Viking Academy

What if flow isn’t something you chase, but something you allow?

In this episode, I sit down once again with Walt Hampton: former criminal defense lawyer turned interfaith minister and business coach, whose life reflects the power of alignment, curiosity, and trusting the deeper current beneath our choices.

This conversation unfolds organically, touching on identity, surrender, creativity, and the illusion of competition. From ancient spiritual metaphors to modern entrepreneurial pressures, Walt shares insights that invite us to loosen our grip, reconnect with wonder, and remember that alignment isn’t optimized, it’s embodied.

This isn’t about finding the one thing. It’s about recognizing the many places flow already exists, and allowing yourself to step into it.

Topics We Explore:

• What “flow” really means, and how to recognize it in everyday life
• Why alignment is something you surrender to, not optimize
• Moving beyond labels, identities, and self-imposed limitations
• How curiosity, presence, and wonder reconnect us to purpose
• The relationship between spirituality, creativity, and entrepreneurship
• Why comparison and competition dissolve when you honor your own path

Connect with Walt Hampton: https://www.walthampton.com/ 

Learn More about The Viking Academy: https://www.vikingacademy.com

What if true healing begins in the unseen?

In this episode, I sit down with Marilyn Prebul, spiritual shamanic healer, intuitive guide, and founder of Rosa Mystica Spiritual Healing & Home Clearings, whose work helps people build spiritual resilience, clear energetic interference, and return to alignment with their true identity.

Marilyn’s spiritual path began with a deep intuitive awareness in childhood and was later shaped through years of shamanic training. Her approach blends prayer, nature, and intuitive discernment to help clients release trauma, generational patterns, and spiritual blockages that weaken their inner foundation.

This conversation explores healing not as escape, but as restoration, strengthening spiritual boundaries, reclaiming inner authority, and living with greater clarity and protection. Marilyn shares how understanding your energetic landscape can transform not just how you feel, but how you move through the world.

Topics We Explore:

• Clearing energetic interference and strengthening spiritual boundaries
• Releasing trauma and generational patterns that impact the spirit
• Understanding divine alignment, prayer, and intuitive guidance
• Developing spiritual resilience and discernment in everyday life
• Reconnecting with inner authority and a deeper sense of faith

Connect with Marilyn Prebul: https://rosamysticaspiritual.com/ 

Learn More about The Viking Academy: https://www.vikingacademy.com

What if looking back on your year could help you see yourself more clearly, and step forward with intention?

In this special year-end episode, I step into the mic solo to reflect on 2025: the first full year of the Viking Academy Podcast. Across 26 conversations with thinkers, healers, entrepreneurs, and explorers, a powerful theme emerged: true growth happens when we explore the mind, body, and spirit together.

This episode isn’t a highlight reel, it’s a guided reflection. I revisit the insights that shaped me most this year, share what challenged my thinking, and invite you to pause and reflect on your own journey through 2025. Along the way, I offer simple questions, practices, and a grounding ritual to help you integrate what you’ve lived, not just intellectually, but experientially.

This is about wholeness, not hacks.
 Integration, not optimization.
 And remembering that the joy is in the exploration itself.

Topics We Explore:

• The unifying theme behind every Viking Academy conversation in 2025
• Exploring mind, body, and spirit as an integrated whole
• Lessons from fitness, neuroscience, art, technology, and spirituality
• Why quality beats quantity in growth, training, and life
• How stories, myths, and identity shape who we become
• The power of reflection, writing, and intentional self-inquiry
• Questions to help you close 2025 with clarity and open 2026 with purpose

Learn More about The Viking Academy: https://www.vikingacademy.com

What if the body already knows how to heal, if we simply knew how to listen?

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Bill Schroeder, physician, molecular biologist, and integrative medicine pioneer, whose life bridges rigorous science and profound intuitive awareness. Trained in internal medicine and molecular biology, Bill spent decades working inside the conventional medical system while quietly exploring the subtle energy dynamics that shape health, consciousness, and human resilience.

After studying under Dr. Andrew Weil and legendary healer Rosalyn Bruyere, Dr. Schroeder began integrating energy medicine, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology into his clinical work, witnessing recoveries that challenged everything modern medicine assumes about healing, pain, and the mind-body connection.

This conversation explores energy not as mysticism but as biology, and consciousness not as belief, but as a survival technology built into the human nervous system. This isn’t about bypassing medicine. It’s about remembering the doctor within.

Topics We Explore:

• How subtle energy influences healing, stress, and the nervous system
• The science behind expanded states of awareness and the “third eye”
• Why fear collapses the human energy field, and calm restores it
• The role of consciousness in pain, trauma, and chronic illness
• What ancient healing traditions understood that modern medicine forgot

Connect with  Dr. Bill Schroeder: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-william-robert-schroeder-do-mcdb-b787131a4/ 

Learn More about The Viking Academy: https://www.vikingacademy.com

What if understanding human nature could unlock the future of our species?

In this episode, I sit down once again with Don Barden, economist, author, Wall Street executive, seminary scholar, and one of the deepest thinkers on human behavior today. Don’s life blends intellect, spirituality, and real-world leadership in a way few people ever achieve.

Together, we explore the timeless patterns of human behavior, why ambition and purpose are built into our DNA, and how our morality shifts while our core nature never does. From innovation to spirituality, from economic evolution to cosmic possibility, Don breaks down what he believes is humanity’s next major leap, and why it might happen sooner than we think.

This isn’t theory. It’s a raw, expansive conversation about purpose, consciousness, and what it truly means to live as a human being in a world on the edge of change.

Topics We Explore:

• Why human nature hasn’t changed, and why that matters
• The real relationship between purpose, ambition & innovation
• How social constructs limit our evolution (and how to break free)
• Why consciousness may shift dramatically in the next 20 years
• The role of spirituality, science, and “the divine spark”
• How understanding purpose can reshape society, economics & humanity's future

Connect with Don Barden: https://donbarden.com/ 

Learn More about The Viking Academy: https://www.vikingacademy.com

What if purpose isn’t something you discover, but something you activate?

In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Jessica Rimmer: leadership strategist, CEO of Solomon Strategic Advisors, and author of The Purpose Formula. Jessica is known for her rare ability to take complex, theoretical ideas and translate them into practical, measurable strategies that transform leaders, teams, and entire organizations.

With a career rooted in executive leadership, organizational culture, and strategic planning, Jessica has helped entrepreneurs, CEOs, and high-performing teams navigate complexity with clarity and conviction. Her work is grounded in a guiding belief: when wisdom is applied with intention, meaningful change becomes inevitable.

Through her signature frameworks, including the Purpose Formula, Jessica equips leaders to step into deeper self-awareness, stronger collaboration, and purpose-driven impact. This conversation moves beyond leadership theory and into the heart of what it means to lead with authenticity, alignment, and courage.

Topics We Explore:

• How the Purpose Formula helps leaders gain clarity and direction
• Transforming abstract concepts into practical leadership strategies
• Building authentic, aligned organizational cultures
• Elevating teams from simple communication to true collaboration
• Leading with wisdom, self-awareness, and intentional mindset shifts

Connect with Dr. Jessica Rimmer: https://solomonsa.com/ 

Get a Copy of The Purpose Formula: Learn to be Fully Alive: https://a.co/d/aTiVHe1 

Learn More about The Viking Academy: https://www.vikingacademy.com

What if the boundaries of your imagination were never limits, but invitations?

In this episode, I sit down with Stacey Murphy: architect, regenerative farmer, racecar driver, psychic medium, and CEO of Dreaming Earth, a quantum venture studio helping visionaries build from higher dimensions of potential. A two-time founder and award-winning entrepreneur, Stacey has been featured in Fast Company, The New York Times, BBC, and TEDx for her pioneering work in sustainability, innovation, and human potential.

Through her Quantum Leap Activations and Dreaming Earth Incubator, Stacey guides creators and leaders to access timelines where their biggest dreams are already real. She bridges the seen and unseen, helping people remember that imagination is not fantasy, but the blueprint of creation itself.

This is more than a conversation about business or innovation. It’s an exploration of what becomes possible when we dare to dream beyond the limits of logic and align with the frequency of the extraordinary.

Topics We Explore:

• The vision behind Dreaming Earth and how it redefines entrepreneurship
• How imagination connects us to higher dimensions of creation
• The power of Quantum Leap Activations for manifestation and leadership
• Bridging science, spirit, and business through quantum ventures
• Real stories of “extra-ordinary” experiences from Stacey’s Quantum Adventures
• Activating the 99% of untapped human potential within us all

Connect with Stacey Murphy: https://stacey-murphy.com/ 

Discover the Imagine CEO Event: https://www.imagine.ceo 

Learn More about The Viking Academy: https://www.vikingacademy.com

What if clarity of sight could help you see your soul?

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Stel Nikolakakis — Optometrist, Consultant, and Motivational Speaker — whose new book, Soul Sight: Lead with Vision. Live with Intention. Impact with Purpose. bridges the space between science, spirit, and self-discovery. Trained in the intricacies of the human eye, Dr. Stel has spent decades exploring how our physical sight and inner vision are deeply intertwined, revealing how we see not just the world around us, but who we truly are.

Through his groundbreaking Quantum Access Method, Dr. Stel helps people reframe the stories and emotions that once held them back, transforming trauma into wisdom and awareness into purpose. His approach combines neuroscience, emotional reframing, and spiritual insight to help others access higher frequencies of consciousness: what he calls Soul Sight, the ability to perceive life through the lens of purpose, presence, and possibility.

This isn’t just about seeing clearly: it’s about seeing truthfully: recognizing that every challenge, emotion, and relationship is a mirror guiding us closer to who we were always meant to be.

Topics We Explore:

• How Soul Sight helps you align vision, intention, and purpose
• The meaning of the Quantum Access Method and how to use it for transformation
• Why early experiences shape the way we “see” ourselves and the world
• Healing through reframing — turning emotional wounds into wisdom
• The connection between physical sight, inner perception, and spiritual growth
• How aligning thought, emotion, and energy unlocks your higher potential

Connect with Dr. Stel Nikolokakis: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/stelios-nikolakakis-88b71114 

Get a Copy of Soul Sight: Lead with Vision. Live with Intention. Impact with Purpose: https://a.co/d/cV2ydlH 

Learn More about The Viking Academy: https://www.vikingacademy.com

What if the key to unlocking your purpose has been within you all along?

In this episode, I’m joined by Chad Jenkins, CEO & President of SEEDSPARK. A lifelong entrepreneur who launched his first venture at just eight years old, Chad has since built and guided over fifty businesses. Renowned for transforming traditional business models, he focuses on using what’s already available to spark innovation and growth: no heavy investments or long timelines required.

Through his work at SEEDSPARK CoLAB, Chad explores what he calls “dimensional vision awareness,”  the ability to perceive opportunities and value in multiple dimensions at once. His perspective blends business strategy, human energy, and purpose-driven collaboration to reveal how every person is uniquely designed to create value in the world.

This conversation is more than entrepreneurial insight: it’s an invitation to rethink what it means to grow, collaborate, and live from alignment.

Topics We Explore:

• The meaning of “dimensional vision awareness” and how to see opportunities others miss
• Why friction is a signal for collaboration, not failure
• How to identify your unique value contribution and lead from it
• Shifting from retirement to Desirement: designing a life of alignment and flow
• How giving your gifts freely multiplies energy, impact, and abundance
• Why collaboration, not competition, is the foundation of human progress

Connect with Chad Jenkins: https://seedspark.com/ 

Learn More about The Viking Academy: https://www.vikingacademy.com

What if the chaos of our times isn’t the end — but the beginning of something greater?

In this first edition of Odin’s Roundtable, we sit down with three master healers —Niki Hughes, Denise Grams, and Tammi Grantham — for a wide-ranging conversation on the turbulence of our world, the hidden traumas that shape us, and the path toward higher consciousness.

From past life regressions to medical intuition, energy work to multidimensional healing, each of these practitioners brings decades of experience helping people break through fear, release old patterns, and rediscover their freedom. Together, they explore why unresolved trauma is resurfacing now, how collective frequency shifts are reshaping relationships, and what it means to live with an open heart in evolutionary times.

This isn’t about escaping the mess of the world — it’s about recognizing that every challenge is a call to grow lighter, freer, and more connected. As this roundtable reveals, healing is not only possible, it’s essential for creating the shared vision humanity longs for.

Topics We Explore:

• Why so much old trauma and patterning is resurfacing now
• How fear and resistance block personal growth — and how to move through them
• The difference between “how” and “why” when it comes to transformation
• What happens when people choose to stay in low-frequency states
• Why opening the heart is the foundation of spiritual awakening
• Daily practices for grounding, resilience, and connection
• The future of humanity: suffering through cycles vs. leveling up together

Connect with Niki Hughes: https://www.elementalbalance.ca/ 

Connect with Tammi Grantham: https://www.tammig.com/ 

Connect with Denise Grams: http://www.denisegrams.com/ 

Learn More about The Viking Academy: https://www.vikingacademy.com