2020. What a year... As I wrap up The Great Unlearn’s first full year of episodes (aka preseason), I’m met with many new life-altering discoveries; much of which I share in this final episode of the year. From healing my core wound to operating in flow states, to feeling like every morning is Christmas morning, to setting and honoring my boundaries, to parenting through new paradigms…and everything in between. What a year to turn inward, unlearn old paradigms and reevaluate what we are here to o...
Dec 28, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast I had the pleasure of having my new brother, Matt Simpson, on today’s episode as we both “share the mic” and this episode on each of our platforms – check out Worth The Fight podcast. Matt and I have quite parallel journeys as we both drifted from “successful” corporate America and found ourselves on the path of healing our core wounds; much through psychedelics. Amongst many other topics, Matt uniquely brings forth a pivotal calling around the importance of healing the trauma of our war veteran...
Dec 21, 2020•2 hr 40 min•Transcript available on Metacast I’m thrilled to have Dr. Thomas Cowan on today’s episode to share the all too common misconceptions of illnesses, vaccines, and many things in between. I was introduced to Dr. Cowan through one of his books, “Vaccines, Autoimmunity, and the Changing Nature of Childhood Illnesses”, in which my mind was completely blown. He offers up an immense amount to ponder on when it comes to understanding and caring for this one vessel that we’re given. Regardless of your current beliefs, I hope you enjoy th...
Nov 30, 2020•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast I’m honored to have East Forest, aka Krishna, on today's episode to share his interesting journey to discovering sound as a pivotal form of healing. I’ve always been big into music but it wasn’t until recently that I truly felt the importance and medicinal properties that music offers along this journey through life, and more specifically ceremonial settings – cue East Forest. Enjoy this fascinating story of a human stepping into their power. In this episode, Krishna and I expand on... → Red...
Nov 25, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast You may have heard me use this term a few times (or ten) to express going within ourselves to rediscover our innate self-love; to better understand who we are and why we show up the way we do; to shine a light on our shadows and make peace with those darker places within. Well, today’s guest is where the concept of “working in” all originated. Paul Chek is on the cast today and I couldn’t be more thrilled to sit down with him and share with you his genuine desire to spread his healing medicine w...
Nov 11, 2020•2 hr 40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kyle Kingsbury is a close brother of mine who has opened my eyes to an immense amount (an understatement) in the 3 short years that we’ve been connected –– from facilitating my first plant medicine journey to the subtle and impactful ways that he continually shows up in my life as a brother. I’ll admit, today’s episode with Kyle certainly has aspects to it that I would have brushed under the rug had I heard this a few years ago. Some topics that we discuss are not of popular narrative; such as t...
Nov 04, 2020•2 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Cal Callahan joins Kelli in a beautiful, thoughtful, heart-opening conversation about self-love, acceptance, and relationships. Cal shares his identity shift, what it meant to finally accept himself, and why we need to lean into what feels good. They talk about what it means to show up in relationships with an open heart without strategy, and how to approach tough conversations with your partner. Kelli and Cal also explore microdosing and how psychedelic experiences have served them. Connect wit...
Oct 28, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brotherhood. Seasoned Guidance. And a consistent, safe space to be yourself. While learning to unlearn, I quickly saw and felt the importance of brotherhood and its pivotal role in this journey back to Self. With gratitude for the support of my brothers and the deepened connections, I’m honored to offer this guidance and encouragement to other brothers through The Unlearn Experience. UnlearnX is an 8-week mastermind where we journey together to unlearn our way into an inspired, meaningful and au...
Oct 23, 2020•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast James Fitzgerald is Crossfit Games inaugural world champion, coach of coaches at OPEX Fitness, a good friend of mine, and most importantly a family man. His approach to fitness changed my entire paradigm — particularly as it has helped me prioritize sustainability, longevity and enjoyment. In this episode, James and I discuss… → The importance of rest and recovery for extending our quality of life. → Defining success inside of what we are capable of, both mind and body. → How to optimize our cog...
Oct 14, 2020•2 hr 42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kelley James is a unique guest on The Great Unlearn today and shares a ton of wisdom surrounding the life-giving concept of simply learning to be yourself. Kelley is a husband, father and musical savant– freestyling his way through PGA Tours and private events, engaging with his audience in a way that only he can. He may have given us a dose of this gift of his within the podcast ;) In this episode he shares his realization that aspirations can only get us so far and that dreams can sometimes ev...
Oct 07, 2020•2 hr 44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Navigating relationships as we grow older is a lost art today — especially for men. Without awareness, friendships can far-too-easily fall into the depth-less golf buddy category, never sharpening and molding us the way they’re designed to. I’ve invited three of my closest brothers who have continued to #showup for me in ways that I can only begin to describe. In this episode, we do our best to unpack exactly what that means. This is our opportunity to share our struggles and triumphs as a means...
Sep 23, 2020•2 hr 41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Last year I attended Adyashanti's 5 day silent retreat, which is similar to a Vipassana retreat. Vipassana means “to see things as they really are.” I took a vow of noble silence and practiced deep stillness each day. I soon began to feel and experience many of the things that have ALWAYS been surrounding and supporting me. It was a life-changing experience. During this quarantine season, I felt it was an opportune time to revisit the magic I experienced back then and do my very first Dieta....
Sep 18, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast We live in a society where men often feel the pressure to be overly masculine and overtime lose touch with the feminine essence that lies within all of us. Hallie Rose is an author, speaker, host of The Thought Room podcast and is on a mission to help men reconnect with all parts of themselves — including the Divine feminine within. During this interview, she deep dives the power of masculine self-love and all of the amazing implications for men who are willing to go there. During this conversat...
Sep 09, 2020•2 hr 50 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast When it comes to politics these days, I'm tired of the noise. However, when I want to tune into what’s really going on in the political landscape, my guest on today’s podcast is where I go. Conner Moore breaks down the plethora of information that is constantly coming our way on his podcast, Conner Wanders. It’s phenomenal and I highly recommend it. Our conversation today is about the current landscape of our country (and politics in general) and why we need to be questioning it all. Conner ...
Sep 02, 2020•2 hr 40 min•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast For years, I’ve heard people talk about the Enneagram and how powerful of a tool it is for personal development. And for years, I internally rolled me eyes. How could a “glorified personality test” help that much? And then, I experienced the work of Dr. Jerome Lubbe and it all made perfect sense. ;) Dr. Jerome is a Functional Neurologist that uses the Enneagram as a tool to help patients understand where their efficiencies and inefficiences are and how to better design their lives in accordance....
Aug 26, 2020•2 hr 41 min•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast This conversation offers a simple, yet often tough, perspective when it comes to how we respond to challenging periods in life. Do you retreat when you are in mucky waters or do you lean into it and allow your hurt / humiliation / anger to evolve into purpose? From 7 Tour de France wins to Livestrong Foundation to battling lawsuits to Next Ventures, Lance Armstrong shares his journey through life and how facing his challenges head on served him rather than hiding away and letting that minimize h...
Aug 19, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast A force to be reckoned with on the personal growth scene, Preston Smiles is a conscious businessman, family man, experiential speaker, author of Love Louder, Founder of Kaboom Coaching, and Co-founder of The Bridge Method. No matter what “side” of the current revolution you reside, this conversation with Preston is an essential listen. As a badass messenger of love, he shares from his pro-humanity heart to inspire others to tune back into theirs. During this conversation, Preston and I discuss… ...
Aug 12, 2020•2 hr 42 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast I am thrilled to have Boyd Varty back on The Great Unlearn this week! Boyd is a lion tracker, storyteller, life coach, and wildlife activist. Even while surviving many uncertain and life-threatening encounters while growing up on the Londolozi Game Reserve in South Africa, he holds that his truest challenge was that of discovering purpose — something he now helps people do all over the world. In this episode, Boyd shares about his recent experience of 40 days and 40 nights in the South African w...
Jul 29, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast My guest on this episode, IN-Q (short for “In Question”), is an award-winning poet, best-selling author of Inquire Within, multi-platinum songwriter & one of Oprah’s Supersoul 100. He writes to entertain, inspire, and challenge to look deeper into the human experience and ask better questions — which is precisely what he does on this episode of The Great Unlearn. In this episode of The Great Unlearn: How to use our pain as medicine and to create rather than destroy How growth is incremental ...
Jul 22, 2020•2 hr 37 min•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast In this solocast, Cal deep dives into the moment he awakened to his hand-me-down belief system and programming. Although incredibly grateful for his journey thus far, he abruptly arrived at the realization that many of his “beliefs” and ways of showing up weren’t actually his at all, they were largely instilled through deep inherited programming and childhood wounds. Since beginning his journey to the core of his being, he finds himself leading more with his heart and less with his mind— a lot m...
Jul 16, 2020•2 hr 1 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast An entrepreneur, person in recovery, and a man on a mission, Wes founded CLEAN Cause with the commitment of creating a sustainable source of funding to support the fight against the epidemic. He’s an entrepreneur that lost everything, including a multi-million dollar business, because of an addiction to drugs and alcohol. Now, he’s sober and he’s on a mission to help others avoid his history. And as you’re about to find out, he’s a shameless and unfiltered resource. In this episode of The Great ...
Jul 08, 2020•3 hr 33 min•Ep 26•Transcript available on Metacast Author, Podcaster, audio engineer, and meditation teacher, Cory Allen is here to talk about the wonder and flow of life. This belief-shifting conversation challenges perspectives and leads with curiosity. In this episode of The Great Unlearn: How to cultivate curiosity as a catalyst for unlearning Embracing the challenge of conflicting beliefs “Existential Paralysis” & how to overcome it What music can teach us about the natural flow of life The value of Binaural Beats and how to use them to...
Jul 01, 2020•2 hr 20 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast Peyton and Cal break down, for you, what broke down their relationship. The two discuss what it means to give ourselves what we need so that we can show up fully in relationships. In this episode of The Great Unlearn: The beginning of break down; the ending of a relationship Cal’s experience with healing through psychedelics Choosing our roles in relationships Collaboration over compromise Allowing “versions” of the relationship to end instead of the entire relationship itself Follow Peyton @ohd...
Jun 23, 2020•2 hr 4 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast Mehcad Brooks is a Hollywood actor, talented musician, and a former Calvin Klein model. Recently, he has been prolific on social media during this incredibly challenging period that hit a tipping point with the murder of George Floyd. He’s emerged as a voice of a generation. Mehcad knows his history and has shown love, compassion, honesty as he’s shared his deep pain vulnerably. He’s also started the Church of Anti-Racism on IG, which is currently in the midst of a 21-day anti-racist challenge. ...
Jun 18, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep 23•Transcript available on Metacast Mehcad Brooks is a Hollywood actor, talented musician, and a former Calvin Klein model. Recently, he has been prolific on social media during this incredibly challenging period that hit a tipping point with the murder of George Floyd. He’s emerged as a voice of a generation. Mehcad knows his history and has shown love, compassion, honesty as he’s shared his deep pain vulnerably. He’s also started the Church of Anti-Racism on IG, which is currently in the midst of a 21-day anti-racist challenge. ...
Jun 16, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast Today’s guest, is an old college buddy of mine…when I say old, I mean over 25 years ago. Today I welcome on Luke Ryan to the Great Unlearn. In this Podcast Overturning 15,000 criminal convictions (featured on Netflix's, How to Fix a Drug Scandal (https://www.netflix.com/watch/80233339?source=35) ) With racial injustice, silence is not neutral. How to identify and move past "white fragility." The corruption of the justice system and the Attorney General’s gross misconduct The gift of ...
Jun 11, 2020•1 hr 28 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast We Discuss: 5:04 - Find your version of patience 5:21 - Big lifestyle shifts 34:21 - Say YES to your intuition 43:38 - Children change and we need to give them space to change 49:18 - The power of showing up for your children 56:05 - How we condition our kids to believe they deserve our responses 1:06:30 - I learn from my children’s hard lessons 1:18:57 - Learn to love without squashing 1:28:30 - How your peers are serving you 1:46:15 - Anahata works through Earth Warrior Oracle Deck Resources: ...
May 26, 2020•2 hr 6 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast We Discuss: 2:59 - Brandon grew up in an environment of performance based love 5:20 - Everything unraveled as he achieved his dream 14:40 - My armor closed me off to growth 17:38 - Who will you be when you lose your anchor? 19:30 - Brandon dives deep into religion as a career 28:05 - Stepping into self acceptance 33:14 - Potency vs quantity of work 41:21 - You have to give up the good guy to truly love yourself. 46:00 - Brandon is still learning and unlearning 46:30 - FOPO - Fear Of People’s Opi...
May 19, 2020•2 hr 45 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast We Discuss: 9:30 - My introduction to rapé (ha-peh) 12:30 - The inability for masculinity to be received in our culture 14:40 - My armor closed me off to growth 15:51 - Why would you want to be grounded? 21:16- The mind body relationship 27:23 - Our diet habits and self worth 31:37 - You choose your lens in which to see the world 40:16 - What I learned from Kobe’s death 42:43 - The Align Method - Unlearning your patterns 49:26 - The benefits of nasal breathing Resources: Acroyoga - (https://www....
May 12, 2020•53 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast We Discuss: 3:50 - The human element of the drum 9:59 - From fanboy to family 14:10 - James’ ability to be unapologetically himself 18:50 - Detached caring isn’t not caring 21:07- The highest order form of caring in a relationship creates autonomy 32:10 - James recognizes that he is nothing more than a number 36:20 - Morality vs Reality 40:00 - The beginning of CrossFit 47:10 - Becoming the world’s fittest man and the destruction of the beauty of the journey 58:10 - CrossFit as a tool for sport....
May 05, 2020•3 hr 58 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast