The Observatory | Discovery of Consciousness & Awareness

The Observatory podcast, hosted by Scott and LaRae Wright, welcomes Derek McLaughlin as a special guest in this episode. The hosts first encountered Derek at a rewilding event in Vallejo, Utah. In this meaningful conversation, Derek shares his significant experiences and the wisdom he's gained throughout his life journey. Topics Covered: "The Hero's Journey" (00:18) - Derek dissects his personal e...

Join Scott and LaRae Wright on another intriguing episode of the Observatory Podcast. This time, they delve into an enriching conversation with their guest Amy Wood. With Amy’s unique experiences and thought-provoking engagements, the topics from the episode range from holistic health, personal evolution, to forming conscious and supportive communities. Topics Covered in the Podcast: Exploring Bre...

Revisiting a powerful episode with our guest is Dicken Bettinger, author of the book “Coming Home.” In his life he had the opportunity to work with and rub shoulders with Sidney Banks. Sidney had a moment of enlightenment in his life where he understood some universal principles of what life is, and it changed his life forever. We are pretty passionate about this and really it is the foundation of...

Revisiting one our favorite episodes with guests, Betsy and Gentry Mikesell who are not only amazing entrepreneurs, and you’re gonna hear about Beddy’s, which is an amazing bedding company that really changed the world in terms of making beds with ease. But you’re going to hear a life changing event that has filled their hearts with gratitude, and as we enter the Thanksgiving season, this story wi...

Today we are revisiting one of our highest downloaded episodes with our dear friend, Jeffrey Olsen. We delve into his near death experience, his book, his concept of wellness, connection to nature, indiginous ways, and all sorts of wonderful things. Jeff tells us his amazing experience he had when he died for a short time and the feelings and thoughts that went through his mind and heart during th...

Welcome to another insightful episode of the Observatory Podcast with your hosts, Scott and LaRae Wright. In this episode, they sit down with LaRae's nephew, Nathan Chase Plummer, who is also the producer of the podcast. Topics Covered in the Podcast: Nathan Chase Plummer's Journey: From coming out as gay at 30 to building a thriving career as a published book author and podcast producer, Nathan s...

Introduction: Welcome to the Observatory Podcast, where hosts Scott and LaRae Wright dive into the depths of personal growth and self-discovery and explore living life from the inside out. In this episode, they share their transformative experiences at a Vipassana meditation retreat. Join us as we explore the power of observing sensations, releasing mental patterns, and cultivating awareness. Get...

Welcome to the Observatory Podcast with your hosts, Scott and LaRae Wright. In this episode, we dive into the captivating world of primitive skills and the extraordinary experiences shared by our guest, Dave Wescott. Join us as we explore the origins of the Rabbit Stick gathering, its profound impact, and the enchanting journey of friendship and exploration with David Holladay. Prepare for an insp...

Introduction Welcome to an engaging episode of The Observatory podcast! In this edition, we have the pleasure of introducing Jeff and Robyn Kirkham, an extraordinary couple who share their captivating journey, diverse experiences, and profound insights. Joined by your hosts LaRae and Scott Wright, who are dedicated to exploring the transformative journey of living life from the inside out, this ep...

Welcome to another enlightening episode of The Observatory podcast! Our guest this week are Nick and Vileena Peterson, facilitators of the sweat lodge experience in the ReWilding event. Here we speak of the power and transforming of the Native American Sweat Lodge Ceremony. It is a cleansing ceremony, a purification ceremony, cleanses and purges the unwanted. The Sweat Lodge experience is not only...

Revisiting one of our favorite episodes with Hugh Vail and his powerful message. Hugh is hosting ReWilding, a 4-day immersive experience July 6th-9th. We have a good friend of ours on the podcast today, Mr. Hugh Vail. We’ve known Hugh for about 4 years or so and when we were introduced to one another, he began this process of working with wild mustangs. He was on his own journey of healing, which...

Welcome to The Observatory podcast! In this episode, hosts Scott and LaRae Wright are joined by Mimi and Chase from The Medicin Podcast. Discover their personal journey of faith, spirituality, and thriving business centered around medicinal mushrooms. Explore beyond dogmatic religion and embrace a holistic spiritual and physical health approach. Main Topics Journey Beyond Dogmatic Religion: Mimi a...

Welcome to another enlightening episode of The Observatory podcast! In this episode, renowned social anthropologist, consciousness researcher, professor, and author Dr. Marilyn Schlitz joins hosts Scott and LaRae Wright. Get ready to embark on a fascinating journey as they delve into topics such as consciousness, transformative experiences, and integrating these practices into daily life. Main Top...

Today we are honored to have Paul Selig as our guest and we’re excited to hear his message that he’s been sharing for several years. He is an author of many great books, all of which we have read and enjoyed and recommend that our listeners check out. Paul is a channeler who works with guides that teach and dictate books through him. He sits in a chair, closes his eyes, and he hears it much like y...

In this episode we join Scott and Ann Webb in their beautiful home to have a fun conversation. We discuss their involvement in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and how they used to be members, but ultimately decided to leave the church when they started to feel like it was holding them back in certain aspects of their lives. They had some pretty big disagreements concerning their ro...

LaRae and Scott sit down today to chat so you can get to know them a little better. They wanted to answer some questions they’ve received about who they are, going a little deeper into their identities. We start by listening to Scott explain how he went from a darker part of life to a more deeper sense of understanding who he is and what it means to be his true self. We talk about experiences and...

Today we have Mr. David Holladay on the podcast, who has been a good friend for a number of years now and in this episode we dive into music. He tells us all about his family history and roots here in Utah, as well as where they have ended up around the country and even some in Mexico. We then get into talking about playing the drums and David talks about some of the various experiences he’s had w...

Today our guests are Michell and Shiloh Powers, who we’ve known for a few years now and they go deep into their spiritual journey and faith crisis. They talk about moving around the country in different places and trying to find out where they fit in, and then ending up in Hawaii. From a very young age, Michell has been able to see angels and spirits, which she thought was completely normal until...

Today we have Sarah Kostin on the podcast who is the author of the book “You Are The Blue Sky.” As we were reading the book, we just loved the message she uses of some beautiful metaphors to teach some principles that are very, very powerful. We discuss some of the concepts in the book such as how we sometimes feel thought and underneath the thinking, no matter what we are thinking at the moment,...

Today we have the pleasure of meeting with Tiffany and Brett Bailey. They came into our home and had a beautiful conversation, very vulnerable, very open, talking about their coming together, their relationship, the navigating of different things they’ve gone through and are going through, and we’re so happy to have them. We talk about the importance of leaning into issues you come across in a rel...

Today we have a follow up with Carl Wright, with whom we did a part 1 podcast episode a few weeks back. We’re also joined by his father and Scott’s brother, Steve Wright, to go deeper into their story, which we discussed in that previous episode. He tells about his journey of not fitting in or connecting to the activities his father enjoyed and feeling different, experiencing strong same gender at...

Today LaRae and Scott sit down with Kat Fowler, author of the Ultimate Guide to Energy Healing and the host of the soul awakening podcast. Kat joins us from New York as we talk about meditation, our spiritual paths, how life has been for the past few years in navigating all the changes that that has happened, and how it has impacted us on both an energetic level and a human level. Kat has a lot of...

We have a special guest today by the name of Colton Brockbank, who discusses lots of beautiful issues to help us come into a space of knowing deeper who we are, recognizing our own patterns and how we can be the catalyst for changing those patterns. Colton grew up in a chaotic home, so from a very young age he took on qualities of being a people pleaser and taking care of people, which was a bless...

Today our guest and Scott’s nephew, Carl Wright, joins us. He is a father, husband, entrepreneur, coach, a spiritual guru and we’re so excited to have had this vulnerable conversation with him. Carl’s family moved to Bolivia when he was 7 years old where he learned Spanish by watching shows on TV in that language. His dad served as a mission president for the LDS Church, but after the mission he r...

In this episode our guest is Carl Rabke, who talks about lots of different subjects and it’s a wonderful conversation, especially on embodiment and how we can move things through our body and our being to be able to process them and integrate them into our lives. Carl works with many different people, helping them get back to more movement in their lives, which is much needed in such a sedentary s...