Ep 7.5 - Peace Before Happiness
In this episode of What Keeps You Up At Night Podcast, host Kiné Corder, a national certified counselor specializing in financial hypnotherapy for stress, explores why peace and freedom must come before happiness, especially for men. She contrasts how men and women relate to happiness, explains why many men are really seeking peace and basic stability instead of “happiness,” highlights the unspoken therapeutic role of barbers and other “go-to” listeners, and shows how doing the internal work through therapy and hypnotherapy creates lasting peace, freedom, and genuine happiness.
Key Points
- (00:10) – Kiné introduces the episode, shares her natural disposition toward happiness and peace, and sets up the core question of happiness versus peace.
• (03:30) – She explains how men often seek peace and freedom first while women may chase happiness directly, skipping the inner work required for lasting joy.
• (07:15) – Kiné describes how many men rely on external fixes—money, work, vices, relationships, and distractions—for a sense of peace that never truly lasts.
• (11:00) – She highlights the barber’s chair as a rare safe space where men exhale, feel heard, and receive hope, and why barbers (and other “go-to” people) need boundaries and better tools.
• (15:30) – Kiné outlines how therapy and hypnotherapy help men do the internal work of peace and freedom, inviting them to retreats and deeper work instead of putting everything on their barber.
“Peace, freedom, happiness — in that order. If you skip the peace and the freedom, the happiness will always be fleeting.”
Resources:
EveryExpert Link: https://www.everyexpert.com/kine
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