The Life Stylist

Our guest Khalil Rafati has defied all odds and risen from the ashes defeat, as a homeless, heroin-addicted, street urchin to become one of the most successful and influential figures on the Southern California health and wellness scene.

After spending his early life circling the drain of complete failure in the downward spiral of acute drug addiction, Khalil eventually found the salvation of recovery, and within a few short years has been able to accomplish an astonishing level of success through his rapidly expanding juice bar empire, Sunlife Organics, and the ever-trendy Malibu Beach Yoga.

In this heartfelt and ultra-inspiring two-part interview, we learn what life was like for Khalil at rock bottom, and ultimately how he has been able to apply universal principles of spirituality and health to achieve the impossible- a life of abundance, peace, and prosperity.

You will learn the secrets of what it takes to transform your life and to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles along the way.

If you or someone you know has struggled with an addiction of any kind, please do yourself, me, and this show a favor by sharing this life-changing show with them.

Episode breakdown: 

• The moment when grace entered his life and enabled him to stop drugs and alcohol
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• God, prayer & spiritual pride 
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• Spiritual integrity and owning your shit
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• Surrender and his piecemeal relationship with God
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• On being of service and doing good deeds without getting caught
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• Passion vs. purpose: making a difference
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• Being a conscious employer, sharing the profits, and affecting young lives in a profound way
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• How diet, superfoods, herbs and biohacking assist in maintaining sobriety
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• Learning how to handle money and personal finances after a lifetime of addiction and avoiding debting and compulsive spending
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• Current struggles: losing the need for attention and public approval in your life and on social media
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• Lifestyle recommendations

Episode Resources: 

• Bob Forest
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• David Hawkins

To your success,

Luke

PS: Make sure to catch Part One of this chat!

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Thank you from the bottom of my heart for listening, and joining me on this journey we call life.

Our guest Khalil Rafati has defied all odds and risen from the ashes defeat, as a homeless, heroin-addicted, street urchin to become one of the most successful and influential figures on the Southern California health and wellness scene.

After spending his early life circling the drain of complete failure in the downward spiral of acute drug addiction, Khalil eventually found the salvation of recovery, and within a few short years has been able to accomplish an astonishing level of success through his rapidly expanding juice bar empire, Sunlife Organics, and the ever-trendy Malibu Beach Yoga.

In this heartfelt and ultra-inspiring two-part interview, we learn what life was like for Khalil at rock bottom, and ultimately how he has been able to apply universal principles of spirituality and health to achieve the impossible- a life of abundance, peace, and prosperity.

You will learn the secrets of what it takes to transform your life and to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles along the way.

If you or someone you know has struggled with an addiction of any kind, please do yourself, me, and this show a favor by sharing this life-changing show with them.

Episode breakdown: 

• I Forgot To Die - the book's long journey 
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• Discussing fears, insecurities, self-sabotage, imposter syndrome 
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• Neil Strauss' influence, to Khalil and the world
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• His path to sobriety
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• Raw, and unedited talk about the dark world of addictions
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• Awakening to suffering, and a new approach 
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• The amazing story of how the book takes off
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• Past traumas and redemption
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• What makes us do drugs in the first place? Childhood trauma or we just enjoy getting high? 
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• Psilocybin mushroom and MDMA: Khalil's allies for dissipating anger
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• Rising from the ashes: overcoming negative thoughts, and using his pain to be the greatest version of himself

To your success,

Luke

PS: Don’t forget to catch Part Two of this epic, marathon interview this Friday!

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AND...

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Starting and growing a podcast requires a ton of time, energy, and money. Do you appreciate this information, and want to support my mission to deliver as much life enhancing information as possible to as many people as possible? The easiest, and most effective way you can help is to do this:

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Thank you from the bottom of my heart for listening, and joining me on this journey we call life.

Have you ever achieved a huge goal, or fulfilled a lifelong dream, and still felt that something was missing from your life? In those moments, did you consider what it would be like to just bail on your current life, and start a new one from scratch? To most of us, thoughts like that begin and end in fantasy. Those bold moves rarely come to fruition- except in the case of this show’s guest.   In this episode, we explore the spiritual-turned-entrepreneurial journey of Sun Potion's founder Scott Linde.   Scott moved to LA with big dreams of success in the material world, only to discover that outer success didn't ultimately deliver on the expected promise of inner fulfillment.    After surviving a serious auto accident, Scott decided to sell or give away all of his possessions and went on to spend five years living in the country as a minimalist. It was during this time that fate would expose him to the power of medicinal plants and herbs. While studying and practicing various forms of personal development and spiritual teachings, Scott became fascinated with plant medicines and experienced profound changes in his own health, as well as the health of his friends, to whom he introduced to these transformational foods.    In this inspiring and fascinating life story, you will learn how Scott turned his love for herbs into one of the premier supplement companies in the world.    Scott is an excellent example of someone who not only discovered his life's purpose but also had the grit and courage to share it with the world in a profitable, yet conscious way.    May you be inspired to do the same by this episode. My hope is that if enough people hear stories like Scott's, the world will become more and more abundant in conscious individuals who have the integrity to contribute to commerce in a meaningful way.    Episode Breakdown:   

• Life’s courses of events: hitting spiritual bottom, the snapping moment, and the cellular need to escape 
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• Giving up his job, success and belongings to live in nature as a minimalist recluse for 5 years
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• His plea for purpose, introduction to herbs + plant medicines, and how his company, Sun Potion, came to existence as a means to help connect the plants to the people
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• Balancing your masculine and feminine energy to be more effective in the world
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• The Yang of business: running a conscious and successful enterprise
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• Fusing success principles of the achievement gurus like Tony Robbins, with the spiritual principles 
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• Trojan horse(s) that lead to motivation and purpose
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• How to use medicinal herbs to become more resilient and powerful 
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• Receiving the full benefit from the plants by bringing in rituals and ceremonies
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• What is Mucuna Pruriens and where it comes from
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• Compliance and incremental changes: demystifying doses, and the power of frequency for adaptability
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• Ancient symbology and the energetic signature of remembrance 
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• The secret to protecting your supplements from sun damage, Miron glass, and how Sun Potion goes the extra mile
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• Loving yourself: the struggles around starting and maintaining a daily ritual of self care
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• Lifestyle recommendations

  As always, my heartfelt request to you the reader/listener is that you share this show with someone you love.    Luke  

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AND...

FourSigmatic: Melt away stress, boost immunity, relax & sleep deeper, improve productivity, increase brain power, get stimulation without jitters. Sound like all the good stuff you want? Welcome to the medicinal fungi kingdom with FourSigmatic's highest quality mushroom & herbs in little packets of magical power that you can add to your coffee or warm drink. Your discount hookup is 15% off when you use "THELIFESTYLIST" coupon code. 

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Starting and growing a podcast requires a ton of time, energy, and money. Do you appreciate this information, and want to support my mission to deliver as much life enhancing information as possible to as many people as possible? The easiest, and most effective way you can help is to do this:

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Thank you from the bottom of my heart for listening, and joining me on this journey we call life.

Do you like chocolate? You might not be human if the answer is ‘no.' But perhaps you avoid it because you consider it a ‘candy’ and therefore not good for you. What if legit, high-quality chocolate could be a central part of a truly healthy diet? It turns out that it's not chocolate itself that commonly turns  this tasty treat into a junk food, but rather the process by which it is usually commercially grown and manufactured, as well as the inferior ingredients used to create most chocolate products on the market.

This week’s show guest is Sage Dammers, one of the world’s foremost creators of high-quality chocolate products. We not only discuss the incredible health benefits of this delicious superherb, and how he developed an excruciatingly stringent method of production, but also the power of the Three Treasures herbal system, and why he chose to infuse his chocolate products with the most potent Chinese herbs.

In addition to enlightening our listeners to the inside scoop of the amazing health benefits of chocolate and the industry production practices around it, Sage also provides tons of practical tips for designing a healthy and fulfilling lifestyle. From practicing meditation, The Wim Hof Method, infrared saunas, to surfing, this episode delivers an immense amount of insights and inspiration.

If you know a chocolate junkie, do them a favor and send this show to them right now. The world needs to learn to enjoy the glorious, yet simple pleasure of chocolate without guilt, or the hidden detriment to personal health.

Topics discussed: 

• Intro to high-quality chocolate
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• Neurofeedback and how it uptrains and downtrains different parts of the brain
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• Potency of ingredients and labeling scams
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• Sage's formative years around the spiritual scene, his living room as an ashram, guru stories and keeping it real
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• Wellness center, lifestyle, diet, healing modalities
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• Infrared sauna facts & health benefits
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• Addictive Wellness: the birth of high-quality, sugar-free chocolate
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• Chocolate as a great delivery system, highest source of antioxidant & highest natural source of minerals
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• From fruit to powder: the process, fermentation & bacteria mix
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• Mycotoxis: mold is not the problem, it's their poop!
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• Prebiotic vs. probiotics, gut health & compromised immune systems
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• The different types of cacao plant hybrids & heirlooms
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• Three Treasures herbal system: understanding the 3 energies
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• Depletion of Jing and how to restore it
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• Herbs and tonics for building up Shen & Qi energies
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• Wim Hof Method, breathing and ice baths
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• Genome testing and DNA markers
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• Surfing as the ultimate lifestyle and metaphor to living
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• Lifestyle recommendations

Episode Resources: 

• Peak Brain Institute - Neurofeedback / Dr. Andrew Hill
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• Baba Muktananda  
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• Dragon Herb products
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• Joseph Campbell's YouTube

To your taste buds,

Luke

BONUS: Sage is hooking you guys up with a 10% discount on your purchase at https://www.addictivewellness.com. Coupon code: LIFESTYLIST. 

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AND...

FourSigmatic: Melt away stress, boost immunity, relax & sleep deeper, improve productivity, increase brain power, get stimulation without jitters. Sound like all the good stuff you want? Welcome to the medicinal fungi kingdom with FourSigmatic's highest quality mushroom & herbs in little packets of magical power that you can add to your coffee or warm drink. Your discount hookup is 15% off when you use "THELIFESTYLIST" coupon code. 

COACHING WITH LUKE 

You asked, here it is! Customized lifestyle recommendations via phone or Skype with yours truly. Learn more. 

HELP SUPPORT THIS SHOW!

Starting and growing a podcast requires a ton of time, energy, and money. Do you appreciate this information, and want to support my mission to deliver as much life enhancing information as possible to as many people as possible? The easiest, and most effective way you can help is to do this:

1. Go to Lukestorey.com/support and donate towards show production costs 2. Subscribe to the show by clicking “subscribe” in iTunes 3. Write us a review in iTunes 4. Share this show with 1 friend right now

You’d be amazed how much these four simple steps do to help us grow!

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Thank you from the bottom of my heart for listening, and joining me on this journey we call life.

Do you exercise? If so, have you ever considered the fact that your distant ancestors probably didn't? Natural-living human beings of the past didn't need to 'exercise,' because their day to day lifestyle likely included enough natural movement to keep them fit and healthy. They also managed to avoid so many of the chronic health problems and dysfunctional physical limitations that we now face as a civilization. 

As we have devolved into our current sedentary lifestyle, most of us have worked hard to eliminate and outsource as much movement as possible. Meaning, we have come to the point that our normal bodily movement is so limited that we have to take breaks from our daily routine to squeeze in an allotted time to move around. And this moving around is what we now call exercise. 

But what if there was a way to build habits of functional movement into our regular activities, without having to make a special appointment at a gym, or with a trainer? In this episode with natural movement pioneer and author Katy Bowman, we learn how to re-contextualise how we use our bodies, and how to incorporate movement as the crucial bodily nutrient that nature designed it to be. 

By learning how to avoid many familiar, yet damaging fitness routines, and turning your workspace and home into a movement gym, you'll see your body and how it is meant to move and operate from a whole new perspective. 

Katy's message serves as a powerfully simple, and practical approach to functional movement and mobility. This is a perfect episode to share with your gym rat friends, and couch potatoes alike. We all need to move it, or we'll lose it. But moving it the way it’s meant to move is the only way to create lasting health and fitness. 

Episode Breakdown

• What is the purpose and intention for building a movement practice?
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• What movement practice can do for us that a gym can’t?
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• The different between mobility and flexibility
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• Fashion vs comfort: can we have one without sacrificing the other?
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• Healthy feet and decent-looking footwear
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• How to transition into a barefoot practice without hurting yourself
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• Tricks of geometry in fashion for the illusion of a powerful body
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• How to create a jungle gym at home while still maintaining style & decor
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• Standing desks and recommendations on mobilizing your work station so it’s suitable for productivity and health
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• Poop: learn how to evacuate more naturally
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• Lifestyle recommendations

Thanks for listening.

Luke

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AND...  

FourSigmatic: Melt away stress, boost immunity, relax & sleep deeper, improve productivity, increase brain power, get stimulation without jitters. Sound like all the good stuff you want? Welcome to the medicinal fungi kingdom with FourSigmatic's highest quality mushroom & herbs in little packets of magical power that you can add to your coffee or warm drink. Your discount hookup is 15% off when you use "THELIFESTYLIST" coupon code. 

COACHING WITH LUKE 

You asked, here it is! Customized lifestyle recommendations via phone or Skype with yours truly. Learn more. 

HELP SUPPORT THIS SHOW!

Starting and growing a podcast requires a ton of time, energy, and money. Do you appreciate this information, and want to support my mission to deliver as much life enhancing information as possible to as many people as possible? The easiest, and most effective way you can help is to do this:

2. Go to Lukestorey.com/support and donate towards show production costs
3. 
   
5. Subscribe to the show by clicking “subscribe” in iTunes
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Thank you from the bottom of my heart for listening, and joining me on this journey we call life.

I've been researching organic and natural bedding for 20 years, and I truly believe I have found the ultimate sleep system, and I want to share it with you. 

Sleep and bedding advice are some of the most common questions I get, which is why I decided to make such a detailed audio/video package.

In this bonus episode I reveal tons of industry secrets and cover a wide range of topics such as:

• Why sleep is so important in the first place
• Why metal frames and box springs are dangerous
• How to avoid toxic chemicals like fire retardants in your bedding and mattresses
• Why organic pillow is so important
• The hidden dangers with dust mites and how to avoid them
• Why your mattress makes you toss and turn at night
• The problems with sharing your bed with someone else
• Why air flow and temperature regulation is so crucial
• How your body’s bio electrical system is affected by electromagnetic fields in your sleep environment and how to properly ground yourself to protect from them
• The importance of sleeping in the proper position to the North & South pole, and how to change that position using just magnets
• The 3 frequencies of harmful EMFs and how to protect yourself from them
• The issues with synthetic down bedding and why Merino wool is the safest and healthiest material to use in bedding
• How stains, glues and other bed frame materials release toxic fumes in your bedroom
• How to turn your sleep area into a healing sanctuary

Watch the video report here. Or visit the show notes page.

To get your very own Samina bed and bedding accessories, visit JustHealthySleep.com. Use coupon code LIFESTYLIST to receive 5% off your purchase. 

To your best sleep ever, 

Luke

HELP SUPPORT THIS SHOW!

Starting and growing a podcast requires a ton of time, energy, and money. Do you appreciate this information, and want to support my mission to deliver as much life enhancing information as possible to as many people as possible? The easiest, and most effective way you can help is to do this:

1. Go to Lukestorey.com/support and donate towards show production costs
2. Subscribe to the show by clicking “subscribe” in iTunes
3. Write us a review in iTunes
4. Share this show with 1 friend right now

You’d be amazed how much these four simple steps do to help us grow!

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Thank you from the bottom of my heart for listening, and joining me on this journey we call life.

If you've been into health food, or have tried to limit your sugar consumption, or go ‘paleo’, chances are better than even that you've tried stevia as a sweetener. It's also likely that you didn't dig it. In this episode, you'll learn why. Spoiler alert: It's not because stevia tastes bad. It has a lot more to do with the dirty little secrets of the industry, and the corner cutting in the production process that takes place to maximize profits. 

If you've never heard of stevia, yet care about your health or weight, this episode carries immense value for you. Stevia is the healthiest sweetener on the planet. But only if it's properly manufactured. 

In addition to cracking the code on this miracle sweetener, we also myth bust tons of other health industry trends. Our guest Raffi will have you re-thinking many of the false assumptions we are lead to believe in the health and wellness scene such as:

• Why you should never shower without a water filter, and why most of them are worthless. 
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• The esoteric science of properly storing your drinking water, and why most of the water we drink is inferior. 
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• The misleading labeling practices of the supplement industry, and how to avoid getting scammed by knowing how to read labels. 

If you're a truth-seeker and someone who cares about your health, this is a rare opportunity to sit at the feet of a master in the field of health and longevity. As a seasoned researcher and formulator, Raffi has a profound understanding of some of nature's most potent compounds and how we can best use them to our advantage. 

Episode Breakdown

• Mysteries around water: how to tell the difference between dead and living water
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• How to bring your water back to life
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• What makes for the best shower filter in the world and why you need one
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• The missing ingredient of human connection in our society and family structure, and how that affects us negatively
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• How to survive a snake bite
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• Why steam rooms are toxic and should be avoided at all cost
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• The dirty little secret of the stevia industry
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• Hidden glycerin in your health food and why you want to avoid it
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• How to avoid being scammed by inferior turmeric and Curcumin supplements
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• The dangers of mold and pathogens in powder superfoods
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• Avoiding toxic contaminants in your supplements
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• Food paranoia can be worse for you then eating junk food: how to find healthy balance
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• Proper protocol for taking magnesium foot baths
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• The importance of making sure your mineral supplements are kosher
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• Myths about water opening and closing your pores
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• Lifestyle recommendations

Episode Resources

• Geothermal Springs, Beverly Hills
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• Nuclear bombing test sites

Enjoy this listen, and as always - don't forget to share it with a friend.  

Click to listen now. 

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Starting and growing a podcast requires a ton of time, energy, and money. Do you appreciate this information, and want to support my mission to deliver as much life enhancing information as possible to as many people as possible? The easiest, and most effective way you can help is to do this:

2. Go to Lukestorey.com/support and donate towards show production costs
3. 
   
5. Subscribe to the show by clicking “subscribe” in iTunes
6. 
   
8. Write us a review in iTunes
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You’d be amazed how much these four simple steps do to help us grow!

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Thank you from the bottom of my heart for listening, and joining me on this journey we call life.

To your health,

Luke

Take a moment to ponder this question: Do you know everything you need to know about sex? Have you figured out how to have a healthy and fulfilling sex life? If you're like 99.9% of the population, you've probably found this part of the human experience to be one of the most perplexing aspects of life.

Why are we so often powerfully attracted to the exact wrong person? Are there varied forms of chemistry between people? Can you control chemistry? Why does orgasm seem to cause a 'hangover' reaction in men? What's the deal with porn? Is it healthy, or will it undermine our relationships? Is monogamy natural for humans, and if so- is it even possible long-term? Can women learn to have casual sex without falling in love? And what about men? Are they immune to pair bonding with sexual partners?

If you've pondered any of these questions, you've stumbled on the right podcast. In this episode, we explore the topic of sex from the perspective of spiritual practice and personal development. Our guest John Gray provides answers to so many of our sexual mysteries, from a scientific, as well as metaphysical point of view. This is one that you’ll likely listen to a couple times, due to it’s content density.

Do you know someone who likes sex? Someone who has issues with sex? If so, do them a service and pass this show along. It's my belief that we could all use some help in this area, and that the world might just be a better place if we were all achieving a deeper and more meaningful relationship to our own sexuality.

Topics we discuss:

• The 4 types of chemistry and what kills them
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• How hormonal duality works and affects attraction?
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• The ideal mate, a pipe dream? The 80x20 rule
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• What makes sex different for men and women?
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• Safety & connection: understanding women's needs, and solution tools for men
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• Men's biological need for feeling successful and acknowledged
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• Sex is dead. Understanding the hero dynamic, vasopressin, and the flip side of pair bonding
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• Understanding women's complex psychology and how to navigate
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• Respect vs. appreciation: the distinction and who needs what
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• Role reversal and hormone influence
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• Why sometimes are we turned on by the exact wrong person?
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• How childhood trauma affects our sex life
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• What causes sex addiction and how to get out of it?
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• What does porn do to us and how it affects our relationships, and our brain and productivity?
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• What's up with masturbation and the male orgasm hangover?
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• How to create attraction and polarity between a couple and how to keep it alive
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• Does monogamy work?
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• Do older men bond more easily?
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• Can woman have sex without following in love?
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• Should men practice semen retention or let it all go?

For more details visit this episode's page. 

To your loins...

Luke

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Starting and growing a podcast requires a ton of time, energy, and money. Do you appreciate this information, and want to support my mission to deliver as much life enhancing information as possible to as many people as possible? The easiest, and most effective way you can help is to do this:

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You’d be amazed how much these four simple steps do to help us grow!

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Thank you from the bottom of my heart for listening, and joining me on this journey we call life.

Welcome to the new age of ancient wisdom. We in the west are currently smack dab in the middle of a collective spiritual awakening. Or as our esteemed guest, Guru Jagat affectionately calls it in this episode- the new new age. Whatever you call it, it’s clear that there is a hopeful surge of interest in the area of personal development via spiritual practices. People young and old find themselves looking to the spiritual teachers and traditions of the past to help make sense of the present, and to light a path to a future that carries meaning, and hope. Yoga seems to be everywhere. And it's not just in the crunchy, granola capitals like LA and San Francisco anymore. It’s hit middle America like a waft of curry carried by the winds of change. You might even catch a juiced-up meathead in a yoga class at the gym these days for reasons other than the fact that that’s where you’ll likely find the highest concentration of Lulu Lemon-clad booties doing downward dogs. They are there for the same reason Wall Street brokers use meditation to manage stress: They know there is more to life than the tangible, material plane of reality. And they want to experience it. Young hipsters show off their mindfulness practice poses on Instagram. Native American dream catchers and healing crystals adorn the dashboards of today's’ latest breed of Prius driving spirit seekers. A new language has even emerged on the scene. Terminology like ‘Holding space,' ‘Namaste’ and ‘Balancing your chakras’ have become language you overhear while standing in line at the bank. But what does all this mean, and how can we discern the true from the false? The passing fads from the timeless, universal truths? Can we still live a ‘normal’ life while pursuing a deeper, metaphysical state of being?

In this two-part episode with Kundalini Yoga teacher and thought-leader Guru Jagat, we take a very practical, if not irreverent view of the current state of affairs of modern spirituality as seen through the lens of ancient yogic tradition and practice. In it, you will not only learn about the lineage of yoga she practices and teaches, but also how she has managed to create a small empire based on these principles, and how she continues to inspire the current, and incoming generation to find the sometimes hidden, deeper meaning in life.

Be the change you want to see in the world by sharing this show with someone who shares your curiosity of the unknown.

EPISODE TOPICS

• Understanding the matrix and quantifying intelligence
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• Spiritual integrity in the modern world
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• Contextualizing spirituality and money
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• What's the deal with the turbane?
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• Spiritual materialism: costumes, beads, fashion & all the accouterments
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• What are spiritual names about?
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• Vibration of sound and what the word guru represents
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• The Kundalini view on human sexuality and the new Aquarian Age mandate
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• Lifestyle Recommendations

EPISODE RESOURCES

• Rudolf Steiner 
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• Amma, Hugging Seeds 
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• Kenzo Takada, Fashion Designer
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• Luke's Spotify Playlist Kundalini Mix
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• White Sun II

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Thank you from the bottom of my heart for listening, and joining me on this journey we call life.

Sat Nam,

Luke

Welcome to the new age of ancient wisdom. We in the west are currently smack dab in the middle of a collective spiritual awakening. Or as our esteemed guest, Guru Jagat affectionately calls it in this episode- the new new age. Whatever you call it, it’s clear that there is a hopeful surge of interest in the area of personal development via spiritual practices. People young and old find themselves looking to the spiritual teachers and traditions of the past to help make sense of the present, and to light a path to a future that carries meaning, and hope. Yoga seems to be everywhere. And it's not just in the crunchy, granola capitals like LA and San Francisco anymore. It’s hit middle America like a waft of curry carried by the winds of change. You might even catch a juiced-up meathead in a yoga class at the gym these days for reasons other than the fact that that’s where you’ll likely find the highest concentration of Lulu Lemon-clad booties doing downward dogs. They are there for the same reason Wall Street brokers use meditation to manage stress: They know there is more to life than the tangible, material plane of reality. And they want to experience it. Young hipsters show off their mindfulness practice poses on Instagram. Native American dream catchers and healing crystals adorn the dashboards of today's’ latest breed of Prius driving spirit seekers. A new language has even emerged on the scene. Terminology like ‘Holding space,' ‘Namaste’ and ‘Balancing your chakras’ have become language you overhear while standing in line at the bank. But what does all this mean, and how can we discern the true from the false? The passing fads from the timeless, universal truths? Can we still live a ‘normal’ life while pursuing a deeper, metaphysical state of being? 

In this two-part episode with Kundalini Yoga teacher and thought-leader Guru Jagat, we take a very practical, if not irreverent view of the current state of affairs of modern spirituality as seen through the lens of ancient yogic tradition and practice. In it, you will not only learn about the lineage of yoga she practices and teaches, but also how she has managed to create a small empire based on these principles, and how she continues to inspire the current, and incoming generation to find the sometimes hidden, deeper meaning in life. 

Be the change you want to see in the world by sharing this show with someone who shares your curiosity of the unknown. 

Sat Nam,

Luke

Episode Topics: 

• Invincible Living, Guru Jagat's brand new book: her love song to the lineage of teachers
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• Being your own creator
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• Keith Richards: the magnetic phenomenon of happiness
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• 3-minute addiction meditation: life changing prescription medicine to anything that’s troubling you
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• Who is Yogi Bhajan
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• Information age: organizing & sorting, and the key tools for accessing & optimizing brain capacity 
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• Tracing Guru Jagat's kundalini practice 
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• Spiritual teachers: discerning the real from the false 
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• Spirituality and the new generation: it's all about transparency, no BS
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• The Rama Institute empire: how it all manifested in just 3 years
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• Entrepreneurship, monetizing and being a maverick: resourcefulness and spiritual practice are key

THIS CONCLUDES PART ONE OF THE INTERVIEW. MAKE SURE TO TUNE IN DECEMBER 27 FOR PART TWO (AND FINAL) EPISODE. IT GETS BETTER! 

Episode Resources: 

• Neil Strauss
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• 3-minute addiction meditation 
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• Yogi Bhajan
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• Limitless - The movie
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• Wim Hof 
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• Shiva Rose
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• Tej Khalsa
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• Rama Yoga Institute
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• RamaTV
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• John Wineland 
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• Episode's song: Aap Sahaee Hoa by White Sun

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1. Go to Lukestorey.com/support and donate towards show production costs 2. Subscribe to the show by clicking “subscribe” in iTunes 3. Write us a review in iTunes 4. Share this show with 1 friend right now

You’d be amazed how much these four simple steps do to help us grow!

Here’s the magic link for reviews: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-life-stylist-podcast/id1121467751?mt=2

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for listening, and joining me on this journey we call life.