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ENCODED

Chris Walker

The ENCODED podcast explores the next era of human performance, leadership and business.

Hosted by ENCODED founder Chris Walker, the show explores the intersection of neuroperformance, leadership, entrepreneurship, health, relationships, and life satisfaction.

Grounded in established and emerging research, the show brings a pragmatic view to powerful concepts to improve and accelerate your life and performance.

If you’ve felt meant for something more or ready to break through limitations, this is the conversation you’ve been waiting for.

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  • Avg 53 min
  • English

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  • April 12 · 30 min

    Subconscious vs. Conscious | The Next Level of Human Performance | LinkedIn Live w/ Jordan Villanueva

    In this episode, Chris Walker draws a line most people have never seen: positive thinking and affirmations operate at the conscious level, which is exactly why they never change how you actually feel. The subconscious is where your emotions, decisions, and behaviors run automatically. Until you train that layer, the anxiety stays, the friction stays, and your results stay the same. Chris breaks down the three science-backed mechanisms behind ENCODED: identity as an internal reference point that filters every decision you make, neuroplasticity as the brain's ability to rewire itself through targeted repetition, and belief reappraisal as proof that your emotions are caused by how you interpret events, not the events themselves. These are not personal development concepts. They are the same frameworks used by $100 million CEOs and Olympic athletes to perform at the highest level. The conversation then takes a wider lens. Chris maps the current AI disruption onto every major technological shift in modern history, from farm labor to factory work to the knowledge era. He identifies the five traps most knowledge workers fall into right now: working harder, learning more, collecting credentials, and augmenting themselves with AI, all of which are strategies that treat knowledge as the scarce resource when that resource is moving toward zero. The workers who won the last transition stopped competing with machines and developed what machines could not do. The same logic applies now. What AI cannot replicate is vision, discernment, self-trust, deep human connection, and the ability to stay grounded when nothing is going your way. These are not personality traits. They are trainable capacities that live at the subconscious level. Chris closes on nervous system co-regulation: your frequency is contagious, it spreads to your team, your customers, and your environment, and leaders who build this foundation create a compounding advantage that no automation can touch. What You'll Learn Why affirmations and positive thinking operate at the wrong level of the mind The three peer-reviewed science categories that ENCODED's training is built on How the factory-to-knowledge-worker transition is the exact pattern repeating with AI The five traps knowledge workers fall into when responding to AI disruption Why augmenting yourself with AI tools may be accelerating your own displacement What AI cannot replicate and why those capacities are becoming the scarcest resource in the economy How nervous system co-regulation makes frequency contagious inside any room or organization Why self-trust cannot be bought, inherited, or certified How clarity of identity automatically speeds up decisions and elevates behavior The one piece of advice Chris would give his 21-year-old self Learn more at: encoded.ai 🎵 Intro music: "Saturday Luv" by Zone+ Used with permission. All rights reserved to the artist.

  • March 28 · 1 hr 19 min

    How to Train Your Subconscious Mind | Breaking Down Misconceptions on Mindset, Frequency, and Manifestation | You Be You Live w/ Bill Rochelle

    In this episode, Chris Walker breaks down why success doesn’t solve your problems—it exposes what you haven’t trained. As responsibility grows, so do the internal challenges: self-doubt, emotional instability, lack of clarity, and decision fatigue. These aren’t flaws—they’re signals that your internal foundation hasn’t been built to support the level you’ve reached. The conversation explores how most people live by inherited “scripts” about success, money, and identity—and how those subconscious beliefs quietly shape every result in life. Real growth begins by questioning those defaults and creating clarity around who you are, what you do, and why. Chris introduces frequency as a practical framework for upgrading your internal state—defined as your identity, beliefs, and intentions. These elements drive how you feel, how you act, and ultimately what you create. Through consistent repetition and awareness, you can rewire subconscious patterns, build self-trust, and operate with clarity instead of confusion. The result is faster decisions, less emotional friction, and a more stable, grounded way of moving through challenges. The episode reframes manifestation as a natural outcome of internal alignment, not something you chase, but something you create through how you think, feel, and act every day. What You’ll Learn Why success amplifies internal weaknesses instead of solving them The difference between competence and true self-trust How subconscious beliefs shape your decisions and results Why most people follow a life script they didn’t choose What “frequency” actually means in practical terms How identity, beliefs, and intentions drive behavior automatically Why emotional reactions are signals—not problems How attention filtering changes what you experience daily The real definition of manifestation (and why it’s always happening) How to build a stable internal state regardless of external chaos Learn more at: encoded.ai 🎵 Intro music: “Saturday Luv” by Zone+Used with permission. All rights reserved to the artist.

  • March 22 · 58 min

    Independent Thinking vs. Subconscious Programming | How to Break Free from Default Life Scripts and Live the Life You Actually Want

    In this episode, Chris Walker breaks down how independent thinking and internal state drive breakthrough results across business, communication, and life. Most people operate based on inherited “rules” about work, success, and safety—beliefs that were never consciously chosen. By questioning these assumptions, Chris shows how new possibilities open up, both in business and in life design. The episode explores why real change doesn’t come from tactics or surface-level behavior, but from upgrading what sits underneath: identity, beliefs, and intentions. These internal drivers shape emotional state, influence automatic behavior, and ultimately determine results. Chris also introduces frequency training as a practical way to strengthen these internal systems. Instead of suppressing emotions or forcing behavior change, the focus shifts to understanding how thoughts create emotional responses—and learning to consciously reframe them through metacognition. The result is faster decision-making, reduced anxiety, stronger self-trust, and more consistent execution. The episode closes by connecting this work to a larger shift happening in the world: as AI automates knowledge and output, the real advantage moves toward internal capabilities like discernment, creativity, emotional stability, and independent thought. What You’ll Learn Why many of the “rules” people follow are inherited beliefs, not facts How questioning default assumptions creates new opportunities Why breakthrough growth starts with seeing the world differently What actually drives effective communication beneath surface-level tactics How identity, beliefs, and intentions shape emotions and behavior Why self-doubt, procrastination, and avoidance are symptoms—not traits How metacognition reduces anxiety and improves decision-making Why awareness alone doesn’t create change without training How frequency training aligns internal state with external results Why human value is shifting in the age of AI Learn more at: encoded.ai 🎵 Intro music: “Saturday Luv” by Zone+Used with permission. All rights reserved to the artist.

  • January 17 · 33 min

    Narrative Identity & Future Self Continuity | How a Stable, Coherent Life Narrative Improves Decision Making, Accelerates Action & Creates Momentum | The Science of Frequency Training (Part 6 of 7)

    This episode explores narrative identity and the future self as a core mechanism of frequency training, and why so many capable people feel stuck, unmotivated, or inconsistent despite knowing what to do. Narrative identity is the internal story that connects who you believe you are, how you interpret your past, and where you believe your life is going. This story is not just reflection. It acts as a decision-making lens that shapes effort, persistence, confidence, and the ability to move forward under uncertainty. When narrative identity is fragmented, the future feels vague, the past feels defining, and the present loses direction. Decisions slow down. Motivation comes in short bursts and fades. People procrastinate not because they lack discipline, but because there is no clear next chapter organizing action. The episode explains why goals alone do not fix this problem. Goals can create temporary motion, but they do not resolve identity conflicts, update beliefs about capability, or create emotional continuity. When goals clash with identity, identity always wins. Drawing from research on narrative identity, future self continuity, identity-based motivation, and self-efficacy, the episode shows how weak future clarity leads to procrastination, impulsivity, and repeated resets. The issue is not effort or intelligence. It is having a story with no clear ending and no clear direction. The episode then breaks down how frequency training strengthens narrative identity through four mechanisms. First, narrative awareness makes unconscious stories visible so they no longer run behavior automatically. Second, future self clarification creates a stable, believable direction that organizes decisions and effort. Third, reframing the past updates the meaning of previous experiences so they stop limiting capacity. Fourth, repetition stabilizes the new narrative through daily handwriting, allowing the story to become embodied rather than conceptual. When narrative identity becomes clear and coherent, decisions speed up, effort feels purposeful, motivation stabilizes, and setbacks no longer derail momentum. Life begins to move forward not because of pressure or external accountability, but because the internal story supports action. This episode shows that lasting momentum does not come from better plans. It comes from building a story that naturally pulls you forward. What You’ll Learn: What narrative identity is and how it shapes decisions automatically Why fragmented stories create procrastination, self-doubt, and lack of momentum How weak future self clarity leads to impulsivity and short-term thinking Why goals fail when they are not supported by identity and narrative How the brain uses stories to organize effort, meaning, and direction The link between future self continuity and sustained motivation How reframing the past removes identity-level limitations Why repetition is required for narratives to stabilize and stick What changes when your story becomes clear, coherent, and directional How narrative clarity shortens the gap between opportunity, decision, and action Learn more at: encoded.ai 🎵 Intro music: “Saturday Luv” by Zone+Used with permission. All rights reserved to the artist.

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