Aubrey Marcus Podcast

Kamal Ravikant is an entrepreneur, investor, and author who was able to transform his life with a simple yet profound realization: he didn’t love himself. Reading his book, I realized that I didn’t either. In this podcast we talk about the simple applicable ways that we can heal ourselves through self love. And no - this isn’t about bath bombs and massages, there is real internal work that you can...

My relationship with Whitney has been the most profound teacher in my life. It’s been the most difficult and most beautiful ceremony I could ever conceive. And it’s still going strong after 8 years! Yes we broke up. We called off our engagement. There was a lot of pain. There was a lot of heartache. But the lessons were generous and bountiful as well.  We have learned so much about ourselves, abou...

This year, as a special gift to AMP listeners, I decided to rerelease the epic Christmas story told by Tero Isokauppila on my podcast. I apologize if this corrupts your hallmark view of Ol' Saint Nick, but there is substantial evidence that the myth of Santa Claus originated from Fly Agaric mushroom shamans. Tero is an author, medicinal mushroom expert and enthusiast, and founder of the mushroom f...

Aaron Alexander is a good friend, an expert in functional movement, podcast host, and author. Aaron has a unique vocation. He has spent his life finding the tactical ways to leverage your body to help defend itself against modern life. We talk about the power of play, the importance of walking, and the ultimate value in being honest with yourself. Preorder The Align Method |  https://alignpodcast....

Heads up: This podcast talks a lot about sex, of many varieties. Jason Ellis has had a plethora of seemingly contrasting careers: Pro Skateboarder, whipping his dick out on Howard Stern (yes, this is a career when you become the most searched subject on Google that day), MMA fighter, radio and podcast host, and champion for the honest expression of bisexuality. The thing I admire most about Jason...

Akshay Nanavati is a US Marine veteran, entrepreneur, ultra runner, author and alchemist of fear. In this podcast we talk about methods for creating some of the virtuous experiences of war without the inevitable horrors of war. We discuss the importance of the words we use and how they shape our reality as well as tactics for transforming negative emotions into internal fortitude. Akshay was also...

For the final episode of season 1 of Aubrey Marcus Podcast Books I am reading a poem called “The Return” from the book Devotions by Mary Oliver. The poem focuses on a lesser known, but equally important aspect of the story of Theseus and the Minotaur. It doesn’t highlight the heroes battle that has been written about for millenia, but instead Mary Oliver chooses the heroes return out of the maze....

Tim McGraw has sold over 80 million records, making him one of the top performing musicians of all time. After spending time with him in Los Angeles and Austin I can confidently say that this unimaginable level of success couldn’t have happened to a better person. We talk about the moment his wife Faith Hill put her boot down on his partying lifestyle, and all of the challenges he faced during his...

In the penultimate episode of season 1 of AMP Books I read The Toltec Art of Life and Death. This is the final work by one of the most important philosophers and spiritual teachers in my life, Don Miguel Ruiz. He is one of the rare masters who sees through the eyes of love and approaches the world with awe and joy. This excerpt features a conversation between two of Don Miguel’s ancestors who cele...

In this very special podcast I sat down with three of the people I admire most: Caitlyn Howe, Kyle Kingsbury, and Erick Godsey. We reflected on the last year, on our lowest points, our highest points and our most impactful psychedelic journey. It has been truly an honor to experience life with these three beautiful souls, and in this podcast they are at their most vulnerable, honest, and committed...

This episode of Aubrey Marcus Podcast Books features one of my favorite books--Island by Aldous Huxley. It is a masterpiece of utopian fiction that can completely shatter your paradigm. The section I read focuses in on the character Will and his first experience with Moksha, a fictional psychedelic sacrament. One central tenet of this book and the scene specifically is the importance of cultivatin...

Absolute legend Dr. Andrew Weil has been way ahead of the curve on some of the most important aspects of human optimization. He is the father of integrative medicine, he’s been talking about the importance of organic food for decades, he’s been a champion of both psychedelics and breath work, and has built a restaurant empire that proves healthy food is delicious. In this podcast we venture down i...

As many of you know I tend to find myself in difficult positions, perhaps so I can find a pathway out of these mental, emotional, and physical challenges. It’s like I’m playing a giant game of Escape Room with my own mind. One brutal, but incredibly helpful tactic I leverage when I find myself in a tight internal spot is the writing of Anthony de Mello. Anthony de Mello is an author whose wisdom i...

When Colin Guinn and Christie Lee Woods went on The Amazing Race in 2004 they were a competitive team enroute to disaster. Not only did they not win in 2004 the producers decided to make them the villains of the season and it worked. Colin went viral and was quickly one of the most hated men in America, it took a toll on their lives and their relationship. 15 years later, Colin and Christie stand...

Don Miguel Ruiz Jr is the son of one of my favorite spiritual mentors. I haven’t spent a lot of time with his books, but I grabbed this book from my bookshelf, drawn to the Miguel Ruiz name. I opened to a random page that I had dog-eared many years ago and was blown away with the truth that was being bestowed upon me. Perhaps it is the classic case that the teaching appears when the student is rea...

Alex Banayan came on for a marathon of a podcast officially breaking the AMP record for the longest podcast. It was beautiful to sit and have the opportunity to go incredibly deep with one of the most interesting and inspiring people I’ve ever come across. We tell some intimate stories of love and loss, and dive into the core teachings of our lives--Fear, death, and the true measure of success. To...

Today I am reading an excerpt from Jordan B Peterson’s 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote To Chaos.  The section I am reading is at the end of the book, and I believe its significance is often overlooked. In this section Jordan asks some of the most pragmatic questions: What shall I do today? Tomorrow? With my life? Instead of thinking about the answer, he just taps into his own inner knowing and writ...

I had such a great time on this podcast. Miki Agrawal is an author and serial entrepreneur who is the founder and Chief Creative Officer of TUSHY--Not the porn site, but the bidet company. Miki has built her empire speaking honestly about the human body and disrupting the shame surrounding the topics that have been deemed taboo. We talk a lot about the fuel that sustains an entrepreneur, the value...

Mark Manson is not only one of the great authors of our time, but also one of the most important modern philosophers. I know we are afraid to call our thought leaders today “philosophers” because a philosopher should be old, probably dead, and give no functional wisdom. Mark is young, alive, practical AF and yes, a philosopher. In this AMP Books I go over Manson’s 1st Law of Emotion: For Every Act...

My man Humble The Poet dropped by to share some witty wisdom in his own poetic way. Word by word, Humble is laying down the bricks on the pathway to a life of growth and satisfaction. We talk about the dichotomy of being a “success” in the eyes of social media, where the more connected we are, the more lonely we become. This podcast is full of the “tools” that both Humble and I have used to help u...

Awakening Spirits by Native American trained Tom Brown is a short yet powerful book. The passage I selected addresses the duality of the physical and spiritual mind and the bridge that connects the two of them: choice. On another note I adapted his Sacred Silence technique to create my guided meditation which I have available on my website here: http://bit.ly/2IQw2M5  Awakening Spirits by Tom Brow...

This is one of the most important podcasts I have ever recorded. Travis Christofferson speaks on how metabolic conditions lay the foundation for many of our disease states.  With better treatment methodologies, and better thinking around the system at large, we can drastically reframe the way we look at our health. Healthcare is a daunting beast, physically, emotionally, and financially--with canc...

Rise Of The Mystics is one of my all time favorite books from one of my favorite authors and personal mentors, Ted Dekker. Ted carries a deep understanding of the roots of Christian mysticism with his own experiential lessons from an incredible life. Ted is a natural storyteller, and his fiction is some of the best in the world. It is no surprise he has sold over 10 million books. This passage is...

My good friend and prolific author Ryan Holiday is back again with another subject masterpiece. Ryan is perhaps most well known for returning stoic philosophy to the modern zeitgeist, but in this podcast we discuss a key to life that may run even deeper than stoicism: Stillness. This podcast is full of practical advice and the historical examples of how many of our greatest heroes were able to fin...

This podcast focuses on perhaps the most important message in all of the book.  That what you do, affects everyone around you.  Whether you have read or listened to Own The Day, I hope you lend this segment your ears. Check out  Own The Day Own Your Life by Aubrey Marcus|   https://bit.ly/2t6x4hu Connect with Aubrey: Website | https://www.aubreymarcus.com/ Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/aub...