Worth The Fight Podcast

Signaling Safety, Hope & Better Days Ahead The future of medicine is psychedelic. The future of humankind may be psychedelic. This feels like a cultural turning point—far bigger than medicine. It represents hope. A chance to rethink healing, reclaim cognitive liberty, and imagine a better way forward. I'm not holding my breath but this sure feels like real progress and a move towards The More Beau...

Psychedelic pioneer and living legend Dr. James Fadiman shares his expansive wisdom on how to get the most out of an intentional microdosing protocol. There is an explosive cultural phenomenon of people using "micro" doses of psychedelic medicine to boost mood and energy levels; Dr. Fadiman breaks down why and the mechanism at play here, illuminating the wondrous Possibility in microdosing for hea...

Michael Holland joins the show for a raw, powerful conversation about the journey back home—moving through disenchantment and disconnection, and into embodied self-love. He shares how experiences with Ayahuasca, 5-MeO-DMT, and Psilocybin helped catalyze his spiritual awakening, fueling the energy, clarity, and purpose he now brings to the world. From his collaboration with Wim Hof to his viral imp...

It was a special honor to share the stage with spiritual neuroscientist Dr. Jasmine Escalera and explore the intersection of neuroscience, healing, and conscious living. Dr. Jasmine shares her personal journey confronting ancestral trauma and breaking inherited generational patterns, revealing how awareness, integration practices, and courageous inner work can transform our lives. Together we disc...

Worth The Fight Podcast #159 , James shares a powerful journey from addiction to alignment. Once trapped in crippling addiction and trauma-bonded relationships, he made the courageous decision to leave his old life behind—including the identity that came with it. Reclaiming his birth name, James, he stepped into a bold new chapter rooted in health, discipline, and service. In this conversation, he...

Trauma isn't just what happens to us — it's what we hold inside when there's no empathetic witness. In this video, I share how empathy, coaching, and radical accountability helped transform my life and the lessons I've learned from investing over $50K in my own growth and working with 200+ coaching clients. For more information: www.worththefightbook.org Matt's substack weekly newsletter: https://...

In Episode #157 of the Worth The Fight Podcast, I sit down with Rob Mack—celebrity happiness coach and author—to explore creating happiness from the Inside out. We explore: * Why high-achievers often chase success before inner peace * How unconditional happiness becomes a performance advantage * The hidden cost of attachment to outcomes * Why strength is emotional regulation—not suppression * How...

Ayahuasca is a powerful Amazonian plant medicine—typically a brew combining Banisteriopsis caapi and a DMT-containing plant—that works by quieting the ego and opening deep subconscious and emotional layers. It's not recreational; it's deeply spiritual—and surgical. Like a laser guided missile the intuitive medicine, takes us right to that thing; the past trauma, the heavy emotions we'd rather igno...

In the same way Johns Hopkins University is proving that depression, trauma, anxiety, and addiction aren't permanent—but rewirable —I believe scarcity works the same way. Impossible goals create momentum. Momentum reshapes identity. This isn't about chasing money; it's about alignment, values, and strategic audacity. Raise the floor with tighter habits, fewer compromises, and higher standards. Hea...

Unprocessed trauma isn't weakness—it's untapped strength. The thing you can't stop thinking about is often the doorway to your next level. When you do the brave inner work—when you slow down, write it out, and stop trying to outwork or out-optimize it—you free up energy that's been trapped in the past. That energy returns to the present moment, giving you more clarity, presence, and bandwidth to e...

The single most impactful health purchase I've ever made is WHOOP—and it's not even close. Why? It eliminates self-deception. Most people think they sleep well, think they're active, think they're recovered—until the data tells the truth. HRV is the master signal, revealing nervous-system capacity, resilience, and readiness beyond feelings. Add recovery score and you know whether to push or restor...

High-achievers don't burn out from effort—they burn out from misalignment. The symptoms persist because energy is leaking through misaligned habits, relationships, and inputs, and awareness without action quietly becomes suffering. Real transformation is inward-first: subtle, honest shifts compound—cleaner inputs, firmer boundaries, aligned community, and mentors who've actually climbed the mounta...

Non-reactivity is the most misunderstood high-performance skill on earth because people confuse it with weakness, passivity, or disengagement. In reality, as demonstrated by Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi, non-violent resistance is physically passive but spiritually and psychologically ferocious. It is disciplined nervous-system mastery. When you stop reacting, you stop hemorrhaging ene...

Death is the great clarifier. When we sit with death as a teacher, we feel the urgency to love deeper, speak truer, forgive faster, and risk more bravely. Living fully isn't about doing more. It's about choosing what truly matters — and having the courage to live it now. For more information:  www.worththefightbook.org   To watch on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@ProsperityPathwaysTV To book a...

The question I get asked most—quietly, earnestly, and often in passing—is: How did you escape the rat race? In this video, I break down what that question is really pointing to: deep disenchantment, identity fatigue, and the longing for a life with more meaning, balance, and autonomy. I share what I've seen in my coaching work—some people don't leave their careers, they recommit consciously, bring...

In this powerful episode, we sit down with a USMC veteran and former sniper, who opens up about life after service, the challenges when returning home. Alex shares his powerful journey around the values of Joy, Social Connection and Purpose, and how psychedelics helped to inspire the vision of his future self. This honest conversation explores trauma, healing, stigma, and the growing conversation...

In month 17 of an 18-month travel journey of healing and decompressing my overloaded nervous system, it hit me. Crystal clear clarity for the path ahead. The turning point came unexpectedly, while doing stretching, mid-yoga pose on the floor of a Grass Valley Airbnb, when a lightning-bolt clarity hit: this was my life's work, marking a clear shift from self-healing to wholehearted service—and a re...

Depression affects over 280 million people worldwide—nearly 4% of our human family. In this Daily Dose, I share how I overcame lifelong depression and the practical tools, practices, and mindset shifts that helped lift me out of a depressed state and into stable, vibrant mental health. For me, the careful, intentional use of psychedelia was not just a catalyst—it was a cure, helping resolve the un...

Today marks the 7-year anniversary of Worth The Fight: Love book for love day. Harmonizing Addiction: About 90% of my addictive impulses—gone. Poof. Vanished. Not overnight. Not without setbacks. But undeniably real. Since beginning intentional medicine work with psychedelia, my relationship with alcohol has shifted by roughly 90%. What once pulled at me lost its grip. The psychedelic movement wil...

Hormesis is the art of small, intentional stress that makes you stronger . Cold sharpens resilience. Sauna boosts heat-shock proteins and recovery. Exercise rebuilds the body upward. Breathwork trains nervous-system control. Fasting activates repair and renewal. Applied wisely, these stressors don't break you—they forge antifragility, clarity, and energy . For more information: www.worththefightbo...

In a culture marked by rising mistrust, vulnerability—when guided by discernment—is a superpower. As Brené Brown teaches, courage isn't oversharing; it's intentional openness. Many of our masks were built to survive childhood, but they now block connection. When we lower them wisely, trust forms—the foundation of powerful coaching, deep romance, and real transformation. Balanced vulnerability invi...

Ever wonder what your feed would feel like if it were built on real connection—not algorithmic manipulation? Yes, Substack has algorithms. But the incentive structure is different. It rewards depth, consistency, and thoughtful engagement—not outrage or dopamine hijacking. Lately, I've felt deeply aligned—settling into life after a family crucible, honoring my parents' legacy of kindness, service,...

Morning routines have become super buzzy in our culture, but a consistent PM ritual quietly determines your next day's energy, focus, and resilience. Limiting blue light protects sleep quality. A short wind-down walk or sunset pause signals to your nervous system that the workday is complete. Clear tech boundaries matter—swap doomscrolling for something enriching and restorative: like journaling,...

The obstacle is the way. The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way. -Marcus Aurelius For more information: www.worththefightbook.org Book intro call here: https://calendly.com/mattssimpson-79/prosperity_pathways_intro_call

Let's indulge in a little AI humor with this one. We're told it's an existential threat—and yet it still struggles to draft an email :) Yes, a real wave of change is here (I've even seen the first driverless cars), but much of today's narrative around AI is dangerous hype to garner more interest.   The AI scaling laws have stalled; this feels more like a souped-up Camry than a Ferrari. They are lo...