Evolution FM: Consciousness, Human Potential, & Inner Work for Entrepreneurs

Theresa Cheung is a Sunday Times bestselling British author and spiritual teacher known for her work on dreams, intuition, and consciousness. In this conversation, she shares why intuitive perception is a natural human capacity and why learning to trust it can deepen self awareness, healing, and personal growth. In this episode, we explore how expanded awareness can help us access intuition in a g...

Steve Schlafman is a coach, writer, and former operator and investor who now helps ambitious professionals navigate transition and burnout. His work and his podcast Where the Road Bends explore inner work for entrepreneurs, identity shifts, and personal transformation. In this episode, we talk about why inner work for entrepreneurs becomes essential when success stops feeling like enough. We explo...

Sean Reagan is a writer and A Course in Miracles teacher based in New England whose work explores awakening, oneness, contemplation, and the practice of following love over fear. In this episode, we explore how A Course in Miracles becomes a path of spiritual transformation in ordinary life. Sean shares how the course entered his life during a lonely spiritual season, why forgiveness means seeing...

Sara Filipcic works on human potential through Be Human(e) , a Techstars backed venture focused on youth mental health and healthier digital habits. In this episode, we explore how human potential is shaped by screen time, emotional intelligence, and the way parents introduce technology to their kids. We talk about teen mental health, social isolation, digital parenting, and why purposeful technol...

Jonny Miller is a nervous system specialist and the founder of Nervous System Mastery , where he teaches practical tools for nervous system regulation and inner transformation through emotional resilience and embodiment. In this episode, we explore how nervous system regulation shapes inner transformation and why spiritual awakening without integration can create real friction in the body. We talk...

Greg Kubin is the co-founder and general partner of PsyMed Ventures , a venture fund investing in the future of brain and mental health through psychedelic medicine, neurotechnology, and precision psychiatry. He is also the cohost of Business Trip, a podcast exploring the business of psychedelics, and has made over 20 investments in mental health companies after a decade as an entrepreneur. In thi...

John Chavez is the founder of DMT Quest , a nonprofit focused on endogenous DMT, healing, and consciousness research. After a powerful mystical experience, he began exploring how altered states of consciousness might expand what we know about human potential. In this episode, we explore altered states of consciousness through endogenous DMT, telepathy, meditation, and healing. We talk about how al...

One of my closest friends Justin Mares knows more about health then just about anyone I know. He's built 3 food companies in Kettle & Fire, Perfect Keto, and Surely Wines which give him unique insight into how the stuff we put into our bodies is actually made. Now he is working on new company called True Medicine that is making it easier and more affordable to be healthy. I've been a long time...

Let me start off by saying, I have zero interest in participating in what many call the transhuman movement. Specifically, implanting some type of technology into my body in order to alter or enhance the way in which I experience the world. That being said, I do think it's important to understand what is going on. This is clearly going to be a thing in our lifetimes that will vastly impact culture...

It can be quite frustrating to be experiencing something unfamiliar that our medical system doesn't have an answer for. Unfortunately, I know from experience as documented here ! This is very common with many "spiritual", "mystical", "energetic", etc. experiences and effects, that are often referred to as emergent phenomena . A few months ago, I was delighted to discover the The Emergent Phenomeno...

Today's guest is someone I have followed since 2016 when I participated in a startup growth program called Reforge where he was a guest lecturer. Simply put, Andy Johns is one of the most prolific startup growth executives in the modern era. He has been an leader or key player at 8 consecutive billion dollar startups including Facebook, Twitter, Wealthfront, Quora, and others. In this conversation...

This week's episode is with my good friend Zach Poitra who I have worked with in a Shamanic capacity for 3 separate ayahuasca retreats. Zach's story is amazing. After working for an investment bank for 10 years, he moved down to Peru to live in the jungle and work on himself. What he thought would be a temporary stint transpired into him meeting and training with his shamanic teacher for 4.5 years...

My friend Robby Bent joins us to talk about his amazing online / offline company Othership. A lot of people are turned off by wellness and mindfulness in the current way it is packaged and introduced. Robbie and his team have incredible perspective to this dynamic and are taking a different approach with their physical Othership locations and amazing breathwork app which I love. By focusing on cre...

Today my great friend Dylan Beynon, CEO of Mindbloom joins us on the show. Mindbloom is the market leader in providing ketamine assisted therapy in the US and our a trailblazer as these substances become more deeply integrated into our society and institutions. Dylan is one of the smartest and most thoughtful people I know making this an electric conversation. If you want to know more about the bu...

This is the first episode of EvolutionFM, a new show exploring the evolution of consciousness in modern times. We cover what the show will be about as well as a bit of my experience in my own journey up to this point.

We brought back the podcast for a special episode with my buddy Ryan Denehy. Ryan is the Co-Founder of Swarm Mobile which was acquired by Groupon and one of the hardest working guys I know. In this episode, we chat about what it takes to be sucessful and how you can engineer your life to get the results you want for your life and business. If you're not there today, that's okay because this is a P...

Brothers Ilan and Guy Ferdman come on the show to share how they've relied upon being super intentional about what they choose to focus on to quickly go from starting a business to some of the most pre-eminent facebook marketers in their space. We'll talk about the even bigger vision they have and how they plan on getting there along the way. These guys are full of energy, wisdom, and enthusiam wh...

Ben Greenfield drops some serious knowledge in this episode. We chat about everything from building muscle while burning fat, to wine and coffee intake. In terms of peak health and performance, Ben is an absolute machine which really shines through in this episode. He also is a great entrepreneur which we touch upon as well!

Peter Shankman comes on the show to discuss his new book Zombie Loyalists and the power of providing an incredible experience for customers. Peter's been known as a marketing thought leader even before he founded HARO and that shines through in this episode. We talk about a host different marketing tactics especially how to really activate customers to spread WOM using great service. This was a fu...

Ryan Coisson comes on the show to talk about the biggest opportunity in ecommerce and how he's built a booming business abroad. In just a few short years, Ryan has launched over 40 ecommerce brands that do over 7 figures a month. Even more impressive, Ryan has built a team of over 40 employees abroad in the Philippines that run his business while he lives and travels around. We'll dive deep into t...

A few months ago I had this crazy idea for a workout that incorporated many of the habits that make me feel empowered and push me to heightened levels of motivation and achievement. I have continued to develop this concept which is now called Peak State and in this episode you'll get a full background on the story, workouts, and where this project is going. I think its pretty cool and have yet to...

Brian Smith the founder of popular shoe company UGG joins us on the show today to talk about his journey building a world class brand. You'll learn about how an optimistic aussie started his business from scratch in a foreign country after an idea hit him while reading a surfing magazine. One of the most challenging things an entrepreneur faces is just the resiliency to hang in there in the face o...

There has been a plethora of exciting startups who are innovating on painful buying experiences while championing what has been popularly known as the direct to consumer model. Today we're fortunate enough to have one of the most exciting companies in the space Casper. Casper Co-Founder Philip Krim comes on the show to talk about building the company as well as how we can be thinking about this ne...

Matt Ellsworth is our guest today. The guy is a total stud and in this interview we're going to start by talking about how using a combination of scraping, vritual assistants, and cold emails he built a massive lead generation machine at his last startup storefront. So much so that his outsourced team was sending out thousands of targeted, personalized emails a week while his interal sales team co...

John Durant, author of the Paleo Manifesto and MY NEW ROOMMATE is our awesome guest today. John is one of the foremost thought leaders on ancestral health and paleolithic living. In this episode, he shares with us why one way to unlock new levels of peak health and performance is to revert to a lifestyle more similar to one humans have bee living for 10's of thousands of years. Many of the modern...