The HighExistence Podcast

"Healing becomes an endless process, because there's always the next thing to heal, so you can avoid actually taking action and building something." — Jordan Bates Jordan Bates is a men's work practitioner, coach, retreat leader, long-time co-creator of HighExistence and Apotheosis OG. Jordan joins me to talk about the shift from participant to practitioner. He has walked that pa...

Today I'm coming to you with a conversation I had with Jelena Holodkova about how to actually move forward when you're stuck in the in-between phase. Jelena is an IFS practitioner and breathwork teacher who works with people stuck in the messy middle, the in-between of an old life that's dissolved and a new one not yet formed. About halfway through, she walks me through a live IFS sess...

“The psychedelic experience is very good at showing you a destination you can arrive at — a state of being that is actually possible. What’s often not highlighted is that the path after that can be extremely difficult. To be held in something that can guide you through it is invaluable. ” — Eric Brown Martijn Schirp, founder of Apotheosis and co-founder of HighExistence and Synthesis , joins us to...

Apotheosis family, We’re back, and we’re diving straight into the deep end with today’s episode. I sit down with Eric Brown, the director of Apotheosis, and talk about his journey into the jungle as he prepares to embark on an 18-month apprenticeship at an Ayahuasca healing centre in Mexico. We talk about how he came to this decision, what it means to follow your heart, what to do if you feel lost...

HighExistence family, we are back! If you want to know where we’ve been, what we have been up to, and what we are doing now… This episode holds all the answers.  To find out about our upcoming retreat go to:  https://apotheosisretreat.com/

Tim Corcoran is a Nature Based Purpose Guide and the founder of Purpose Mountain. He is a certified Purpose Whisperer. For a long time, I cringed whenever I saw people use this word. I thought it was an oversimplistic and biased interpretation of a random series of events. The first time I heard Tim speak was when that started to change for me. I felt something deep inside, ringing with energy and...

Identity is at the core of all of our personal transformation. It is absolutely central to the process of change, for better or for worse. After decades of my own work, and the insights gained from guiding thousands through their own transformational experiences, we’ve pulled apart the fundamental mechanics of personal transformation. This episode is a solocast with Eric Brown, taking you deep dow...

Do you feel the call to serve plant medicine? Or to become a coach, healer, or helper of human flourishing in any way? Navigating this path can be tricky terrain. For myself, it brings many questions up: Is this coming from my ego or my soul?  What path should I follow? And who are my teachers? How often should I work with medicine? Do I have what it takes? I could think of no better person than M...

What does it take to become the best fighter on the planet? And then how do you go from there, to building a Bufo Alvarius (5-MeO-DMT) based NFT collection designed to bring attention to mental health awareness? This is the incredible journey that we cover in this episode. Rashad Evans is the former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion of The World, Hall of Famer, and current-day desk analyst. He recent...

“What if this life were the paradise we were promised, and we’re just squandering it?” -Naval Ravikant Being happy and rich are learnable skills , and our guest today, Eric Jorgenson, has learned from the very best.  His compilation of wisdom and winning business strategies from legendary tech innovator Naval Ravikant took the internet by storm, and his unbelievably popular book, The Almanack of N...

“ It is integration that unlocks the next step, or the next stage, in that process, and if you’re not integrating, you’ll often find yourself looping ” - Eric Brown, HEx Podcast #63 If there’s anyone worth listening to on the topic of integration, it’s Eric Brown. Eric is the director of Apotheosis , our spiritual-psychedelic plant medicine retreat, as well as a content writer and program creator...

⇨ Anxiety Rewired is HERE ⇦ I have tried many different approaches to overcoming my own anxiety.  But never before have I tried them all at once.  Anxiety Rewired is the first course that, rather than prizing one particular method, introduces and interweaves them all into one anxiety-blasting supernova that aims to rewire your relationship with anxiety, so that it no longer holds you back, but rat...

Anxiety Rewired goes live on Sunday, August 21st. Get a text the moment it becomes available here: https://rewired.ju.mp "The aim of Anxiety Rewired is to reframe the pursuit of working on our anxiety as a path to mastery . As something that is epic and challenging and fun, and extremely fulfilling and rewarding. That's what it's been for me and that's what I would really like...

This episode is part 2 of a 3 part series, hosted by Mike Slavin and Jon Brooks   Sign up here for the full 3-part training 💥 -------------------------------------------------- Overcoming anxiety is the adventure of a lifetime.  On this adventure, you will become someone your previous self would never have been able to recognise.  And perhaps it is this journey, and the one you become, rather tha...

The Anxiety Masterclass is HERE! 🎊 In this episode, we present to you part 1 of the 3-part series hosted by Mike Slavin and Jon Brooks. Sign up here for the full 3-part training 💥 These videos are for you if... - Anxiety paralyzes you, robbing you of your joy, curiosity, and vitality. - You’re losing your future by missing out on opportunities because of anxiety... - You struggle to be truly aut...

Order a copy of Verissimus here In our 3rd interview with Stoic author, philosopher and cognitive behavioural therapist, Donald Robertson, we discuss his brand new graphic novel, VERISSIMUS.  This is the most epic philosophical project that I am aware of to date.  If Ridley Scott's Gladiator had a baby with Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations, you’d get Verissimus. As you’ll hear in this interview,...

Cris Beasley has become a profoundly influential force in my life. Her ability to go directly to the places where we are hiding, playing it small, and not owning the raw realities of our human experience is remarkable. Her path from the tech world to being CEO of an AI company, to psychedelic facilitator, medicine woman, and oracle creator is as vibrant and rich as her personality. Cris has severa...

“ You can move past these obstacles . You probably relate to them as obstacles right now, but they’re actually a part of the path, right?” -Mike Slavin (HEx Podcast #61) In today’s solo cast, Mike leads us down a rabbit hole of discombobulate selves, where we find the true source of our procrastinative tendencies. He reminds us that we procrastinate, not because we are cursed, but because a part o...

“Here’s the funny thing: when I ask someone to tell me what his or her wildest dream is, they dilute it. Ten times out of ten, people sell themselves short” Steve Sims  Our guest on the podcast today should never have been able to succeed in business or in life. Growing up as a bricklayer in London, England, all the odds were against him achieving the kind of outlandish success he’s been able to c...

“Our True Desires are deeply sacred. As sacred as a river, or a volcano, or any other natural process. It’s something separate from egoic desire which is, ‘I want this because I saw it in a commercial', but the exploration of those egoic desires might actually help somebody go towards those things. And so I think our desires are sacred. I think it’s something to listen to as if it is the voic...

Psychedelics can cause harm .  Don’t get me wrong, I love psychedelics. But I also acknowledge their potential to bring about profoundly unwanted changes in the psyche. Yet, with the ever-more abundant influx of news focussing on the life-changing benefits of these substances, the very real risks that pose are getting drowned out, leaving us with only one-half of the full picture. The way that our...

“Whenever you say ‘I can’t find ideas,’ what you’re really saying is, ‘the world is perfect and it needs nothing.’” -MJ DeMarco, HEx Podcast #57 — There’s a lot of terrible advice out there. Maybe you’ve noticed this the last time you were outside. People will say things like, “Just follow your passion!” or, “Money doesn’t matter!” or, perhaps even worse, “Only 40 more years until retirement, and...

Stoicism is often thought of as a collection of theoretical concepts and ideas that one learns by reading books and consuming Stoic content.   In this solocast, Jon Brooks proposes that a true Stoic is more like a Martial Artist.  To become undefeatable, we need to practice and refine our skills so that we are ready for the real battles when they come. If you’re ready to put down the book and step...

In the 10th installment of the High Existence dialogues, we welcome a 4th member onto the stage, discuss the life-changing opportunities that come with finding a community of like-hearted individuals, and pull back the curtains on two soul-quenching events coming up on the HEx horizon. Register for Metamorphosis - A FREE 3-Day online transformational gathering focused on designing sacred rituals:...

"If we’re in a fully awakened state, trauma’s not a problem. In a sense, it’s not trauma. It just becomes something beloved. It becomes washed through with love and acceptance. That’s the healing." Henry Shukman, HEx Podcast #55 We embark on our healing journeys with intentions to remove the thorns in our sides because these thorns are problematic. Initially, it seems that the way to go...