Eric Kostelnik has built and sold multiple companies, and somehow still manages to be one of the most grounded humans I know. In this conversation, we get into what happens after the exit. The identity shift. The silence. The need to re-anchor. We talk about fatherhood, the myth of "having it all together," and what structure really means when you're no longer chasing a finish line.

Then we go deep on consumer AI, mental health, dopamine loops, and what it means to build products that actually make people feel better. Eric’s honest, sharp, and full of unexpected insight. This one's a mix of wisdom, real talk, and rabbit holes. Hope you enjoy it.

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In this session from the Wake Up Call Live Wellness Series, Alex Easby from Dreamfuel guides us through a breathwork and visualization practice that’s equal parts cleansing and grounding. It starts with deep, rhythmic breathing to shake loose the noise we carry. Then it shifts into a slow, steady visualization that brings you back into presence.No performance. No pressure. Just a clear moment to feel what’s really there beneath the surface.Hit play and breathe your way home.Presented in collaboration with ⁠⁠Dreamfuel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Dreamfuel Free Team Coaching Session:⁠⁠Sign Up Here

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Some people build empires. Others build frameworks that help people endure. Sam Jacobs does both.

In this conversation, we unpack what it means to stay grounded when everything around you is accelerating. Sam shares the hard-earned lessons that came after being fired, humbled, and forced to face the parts of himself that success can distort.

We talk about fatherhood, ego, reinvention, and the structures that keep you from drifting. About the danger of believing your own hype. And about the quiet, boring routines that end up saving your life.

Sam’s built a company that’s thriving. But more importantly, he’s building a life with presence, patience, and clarity at the center. This one’s for anyone chasing more who’s finally asking… why?

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Some years break you open so you can finally see.

2025 cracked me. Not in the falling-apart way, but in the pulling-the-curtain-back kind of way. The ambition I was still hiding behind. The patterns I thought I had outgrown. The places I was still performing instead of living.

This one’s about the friction that shows you who you really are. The slow death of the old story. The relationships that got clearer. The silence I stopped avoiding.

No polish. No posturing. Just a look back at the year that brought me home to myself.

If you’ve been riding your own edge this year, I think you’ll feel this one.

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Sometimes life serves up those chance encounters that don’t feel like chance. 

In this one, I sit down with Anurag Chandra for a rare look beneath the surface of success. He’s built some of silicon valley's biggest funds, advised companies, and navigated the kind of pressure most people never see. But the most powerful part of his story isn’t in the resume. It’s in how he’s stripped back the noise, recalibrated his values, and committed to growth that actually means something.

We talk about the how a surprise health scare changes you, the cost of trying to outperform yourself, and what reinvention actually feels like when it’s not a TED talk.

If you’re wrestling with identity, transition, or what success really means on the inside, this one might change the way you see the game.

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Some stories sit just below the surface for years. This was one of them.

In this episode I sit down with Drew Hall, my closest friend since childhood, for a conversation we’ve never had on record. Drew opens up about the silent weight he’s carried, the mental health struggles he lived through, and the unraveling of the persona he thought he had to be.

We talk about the gap between the life people see and the one you actually live. The pressure of holding up an image that’s no longer serving you. And what it means to finally stop performing and start listening to who you really are.

This one’s raw. Honest. And long overdue.

If you’ve ever felt stuck inside your own avatar, Drew’s story might just crack something open.

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Some episodes are meant to be listened to. This one is meant to be felt.

In this session from the Wake Up Call Live Wellness Series, I’m joined again by Alex Easby from Dreamfuel for a guided Wayfinder meditation. It mirrors the rhythm of the practice itself, where breath becomes the oar, the body becomes the vessel, and you navigate like an ocean voyager reading waves, wind and instinct instead of maps.

A space to settle, to listen, and to trust the quiet signals that usually get drowned out. Just press play and let the current take you.

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Some people follow the playbook. Chris Walker rewrote it.

In this conversation, we get into what it really means to live on your own frequency. Chris shares how he built and exited a high-growth company, but more importantly, how he learned to stop living by borrowed metrics and start listening to his own signal.

We talk about stepping outside societal goalposts, upgrading your internal system, and finding clarity by cutting through the noise. This one’s about alignment, ownership, and moving through life by design instead of default.

If you’ve ever felt the pull to play your own game, this one will land.

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Some episodes are meant to be listened to. This one is meant to be felt.

In this special session from the Wake Up Call Live Wellness Series, I’m joined by Alex Easby, a mental performance coach from Dreamfuel, for a guided breathwork journey and visualization. You’ll drop into your body, calm the noise, and reconnect with that quiet strength that so often gets buried under the grind.

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Some conversations leave you thinking long after they end. This was one of them.

Andy and I get into healing, ego, and the messy, beautiful process of self-discovery. We explore how trauma can become a teacher, how love and community can bring us home, and what it means to move from transactional spirituality to something more grounded and human.

It’s a conversation about slowing down, feeling what you’ve buried, and learning to hold both pain and peace at the same time.

Heads up: this episode includes discussion of trauma, including sexual abuse.

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