The Observatory | Discovery of Consciousness & Awareness

Today we have Dr. Larry Norris on the podcast with us who is the Co-Founder of Decriminalize Nature. He believes it is an unalienable right to have one’s own relationship with Nature, and that human beings and American citizens have an unalienable natural right to use plants of their choice. He encourages empowering grassroots communities to build local and culturally relevant support structures r...

We are here today with a fairly new friend of ours, Rich Haws, who has an organization called Red Barn Academy, an organization that reinvents lives broken from addiction and crime. He has been through some pretty interesting experiences in his life and we are excited to share those with you today. We talk about Rich’s book, Connecting The Dots, which talks about SEFs, or Serendipitous Encounters...

In this episode we had this opportunity to sit down with Darren Parry, the former chairman chief of the North Western Shoshone tribe, which has about 550 members or so. He shared with us a story that was both tragic and hopeful at the same time about the Bear River Massacre, which is a powerful story. Brigham Young and the Latter-Day Saint movement led many people to Western North America where th...

We have a special guest on our show today, Dr. Jahan Khamsehzadeh, who is an author of a recent book called The Psilocybin Connection. We talk about plant medicine and the various modalities that are used in healing these days with Jahan, who knows quite a bit about this subject. Jahan tells about his first experience with psychedelics and an impression he received and voice he heard, which he bel...

Today our guest is Chris Nelson from Prose Alchemy. He’s a wonderful human being who is a guide that helps people get their stories out there, writing books and doing all sorts of good things. We talked to him about some 3 principles talk, which is one of the subjects we like the most. Chris discusses with us about how you can find creativity in everything you do in life and even just the act of l...

In this episode we have a dear friend, Dr. Shakenna Williams, who is the Director of the Center for Women’s Entrepreneurship at Babson College in Massachusetts. She’s a delightful friend and entrepreneur, one who draws heavily on her wisdom. You’ll hear her talk about her new book, “Hook: Entrepreneurial Lessons While Fishing with My Dad” where she learned a lot of life lessons with her father whi...

Today we met with our good friend Che Ernest. He has worked in the scientific world and has also worked in the spiritual world. We’re honored to have him on today for this amazing conversation, and we go over a lot of what he’s done in his life and the science that he’s worked with. Che worked in the Star Wars program that President Reagan started during his presidency, but Che later became disenc...

Today the tables are turned when Sasha and Adam Hightower interview Scott and LaRae, asking them about their relationship and how their lives came together. This will be an interesting way for you to get to know the hosts a little bit better as they are able to draw out some beautiful stories that Scott and LaRae got to experience together. They tell about their beginnings before they met each oth...

We’re so happy to welcome our guest, Dr. Melvin Morse, who is a former physician that worked in a children’s hospital in Seattle, and he has a lot of stories to tell about children having near death experiences. We talk about that as well as music and frequency, and some beautiful things that he can share as only he can. He tells us about various patients they interviewed and did studies on to try...

In this episode, our guests, Caitlin and Adam Heaps, will take you on a journey of where they as a couple have been in their lives. From early beginnings and early passion to all the lessons that they have learned, this is one to keep close because it shows up as a mirror to so many things that we navigate as couples. They were thrown into a more responsible life when Caitlin got pregnant and they...

Today our guests, Adam and Sashleigha Hightower are a dynamic couple navigating life through ups and downs, turns and twists, and the usual things that come with a new family. Adam and Sashleigha have both come from backgrounds where they have learned to navigate the trauma, the healing process, and really looking to find out who they are. Together they are actors that not only act together in mov...

Today we welcome our 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 will warm your heart an...

Today we welcome our dear friend, Kate Strong. She gets vulnerable as we talk about single motherhood, giving back to women, and her own transformation, which is a powerful story that has layer after layer. We love our conversation with Kate because it will resonate with anyone who is going deeper for themselves. We discuss the importance of self care and how important it is to make sure we are ta...

Today we have David Wise on the podcast, a very fierce competitor when it comes to the world of halfpipe skiing. He’s a 3 time medalist, 2 gold, and 1 silver in the Olympics, a 6 time X-Games medalist, and a world champion, but we talk more than sports. We talk about the sport of skiing and how his life has unfolded and all the things going on that make him wise beyond his years as a husband, a fa...

We’re delighted to welcome Sheldon Lawrence, author of “Hearts of the Fathers,” to be here with us today. He’s a great guy and you’ll enjoy listening to him talk and explain his vision of this book that came through him. We discuss his book he wrote that really expands the idea of the afterlife and what it may actually be like, and that our learning and growth won’t end with death, but will contin...

We are joined today by Gary and Leesa Price. Gary and Scott have known each other for a very long time and we’re excited to share this conversation we had with them. These two are a couple that really does like each other who have a strong belief that things happen for a reason and that their journeys are often the very thing that make us who we are. Leesa was widowed at the age of 26 and left wit...

Today we welcome to the podcast Dr. Reid Robison, who is the Chief Clinical Officer for Numinus and also has several local clinics known as Cedar Psychiatry. He has his own podcast and Instagram, and talks about this subject at great depth there, which we’re going to get into today. We talk about the world of psychedelic therapy, how music is important in what we do and how it is really having a p...

Today 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 why we’re doing what we’re d...

Today we are so excited to have on the podcast a dear friend, the lovely Courtney Anderson, owner of Spa Trouve, the premiere med spa in Utah where they offer services such as laser hair removal, Cool Sculpting, Botox and filler treatments, and medical grade skincare treatments. She is a very talented entrepreneur that Larae has spent a lot of time with and she currently has 6 locations, with a 7t...

Today we talk to a good friend of ours, Justin Swensen. He lives in Kanab, Utah and works in the wilderness therapy realm, working in a number of different ways and using other different methods, which we get into in this episode. Justin tells us about the positive effects that prolonged time in nature has on their clients and how they’re able to go and find that same connection with nature when t...

Today we are delighted to have our guest, Shannon Bahrke Happe, join us and you’re going to hear a lot about her experiences as an olympian, an entrepreneur, a mother, a wife, how she navigates the public speaking world, and what has really changed in her life since Covid, how that impacted her business, as well as changed her perspective about what people are looking for or needing in their lives...

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 is something that really connected us. We discuss how horses are so similar to humans in various ways and how they are able to help us understand our o...

Today we sit down with our good friend, Jeffrey Olsen, to have a conversation with him about many different subjects. 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 a...

The idea of a podcast was an idea that we have wanted to do for a long time and now here we are, with a few more years of learning under our belt, which has helped because over the last 5 years we have gone through a lot, including Covid, a lot of world change, and change within our families. There has been some heartache, a lot of laughter, and every day we learn to love a little bit deeper. Lara...

This podcast actually started 5 years ago, when Larae bought the equipment to start recording, knowing that this was something they would do. While knowing this is what we wanted to do, life got in the way and things just stayed stagnant. Together we will explore stories, emotions, relationships, experiences, music, and anything else that will take us to that place of being. To who you have always...