training extensively under Martha Beck (Oprah's coach), and running Martha Beck's practitioner training program for over 8 years, Abigail found that even the most advanced coaching modalities left her deepest issues untouched. She discovered Brian's work a year and a half ago, closed her own company to take over Level 5's practitioner program, and became CEO nine months ago.
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