Fill Your Present Place: How Inner Conflicts Shape (and Sabotage) Success with Albert Pellissier

Smashing Brands

In this deep and soul-stirring episode of The Smashing Brands Podcast, Alec sits down with longtime friend and mentor Albert Pellissier — a serial entrepreneur, coach, and author of What’s On Your Back Burner?Albert opens up about the moment he realized that despite having everything society says should make you happy — the house, the businesses, the net worth — he was still grouchy, disconnected, and unfulfilled. What followed was a journey into meditation, inner awareness, and uncovering the hidden emotional conflicts that had silently shaped his life.He shares how sitting in silence each morning brought forward surprising insights (including meeting a local celebrity he had visualized days earlier), how the philosophy of “fill your present place” turned a struggling hair salon into a thriving mentorship hub, and how unresolved childhood disappointments were holding him back decades later — even from winning speech competitions.Albert also dives into shadow work, subconscious blocks, and how all transformation begins with a willingness to feel what you’ve been avoiding. If you’re hitting invisible walls in business or life, this episode might just reveal the hidden parts of yourself that are running the show.