We discuss the challenge of returning from powerful spiritual experiences and why integration is such a critical part of "the work."

Our friends and long time listeners Kelly and Lou take over the podcast this week and interview us. It was a lot of fun (and a little strange) to be on the other side of the mic for a change!

After 3 days of Kambo, we sit down with Courtney Warden and Rachel Blair to talk about their first experience with the medicine.

We sit down to talk about how to bridge the gap with those we love and live with around COVID and other polarized issues and why the challenges we're facing as a society are much more complex and nuanced than the way they are often framed by reductionist mainstream media narratives.

Alasdair shares how he's been feeling about his work lately which leads us into a conversation about how we deal with the scary and uncomfortable experience of letting an outdated aspect of ourselves dissolve without knowing what might be next.

How do we not only endure but thrive in unpredictable times?

While doing our year-end reviews and reflecting on 2020 we were surprised to realize all the ways our lives have significantly improved because of last year's chaos and uncertainty---rather than in spite of it.

This led us into a conversation about Nassim Taleb's idea of benefiting from volatility (or being "antifragile") and Jordan B. Peterson's ideas about facing the unknown through channeling the hero archetype.

After plugging a discount for our favorite cacao and sharing some of the latest "adjustments" to life on the road we get into today's topic: different paths to learning. We explore two particular paths, the advantages and pitfalls of each, how viewing them as a dialogue is helpful and our ongoing quest for the middle way: an integrated approach.

After a few weeks on the road in Dorothy, our truck camper and new home, we check in for an update on how things are going. We share some of the ups and downs of this new life, the surprises, the shenanigans and why we are eternally grateful to be moving on from snowy, cold Colorado!

If you've ever wondered what it would be like to leave it all behind and hit the road...this episode is for you.

Nikola Anandamali Ristic is a philosopher, spiritual teacher and author. With a Ph.D in philosophy and vast cultural, educational and spiritual experiences, Nikola has devoted his life to creating a vision of spirituality for our both challenging and inspiring times. His book Spirit X offers a spiritual teaching for our global and digital age.

We sit down with Nikola in his Santa Cruz office to explore his journey from war-torn Yugoslavia to spiritual teacher in Santa Cruz, California. We talk about the role philosophy played in his life, the path of of the seeker, his spiritual awakening with his teacher in 2011 and the work he's called to now in these uncertain times.

While installing solar on our truck camper we get entangled with "The Captain," an old mechanic and electrician who consistently sabotages our plans and sows chaos and discord in our lives.

In the aftermath, we sit down to sift through the rubble and see what valuable lessons we can find.