From developing commercial real estate properties to developing humans; Charlie Smith has had and continues to lead an incredible life. His story is filled with darkness, pain, beauty and inspiration. As a keynote speaker and coach today, Charlie has looked inside himself along all chapters in his journey to truly turn his mess into his message and now bring wisdom to others on the daily. I am truly blessed to have had this time with him and I am without a doubt that any and all listeners will feel the same once you tune into this episode. So settle in, get your pen out and get ready to reach out to Charlie for your new pen, the one that will write your life story.


Episode Topics

0:50 - Join us for some conscious breaths before we dive into the episode.

2:35 - How Charlie and I met and the gift he led with to connect us.

3:40 - The gift that Charlie sent me in the mail and his message behind his movement.

5:45 - Where Charlie’s inspirational story began “It started in darkness” with violent abuse.

8:55 - Charlie describes how he started his career chasing material success and using drugs and alcohol to run from himself and shield him from dealing with his past.

10:03 - The false identity that he created to try and put his past behind him caught up to him and his life started to collapse. It was time to deal with the pain to get through the pain.

13:28 - We are the biggest influence on ourselves with how we allow our external influences to effect the way that we talk to and view ourselves.

15:10 - Charlie had made the choice to put down drugs and alcohol for 45 days thinking this was the fix to his challenges quickly realizing it was his past that needed to be looked at. When his whole Family left him, it was the ultimate wake-up call.

19:20 - Starting to take full responsibility for his life, Charlie could not see clearly what he needed to do on his path.

22:00 - Charlie speaks about how in his growth his friends and the people that he surrounded himself with changed immensely.

25:01 - Charlie shares a story about a recent experience in his life that brought back all these insecurities and how simply sharing what you’re going through with someone else brings the power back to you.

30:03 - We are never finished products when it comes to the personal development space. We constantly learn from others as long as we’re willing to lean into the journey.

34:04 - Charlie shares a great story about his Mom confiding in him before she is accepting a prestigious award and how he encourages her to re-write her life narrative.

37:10 - How Charlie helps people turn their negative chatter into their inner champion.

43:51 - “Here is on the way there” a current saying that Charlie lives by and what it means. To be in this present moment.

45:50 - The importance of having a practice for presence and connecting with yourself.

48:16 - The power of habits and the tools that Charlie leverages to support his non-negotiables.

Episode Quotes

“What you don’t deal with will deal with you” 

“The past isn’t predictive of my future, my current behaviors are” 

“You can’t turn the volume up on your inner champion if you haven’t written the lyrics” 

Episode Resources Mentioned

Michael Singer - The Surrender Experiment - https://untetheredsoul.com/surrender-experiment 

Guest Contact Info

https://charliesmithspeaks.com/

Charlie’s 5K Process to write your story - https://charliesmithspeaks.com/keynote/ 

Instagram & Facebook - @charliesmithspeaks

This episode is the most meaningful episode to date that has been recorded as it is with my very own flesh and blood, my brother Matt Prince. Matt joined the Navy straight out of University, a few years later the Army and was deployed to Afghanistan for 6 months. He later decided that the Police force would keep him at home more close to his Family and that was the best choice. This episode unfolds like a story as Matt brings us into his journey through serving for 20+ years and eventually having an awakening changing his outlook on his work and his life completely. Plug into this episode and hold on tight as it covers everything from adventure, to Family and personal growth. 


Episode Topic

4:10 - Matt shares what his draw was to going into the military

7:05 - Checking into the barracks upon entry when he chose the Navy (Basic Training)

10:57 - Matt talks about when and why he transferred over to the Army

13:38 - He dives into what training in the Army was like.

18:58 - Matt talks about his decision to go to Afghanistan and serve for his country. What inspired him to go.

23:52 - In seeing/hearing his local fellow brothers/sisters in needing help overseas Matt felt he had no choice but to deploy when asked.

29 - Matt shares what he was feeling when he was getting on the plane headed to War.

31:16-  Matt explains arriving into Kandahar how his plane starting doing wild swinging maneuvers and what this was

41:01 - Matt talks about his experience in being in the combat zone during mortar attacks, etc.

44:01 - Outlines a scenario where one of their medics wanted to evacuate a local to save their life but couldn't.

47:53 - Matt shares the story of having dinner with some of the local Afghan’s and how it was challenging as they knew that some amongst them were likely going to be enemies at a later stage.

50:05 - What it’s like coming home after war and a funny story where he purposely dodged a welcome home party.

56:13- Talks about the challenges of coming back once they drop the uniform. Being without a weapon, sleeping, etc. How he had the opportunity to eventually provide counsel to others coming back.

1:01:10 - Matt shares how he was offered his dream role in the military and why he declined it.

1:05:07-1:06:40 - Reaching the pinnacle point of his multiple careers, it all started to tumble when he could not show up effectively in all areas.

1:10:23 - Explains how the evil in his career as a policeman really started to affect him in his work/life balance.

1:14:00 - Matt talks about his experience through the last few years during the pandemic as a police officer and his challenge with what was being enforced versus his beliefs and what he was witnessing.

1:23:00 - After 10 years of service, Matt was given one weeks notice to get the needle or become suspended from his role as a Police Officer.

1:29:49 - The story’s he had to hear from others that felt truly coerced into getting the needle
due to fear of losing their jobs, their homes, etc.

1:32:30 - Matt explains how he has gone from serving blindly his whole working life to truly “awakening”, taking his blinders off and stepping into a new way of life for his whole Family.


Episode Quotes

“You can be taught to be a leader, you can be appointed and called a leader. But at the end of the day. You’re not a leader until you actually motivate and take action. It is earned”

“I can mark that decision as becoming a Father again...At the forefront of everything I do now is the kids and it is really what charges me, motivates me and gives me energy. All my life experiences before me guide me but now allow me to give back to the next generation”


Episode Resources Mentioned

(None)

On this episode of The Conscious Creator Podcast, Mike bring’s on a good Family friend Eric Sheremeta. Eric is an old soul who has found a new path in life through connection with self and the use of various “drugs” as medicine to connect with his higher self and his path in life. They take a deep dive on the various medicines and Eric shares how he truly believes that he was called to each at the different times in his life when it was needed most. Over time Eric has learned that one of his greatest tools is to walk this earth with an open heart for everyone in his path. This episode is a special one, especially if you’re on a journey of self-discovery (which we all are). Enjoy and thanks for listening!
 

Episode Topic

4:05 - How Eric had based a lot of his self worth off of a relationship so when they broke up his self worth went down with it and he experienced a lot of anxiety and didn’t know where to turn.

6:11-  When Eric was experiencing anxiety and they wanted to put him on drugs he knew that he had to dig deeper and find the answer to what was really going on.

6:57 - Eric talks about how he started to sit with his Yogi to dive deep on his anxiety

8:00 - Eric talks about how he stepped back from his thoughts to “witness” instead of allow them to spiral. This is where his journey of spirituality and psychedelics first connected.

10:03 - Mike talks about how people get attached to anxiety because they label it as a part of themselves instead of separating YOU from the anxiety.

10:53 - Eric & Mike talk about how psychedelics help separate self from the ego.

12:49 - Drugs turned from drugs to medicine when Eric first tried DMT.

15:00 - Eric talk about his first experience with DMT and explains how it reacts with the body.

21:00 - Eric talks about how in highschool he was not a very nice person as he felt the need to push his masculinity around but that there was someone in his life who always saw the light in him.

23:00 - Eric talks about a DMT experience where he “purged” but it was all spiritual and not actual.

26:25 - Medicine teaches us above all else to surrender to an experience. How this can be connected to our day to day experience in life and how we “react to experiences.

29:19 + 1.5mins  Eric talks about his experience with Ayahuasca. How he was taken away in a spaceship and how his next guide was delivered to him. Ram Daas.

33:00 - The chain of events that lead Eric on his spiritual journey. How one medicine lead to the next and also to each spiritual teacher on his path.

34:10 - 35:40 “In society today we’re going back to our roots. We’ve come so far away from where were as primal beings and connecting with the earth and the world around us and each other and community…”


Episode Quotes

“When I’m 25 and doctors were telling me that they want to put me on drugs, I didn’t want to be put on any of these drugs for the rest of my life. If I have a problem I want to deal with it. At the time I thought I had a disease. I wanted to cure whatever disease I had. It turns out that it was anxiety”

“Instantly I was transported to ancient India…Right after I knew that I needed to go back. For me it was this deeply healing experience. This major reset and I would feel so light coming out of it” (DMT Experience)

“They call DMT the spirit molecule. It is connection to God and you are connected to your highest self”

“If you can manage to keep your heart open in hell you will learn so much about yourself and evolve.  I learned to sit there with my heart open when I was thrown in a fire of hell”


Episode Resources Mentioned

(None)


Guest Contact Info

Austin Penrose & Mahlon Head have started a brand surrounding mental health initially called “Happy Dude” and through some entrepreneurial learnings have now had a name shift and called “Friends of Felix”. These two friends bonded in a time of need when going through some of their own personal experience with mental health challenges and through these adversities knew there must be others out there like them that could use the support. Starting with their t-shirt brand, their goal is to ignite conversations surrounding mental health, eventually expanding into speaking engagements and funding more support channels through this growth. This podcast is sure to inspire many through this great discussion.


Episode Quotes

“A big part of it is wanting to give men access to the health that they need” - Mahlon Head

“Really making an impact through conversation. We can sell as many t-shirts as we want and donate but it doesn’t solve the problem. We want to bridge the gap and help people” - Austin Penrose

“Anything to get my body moving has a positive impact on my mind” - Mahlon Head

“Being by yourself is one of the hardest challenges humans have. It starts with learning to love ourselves. When you truly love yourself you can sit with yourself and your mind doesn’t go to a negative place”- Mike Prince

“No one cares as much as you think. At the end of the day when we look back on things, no one cares. If you want to do something go for it, it shouldn’t be anyone else’s decision” - Austin Penrose

“Every experience presents itself with an opportunity to learn” - Mahlon Head


Episode Resources Mentioned

(None)


Guest Contact Info

Website - www.friendsoffelix.com 
Instagram - @friendsoffelixbrand

Trevor Turnbull and Mike Prince (The Conscious Creator) have been neighbors for the last two years. In this episode they recap a lot of what they have learned in that time in their relationships with one another, with their spouses, kids and work-life. If you have seen the Aaron Rodgers & Aubrey Marcus podcast well this right here is the Canadian version. There’s tears, there’s laughter and there is deep insight about all areas of our lives with the underlying message of how we can be the Captain of our ship to guide our realities.


Episode Quotes

“I feel like I’ve got to a place now where I’ve chosen to be happy in all moments and more present than I ever have been. I’m still on the journey and constantly trying to be a better version of myself and trying to catch myself in what’s happening tomorrow instead of being present” - Trevor Turnbull

“The idea of slowing down to speed up was just ethereal to me and I thought, that just makes no sense. You have to move if you want to create progress, which to the high achieving individual means just DO, DO, DO. But the more I slow down and I take the time to write in a journal and feeling into what it is you’re trying to create” - Trevor Turnbull

“When I look at injuries in my life, yeah I was going REALLY fast at that point in my life and the universe was telling me to slow the F%$* down. And I didn’t listen, so within a year I was delivered another serious injury.” - Mike Prince

“It had to start with a really deep, honest conversation with ourselves of; Is the life that we’re living right now and the way that we make money, making a living, is this it? When the answer was NO for both of us then the answer was obvious, we needed to start over again” - Trevor Turnbull

“Who you surround yourself with is so critically important… When you talk to people that lift you up as oppose to those that find ways to complain and find the negative in everything. You can’t help but radiate that same energy” - Trevor Turnbull

“Love breeds love and kids feel that trust, they pick-up on it and its energy and if you have that energy in the house they feel that, they feel comfortable” - Mike Prince

“I think a really important mindset with marriage, if you commit to each other and you say to each other that we will never even say the word divorce. There’s a comfort and a confidence in that to know that we can go through $h!t but we’re in this together until the end” - Mike Prince

“To actually create a life that works for you and you don’t work for, that takes intention and that takes a shift in the way that you show up” - Trevor Turnbull


Episode Resources Mentioned

Unlikely Destinations - The Lonely Planet Story
The 4 Hour Work week - Tim Ferriss www.fourhourworkweek.com


Guest Contact Info

https://www.trevorturnbull.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorturnbull/?originalSubdomain=ca 

Chris Koch is an inspirational speaker, a philanthropist, a damn good uncle, a true born farmer and has a zest for life that most desire for their entire lives. Being born with no arms and no legs, this did not slow him down and he shares why with the way that he was raised and the outlook his family had to do less for him, so that he would learn more. Chris travels the world sharing his message with others with his brand “If I Can” and he truly embodies everything that it represents along his adventures and in daily life. Beyond all of this, he’s a down to earth human with a great heart and I was honored to get to spend some time with him in this chat.


Episode Quotes

“I’m way more afraid of regret than failure, failure is fear based so I just kind of kick that out of the way and do” - Chris Koch 

“My grandma’s reaction to hearing that I was born with no arms and no legs, she said well my Dad never did finish anything he started” - Chris Koch 

“A simple gratitude practice makes all the difference” - Chris Koch 

“If a guy without arms and legs can go efoiling, snowboard, travel the world, work on the farm or even live a happy independent life anyone can” - Chris Koch 

“Every single one of us is capable of doing some awesome, amazing and exceptional things and it has nothing to do with limbs or physical ability and everything to do with the 6 inches of space between our ears” - Chris Koch


Episode Resources Mentioned

Make Life Happen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhJUU00qCGY 

Guest Contact Info

Website - http://www.ifican.ca/about 
Insta - @ifican.chriskoch

Jake Heilbrunn is wise beyond his years. In this episode we talk about our personal journey’s/challenges with Lyme disease and the many lessons we have learned along the way (Including how to do a coffee enema, lol. Yes, it is what you think it is). How a chronic illness can really make you stop and look at the “why’s” and observe every part of it, eventually realizing the gifts even if they are hard to see at first. Jake brings a lightness to life even through the tough parts and is an inspiring individual. We discuss how when he went into his first year in college that he knew something just wasn’t right and he had to make a change which led to an adventure through south/central America and eventually to Jake giving talks about it all (TedX) and even writing a book. This is a heartfelt episode about two men at slightly different stages in life who were connected by a “dis-ease” and how others can learn from the wisdom this brought them. With a few laughs along the way!


Episode Quotes

“ I was doing all of these things that I loved and there was this part of me that was just screaming out for help” - Jake Heilbrunn

“I find when I can actually access my emotions and cry or scream or whatever, the pain doesn’t go away but the suffering of lower emotions that are trapped in my system release and I feel lighter” - Jake Heilbrunn

“The element of surrender or letting go has been hands down the hardest part for me” - Jake Heilbrunn

“Getting to that place of true gratitude and acceptance is where the true healing happens” - Jake Heilbrunn

“Smell the salt, smell the air, take in the birds flying around and feel my surroundings, look at the cliff, feel gratitude for the ocean, the elements. I find that connection does something to me on a soul level that is hard to put into words” -- Jake Heilbrunn

“I remember this girl was  killed, a 20 year old student and I remember thinking, if that was me, I know that I’m going out knowing that I have lived a life that isn’t fulfilling” - Jake Heilbrunn


Episode Resources Mentioned

Louise Hayes - How to Heal Your Life
Jake Heilbrunn - Off the beaten trail
Michael Singer - The Surrender Experiment


Guest Contact Info

Instagram - @jakeheilbrunn
FB - @jakeheilbrunn
Website - www.jakeheilbrunn.com
TedX - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crUusAyzPxo 

In this solo-episode Mike Prince explores the concept of “Busy”. The pride some of us hold with filling our lives full of “things to do” and how it ultimately doesn’t serve us. If we truly want to create more space in our lives we must first start by assessing where we are currently spending our time and if it is as valuable as we think.


Episode Quotes

“It’s incredible, when we learn to slow down. What we can get achieved and accomplished” - Mike Prince

“If you don’t truly assess where you’re putting your time then it’s not going to change and you are going to burn yourself out. If you’re not setting limits and hard lines to ask yourself, do I need to be checking my emails at 10pm at night, etc?” - Mike Prince

“If you are not finding space in your life for yourself, than you are good to nobody, including yourself” - Mike Prince

“You need to schedule that stuff in as any other meeting, it is a meeting with yourself, it should be the most important meeting on your calendar” - Mike Prince

“Beyond all these roles that we play in life. We are human. We are all humans interacting and if you wake up in the morning and you don’t have energy and you’re lacking these things because you’re not giving yourself the required self love you will not able to perform in any of these roles” - Mike Prince


Episode Resources Mentioned

(None)


Guest Contact Info

Facebook (Page) ► https://www.facebook.com/theconsciouscreatorcoach

LinkedIn ► https://www.linkedin.com/in/princemichael/

Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/theconsciouscreatorcoach/ 

YouTube ►https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtREhbXCPUPOkMnBds_tVhw

YouTube (Cold Plunge Truth) ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYEnlyA8BFu4NwAIBALvRew

Cam Macdougall started his journey in his teenage years feeling broken and labeled by society. This led him to running with the wrong crowd and eventually having what he can only describe as a “divine intervention” moment that shifted the course of his life. It took Cam multiple life lessons to finally listen to his calling and the journey is an incredibly inspiring one that we can all relate to in one way or another. 


Episode Quotes

“I’m a firm believer that the spiritual journey is like layers of the infinite onion, where we’re constantly evolving and shifting and growing” - Cam MacDougall

“I was a renegade to society and really did not like rules and conformity…I was always put in this box and labeled as a troubled child..They wanted to constantly medicate me” - Cam MacDougall

“Spent 6months of deep dark depression on my floor once I realized I had the girl, the car, the clothes, they money all the stuff that I ever wanted and I was still empty inside” - Cam MacDougall

“When I started meditating I didn’t drop in and angels carried me away it was hard…My mind was out of control…Most people that try meditation try it once and give up as they think they’re not good at it. You have to sit through that pain and that suffering” - Cam MacDougall


Episode Resources Mentioned

New Earth by Eckhart Tolle


Guest Contact Info

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/liveinbodied/?hl=en (LiveInbodied)
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cammacdougall/?hl=en (Cam Mac)
IGNITEU Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSmXDd-0mz84h8TeSEFdGmA 

Danielle Grant is such a special human. She is truly a divine being on earth. In this episode she talks about how her journey began when she was only 14 years old and contemplated suicide. Ending up in the Psych ward she had an enlightening moment while looking out the hospital window. Looking inward in a moment of needing answers, her journey to self development began. Since then, she has been on a relentless pursuit of learning all she can about the personal development space. After 20 years of learning about spirituality and how it integrates into her life, she now teaches others how to integrate it in their personal lives and businesses.


Episode Quotes

“I was 14 years old the day before I was about to commit suicide. A teacher I had known knew that something wasn’t right and asked me if I was okay. And I said, no I wasn’t and that I was going home to take my life. That is when my Mom picked me up and drove me to the psych ward” - Danielle Grant

“I remember looking out at the lake and consistently asking myself, how did I believe that my life wasn’t worth living for?” - Danielle Grant

“Meeting truth for the first time is so powerful that most people run” - Danielle Grant

“We just  have to awaken a higher vibration to receive” - Danielle Grant

“About a year and a half ago now I really started to hear this voice inside that said, this isn’t what you’re here for and what you’ve actually been doing over the last little while is you’ve been figuring out how to step into this truth and this power” - Danielle Grant

“In the moment I surrendered to the spiritual truth I awoke to everything at 25. The minute I surrendered to the fact that I wasn’t listening to my higher self and I was pushing something that everyone else thought I should do instead of what I thought I should do was the moment everything switched.” - Danielle Grant

Episode Resources Mentioned

Documentary “Heal” Directed by Kelly Noonan Gores & Adam Schomer
Book - “Ego is the Enemy” by Ryan Holiday


Guest Contact Info

https://www.thespiritualroom.co/ (Spiritual Experience)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-grant/ (Follow on LinkedIn)
https://www.awakeascending.com/author/danielle/ (Publication)
https://open.spotify.com/show/5Qr3NhAZBme1EN0Q3dclix (The Mind Vibe Podcast)