EP 034: The Myth of Safe: Why There's No Perfect Plan with Karla Treadway
Feb 23, 2026
Essential listening for anyone trying to plan their way to certainty, people who feel behind because they haven't "settled," and those ready to trade the myth of safety for something more honest.
Maybe you've been looking for the thing that will finally make you feel safe. The right place, the right plan, the right amount of money in the bank. This episode will make you think differently about safety, security, and what courage actually requires when nothing stays the same.
Karla Treadway is here to tell you: it doesn't exist. And that's actually the good news. Because once you stop chasing the myth of safety, you can start building something real. A life that adapts. A life that pivots. A life where you're not waiting to arrive because you know the work never stops and that's okay.
In this conversation, we talk about what it actually means to live sovereign in a world that keeps trying to sell you certainty. We wade into the messy middle of propaganda, the loss of nuance, and why we're all ants in a jar being shaken while we attack each other instead of looking up.
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Covered In This Episode
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The ants in the jar metaphor and why we're attacking each other instead of looking at what's actually shaking us
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Why Karla met her husband for two days and moved to a remote island at 19, and what trusting your gut actually means
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The myth of the perfect plan and why there's no amount of Bitcoin, land, or exit strategy that makes you immune to change
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What sovereignty actually means and why it's not what the homesteaders, Bitcoiners, or "leave the country" crowd will tell you
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Why Karla misses the early 2000s and what we lost when we started knowing everyone's opinion on everything
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The real courage and why being open to being wrong matters more than being right
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We're all being propagandized, and why admitting that is the only way out of the jar
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What matters more than location, and why community and security can be built anywhere
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Why there's maybe 18 months left for social media as we know it, and what's coming next for content creators who want to stay human
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The thread connecting all of Karla's pivots from yoga teacher to studio owner to homesteader to podcaster
Chapters
00:00 Welcome to the Courageous Pivot Podcast
00:43 Meet Karla Treadway: From Yoga Studio Owner to Freedom-Focused Business Coach
03:25 Why Everyone’s So Polarized Now (and How We Lost the Plot)
08:57 Finding Yoga, Building Community, and Opening a Studio in Kenora
11:13 2020 Shutdowns: The Studio Closes and the Hard Pivot Online
14:16 Life on an Island in Lake of the Woods: Boats, Ice Roads, and Remote Living
24:31 Rebuilding with Purpose: Growing a New Audience and Teaching Online Entrepreneurship
28:04 The Spiritual Shift: From Yoga Tools to a Christian Faith Pivot
48:19 Balancing World Chaos with Work, Family & Faith
55:03 Where Media Is Headed: Social’s End Date & AI Backlash
01:00:43 The 90s Comeback: Boredom, Patience & Saving Our Brains
01:02:06 Living a Courageous Life: Stay Adaptable, Stay Humble
01:03:54 No Perfect Escape: Community, Security & Staying Put
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Related Episodes
- EP 024: Trust the Redirection: Finding Courage When Everything Falls Apart with Amber Joliat — When life forces you off the path you planned and into something you never saw coming.
- EP 027: Breaking Free from the Matrix: Naturopathic Medicine Meets Cosmic Wisdom with Renata Taravski — When waking up to a bigger reality requires questioning everything you thought was true.
- EP 028: The Awakening Process: How to Navigate Waking Up Without Blowing Up Your Life — Because seeing through the illusions doesn't mean you have to burn it all down.
More About Karla Treadway
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Books Referenced
- The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron — Karla mentions revisiting this book as a way to save her brain and break dopamine addictions through reading and writing more.
- The Principle of the Path by Andy Stanley — A book about how direction, not intention, determines your destination.
Karla Treadway is a Marketing Strategist for Brave Brands and Freedom Focused Entrepreneurs. She's the host of The Sovereign Sphere Podcast where they talk about all things business, politics and living free.