When fear stops pointing at anything and just becomes how you move through the world, it has turned into something deeper.
In this podcast with Jay Shetty, Hoffman Graduate Gabor Maté breaks down something so many of us live with but rarely name: the difference between fear and chronic anxiety.
Fear starts as a response to something real — a threat, a moment, a specific danger. But when that fear never gets processed, never gets felt all the way through, it doesn't just disappear. It goes underground. It stops being about the "thing" and starts becoming the water we swim in — a low-grade, constant unease about existing, about being seen, about simply being in the world.
That's the shift from fear to chronic anxiety: it loses its object. You're no longer afraid of something. You're just afraid.
Dr. Maté speaks candidly and credits his time in the Hoffman Process as a turning point in learning to actually locate and release fears and patterns that had been running silently underneath his life for years.
🕊️ The Hoffman Process. 7 days. Inner Healing.
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25/08/2026
Sienna Miller on the Hoffman Process.
She has publicly credited the Hoffman Process - an intensive 7 day personal growth retreat - with helping her navigate major life transitions, overcome childhood wounds, and find immense clarity and space as a result.
If you are ready to start that journey, we are currently offering free consultations. Comment "READY" to book your slot.
📍 Byron Bay | Sep 11- 18, or Oct 16- Oct 23, 2026
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☀️Take time out from heartbreak, outrage and world-weariness to rest in the peace of self-compassion in
a meditation with Angie Milliken. Recover
your true source of abundant guidance and arrive resilient and radiant into your week 😊💫 💙
🎶 Ashana: Hymn
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The intellect, the mind, is a brilliant protector.
It explains what hurts, it manages what feels unsafe, and it keeps you two steps ahead of anything that might catch you off guard. This is the intellect, and it deserves more gratitude than it usually receives.
But when the intellect runs the show, there is a cost.
The parts of you built for wonder — the physical body, the emotional self, and even your spirit — don't challenge the intellect, they simply go quiet and retreat.
What the poet Mary Oliver writes is not a wish to limit oneself, to become naive again. It’s a call to become whole again.
The Hoffman Process call this the Quadrinity: body, emotional self, intellect, spirit. Four parts of one person, meant to move together in unison.
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📍 Byron Bay | Sep 11- 18* | Oct 16-23 (*$300 OFF until 14 Aug 2026)
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In this episode of the Therapy Works podcast, Charles Spencer discusses the profound impact of what his childhood experiences had on his life, the complex process of healing, and the importance of speaking out to help others.
The conversation delves into Charles' extensive journey through therapy, including the Hoffman Process, as well as the role of writing and creativity as a form of therapy.
If you have faced something similar, Charles discusses his hopes that his story will hopefully inspire you to seek help and speak out.
The Hoffman Process is a 7-day residential retreat designed to offer you the space to express and heal gracefully.
18/08/2026
The Advanced Retreat is a 5-day advanced immersion for Hoffman Process graduates to release what is not truly you — revealing your authentic self beneath.
Led by master practitioners Volker Krohn and Jutka Freiman (combined 60+ years experience), this advanced experience blends Hoffman tools with Family Constellation work, the Enneagram, and profound somatic practices to guide you deeper into your authentic self.
🗓️ October 24th-28th
📍Sangsurya Retreat Centre, Byron Bay
Register today and get $200 off: https://hoffmanprocess.com.au/hoffman-process-graduate-retreats/
Mindful Monday Meditation with Annie Looby exploring qualities of the heart like empathy, compassion and sensitivity - meeting an welcoming all parts of you. Have a sweet week!
15/08/2026
Abandonment wounds don't always look like fear. Sometimes they look like self-sabotage — a small provocation here, a cold moment there — until eventually, something gives. And in that moment, it can almost feel like relief: I knew this would happen.
But that isn't proof the person was never going to stay. It's proof of how many times they were tested.
This kind of sabotage is rarely a conscious choice. It's usually the sideways expression of an old wound, quietly asking a question it was never given a safe answer to: will you actually stay?
The Hoffman Process is a 7-day residential retreat designed to help you find that wound — not just manage the behaviour it produces — so you can stop testing the people who are genuinely trying to stay.
Read our free e-book on Negative Love Syndrome, that will show you your story really began: https://hoffmanprocess.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/A-Path-To-Personal-Freedom-and-Love-1.pdf
“Love softens the fear that causes us to grip.”
Fear convinces us that we won’t be okay as we are. It keeps us holding tightly to old stories, familiar patterns, and the belief that there’s no other way to survive or get our needs met. But as Cory Muscara shares in his conversation with Drew Horning, love meets fear differently — not by fighting it, but by gently loosening its grip. Where fear exhausts us, love reminds us that another path is possible.
🎥The Hoffman Podcast Season 12, Episode 22: Cory Muscara
📍 Byron Bay | Sep 11- 18 | Oct 16- Oct 23, 2026
Register here: https://hoffmanprocess.com.au/upcoming-hoffman-processes/
Note: Though not yet a graduate of the Hoffman Process, Cory has recommended the Process to many in his community and plans to attend himself.
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The Hoffman Process is a 7-day residential personal development retreat embedded with a 3 month follow-up program. Independent scientific research shows long-lasting effects in creating higher levels of emotional intelligence, compassion, forgiveness, joy and vitality.
If you're ready for change, we invite you to the September Process.
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