Ep 144: Evolving Out Loud with Kyle Cease
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Ep 144: Evolving Out Loud with Kyle Cease
Episode 144: Show Notes
Our guest today, Kyle Cease, fell in love with comedy at a young age. And while he has had an incredibly successful comedy career, his hard work and ingenuity were driven by more than just a love of making people laugh.
He also felt a deep-seated need for approval and validation. Today on the show we talk with Kyle Cease, a transformational comedian, and best-selling author, about his fascinating career as a comedian and how it has been shaped by his spiritual journey.
We hear from Kyle about how he started doing corporate comedy events as a 15-year-old, why he always put himself in a position to learn from the best, and how he became a transformational comedian.
Kyle goes on to share how reaching the depths of despair helped him let go of old versions of himself and set him on the path he is following today. We also discuss Kyle’s Evolve Out Loud event, how it’s grown over the past ten years, and his advice for anyone starting out on their spiritual journey.
For a very special conversation on following your dreams, listening to your higher self, and letting go, be sure to tune in today!
Key Points From This Episode:
Get to know Kyle Cease, a transformational comedian, and best-selling author.
How our parents inform what we dream of becoming as children.
Kyle’s realization that you can outgrow your dreams.
Why being a comedian came so naturally to Kyle.
How Kyle started doing corporate comedy events as a 15-year-old.
The tendency Kyle has always had of gravitating toward people with the most expertise.
The success Kyle experienced early in his comedy career.
How Kyle gained countless hours of experience while doing college comedy tours.
The anxiety Kyle started having on stage and the impact it had on his mental health.
The books that helped Kyle curb his anxiety and change his outlook.
Kyle’s shift to listening to his higher self and the voice within.
What it means for our identities to change when we let go of the stories we tell ourselves.
The positive mindset shifts that can happen when we let go.
Kyle’s spiritual journey and the positive teachings that started entering his comedy.
What Kyle gained from the motivational phase of his life and how it concluded.
How Kyle arrived at the idea of becoming a transformational comedian.
The event that Kyle did with Eckhart Tolle and Jim Carey.
Kyle’s Evolve Out Loud event and how it’s grown over the past ten years.
The people and events that helped Kyle dream bigger for Evolve Out Loud.
Why Kyle is now in a place of introversion and his parting advice to listeners.
Tweetables:
“There are so many people going, ‘what's my purpose, and what's the reason for being here?’. And you're so much bigger than being able to narrow your purpose down to one thing. You're a constant unfolding of so many things.” — @kylecease [0:12:47]
“There are times where I could go up on stage, do an hour and a half, and maybe I'd throw something in every once in a while. But it wasn't a challenge at all. On the internal, there was boredom — I really believe [that] if I don't keep creating, my mind will creatively sabotage me.” — @kylecease [0:36:38]
“I always hear that new voice right after my edge-of-suicide because it's actually the literal death of an old story happening. And I believe that it's not us that suicidal. Our stories are trying to die. A belief system, a relationship, our identity is trying to die.” — @kylecease [0:47:07]
“Sometimes giving up is good. If you replace it with the universe. If you replace it with God. If you really let everything fall off that needs to, your giving up can be a real gift. Because then you can hear higher voices, and you can hear next steps, and you can hear permission.” — @kylecease [0:49:15]
“There was some separation where all of a sudden, I wasn't my problems, I wasn't my accomplishments, I wasn't my history, and everything just collapsed. And I was just a dude staring at the wall, and time changed.” — @kylecease [01:00:13]
“As long as you're alive, you're growing. So, don't ever think that you're there, that you're done. You're always growing.” — @kylecease [01:30:11]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
I Hope I Screw This Up: How Falling In Love with Your Fears Can Change the World
The Illusion of Money: Why Chasing Money Is Stopping You from Receiving It
Life Visioning: A Transformative Process for Activating Your Unique Gifts and Highest Potential