Highly Optimized

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode is a little different I’m wrapping up 2025, looking ahead into 2026, and for this one… I didn’t bring a script No outline No bullet points No overthinking I just hit record and let it rip Because honestly, there’s been so much epic stuff unfolding in my life, in my work, and in the bigger picture that trying to package it neatly felt like the wrong move I wanted to...

Send us Fan Mail What’s up everyone & welcome back to another episode of the Highly Optimized podcast Today…oh man…you’re in for a treat I’m sitting down with two guys whose mission, energy & devotion to the plant immediately had me hooked the moment we met, Danny & Ty, the founders of Grind With Gratitude Now if you know anything about Highly Optimized, you know we are all about inten...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, I’m joined by my brother Sean Graves , who I originally met through our mutual friend Christopher August . After linking up at High Vibe Festival this past June, we had one of those “wait…you’re from there too?!” moments, and realized we actually grew up just two towns apart. Total South Shore guys through and through 😎 Since connecting, I’ve been beyond grate...

Send us Fan Mail You guys are in for a treat with this one 🌿 In today’s episode, I’m sitting down with none other than Hamilton Souther, master shaman, founder of Blue Morpho , and one of the most respected figures in the world of plant medicine. Hamilton has spent over two decades guiding tens of thousands of people through deep ceremonial experiences with plants like Ayahuasca, Wachuma, and Can...

Send us Fan Mail What’s up, everyone & welcome back to the show! Today’s guest is someone who’s not just a legend in the self-development world, but also one of my very first mentors, and honestly, one of my best friends on this planet. I met Mark England about six years ago, and from the very beginning, he’s been a massive catalyst in my life. Mark isn’t just someone I’ve learned from, he’s f...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this episode of the Highly Optimized podcast, a powerful conversation with my partner, Rachel, all about what it truly means to step into the Age of Sovereignty. We’re moving out of the old paradigm, the age of top-down structures, corporate hierarchies, and systems that told us who to be and how to live. With Pluto leaving Capricorn and entering Aquarius, the invitatio...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s solocast, I’m diving deep into some of the systems that have helped me understand reality on a much deeper level. We’re talking about the 7 Hermetic Principles, the wisdom woven through A Course in Miracles, and a handful of other teachings I’ve collected along the way. But here’s the thing, when I first started studying these systems, a lot of them felt hard to fully g...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode is a little different, just me, opening up, dropping in, and sharing from the heart. I’ve been feeling an incredible amount of gratitude lately for the life I’ve created and the one I now get to live every single day. I want to pull back the curtain and let you into what’s been moving me lately. I’ll be giving you some updates from our epic Breathe With Cannabis re...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to another episode of the Highly Optimized podcast, where we dive deep into the conversations that expand our perspectives, shift our realities, and reconnect us with the truth of who we really are. In today’s episode, we explore some big themes, how the world stage is a master of distraction, constantly pulling our attention with divisive maneuvers designed to keep u...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s guest is the creator of one of my all-time favorite supplement brands, one that has pioneered psilocybin microdoses blended with herbs, adaptogens & nootropics into truly revolutionary formulas you won’t find anywhere else in the world. But his journey to this point has been anything but easy. After finding major success in the Cannabis industry, a series of bad decisi...

Send us Fan Mail At just 19 years old, today’s guest was already obsessed with powerlifting, squatting an incredible 605 pounds completely naturally. On the outside, it looked like he was destined for greatness. But behind the records and medals, injuries began piling up. He bounced from practitioner to practitioner, each one promising answers, yet leaving him with the same nagging pain. Hope was...

Send us Fan Mail On the outside, today’s guest looked like he had it all, a thriving career as a financial trader in Chicago, a life that many would envy, and the kind of success that makes people assume you’ve got everything figured out. But behind that polished exterior, he carried a heavy truth: a constant drive to push harder, do more, and prove himself. That pressure left him feeling unfulfil...

Send us Fan Mail Some stories hit you in the heart before they even reach your ears, and today’s conversation is one of them. My guest’s life began in pain, heartache, and a childhood that left him feeling alone, not good enough, and deeply unworthy. To survive, he built walls, thick ones, around his heart. Those walls kept him safe from the chaos and the people his mother brought into his world,...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode is extra special because I’m sitting down with someone who has had a huge impact on my life over the last few years. Out of all the psychics I’ve worked with, this person has helped me more than anyone else, and the wild thing is, it’s so effortless for them. These gifts have been with them since birth. But as is often the case for those born with extraordinary abi...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to the Highly Optimized podcast, the show where we explore what it means to live in full alignment, physically, emotionally, mentally & spiritually. Today’s episode is a journey . A raw, unfiltered, soul-level transmission about what it really looks like to walk away from the default path…& choose something different. My guest today is someone who cracked the...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode is a very special one as I am doing my first solocast on this show. Yup, just you, me & about 50 minutes of me riffing on some topics I’ve been stewing on recently. I’ve been putting off doing a solocast until I felt in the energy for it & this week was the week that the stars aligned & I felt the call to hop on & share some more of the background o...

Send us Fan Mail There are certain people you meet in life & instantly feel like you’ve known them forever… That’s exactly what happened when I crossed paths with today’s guest at the High Vibe Festival, which, side note, if you haven’t been yet, do yourself a favor & get there next year. From the jump, we were having deep, soul-expanding convos one minute… & dancing our faces off to s...

Send us Fan Mail You know, there’s a certain kind of person who refuses to settle for the script handed to them. Someone who looks at the world, feels that quiet nudge in their soul, & decides to build a life on their own terms, no matter how unconventional or uncertain it may look from the outside. Today’s guest is a living example of what it means to create your own path with courage, creati...

Send us Fan Mail If there’s one thing I hold above all else as the cornerstone of my growth as a human being, it’s my relationship with Rachel. For the past 8 years, we’ve chosen each other, again and again. In the moments of joy, in the messiness, through every high and every heart-stretching low, we’ve returned to love. And not just love for each other, but love for ourselves, our path, and the...

Send us Fan Mail 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 o...

Send us Fan Mail 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 t...

Send us Fan Mail 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 a...

Send us Fan Mail 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 s...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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...