EP 16 - Finding Happiness Without Other People’s Validation, with Matthew Sortino

For the 16th episode of the Personality Portrait Podcast, Franco interviews Matthew Sortino - a teacher and podcaster based in Melbourne, Australia.

He was born, raised and continues to live in the northern suburbs of Melbourne and has been a Primary and Secondary Teacher since 2012. Matthew began Moments of Clarity as a way to cut through the polarised nature of online communication and instead explore how people come to not only identify their values but make the world a better place by living by them each and every day.

Moments of Clarity is a podcast that aims to explore the inherent goodness of human beings through longform conversation. Matthew believes that it is time to put the outrage and certainty behind us and start to actually listen to others and use their stories and beliefs to help understand our own values.

In this interview, Franco talks to Matthew about finding happiness without the validation from others, seeking the truth, his high and low points in life, and why he chooses to do the right thing now, instead of doing what will make him feel good.

At the end of the interview, Franco dives deeply into Matthew’s personality after listening to his story.

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