The Shift 5 Podcast

The Want Match Principle: How Real Desire Drives Lasting Change

Last week, we started the Unmedicated Challenge by asking one simple—but powerful—question: Where are you right now? We focused on awareness, sensing the body, and resisting the urge to rush straight into fixing or forcing change. This week, we take the next step. In this episode, we introduce Step Two of the Shift and a core concept that explains why so many well-intended changes fail: IN THIS EPISODE, WE EXPLORE: 1. The difference between a want and a should (and why shoulds never work) 2. The three levels of caring—and how to tell which one you’re in 3. Why pain can create awareness but still isn’t enough to drive lasting change 4. How your body is always participating in your decisions (whether you acknowledge it or not) 5. Real-life examples from relationships, health, work, caffeine use, sleep, movement, and motivation 6. How to identify the emotion you’re actually seeking—and recreate it in new contexts 7. What it means to stop forcing change and start aligning with yourself This episode builds directly on our recent health episode (episode 43 and 44!) and shows why sustainable health (and growth in any area) can’t come from guilt, pressure, or discipline alone. The goal this week isn’t to force yourself to want something. It’s to discover what you already want, find the emotional drivers behind it, and let your body come along for the ride. 📄 FREE WORKSHEETS We reference several worksheets throughout this episode to help you do the Want Match work step-by-step. If you’d like free access to these worksheets, just reach out to us and we’ll send them your way—no cost, no catch. 🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES: 📩 Want the worksheets mentioned in these episodes? Email us → team@theshift5.com 🔥 Join the dojo and apply this work in real life → https://www.theshift5.com/offers/uzXUCznHhttps://www.theshift5.com/offers/uzXUCznH [https://www.theshift5.com/offers/uzXUCznH] 📸 Follow The Shift 5 on Instagram → @the.shift.5

When Shift Hits the Fan: Processing the Health Challenge in Real Time

This minisode is a direct follow-up to the Health Challenge episode. If you haven’t listened to Ep 43 “Unmedicated Freedom: Applying the Shift 5 to Health, Awareness, and Radical Self-Ownership” yet, start there first—this conversation is meant to deepen and clarify that work. In this minisode, Chase and Carly open the floor to real voices inside the community as people process the health challenge out loud—asking honest questions, naming concerns, and discovering just how much awareness changes everything. You’ll hear how caffeine, supplements, sleep, food, exercise, and medication sneak into the “I’m not on anything” category—and why this phase isn’t about fixing or quitting, but seeing clearly without judgment. 💡 WHAT YOU’LL HEAR: 1. Why “I’m not on meds” often isn’t the full picture 2. How caffeine, supplements, and sleep habits fit into the awareness phase 3. Real-time coaching around autoimmune medications and chronic illness 4. Why the first step is never “get off”—it’s get honest 5. The danger of choosing too many health goals at once 6. Why choosing one thing creates more change than trying to fix everything 7. How awareness reduces guilt instead of increasing it 8. Parenting, picky kids, and food—without pressure or power struggles 9. Why kids eat what you love, not what you lecture 10. Sleep as a foundational health lever (and why nothing changes yet) 11. The four quadrants of knowledge—and why this week focuses on what you don’t know you don’t know 12. Running, nutrition, caffeine, and the surprising role belief plays in physical performance 13. The question that defines the next phase of the work: 14. “What if you believed your body could do it?” 🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES: 📩 Want the worksheets mentioned in these episodes? Email us → team@theshift5.com 🔥 Join the dojo and apply this work in real life → https://www.theshift5.com/offers/uzXUCznHhttps://www.theshift5.com/offers/uzXUCznH [https://www.theshift5.com/offers/uzXUCznH] 📸 Follow The Shift 5 on Instagram → @the.shift.5

Unmedicated Freedom: Applying The Shift 5 to Health, Awareness, and Radical Self-Ownership

This is where the rubber meets the road. In this episode, Chase and Carly move from theory into application, kicking off the first real-world Shift 5 challenge: health. You’ll learn how to take the Shift 5 framework out of the classroom and into your daily life—through tangible challenges designed to increase awareness, reclaim agency, and create real freedom. This episode introduces the Unmedicated Challenge and three distinct health tracks, all rooted in compassion, curiosity, and radical self-ownership. This isn’t about judgment or perfection. It’s about learning where you are—so change becomes possible. 💡 WHAT YOU’LL HEAR: 1. Why awareness always comes before change 2. The difference between learning theory and living the work 3. Why health is the foundation for freedom in every other area of life 4. The Unmedicated Challenge and what it actually means (and doesn’t mean) 5. How medications and supplements replace natural body functions—and why understanding that matters 6. Why shame shuts down growth and curiosity opens it up 7. How breathwork and cold exposure become tools for clarity, insight, and revelation 8. The daily “Sense Your Body” practice and reflection prompts 9. How small health shifts create more time, freedom, and flexibility in life 10. A powerful cold-shower realization that reshaped how Chase and Carly think about time, money, and lifestyle design 11. Why inverted living and radical self-ownership unlock long-term freedom 🧠 IMPORTANT NOTE ON WORKSHEETS: Several worksheets and reflection prompts are referenced throughout this episode. If you’d like access to the worksheets mentioned, email us and we’ll help you get connected. 🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES: Join the dojo with a free trial → https://www.theshift5.com/offers/uzXUCznHhttps://www.theshift5.com/offers/uzXUCznH [https://www.theshift5.com/offers/uzXUCznH] Follow The Shift 5 on Instagram → @the.shift.5 Questions, worksheet access, or support → team@theshift5.com

The Shift Five: How I Healed My Body by Training My Nervous System

In this foundational episode of Tionatam, Chase Thornock shares the story that changed everything—his health, his marriage, his finances, and ultimately the creation of The Shift Five. From the outside, life looked perfect: a successful career, a young family, financial stability, and physical strength. But internally, Chase’s body was shutting down. After being diagnosed with severe Crohn’s disease, becoming bedridden, dependent on IV nutrition, and nearly dying from sepsis, he was faced with a stark reality: No one was coming to save him. What followed was a deep, personal journey into understanding the autonomic nervous system, chronic stress, inflammation, trauma, and the body’s innate ability to heal—when the right conditions are created. In this episode, you’ll learn: 1. Why chronic stress leads to chronic inflammation and autoimmune disease 2. How the autonomic nervous system governs healing, digestion, hormones, immunity, and mental health 3. The difference between fight-or-flight and rest-and-digest, and why so many of us are stuck in survival mode 4. How trauma and subconscious “bookmarks” keep us reliving the past in our bodies 5. Why your nervous system may sabotage change—even when you want it 6. How breathwork and cold exposure retrain safety, resilience, and homeostasis 7. Why cortisol isn’t the enemy—and how learning to release it properly changed everything 8. The science behind why anxiety, depression, autoimmune disease, and relational conflict share a common root If you’ve ever felt stuck in anxiety, illness, burnout, scarcity, or reactivity—and wondered why willpower isn’t enough—this episode lays the foundation for a completely different way forward. Healing isn’t about forcing change. It’s about teaching your body that it’s safe to heal. 🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES: 1. Join the dojo with a free trial → https://www.theshift5.com/offers/uzXUCznH [https://www.theshift5.com/offers/uzXUCznH] 2. Follow The Shift 5 on Instagram → @the.shift.5 [https://www.instagram.com/the.shift.5] 3. Questions or support → team@theshift5.com

When Shift Hits the Fan: Choosing Abundance When Everything Feels Scarce

What do you do when you’ve given everything… and it feels like nothing is coming back? In this When Shift Hits the Fan episode, we step into a raw, honest coaching conversation about money, faith, consecration, and scarcity—what happens when abundance used to feel real, but now feels completely out of reach. Our guest shares the lived experience of: 1. Receiving resources with a deep sense of stewardship and consecration 2. Watching those resources disappear in service, community, and responsibility 3. Hitting a season where money feels tight, fear feels loud, and hope feels fragile And then asking the question so many of us quietly carry: “What if abundance was real before… but isn’t anymore?” Inside this episode, we explore: 1. Why scarcity is often an invitation to contract—but also an invitation to expand 2. The difference between forcing gratitude and honoring fear without letting it lead 3. How abundance begins in the body, not the bank account 4. Why “nothing has gone wrong” can be the most stabilizing thought in moments of collapse 5. How to identify your next right step when the future feels overwhelming 6. Why small, grounded actions (cleaning, planting, tending) can be powerful acts of trust 7. How holding a feeling for just 17 seconds can begin shifting momentum 🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES: 1. Join the dojo with a free trial → https://www.theshift5.com/offers/uzXUCznH [https://www.theshift5.com/offers/uzXUCznH] 2. Follow The Shift 5 on Instagram → @the.shift.5 [https://www.instagram.com/the.shift.5] 3. Questions or support → team@theshift5.com