<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="ng-star-inserted"&gt;In this episode, Dana is joined by Clay Moffat, an ex-Navy weapons tech turned behavioral coach and author of&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="ng-star-inserted"&gt;The Trust Trap&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ng-star-inserted"&gt;. Clay offers a radical reframe on trust, arguing it isn't a character trait but a dynamic process of alignment that requires constant evaluation. He reveals why we are the "authors of our own pain" and how we unknowingly fall into the "trust trap" by creating a frozen mental image of others and ignoring real-time data. Clay breaks down the psychology of betrayal, arguing that the most significant betrayals are often the ones we commit against ourselves by ignoring our intuition. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://claymoffat.com/"&gt;&lt;span class= "ng-star-inserted"&gt;Clay's Website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://a.co/d/08Qktclw"&gt;The Trust Trap Book&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Phoenix and Flame Podcast

Dana Skaggs: psychotherapist and keynote speaker

The Science Behind Trust and Self-Betrayal

FEB 22, 202643 MIN
Phoenix and Flame Podcast

The Science Behind Trust and Self-Betrayal

FEB 22, 202643 MIN

Description

In this episode, Dana is joined by Clay Moffat, an ex-Navy weapons tech turned behavioral coach and author of The Trust Trap. Clay offers a radical reframe on trust, arguing it isn't a character trait but a dynamic process of alignment that requires constant evaluation. He reveals why we are the "authors of our own pain" and how we unknowingly fall into the "trust trap" by creating a frozen mental image of others and ignoring real-time data. Clay breaks down the psychology of betrayal, arguing that the most significant betrayals are often the ones we commit against ourselves by ignoring our intuition. Clay's Website The Trust Trap Book