In this episode I’m talking with Victor Cabral he is the Director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs for Fluence Training.  Fluence for those of you who don’t know is on the cutting edge of psychedelic therapy and training. We talk about his first psychedelic experience, trauma, philosophy and a lot more.

He is a research-based systems thinker with expertise in policy development, advocacy, BIPOC mental health, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, racial trauma, and is a practicing psychotherapist with training in Internal Family Systems, and Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy (MDMA and Ketamine). Victor was also listed on the Students for Sensible Drug Policy’s list of ’40 Under 40 Outstanding BIPOC Leaders in Drug Policy in the United States’ for his work in psychedelic policy.

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Instagram @aWondrousMind 

Facebook @aWondrousMind 

Clubhouse @aWondrousMind

LinkedIn Victor Cabral  MSW, LSW, CCTP-I

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In this episode I’m talking with Jordan Gruber a true wordsmith. His accomplishments as a writer and an interviewer are numerous!  See if you can keep up with us as we bounce around from his life to philosophy and more.

Jordan provides writing, collaborative writing, ghostwriting, and editorial services. With well-developed interviewing skills and a specialization in creating novel syntheses of forward-thinking materials, he has written successfully in financial services, law, health and wellness, psychology, and spirituality. Jordan also founded the Enlightenment.Com website, where he recorded and published the first-ever audio interview with philosopher Ken Wilber, as well as video or audio interviews with Byron Katie, Charles Tart, Deepak Chopra, Rick Hanson, Dean Radin, Jean Houston, Dan Millman, and James Fadiman.

Links to Jordan’s work and time stamps are below.

http://jordangruber.com

http://yoursymphonyofselves.com

http://jordangruber.com/the-bounce

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1644110261

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TIME STAMPS:

(00:01:30) Going to UVA Law School

(00:04:10) Wanting to be a writer at age 5

(00:11:55) It’s easier to start from scratch

(00:15:50) A linear progression of selves coming in and out

(00:23:00) Billions of blackholes and 1 second of stars

(00:32:00) Socratic Method and Simulation Theory

(00:37:30) Symphony of Selves

(00:42:35) Mindfulness and Meditation

(00:58:34) “Attention is the Brains Boss”

(01:08:00) My fingers know what I’m feeling before I do

(01:10:30) Story of not getting to go to Jamaica

(01:14:40) Materialism and esoterica interests

(01:20:05) “We are animals on the surface of the planet…”

(01:29:02) “My name is Dog Breath” Please listen to me

(01:32:30) Enlightenment is…

(01:34:00) Being an entrepreneur is another skill set

(01:38:20) Super geniuses are oppressed?

(01:41:30) You have to keep track

(01:47:00) Final thoughts sung to me

In this episode I’m talking with Kathryn Valias founder of Misfit Investors, Misfit Mindset and Luvi.Life . We talk about her career as a ballet dancer, entrepreneurship, leadership, and so many other amazing topics. If you’re looking for a role model Katy definitely fits the bill in every way, from business to parenting.

Links for Katy and Time stamps for all the things that came up while we talked are below.

Real Estate: Website: MisfitInvestors.com - Compassionate Real Estate Investing Solutions for Buyers and Sellers. 

Blog: Website: MisfitMindset.com How do you scale in life without losing yourself? How do you show up authentically without closing doors for future opportunities? Misfit Mindset provides resources, content, and inspiration on how to live truly and find success in life without dimming your sparkle.

Empowerment Movement and Underwear. Website: Luvi.Life - Incontinence underwear for women who experience stress incontinence postpartum or while partaking in extreme sports. Doing our part to change the narrative around women's bodies by bringing products to the market that are both functional and fashionable.

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TIME STAMPS:

(00:01:52) Core value of leadership

(00:05:40) Life as a ballet dancer

(00:09:54) Understanding Flow state and how to get there

(00:13:40) Hypnogogic states and finding them

(00:19:00) Losing business and re-finding meditation

(00:25:25) CBT NLP doing the work

(00:32:00) Breaking down toxic positivity

(00:36:25) Embracing who you are and being charismatic

(00:44:29) Outwitting The Devil by Napoleon Hill

(00:52:32) Being a Valuable Misfit in Society

(00:56:01) Find the people that will accept your message

(01:02:40) Tracking emotional intelligence

(01:09:40) Psychosomatic experience past and present

(01:20:02) Explore all the connections to find the answers

(01:26:00) The power of ADHD and the modern school system

(01:34:10) We are not tribal we are survivalists

(01:35:30) Medicating kids and medications that work

(01:41:08) Dealing with her son’s diagnosis, there is HOPE

(01:57:12) Adults getting emotional validation in today’s culture

(02:03:02) Plato’s Cave analogy

In this episode I’m talking with JULIANE GULLA, a medical worker, artist and good friend. We talk about her awakening and how she’s letting go of everything to be open to the next chapter in her life.

Jules has been working in the medical field for 20 years, the last 7 as a nurse.

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IG: @julesg12_

Twitter: @julesg12

LinkedIn

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Time Stamps:

(00:00:50) We laugh at the start and how we know each other

(00:02:45) Pushing everything she wanted aside

(00:05:30) Spiritual awakening on the horizon

(00:09:10) What triggered the awakening?

(00:16:00) What happened next?

(00:20:00) Throwing away everything and going month to month

(00:23:10) No more hiding

(00:26:40) Realizing the need to have it all planned out

(00:30:40) Being her most authentic self

(00:32:20) New routines and practices, training for the marathon

(00:42:55) 2yrs of journaling a book a month

(00:45:00) Using YouTube to meditate and learning to trust her self

(00:47:00) Remote Viewing

(00:54:45) Speed of technology

(00:58:05) How have your relationships changed?

(01:01:40) You’re never really alone

(01:03:50) Less triggers

(01:06:00) One earth

(01:10:10) Awakening doesn’t have to be woo woo

(01:13:00) Ownership

(01:17:40) At peace more than ever

(01:19:10) You need to feel all the emotions

(01:23:42) The cliff hanger

In this episode I’m talking with Aura Walker founder of AWH – Aura Walker Hypnotherapy.  We talk about how she was born at an Ashram in India, the struggles of growing up in NYC and how it seemed like she was hiding a secret talent from me.

Aura Walker MA, CHt: Los Angeles Hypnotherapist, Vocational Counselor, Therapeutic Facilitator, Group Leader and Motivational Speaker.

Aura is passionate about the work she does with children and helping people on their healing journey. Links to her work and social media are below.

www.aurawalkerhypnotherapy.com

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Time Stamps:

(00:01:20) Aura’s purpose in this life and being born on an Ashram

(00:10:30) How her mom started sustainable goods

(00:11:50) Moving to NYC and the struggles of growing up there

(00:16:50) Being conscious in India of the poverty

(00:19:30) Going to Malaysia and seeing transmedium healing

(00:21:45) Getting out of NYC and a journey west

(00:26:30) Safety of women varies minute to minute and her vision to travel

(00:28:20) Indigenous ceremonies and partaking

(00:31:50) Moving to Santa Fe and getting wacked

(00:33:45) Doing the work and what that means

(00:36:20) The Whitney Program

(00:38:20) No second thoughts about being a famous painter

(00:40:30) Just wanting to get out of NYC and the horror

(00:41:50) Finding out about art therapy and the impact

(00:44:45) Going to the Jedi school for training

(00:46:00) How hypnosis came into her life and the disillusionment of the “white picket fence fantasy”

(00:51:21) The antidote to trauma is new memories

(00:54:50) Children are the future stewards of this planet and how she helps them

(01:00:00) How powerful art is for children

(01:03:50) Transpersonal work and what it means

(01:05:20) Working with the homeless is the hardest population to work with

(01:09:45) Everyone has their WHY

(01:11:30) Being tied to Los Angeles and what’s next

(01:14:20) Natural and herbal medicine for birth control and other interests

(01:20:00) Respect your body and how important self-care is for health

(01:22:00) LOVE YOURSELF

In this episode I’m talking with Gabriel Andreson co-founder of Inovis Energy, Inc.  We talk about how he doubled his income over night, hiring practices, and of course solving the world’s problems… which we did.

After working in the lighting industry for over 20+ years he founded Inovis Energy, Inc, a company devoted to energy efficiency and sustainability to maximize companies and city’s bottom-line.

Gabe has many interests and you can find him online posting inspirational videos recounting stories from his life.

Links to Gabe:

www.inovisenergy.com

LinkedIn

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Time Stamps:

(0:00:56) Our first-time meeting

(0:02:25) Business is about people

(5m) how someone reaching out to him and it turned into a job interview

(6:50) Everyone is starving for good people to hire

(7:20) Coaching his daughter, she is driven on another level, the youth is driven

(10:30) The gamesmanship of sales

(13:15) What he looks for in a new hire

(14:20) Why he’s posting videos for people

(18:10) Creative outlet and expressing yourself, writing and music

(21:18) Personal goals to speak publicly in 2022

(25:00) Limiting ourselves and wishing he had a mentor

(30) When you are ready, but not until you’re ready you’ll figure it out

(33:15) First time he met a motivational speaker, they crack the door open, the coach gets your there.

(37) The responsibly of children and what he wants to impart to them

(41:20) Why I fought with my father

(45:45) Meditation and mindfulness, he was having panic attacks and his experience of GOD

(55:40) Breakthrough takes 10min for Gabe, finding the silence

(58:34) Some people have innate abilities, everything else can be trained

(1:03:55) Sales and the most powerful tools we have as people

(1:07) His openness to ANYONE’S love and compassion

(1:11:30) Life should be about service

(1:15:05) Valuing individuality and fostering that in others

(1:15:45) The barrier of entry and why it’s needed

(1:21) How to be a coach as it’s related to Gabe’s current business

(1:26:20) Perceived value can will dictate engagement

(1:29:40) Cheap and inexpensive are not the same thing

(1:30:30) To survive we need help, tribalism is group survival

(1:34) Culture trickles down

(1:36:40) One earth, same air and water, that’s where the conversations starts

(1:41:30) Wrapping it up and looking to the future for round 2, what will happen with his speaking and his new hire

In this episode I’m talking with Nate Scholz. SAG/AFTRA Actor & Host, Director of Sales & Marketing at DCLA, Freelance Fashion Consultant & Clothing Designer

We talk about his wrong and rightful expulsion from school, his finding and losing religion and how important family is to him. This is a long and interesting episode that could have gone for several more hours.

Nate has many interests, including UFO’s, psychedelics and more which he talks about on his show Nate Night Talks or seen on his Instagram stories and feed.

Links to Nate:

Instagram: @NateAScholz

YouTube: Nate Scholz

Twitter: @NateScholz

Website: NateNightTalks.com

YouTube: NateNightTalks

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(2:20) You are a product of your environment

(3:30) Granddad was a German soldier

(6) Has a unique connection to Amelia Earhart

(9:30) Coming to terms with death

(11:50) It was amazing I accomplished anything in life

(12:15) Questioning faith and a problem with authority

(14:40) Younger brother’s easy life made him resent him when they were kids

(15:20) Was it conscious rebellion as a kid?

(16:50) He came to religion after a rough childhood in college

(17:30) We’re all brainwashed by our parents

(19) If only he had known his father was a wild

(21) The story of being expelled

(25)  The conspiracy to take Nate down

(29:20) Evil thinks they are doing the right thing

(31:30) Family life was like lord of the flies at home & bullying at schooling

(35:35) Became a cutter, depressed & tried to get expelled to get out of school

(44:15) Enslavement of the human race by wheat

(51:)  Realizing what he wanted in school

(52:30) Principal wanted to get him in to debate in high school

(54:) Took any and every job to make money

(57) Reason for not going into the military

(1:01:40) What made him chose religion

(1:05)  Choice to stay local instead of going away to college for his little bro

(1:08) His ticket out of his hometown – national collegiate competition

(1:09:57) Nate sheds a tear

(1:10:45) Winning

(1:14:35) “It’s neither good nor bad, it just is”

(1:16:35) His mom leaving shattered his world

(1:22) Clarity of purpose

(1:30:50) Creating a new system and why the dystopian novels/movies are made

(1:40:50) The labels that hurt us all and censorship

(1:52:30) Challenging your paradigm and having your world fold around you

(2:00:03) The need for faith… if it gives you purpose

(2:05:00) Going back to church helped him find his purpose as an actor

(2:13) “I just want to know the true nature of reality”

(2:19:50) Nate sums it all up

In this episode I’m talking with Brandon Croucher. Brandon has 2 masters degrees, he’s a former Youth Pastor, entrepreneur, podcaster, fire spinner and all-around great guy!

Brandon and I have a wide-ranging conversation and if you want to know how he went from taking 15 different pills for anxiety and depression to not taking any, stay tuned.

All links to Brandon in one link:

https://msha.ke/delightcafe.com

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(1:00) Welcome Brandon has a daily show plus other companies he owns, to find a positive during covid and have a great day. He produces 5 shows a week and a veteran’s show

(5:00) Open to Clive Barker through cat named nix and Greek mythology

(9:40) Shadow work intro and how it pertains to Clive Barker’s stories/movies

(13:40) Making the esoteric mathematical

(19:40) Identity as a point of reference or starting point for conversation

(22:40) Great pain to experience your true self as explained through Hellraiser movies

(27:40) The beauty of the art that came out of great pain “know thy self”

(30:20) Hypnotherapist helps him look inside to do the work

(32) On lots of meds for anxiety and depression, 15 different pills

(34) His café was so successful Starbucks hired him to turn their store into the 3rd largest Starbucks in the world.

(36) Cannabis was helping him and how he got his parents and other to pay attention

(38) What you put into your body and mind and how it shapes you

(39:50) He was a youth pastor early in life

(42:50) The danger of any drug including alcohol and intention of use

(49:40) Prayer and or meditation and how he viewed it, what is God?

(52:40) Connection quantum to meditation and dreaming, your mind doesn’t know the difference between dream and waking, your body does

(54:50) How real was pray before compared to know when you meditate?

(57:10) Who kicked you? And how it relates to walking in on his ex-wife cheating on him and the 10yr connection

(1:00:01) An unbelievable story that proved to him the connection to the universe and how he met his hypnotherapist

(1:04:15) One person’s definitive proof is not proof for someone else, you don’t know till you know. Just keep going.

(1:10:15) Food and the spirituality of learning to cook

(1:14:45) Food is medicine

(1:19:50) Curing autoimmune with food

(1:21:45) Being honest with therapist and transparency

(1:22:20) Money doesn’t trickle down, culture does

(1:26:20) Did cooking become meditative

(1:28:40) Brandon's favorite form of meditation

(1:17) The passion he has for his CBD company

(1:20) Last rabbit hole, New Year’s Resolutions failure rates.

(1:44:20) Getting support is a true blessing and holds you accountable

In this episode I’m talking with the bold and amazing Jayme Johnson. She is a marketing expert, entrepreneur, mother and is on a journey to make it easier for you to find your spiritual center.

Jayme has worked with giants like CNN and Hyperloop. She has also worked in the burgeoning world of cannabis and the Decriminalize Nature Movement.

Jayme is a seasoned managing consultant, strategist and marketing specialist who helps companies become truer, more efficient and more effective versions of themselves. She’s been on the ground floor of start-ups, worked for global corporations, served local communities, and filled multiple roles across diverse markets.

Enjoy our conversation!

Links for Jayme:

https://epicmedia.agency

Digital Marketing Agency for Creators & Innovators

https://spiritualgangster.media

Transformational education portal providing resources, tools and practice techniques to raise and expand consciousness

For seekers asking the deeper questions about their existence

The peer-to-peer site connects students and teachers covering topics on the science of consciousness and healing sciences

https://axiomreality.com

Wellness-adventure retreats putting into practice transformative experiences that awaken and awaken the human spirit

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaymejohnson1/

Time Stamps:

(1:42) start Following the synchronicity

(2:54) Fear is a great indicator you need

(10:25) tools for dealing and listening to your downloads

(20) Professional background is in marketing starting at the boom of .com

(24) Growing up in a highly creative home

(28:40) there was no guidance in grade school

(35) Dance helped define when to step forward when to step back in life.

(40:30) Being a survivor, choosing to be independent

(50:05) Important to teach my daughter about being an entrepreneur

(54:30) Difference between being opportunistic vs entrepreneur

(1:03:10) Ownership and the Either/OR

(1:09:10) When you realize you are connected to everything

(1:19:38) Draw to the tech world

(1:28:20) Feeling the pressure and having to create

(1:32:40) Money is the energetic exchange, doing the work

(1:41:20) Plugging in where you are for what you need

(1:44) Why my hair is pink, Know thy self

In this episode I’m lucky to talk with someone I get to call a friend, Alberto Zeni. Alberto is an electronics engineer and an entrepreneur. He’s also a successful actor; you may have seen him in the Netflix show Narcos: Mexico or one of many other projects.

Alberto is a very insightful person and we cover a lot of ground in this conversation. We talk about living in Durango, Mexico. The life of an actor and entrepreneur. How we literally can create the reality we live in and how being a server helped him in so many ways. At the end of the conversation, he gives his two main tips for actors, but probably good advice for everyone.

@albertozeni on instagram.com/albertozeni

Time Stamps:

(1:50) Catching up on his engagement & move to Durango, Mx

(9:50) being a Mexican living in American

(19:44) humans are curious

(24:40) we can create the reality we want to live

(31:16) Serving helped him in many ways

(34) lost his purpose & how his wife helped him find it again

(38:10) How he started as a singer

(41:31) he became an engineer

(44:40) Performing for kids in the hospital

(52:35) His dad never pressured him to do what he did

(56:20) You are the business as an actor

(1:11:25) going back to the beginning, you create your reality

(1:15:20) how he spends his down time on set

(1:22) you can make a movie with a phone

(1:27) Discipline is essential

(1:32:20) Value of school for film making

(1:38:56) 2 bits of advice

Join me every week as we dive into the circumstances, obstacles, & pressures that led successful people to make choices at crucial moments in their life.

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