The Great Unlearn

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 understan...

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...

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...

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 t...

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 U...

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...

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...

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...

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  Al...

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...

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...

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...

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 -...

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...

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 -...

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’...

We Discuss: 3:40 - From a town of 300 to NHL All-Star 7:20 - “If I have a son, he is going to play hockey” - Sheldon’s Father 10:23 - Sheldon wanted to be a hockey player his entire life 14:07 - The role as the protector 17:56 - Drafted to the NHL at 17 27:19 - Career ending injury and addiction 34:03 - $21 Million contract 50:46 - The blessing of being bought out 57:19 - How does your career end?...

In this podcast we focus on the importance of orchestrated struggle to know yourself and the value of having a brotherhood or community. Aubrey shares insane stories from his recent trip to Poland to study under the breath Maestro Wim Hof with a band of brothers. He also shares his wisdom gained in 6 days in total darkness. There’s so much to pull from this episode...wisdom, experience, choosing s...

We Discuss: 1:11 - Using the TGU podcast as a personal check-in 2:11 - Things aren’t as “rosy” as they may appear 3:36 - What did I do to make my son FEEL this way? 5:33 - A call with a friend that reminded me of balance 10:12 - Using my kids’ new school schedule as an opportunity 11:26 - Routine without Rigidity 12:55 - Listening to East Forest’s “Meditation for Chaotic Times” as a daily practice...

In this episode, we discuss the importance of decision-making through presence, how to foster “track awareness”, and discovering that all we need is already within us. Boyd’s gift of storytelling is on full display as he shares tales that made my heart race a little faster and stoked my excitement for my next trip to Londolozi. One thing I’ve learned from the current COVID-19 situation is that wit...

In this podcast, I took the opportunity to highlight a side of JP that is often overlooked. He isn't just an accomplished comedian, but an incredibly sincere and thoughtful person who has leveraged comedy to understand and examine his internal struggle. In his own words, "In the past I used humor to escape myself. Now I use humor to go into myself." In the same way that JP used his cha...

In this podcast, we get to hear Erick’s personal path of self-discovery and exploration. He shares how he was able to alchemize an unintended heavy dose of THC into a transformation that propelled his development. We follow his path into Jungian psychology and his understanding of the many internal archetypes that each of us hold within our psyche. If you have ever felt stuck, misunderstood, or un...

I started working with Ryan Frisinger a little over two years ago. He has fundamentally changed my life. He has given me incredible tools to strengthen my resilience. Not in an abrasive “Do Hard Shit” crossfit culture type of way, but the tools that let me feel and listen to what my body needs. To treat myself with love, forgive trauma, and do the necessary things to strengthen and thrive in the m...

Poranguí is one of those guys who has been instrumental in the changes that I’ve felt in my life. He’s a man in true alignment, and when you spend enough time with someone like that, you understand when you’re out of alignment and what a true path looks like for you. When I met him, I did whatever I could to spend time with him — I went to his retreats, I participated in his sound healings, I went...

Dave Regula is one of my best friends. We worked together in Chicago for over 15 years and have known each other for over 20. So, let’s take a step back to the turn of the century. In 1998, everyone was into investment banking, and the best place to do that was in New York. Wanting to swim against the current and do his own thing, though, Dave moved to Chicago and dove head-first into the financia...