The Recalibration
The Recalibration is a daily podcast for driven professionals who aren’t falling apart, but are quietly tired of holding everything together.
A space for nervous system informed identity recalibration before burnout forces the issue.
The Recalibration with Julie Holly is a daily podcast for high-performing professionals, leaders, and driven humans who are successful on paper, but feel worn down, disconnected, or quietly misaligned inside.
Often, this isn’t because something is wrong.
It’s because their nervous system has been carrying more than it was designed to hold.
This show is for people who:
Keep functioning at a high level, even when it costs them.
Feel tired of hacks, habits, and strategies that no longer work.
Aren’t in crisis, but know something isn’t sustainable.
Sense clarity slipping even though effort remains strong.
This isn’t mindset work.
It isn’t productivity advice or performance optimization.
The Recalibration introduces Identity-Level Recalibration, a psychology-backed, nervous-system-informed, faith-rooted pathway that realigns who you are at the root so your decisions, relationships, leadership, and energy begin to work again without pressure or self-erasure.
Hosted by Julie Holly, researcher, coach, and creator of the Identity-Level Recalibration Pathway, each episode blends psychology, nervous system science, leadership insight, philosophy, and faith-forward reflection.
The goal is simple and honest.
To help listeners understand why success can keep working while something inside feels off, and how to recalibrate before burnout, disconnection, or collapse force the issue.
What you will hear across the podcast:
The difference between burnout and identity misalignment.
Why nervous system fatigue disguises itself as motivation or discipline problems.
How pressure erodes clarity, even for capable leaders.
What aligned leadership, parenting, and relationships actually feel like.
How to move from effort to alignment without losing your edge.
How the podcast evolves by season:
Season 1, Episodes 1 through 86.
Foundations.
What Identity-Level Recalibration is, why performance eventually stops working, and how identity drives behavior.
Season 2, Episodes 87 through 170.
Integration into life.
Applying recalibration to relationships, boundaries, leadership, faith, and daily decision-making.
Season 3, Episodes 171 through 254.
For high performers.
Focused recalibration for driven professionals navigating pressure, exhaustion, and internal dissonance, even as success continues.
Season 4, Daily.
Practicing the recalibration.
A lived, embodied season walking through the recalibration process each week.
Recognition.
Release.
Reclamation.
Reinforcement.
Renewed momentum.
All applied to real relationships and real life.
If you are not falling apart, but you are quietly tired of holding everything together, this podcast is for you.
The previous 581 episodes are preserved as a living record, not of perfection, but of my own recalibration in real time as identity, faith, leadership, and nervous system alignment deepened over the years.
The Recalibration
Ep463: Self-Directed IRAs for Savvy Investors with Mat Sorensen
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Explore the dos and don'ts of self-directed IRA with Mat Sorensen. From beginner tips to advanced strategies, this episode has everything you need to avoid typical pitfalls and shape your retirement plan for prosperity. Tune in for all the details!
KEY TAKEAWAYS
2 common mistakes of using a self-directed IRA
Reason to self-direct your investment retirement account
Self-directed IRA: Exceptions, basic rules, and how it differs from a 401k
Why you cannot apply bonus depreciation alongside your SDIRA
How to maximize your investment retirement accounts
RESOURCES/LINKS MENTIONED
The Self-Directed IRA Handbook by Mat Sorensen: https://amzn.to/3vNaZW3
TD Ameritrade: https://www.tdameritrade.com/
Ep456: Facing Your Goliath: https://apple.co/489c5Je
Master alternative investments, tax strategies, real estate & more by joining the 11th Self-Directed IRA Summit in Dallas, TX, on April 19-20, 2024. Reserve your spot at sdirasummit.com to learn from experts, master tax strategies, and network with top investors.
ABOUT MAT SORENSEN
Mat Sorensen is an attorney, CEO, author, and podcast host. He is the CEO of Directed IRA & Directed Trust Company, a leading company in the self-directed IRA and 401k industry, and a partner in the business and tax law firm of KKOS Lawyers. He is the author of The Self-Directed IRA Handbook.
CONNECT WITH MAT
Website: Directed IRA: https://directedira.com/
Podcasts: Directed IRA Podcast: https://bit.ly/3rl3L9M | Main Street Business: https://apple.co/3JSfYZR
YouTube: Mat Sorensen - Wealth Lawyer, Coach, Entrepreneur: https://bit.ly/3Ux2U22
Facebook: Mat Sorensen: https://bit.ly/48fMtKF
Instagram: @matsorensen: https://www.instagram.com/matsorensen/
CONNECT WITH US
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