Send us a text Every once in a while, you come across someone whose very presence seems to ripple with something different. Someone who, from an early age, realized they could access realms & wisdom that others simply couldn’t see. My guest today is just such a soul, a spiritual healer, mystic mentor, & oracle whose work blends constellation therapy, kundalini yoga, & a tapestry of other healing modalities. Her journey began in childhood, when she innocently shared with her brother t...
Jul 04, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 140
Send us a text Every now & then, I get the absolute privilege of sharing space with someone who not only lives & breathes the work, but redefines what it means to be a guide, a coach, & a true steward of transformation. My guest today is just that, a powerhouse who’s been on the frontlines of the coaching world for over 20 years, & who has spent the last decade diving deep into the mysteries & magic of the plant medicine space. She’s trained with some of the world’s leading i...
Jun 28, 2025•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 139
Send us a text Some people are born into systems that try to tell them who to be. What to believe. How to behave. And for many, those voices become so loud, they drown out the whispers of the soul. But for today’s guest, those whispers never stopped. She grew up in a world of strict rules, religious dogma, and a strained relationship with God—where anything outside the approved mold was viewed as dangerous. Rebellious. Wrong. But everything began to shift when she entered public school—and to he...
Jun 20, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 138
Send us a text There’s a moment in every seeker’s life where the outer world no longer matches the inner one. Where the path that once felt aligned begins to pull at the seams—not because it was wrong, but because something deeper is ready to emerge. Our guest today knows this moment intimately. He climbed to the heights of success on Wall Street, playing the game at the highest level. And the surprising part? He loved it. It wasn’t a story of disillusionment with the work—but of imbalance. Heal...
Jun 13, 2025•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 137
Send us a text When it comes to being highly optimized, nothing rains truer to this brand than daring to dream, paving your own path & being an example for others to guide there way into the unique magic they can give the world. When I look into people living their lives in this way, something ignited inside of me that even on my worst of days, gives me motivation to keep going & todays guest is a shining example of that embodied into human form. You may know him from his Gaia production...
Jun 06, 2025•1 hr 28 min•Season 2Ep. 136
Send us a text Over the past 5 years, I’ve been fortunate to meet some amazing souls who have supported me in giving me the confidence & courage to pave my own path in life regardless of what the mainstream world thinks. That being said, there have been some key people in that time that have become lifelong friends & today’s guest is no different. From first meeting through Mark Englands epic lake house parties, to traveling together, going on wild psychedelic journeys together & bot...
May 30, 2025•55 min•Season 2Ep. 135
Send us a text A big part of the Highly Optimized brand is focused upon physical, emotional, mental & spiritual well being. Whether we’re talking about holistic health practices, supplements, biohacks, or otherwise, I have found a deep fascination in not only these topics, but also the others in the world who are also passionate about the same subjects for the entirety of my life & todays guest fits that bill to a T. From leading a life different than those around him from an early age &...
May 23, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 134
Send us a text One of my favorite aspects of the life we are all living is the mystery woven into it. From an early age, I was fascinated by the idea of aliens, the paranormal, UFO’s, psychic senses, psychedelics & more & as such, I have been a seeker who’s been looking to explore these mysteries for the better part of half my life at this point & when I first met todays guest, I knew I had found a dear brother as he not only finds interest in these topics, but is also on the cutting...
May 16, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Season 2Ep. 133
Send us a text As a man, one of the biggest challenges I had in my early years was the courage to put myself out there with potential love interests. I find that many of the men I work with today also share similar challenges. Whether it’s lack of confidence, commitment challenges or otherwise, it’s clear to me that us men have a lot of confusion as a whole as to not only how to find the perfect partner for us, but also in how to become the perfect partner for the soulmate we wish to call into o...
May 09, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 132
Send us a text Woooo! Today is a big day ladies & gents! Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Highly Optimized podcast. For some of you, it’s a returning & for others, it’s your first time here & as such, what you can expect each week is for me to interview someone who has truly created a life on their own terms. In these episodes, we’ll dive into how their journey led them onto a different path than the mainstream, what they’ve learned along the way, what practices they use to keep them...
May 02, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 131
Send us a text Alrighty ladies & gents, we’ve officially reached the final episode in our epic 130 episode season 1 & talk about an absolute banger to go out on with me & my beautiful partner in crime, Rachel Varitimos diving in & getting vulnerable about our relationship, our perspective on life & what it takes to be truly successful in life, amongst other things. Guys, when I say this has been one hell of a ride, words simply do not do it justice. I am SO grateful to each o...
Nov 09, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Send us a text Well guys, as you will hear in this episode, the first season of the Highly Optimized podcast, which may be the longest running season in existence, is coming to a close. In this episode, I do a deep dive into the last 3 years of my life with my main man & man behind the curtain of every single podcast I have ever put out into the world, Shlomo Bowe. Shlomo is not only my producer, but he is also one of my dearest friends in the world & over the last 3 years, we have had s...
Nov 02, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 129
Send us a text In todays episode, I have the opportunity to dive in with my beautiful lady, Rachel Varitimos & one of me & Rachel’s dearest friends & Rachel’s business partner, Kimberly Kesting. These two women are doing some amazing work in the world with their Goddess Mind mastermind designed to help women gain confidence & start & scale their business & their Goddess Getaway retreats that help women dive deeper into this mission & embody a new, empowered way of liv...
Oct 19, 2022•1 hr 17 min
Send us a text As many of you are aware after listening to this show for some time, my intention for each of these episodes is to bring forth the hero’s journey that we all embark upon in one way or another within our lives. For me, it is the hero’s journey that allows us to view our lives as a movie & todays guest on the show is a man who has not only created an epic movie out of his own hero’s journey, but has also dedicated his life to helping other men embark upon their hero’s journey &a...
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Send us a text I feel it’s safe to say that we are currently living during a very exciting time. With the incredible increase in technology over a very short amount of time that has allowed us to connect with anyone around the world, coupled with the current raising of global consciousness, I personally feel as though I am very fortunate to be alive at this time in history. This being said, although things like technology have allowed us to, in theory, connect more with others from around the wo...
Oct 05, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Send us a text I imagine that everyone tuning into this episode can relate to the notion that for many of us, we seemingly have many passions that might not feel as though they are connected, yet as we continue to move through our lives, the connections between them begin to become clearer. I know this has been my experience in being interested in psychology, spirituality, plant medicines & health for most of my life & it wasn’t until I began Highly Optimized that I began to see the thro...
Sep 28, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Send us a text When we think about the idea of human optimization, oftentimes we forget that it’s not just by optimizing one aspect of our lives that we reach this type of optimization, but rather it is by integrating many different aspects of our lives under the umbrella of optimization that can help us achieve this goal. In this vain, when I meet someone who is so amazing at taking one system of health & helping to create the necessary flow within it to allow people to find the thread of l...
Sep 21, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Send us a text While many of us have grown up believing that money is the most valuable resource, we can see the inaccuracy in that when we realize that the one thing billionaires wish for more of when they are nearing the end of their lives is more time. In that vain, we can recognize that it is actually time that is the most valuable resource, rather than money. For me, I have recognized that one of the best ways to hack the time game, so to speak, is by first understanding where you want to g...
Sep 14, 2022•54 min•Season 1Ep. 123
Send us a text When we think about the incredible journey of life that we are all experiencing within our individual experiences of life right now, one of the main questions I find myself asking constantly is how to keep the totality of my being feeling on top of the world, purpose driven & hopeful for the future no matter what life decides to throw at me. As such, I am constantly reconfiguring my daily rituals to reflect those values in a way that allows them to help me integrate new perspe...
Sep 07, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Send us a text I imagine every single person listening to this episode right now can think back to times in which they felt stuck or unsure as of where to go in life. Speaking for myself, the times in which I have felt this way have normally been times in which I was applying too much logic & not enough heart to my experience of life. All too often, I find that many people are allowing their minds to run the show & even though they may be making a good income, have the house they want, d...
Aug 31, 2022•53 min•Season 1Ep. 121
Send us a text When we take a good hard look at the world today, it’s easy to see that human beings are being challenged heavily by issues such as anxiety, depression, stress & poor health, all of which correlate to global inflammation in the body. This inflammation that we are seeing rise throughout the world today may be common, however, it is not normal & because so many of us are in situations with our careers, global & societal pressures & more that cannot be remediated over...
Aug 24, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 120
Send us a text When it comes to the idea of business, I have come to recognize that the people that are truly successful within this realm frame business as a game & an adventure. As such, these individuals find ways to not only keep business fun, but also excel in finding ways to “hack” the game if you will, both through marketing &, in many cases, helping others learn how to automate their businesses to allow for less on their plates. If there is one thing I have learned in business it...
Aug 17, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 119
Send us a text For all of you who have been listening to this show for sometime now, you know full well my love & passion for the Cannabis plant. For me, Cannabis was the first teacher in my life that allowed me to question everything I thought I knew about life & the reverberation of that initial teaching has echoed throughout every corner of my life & allowed me to discover my own truth within my experience of life. One of the main challenges, however, within the realm of Cannabis,...
Aug 10, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Send us a text When I created this show, I did so with the intention of showcasing the endless opportunities & possibilities available to anyone, regardless of age, gender or location, when they choose to consciously begin arguing for their possibilities, rather than their limitations. It is my belief that when one can do this, especially in the times that their mind, friends & family & even society at large give them reasons not to, that they can initiate massive transformation with...
Aug 03, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 117
Send us a text If you’ve been in the realm of self development for even a little while, I am sure you’ve heard mention of things such as manifestation & the law of attraction. When I first heard of these things years back, they sounded too good to be true & so rather than just refute them altogether, I decided to play a game with myself & begin diving into them. Now that it’s almost a decade later, I honestly don’t know where I would be today if it wasn’t for that original experiment...
Jul 27, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 116
Send us a text Something that i feel is universal in our world is the notion that we will all inevitably face challenges within our lives. This being said, what separates the individuals that see those challenges as opportunities from the individuals who allow those challenges to become blockades that prevent them from overcoming them? In my experience, this difference rests on not only our mindset, but the subsequent views & perception we have upon the world around us. This is why I feel it...
Jul 20, 2022•1 hr 42 min•Season 1Ep. 115
Send us a text Anyone who has been listening to this show for some time now has heard me speak to my love for organic Cannabis & my passion for helping others learn how to cultivate organic Cannabis in order to foster a deeper connection both with the plant & the earth as a whole. I truly believe that if each of us makes even a one percent effort to do our part in farming our foods & Cannabis organically, we could revolutionize the world & begin to reverse the damage that has bee...
Jul 13, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 114
Send us a text When I think about the concept of life, I like to view it through the lens of a game that, similar to other games, there is rules for. This being said, like with most games, once you learn the rules, you can learn how to “break” them, so to speak, to be able to create the experience within that game that allows you to have the most fulfillment & fun possible. Todays guest on the show is a man who is a master of the game of life & its many components, specifically within th...
Jul 06, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 113
Send us a text Within the vast realm of health, let alone the vast realm of fitness, there are SO many different modalities one can employ to ensure they are staying healthy, fit & mobile as they age. A common misnomer that I see society moving out of in the present day in a big way is the misnomer that the body “breaks down” as we age. In my experience, I have found that the famous saying “move it or lose it” is one of the best philosophies to embody if we wish to be active & mobile thr...
Jun 29, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 112
Send us a text When it comes to the idea of masculinity, much of the world is mistakenly confusing what true masculine energy is with the immature, boy centered version of this energy we commonly see running amok in todays world. This is, in a big part, due to us losing many of the wise elders & initiatory processes that have been used since the dawn of time to help boys evolve into men within society. This being said, there is now a big movement within the world of self development to fill ...
Jun 22, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 111
