DR PEDRO CORTINA
Author & Transformation Expert
YOU DON’T NEED PERMISSION!
After working with hundreds of individuals and executives from around the world for 20 years, my life’s work can now be summarized in one principle: showing people that they don’t need permission to live.
People cannot reach their highest potential because they spend their entire lives waiting for one single thing: permission. Permission to do. Permission to change. Permission to start. Permission to stay. Permission to want. Permission to leave.
We may think this permission is being sought from family, friends, institutions, culture, authority figures, or social expectations. But in all my years of work, I’ve confirmed again and again that people are looking for permission from one person only without being able to obtain it: themselves.
AVAILABLE FOR
Podcast interviews • Print and online interviews • Guest essays • Expert commentary • Panels • Keynotes • Private engagements and collaborations
Podcast interviews • Print and online interviews • Guest essays • Expert commentary • Panels • Keynotes • Private engagements and collaborations
Types of questions
that can be explored:
What if your “personality” is mostly a lie?
Why do people stay loyal to lives they hate?
What if fear is just internalized permission seeking?
How many of your limits are imaginary?
What if the person ruining your life is you?
How much of your life do you choose?
Who taught you what you’re allowed to do?
What if you already know exactly what you want?
Why do intelligent people ignore what they actually know?
Who are you still trying not to disappoint?
What if your success is keeping you trapped?
What if your biggest problem is needing approval?
Why do people wait until a crisis gives them permission?
What would collapse if you stopped asking permission?
What if your life is built around dying assumptions?
How much of your ambition is actually fear?
What if self-improvement is another form of avoidance?
Why do we still defend identities we’ve already outgrown?
What if freedom begins by disappointing others?
What would you do if you didn’t need permission?
And more…
For samples of my writing please visit:
medium.com/@apcortina
medium.com/@apcortina
ABOUT DR CORTINA
Dr. Pedro Cortina holds a doctorate in Leadership and Entrepreneurship, with previous studies in Philosophy, Economics, Finance, and Management.
He has been in private consulting practice for the last 20 years, working with hundreds of individuals and executives from around the world.
He is the co-creator of the IBC Method for personal transformation, validated by researchers at the University of Bern in Switzerland.
BOOKS AUTHORED
THE UNFIXED LIFE: HOW TO LIVE WHEN YOU NO LONGER FIT THE MOLD (2027)
YOU DON’T NEED PERMISSION: HOW TO STOP LIVING ON HOLD (2026)
FIELDNOTES ON FREEDOM: LIVING WITHOUT WAITING FOR PERMISSION (2025)
INNER FREEDOM: BREAK THE PATTERNS THAT KEEP YOU STUCK (2025)
THE SORCERER’S WAY: A FANTASY LEADERSHIP MANUAL (2024)
THE TAO OF ZEROSPACE: REINTERPRETATION OF A CLASSIC (2023)
PARTSWORK & ZEROSPACE: IBC FOR INNER FREEDOM (2022)
INQUIRY-BASED COACHING: THE POWER OF ZEROSPACE (2020)
CURFLEXION: LIVING THE INFINITE SPACE OF BEING (2015)
MEDIA ASSETS
Professional bio • High-resolution headshot • Book covers • Selected writing • IBC background material • Interview topics
Contact for collabs:
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