The Michael Davidson Podcast: Recent Episodes

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Welcome to The Michael Davidson Podcast. The purpose of this podcast is to have conversations that can help give insight, tips and trick in all areas of life including: discovering your purpose in life, creating more financial abundance, optimizing health, vitality and longevity, deepening relationships with family and friends, creating a strong mindset and becoming a more spiritual being.

Andrew has exited multiple 7 figure businesses and now is the CEO of Masters of Fate Brotherhood, a Global Community of Men Fulfilling Their Potential In Business & Life. We bounced around different topics including getting to know yourself better by understanding values and virtues, we talked about traveling and spirituality.
https://www.skool.com/@andrew-kroeze-7594?g=community

0:00:51 raising $50,000,000 for start up company. Charge lab story
0:08:50 misconception about distribution of raised money
0:12:17 lifestyle of CEO
0:15:00 challenge of accelerating company growth at the early stages of development
0:19:30 hiring executive assistant
0:23:55 hiring business coach
0:29:00 equity split after raising money. Liquidity event
0:36:40 why investors gave you $100,000 after just seeing PowerPoint slide
0:40:00 prediction of Electric vehicle numbers
0:45:27 prediction home charging stations
0:51:05 statistics of Tesla car catching fire
0:56:00 what does it look like to be a CEO of company raising money
1:00:45 Y- combinator
1:02:35 Singularity University and exponential growth
1:05:08 Peter Diamandis
1:06:22 University sponsorship by Deloitte
1:08:00 Money Philosophy of start ups vs corporate life
1:18:44 schedule of CEO

"The Waking" book by Michael Davidson:
- Amazon USA: https://a.co/d/9lfwMUZ
- Amazon Canada: https://a.co/d/fBmrmnt

Contact Michael Davidson:
michael-davidson.com

This week's guest is Adam Shoalts. Adam is a professional explorer and national best-selling author. He was declared one of the “greatest living explorers” by Canadian Geographic, and named “Canada’s Indiana Jones” by the Toronto Star . He has a PHD from McMaster University and has done epic expeditions like a 4,000 km solo journey across the Artic in a canoe. I hope you enjoy this week's episode.

https://adamshoalts.com/

Lon is a Certified Executive Coach and former public company executive who now helps leaders get clarity on the change they want to make in the second half of their life.

You can find Lon on his website: https://www.normal40.com/

James Canty III is an American chess FIDE master, streamer, and entrepreneur. He is also a coach, commentator, and content creator for Chess.com. He has a following on Youtube and Twitch. He's currently studying and playing to become a chess grandmaster

This weeks guest is Beth Shelton. Beth is the CEO of Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa. She's a speaker, writer and philanthropist. She recently went viral in a LinkedIn post talking about mental health and suicide and i reached out to learn more about her journey with mental health and the aftermath of becoming a viral sensation.

This week's guest is Victor Menasce. Victor spent the first 25 years of his career in the high tech industry holding C suite roles such as Chief Technology Officer at applied micro circuits, and Chief operating officer at Somerset technologies.

In 2009, he became a full time real estate investor. He became an authority on raising capital when he wrote his first book: Magnetic Capital - Raise all the money you need for any worthy venture. He has built up a large following with a podcast called real estate espresso. Since inception, he has posted a short daily episode consistently for years, totally over 1500 podcasts. The podcast has over a million downloads. Victor is also a senior partner of a real estate investing firm called Y street capital. I hope you enjoy this week's episode

Stephen formed and is managing director and is one of the founding partners of Concourse Realty Group since its beginning in 2002 which provides transaction, asset and portfolio strategy and business solutions to clients globally.

Previously, Stephen was with Moody's Analytics, Inc., Fleet Securities, Inc., The Fuji Bank, Limited, and The Tucker Companies, Inc.. Stephen started his career at Urban Investment & Development Co., the real estate subsidiary of Aetna Life & Casualty. As such, Stephen gained extensive experience arranging international and cross border real estate, project finance and corporate transactions

Additionally, Stephen teaches and has taught at Fordham University, Baruch College (CUNY), New York Law School, New York University, and Euromoney Learning Solutions, while also delivering courses and consulting for various other clients around the world.

In addition to his academic credentials, Stephen is a Chartered Management Consultancy Surveyor (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors U.K.) and a Certified Public Accountant (State of Illinois, U.S.).

Stephen is also a member of the Institute of Directors, The London Society, Asset Management Roundtable, and the Investment Management and Hedge Fund Roundtable. Additionally, Stephen is an Assessor for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (interviews and assesses candidates to be chartered). Stephen is also a student mentor at the New York University, Stern School of Business.

Stephen is repeatedly in demand to speak at conferences and is frequently quoted in publications and articles. Stephen’s book, Real Estate Development and Investment: A Comprehensive Approach, has been adopted by several universities and industry professionals worldwide.

This week's guest is Cassidy Logsdon! Cassidy is a love, sex & life coach. She also happens to be one of my favourite sister's from another mister. We talk about so much goodness, including sacred sexuality! Our conversation is wide ranging. We talk about everything from relationship advice to the mystical transpersonal orgasm and even the mystical cervical orgasms! What?!
Check out the topics and see if anything interests you. If you love the power of sacred sex, this episode is a must listen!

Topics
Who is Cassidy Logsdon?
Relationship Plateaus and how to break through
Common themes that destroy the creation of a deep relationship and a better sex life:
Males feeling the need to perform, insecurities, past traumas...
Females feeling detached from the body, traumas, overthinking, societal conditioning, safety...
Your sex life transforms once you commit to a sexual practice with your partner
Sex techniques to have a better sex life with your partner
Self pleasure practices
Anatomy lessons with your partner
Healing and transformation through sex and breathing
What is yoni gazing?
Orgasmic meditation
Slow Sex
Yin and Yang energy and how to get back into your authentic and natural state
Codependence vs. Interdependence in relationships
Clitoral, G-Spot orgasm, Transpersonal orgasm and, CERVICAL orgasms
Soul Sobs
Ancestral releases
How to find more about Cassidy?
Free 30 day sex challenge
Upcoming courses available this year

About Cassidy:
Cassidy and her partner Matt became financially independent in their twenties. They now travel the world together helping couples have better love and sex . She also runs the Abundant Couples Podcast and the website abundantcouples.com.
Also, check out the episode with Matt Andrews!

Jason Reid is a serial entrepreneur who runs a $100M business. He is black belt in Taekwando, he coaches CEO's, has competed in IronMan triathlon races around the world, has written two full books and 6 screenplays. Jason has recently started an organization called Chooselife.Org and released a documentary called "Tell my story" about his 14 year old teenage son Ryan that died by suicide.

Topics
Starting out completely broke
Is being an $100M entrepreneur worth the pain?
Be focused on the mission, not the money
Entitlement is rampant in today's society
Teen Suicide
Depression
Everybody has sh*t going on in their life
How to deal with feeling down
How Social Media and other factors have changed everyone
Focusing on the fundamentals
Managing work life balanace
CEO Coaching international
Where you can find more about Jason Reid

Links mentioned
Jason's Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8FGzsFLCm0&ab_channel=TEDxTalks
"Tell My Story" Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPwWIrAEdw0&ab_channel=YouTubeMovies
Chooselife.org
Confidants declining: https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/16/magazine/16wwln_lede.html
https://ceocoachinginternational.com/

Dr. Barrett C. Brown is a global expert on how to develop leaders to successfully navigate complex challenges and rapid change. Barrett works across six continents with C-suite executives and teams from Fortune 500 companies and international non-profits. He has lived in The Netherlands, Brazil and throughout the US, and has worked and traveled in nearly 40 countries.

Barrett is a regular advisor and senior faculty for a $185B tech company as well as the largest environmental NGO in the world. With them, he focuses on how leaders can better manage complexity and drive transformational change. He also serves as the executive coach for a select group of senior leaders. He has delivered dozens of keynotes and leadership programs for 5000+ CEOs, organizational leaders, and government officials. He has co-designed and delivered executive development, team development and/or strategic alignment programs for some of the largest technology, engineering, sportswear, and consumer goods companies in the world - as well as for major environmental and social NGOs.

Barrett holds a PhD in Human and Organizational Systems and also has over a decade experience advising on and leading strategic visioning, execution, and change initiatives for US, Dutch, British, and Brazilian companies and institutions.

Barrett’s award-winning research on the future of leadership is used in executive education programs worldwide, including the Yale MBA. He produced an award-winning business case study on a large-scale market transformation program he helped lead - in partnership with Unilever and Rainforest Alliance - that is used in business schools globally.

Barrett’s writings on leadership and sustainability have been translated into 6 languages, are used in the United Nations system, and have been included in half a dozen mainstream leadership books.

Barrett is on the selection committee of the Katerva Awards - considered the Nobel Prize for sustainability - and has held consultancy status to the United Nations. He has delivered leadership briefings and presentations at global tech companies, the Conscious Capitalism CEO Summit, the Society for Organizational Learning European Summit, Esalen Institute, the National Bioneers Conference, the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development, the US Department of State, the Inter-American Development Bank and UNDP headquarters.

Originally from the Green Mountains of Vermont, Barrett lives with his wife and daughter on the flanks of a volcanic crater in Hawaii.

Topics:
Barrett's Journey
Development
Early Childhood Trauma
Therapies - LENS, EMDR, MDA, Psylocybin
Integral Theory
Morals Kohlberg Development
Spiral Dynamics

References:
Peter Levine Somatic Experiencing
Neurofeedback Training
Book: Brief history of everything by Ken Wilber
Apheno.com

This week's guest is Mark Allen. ESPN voted Mark as the #1 Endurance Athlete of all time! Mark has won 6 IronMan world championships. He won the inaugural Olympic distance triathlon world championships in Avignon, France. He was undefeated in 10 Nice International Championships. In 1988 to 1990 he had a winning streak of 21 races.
He was named Triathlete of the Year six times by Triathlete magazine, dubbed The World's Fittest Man by Outside Magazine, the #1 triathlete of all time by 220triathlon magazine, he was inducted into the Ironman Triathlon Hall of Fame, the USAT Hall of Fame and the ITU Hall of Fame. It was a great honour to speak to Mark, I hope you enjoy this week's episode!

Topics:
When did the triathlon bug bite you?
Sacred Ceremonies
The mental game
What was the famous "IronWar" race?
The visions that made Mark stronger and stronger
Near death experience - internal bleeding at the end of a race
Winning his last world championship race at 37 years old
What would training look like to do a full iron man, how long would it take?
How was transitioning out of racing into retirement

Website:
www.markallencoaching.com
www.shamanism.com

This week's guest is Adel Jawhary. He is the founder and CEO of Rydel Roofing. Adel is running a roofing empire with over $6 million dollars of revenue annually. I hopped on the phone with him to learn about the sacrifices he had to make to become a multi millionaire in his twenties. Adel is also the owner of a luxury spa and has a growing real estate portfolio. I hope you enjoy this week's episode.

Topics:
How Rydel Roofing started
Student Works Painting
Struggles of the business early on
How he scaled the business

Links:
https://rydelroofing.ca/
Personality Test: www.understandmyself.com

Kyle is the founder of Jim Rohn International, YourSuccessStore, and KyleWilson.com.

He’s worked with the top names in the personal development industry including his 18 year biz partner, friend and mentor Jim Rohn, as well as Brian Tracy, Les Brown, Darren Hardy, Denis Waitley, Mark Victor Hansen and many others.

Kyle is the host of the Success Habits of Super Achievers podcast and recently published the book with the same title with stories and lessons from long time friend and iconic thought leaders including Les Brown, Denis Waitley, Darren Hardy, John Assaraf, Phil Collen of Def Leppard, Brian Tracy, Mark Victor Hansen and many others.

Kyle is the author of 52 Lessons I Learned from Jim Rohn and Other Great Legends I Promoted! and partnered with Mark Victor Hansen and Jack Canfield on Chicken Soup for the Entrepreneur’s Soul.

Kyle has filled huge seminar rooms, launched and published multiple personal development publications and has produced/published over 100+ hours of programs.

Brian Tracy said Kyle has made him Millions of dollars, Darren Hardy says Kyle is his Go To person for any marketing solution, Les Brown said Kyle is a Legend in the industry, Tom Ziglar said in 20 years Kyle is the only guy he and his dad worked with that everytime underpromised and over delievered and Jim Rohn said Kyle is his trusted partner and friend.

Links:
https://kylewilson.com/

This week's guest is Liviu Chis. Liviu is a digital nomad who travels the world while working from his laptop. I thought it would be great idea to have him on the podcast to talk about his experience in case some of you dream of getting paid handsomely to travel the world. Warning this episode may give you the travel bug.

Leaving the corporate world
Traveling during Covid-19
Liviu's dream of having his own Hostel
Mindblowing views at Angkor Wat temple
Teaching children english abroad
Sponsor a child
Stories through a 2 month Vietnam Trip
Registering companies
Banking abroad
Travel advice
Tips on using internet abroad

Links
Thewanderingcubicle.com
Vagabonding Rolf Potts

This weeks guest is Dr Silvia Odorcic, Silvia is a two time board certified physician in ophthalmology and lifestyle medicine. She's a Harvard trained medical doctor and is certified from Cornell university in plant medicine nutrition. We covered a wide range of topics about health, nutrition and biohacking. I hope you enjoy this week's episode!

Topics:

How we met through Jesse Itzler's coaching program
Silvia's educational background
Why large peer reviewed research may not be the health advice
Mcdonalds vs whole foods
Health panels
LDL and HDL cholesterol
Impotence
Why less people in Africa have heart attacks
Canada's health care system and the "normal ranges"
Genetic marker testing and predispositions
Forming and removing habits
Maple syrup vs. white sugar.
Continuous glucose monitor
Gut-Brain Axis and microbiome
Ketogenic diet
insulin resistance for a year on a proper diet
Losing 18lbs in 18 days on the Ketogenic diet
Man not eating food for 382 days. See link below
Why I disapprove of body building
What optimized health looks like, an opinion
Epigenetics
Aging, strength and cognitive function
Mention: Neuroracer in Nature Magazine. See link
Latest research on age reversal
What medical school is like?
Stories from her residence
GMO foods
Where to find Silvia

Links

@dr.silvia.md on Instagram
Drsilviamd.com
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-true-story-of-a-man-who-survived-without-any-food-for-382-days
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature12486

This week's guest is Ron Glozman. Ron is the CEO of Chisel.Ai an AI solution for the global insurance industry. Ron got into AI at a young age when he thought there must be a better way to learn than to read thousand page textbooks during his undergrad. He created a machine learning program to give him 1 page summaries of chapters and did well in school. He put it on the app store and it won global awards as one of the all time best apps for students. Ron is co-author of The AI Book, the first globally crowdsourced book on the applications of AI across financial services, and he is the host of the AI Wisdom - Talking Insurance Innovation podcast.

Show notes:
Inspirations for his student textbook reading app 1:07
How he does pricing 6:02
The first business at 14 years old 7:17
Future of technology 16:56
Backing up the brain and AI 27:47
X Prize 58:52
Programing language 1:09:08
Ron's idea 1:11:50
Perseverance 1:23:37

links:
Smartmoneytricks.com
Chisel.ai
Instagram @Smartmoneypod

This week's guest is Anita Nowak. Anita is a subject matter expert in empathy and social entrepreneurship. She holds a doctorate degree in Philosophy from McGill University. She also happens to be a two time TedX speaker. Anita has worked in profit and non for profit organizations for over 20 years and has served as a volunteer/locally and internationally over that time period. I hope you enjoy this episode. Topics:

What is empathy?
Does everyone deserve empathy (4:20)
How to increase empathy (11:13)
Why does Anita study empathy (16:55)
Economic benefits of purposeful technology (32:20)
JEDI (33:27)
Equity vs opportunity (39:00)
Empathic vs empath (42:57)
Correlation between moral development and empathy (52:48)
Anita's experience in Rwanda (1:05:53)
Purposeful Empathy (youtube)
First book (1:12:38)

Links:

Anitanowak.com

This week's guest is Jamal Hejazi. Jamal is an expert in the area of economics. He holds a PHD in that field and has been a professor at many Universities across Canada. Jamal is currently a senior member at Gowlings helping organizations optimize their global tax positions. He also is a successful investor with over 20 rental units and ownership in other businesses. I hope you enjoy this week's episode.

Topics:

Jamal's career progression
The economy
Bank of Canada - Stimulus
What is driving up prices?
When will things go back to normal?
What happened in the 2009 crash related to stimulus?
Inflation
Jamal's prediction on interest rates
Does Jamal trust the Bank of Canada?
Is fiat Dollars better than gold standard
Crypto currency
Why there's a lack of opportunity for some
Will we ever get to the perfect world?
Universal basic income - good idea or terrible idea?
Free-market vs. Communism
North American vs China's work ethic
Asia's power
Canada's taxes - are we overtaxed?
Jamal's investment strategy in real estate

Links:

https://ca.linkedin.com/in/dr-jamal-hejazi-phd-88aa367

This week's guest is Shawn Cruise. Shawn has been selling Software in High tech for over twenty years. Starting as an individual contributor and moving up to executive positions like CEO. We talk about his journey of a lifetime in sales and uncover some incredible stories. I hope you enjoy this week's episode

Topics:
Shawn's work history
What is "the crack check"?
Sales comission gates
Wild West Sales in the 1990's
How to become a legend in Vegas at a Sales Conference
"No one is left behind"
Last person standing gets the promotion
Setting expectations on work vs. personal relationships early
How to let people go gracefully
Getting poached and getting fired
Non compete clauses in Canada
Massive RFP win story
Importance of relationships in sales
How to throw a corporation sponsored party
Be patient to excel in your career

Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-cruise-5199803/?originalSubdomain=ca

This weeks guest is Kory Mackinnon. Kory is a professional real estate coach, investor, multi-millionaire, father of 4 kids, husband and professional athlete. In this episode we focus on building wealth in real estate, how to optimize health and how to have meaningful family relationships. I hope you enjoy this weeks episode

Topics

How we met
Kory's childhood
Social Media
Becoming a coach
Is Canada's market too hot?
How do you buy in an up market?
Building a fruitful relationship with ecosystems
Giving before you get
Producing leaders
Saying no to the good so you can say yes to the great
Kory's portfolio
Lifting competitively
Endurance racing
Everything matters
Cutting out sugar
Cutting out alcohol for a year and a half
Kory's diet
Blood tests
Oura ring and monitoring your sleep
Heart rate variability
Finding your ideal mate
Relationship tips
Asking kids for an invoice
Finding opportunity
Mindset
A crazy story about Tony Robbins' Date with Destiny event

Links

korymackinnon.com

@korymackinnon

Jack Ekermawi is a Confidence & Empowerment Coach. He created 3 successful businesses of his own before finding his true passion of helping others be empowered in their lives. Please be warned that Jack has some intense stories in this episode about being tortured in a prison for having differing beliefs than local religious groups and state. I hope you enjoy this week's episode

Topics:
Importance of visualization
What motivates Jack
His career
Struggles with inner demons (depression and anxiety)
How to balance all aspects of your life
Abusive family, being tortured in prison, trauma
Confidence courses
The importance of sleep
Being grateful

Resources:
www.jackekermawi.com

Darren Jacklin is a world class professional speaker and corporate trainer, one of a few to have trained over a million people around the world. He has transformed his life from multiple suicide attempts, being homeless and too broke to file bankruptcy to becoming a decamillionaire. He was the first independent board of director for EXP World Holdings Incorporated, where he was involved with helping bring the company public. EXP is now evaluated at over $6 billion dollars. He is the founder of the LY2NK foundation, an organization raising a $100 million dollars over the next 10 years to build schools in the slums of east Africa. Darren has a new book coming out this year called until I become discussing his journey of perseverance. I hope you enjoy this week's episode

Topics:
Darren's early childhood
Suicide attempts
Misdiagnoses of ADHD
Too broke for bankruptcy
The importance of screening and due dilligence
Solve problems to become rich
Criteria for hiring a coach
Calm, cautious, nervous money
How to go dead broke to wealthy
100,000 coldcalls in a year and corporate training over a million people
We are all networks of conversations
Success leaves clues and proximity gives you power
EXP realty
Boards of Directors: active, passive, and figure Boards
How to increase the quality of your inner circle
Millionaires can be broke if they don't have cashflow
Philanthropy, building schools in Africa
Giving $100,000,000 to philanthropy over the next 10 years

Resources:
www.darrenjacklin.com
http://ly2nk.com/

Aaron Chapman is one of the top mortgage brokers in North America doing more than 700 mortgage transactions annually. He's gone from being completely broke to making millions of dollars a year. He has been happily married for 24 years and has 4 children. His main motivation for work is to rescue human trafficking and sex trafficking victims through Operation Underground Railroad. I hope you enjoy this weeks episode.

Topics:

Intuition and premonitions
Mention of Joe Dispenza's speech at Ted X
Transforming the scarcity mind
Picking up pennies on the floor to pay for gas and diapers
Near death experience via Motorcycle Accident
How he got rid of his $1.5 million debt
Aaron's dream of owning a cabin and it coming true
Ups and Downs of relationships and the story of his 25 year old marriage
Success through collaboration
Mention: Operation Toussaint (Amazon video)
Aarons dream and purpose in life
Operation Underground Railroad: The rescue of sex and human trafficking
The numbers of how many hours are wasted on porn yearly
Why you should stop watching porn
How to get involved/donate to rescuing human trafficking victims
Aaron's Brand and Identity
Why Aaron's beard is so long

Aaron's website: Aaronbchapman.com
Donate: https://my.ourrescue.org/fundraisers/security-national-mortgage-company-aaron-chapman

Olena Beley is a skin health expert who helps people transform their skin and life through her coaching programs available on OlenaBeley.com. She's been featured on websites like Vogue and Elite Daily and runs a youtube channel and podcast. We bounced around a ton to so many different topics including spirituality. I hope you enjoy this weeks episode.

Show notes:

OlenaBeley.com
Rebranding
Why did Olena go into the skincare industry
Wear sunscreen / Effects of UV rays
Paula Begoun
ClearlyEvolving Podcast
Law of attraction and its downfalls
Spirituality / Different levels of spirituality / Religion
Doctor Clare W. Graves Spiral Dynamics Theory and 8 levels of consciousness
Ethical non-Dualism
Humans biggest fear
Victim Mindset
Life path / Plans for future / What is Olena trying to accomplish
Astrology / Star signs
Self Awareness
The impact of words
Relationships
Freewill
What is currently happening in her life
Skincare advice

Resources: OlenaBeley.com

This week's guest is Chris Thomson. He is the owner and head coach for Student Works Painting which recruits, trains and supports students to run home painting businesses. This year, he has 250 operators and his revenue is on target for $18 million dollars. Chris Thomson does what he is passionate about, he empowers the younger generation to become the leaders of tomorrow. Chris is currently working on a book about all the leaders that have come out of the student painting programs in North America, which includes names like Elon Musk. I hope you enjoy this weeks episode!

Show notes

Student Works Painting
Quality of life
The importance of relationships
Experience vs Advice
Why having a mentor/coach is essential
Mindset
It's WHO, not HOW
EO (Entrepreneur Organization)
Stories about how he got lots of ROI
Pros and Cons of social media
How to deal with negative people/energy
Maintaining good health
Diet
Sleep Schedule/night routine
Michaels experience with Chris's program

Resources:
https://studentworks.com/students/

After waking up from 3-4 days of being in a coma with a cracked skull, broken shoulder, broken wrists and ribs that punctured her lungs, she realized she needed a complete life transformation. We talked about her transformative journey in the workplace, relationships, harassment, alcoholism, and tons of tips on how to climb the corporate ladder of a Fortune 500 company. She recently became a mother and is passionate about helping companies grow their business.

Show notes:

Rebecca's journey climbing the corporate ladder
Family Business
How Michael and Rebecca met
Mention of Tony Robbins seminar together (unlease the power within)
Mention of Dr. Demartini's Breakthrough experience
Feeling like an imposter, but also feeling like she deserves more
Big 5 personality test: Understandmyself.com (Jordan Peterson)
Female/Male pay gap and pay parity culture
Disagreeable trait and why it helps
How to create your own promotion
How to be more proactive in your career
BATNA (Best alternative to a negotiated agreement)
How to deal with jealous peers
A story about workplace hallucinations and how to overcome them
How to get ahead by working afterhours and getting intel from colleagues over drinks
Positive and negatives of being a career oriented attractive female
Harrassment with work colleagues
Woman in business: Studies about gender: good culture and return to stakeholders
Near Death Experience (Life changing moment)
How Rebecca overcame her toxic relationship and putting people on a pedestal
An awakening: there's nothing wrong with me
Feeling lonely and dreaming of starting a family
Then moving to San Jose* becoming pregnant and starting a family
Mexican Tapas in Silicon Valley and convincing Rebecca to get an MBA
Drinking problems & Alcohol Anonymous help program
Feeling a higher power and connected to oneself
Socrates and the inner voice. Correction* Socrates was open to an afterlife but knew there was a possibility it could be the end after death as well.
Before Fortune 500, the type of jobs Rebecca did
Quick coaching session on launching Rebecca's brand: Book, podcast, youtube

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This weeks guest is Reverend Lee Wolak. He climbed corporate America for over 30 years becoming Vice President of a large financial institution before realizing that his true passion is teaching others philosophy about how to live a more fulfilling life. He is the founder and Senior Minister at the Agape Center for Spiritual Living in Texas, a transdenominational community which embraces all faiths and centers on inclusivity. I hope you enjoy this week's episode

Lee being rejected from the Church and leaving religion as a kid

Something was missing in Lee's Life after achieving the American Dream
Becoming a licensed practioner
Leaving the corporate world
Founding the Agape spiritual center
Mention: Suze Orman on financial help
Becoming debt free
Debt is modern day slavery
Joy comes from internal sources
Mention: Dr. John Demartini
Understanding your top values
Greatest Void and wanting more
Lee's Top values: teaching and building communities
Top areas for a successful Relationship: Attraction mental, emotion physical attraction, Safety, Growth, Fun
Dr Dr Martini's course
Michael on leveling up the coaches
Networking vs. Friendship development
Mention: Darren Jacklin
Weekly relationships supporting friends
Society is becoming comfortably numb
Mention: Dr Dispenza
Mention: John Demartini's course Breakthrough Experience
Lee Wolak's runs a daily meditations
Acceptance of yourself and others as they are
Love and judgement don't co-exist
Mention: Soul movie available on Disney plus
No great plan in life, you get to choose the life you want
Mention: Tony Robbins
Mention: Transcendental Meditation, Vipassana Meditation
Mention: Wim Hof Breathing Technique
Wim Hof Virus study mention: Correction, it was a dead e-coli virus
Kids don't listen to what you say you do, they listen to what you do
Mention: Ben Greenfield's morning routine PDF
Lee's Morning Routine
To have more, you need to let go of something
The 5th Agreement Book
Have an agreement: Ask for what you want in relationships
Hot 50 list
Gun control
Lee's Brain Tumor and getting over it with thoughts and diet
Politics
Mention: Sadhguru
Power structure issues with Guru's
Mention: Osho
Celibacy vs. making love
Sex 1-2 times a day close to 70 years of emotions
Why partners stop having sex
Vegetarian + eating meat on vacation
Asking a doctor if he's okay
Having a gay son
Support vs. help
Being there for your children regardless of their beliefs
Mention: David Deida
Mastery of Love Book-Don Miguel Ruiz
Lee's view on Alpha males
Mention: Jesse Itzler and Sara Blakeley
Money and social hierarchy
Ayahuasca in Peru
Michaels experience of a sober hallucinogenic trip at Date with Destiny Tony Robbins
Being on a retreat in India during the worst flood in a 100 years
A mystical experience with a stranger
What type of reverend are you, Lee?
Message to the world: Be yourself

Resources:

https://www.agapespiritualcenter.com/

https://www.youtube.com/user/RevLeeWolak

Twitter: Lee_Agape

https://bengreenfieldfitness.com/

http://darrenjacklin.com/ & www.LY2NK.ORG

https://drdemartini.com/events-calendar/

This week's guest is David Hayward. He served as a pastor for 30 years. In 2009, he had an epiphany that we are all connected at a deep fundamental level and the only thing that seems to divide everyone is language, words and ideas. He left the ministry to pursue his passion for art and has amassed a large following on social media with his cartoons that challenge peoples beliefs and dogmas. David is the author of 9 books. He now helps people with spirituality regardless of their beliefs or background. You can find more about his works on his website: nakedpastorstore.com. I hope you enjoy this week's episode.

Topics

Pastor for 30 years
2010: Couldn't grow anymore
What does bible study look like?
My thoughts on church
What causes people to speak in tongues and faint in a church?
Mystical experiences
Ethical views vs. non polar views
Right vs. wrong
Pedophilia in the catholic church
Mention: dr demartini course
Mention: conversations with god book
Mention: Sam Harris and Atheism
One reality and the division of tribes through language and beliefs.
Freedom of the individual without violating others is paramount
Mask vs. non-maskers
Covid-19 denier story
The Bill Gates vaccines conspiracy
Brain Chips/Neuralink, hackers, Elon Musk
Mention: Peter H Diamandis Ray Kurzweill and conscious hives
Mention: 10 day vipassana retreat
Mention: Ken Wilberg, states and stages
Mention: Michael Pollan changing your mind
Ram Dass: Once you get the message hang up the phone
Carl Jung: Be careful of unearned wisdom
A vision of interconnectedness during an afternoon nap in 2009.
8 levels of consciousness Clare W Graves
Achieving bliss in the present vs. being in the future
David's method on helping people go from spiritual dependence, co-dependence, independence, interdependence
David's days are filled with conflict. He's getting wonderful messages and hate mail
NakedPastor.com
Lifestyle of serenity
Mention: dalai lamai, mahatmas ghandi, mother theresa, thomas murten, krishna murdy, buddah
Ghandi's helpers: takes a lot of money to keep him poor
Mention: Sam Harris as a body guard from Dalai Lamai*
Joseph Campbell Power of Myth
Jordan Peterson: Most expensive artifacts in the world are movies.
Archetypes: Batman
My rough definition of spirituality
Suffering: Mental illness and reducing it.
Balance the good and the bad to balance polarity
Mention: Tony Robbins
The origin of spiritualism
David's views on Tarot Cards
View on spirituality
Spiritual vocation: When doing what you want and need merge
Mention: The last shaman
Depression
Closing remarks and finding more about David Hayward: Written 9 books, has merchandise available on his store, can follow him on his social media accounts

Links and references:

https://www.nakedpastorstore.com/
Twitter: @nakedpastor
Instagram: @nakedpastor

*Correction: In the last shaman movie, the main character was portrayed as fully recovered at the end of the movie after his Ayahuasca journey. However, he later mentioned on a talk that there was still a lot of clinical therapy work to reduce his depressive symptoms that happened after the movie.

This week's guest is Dr. John Demartini. He is considered one of the world's leading authorities on human behavior and personal development. He has read and studied over 30,000 books across all the defined academic disciplines and synthesized this wisdom into presentations, seminars and workshops that he has held in 154 countries around the world. He is the founder of the Demartini Institute, a private research and education organization with a curriculum of over 72 different courses covering multiple aspects of human development. Dr John Demartini has been awarded the #1 human behaviorist on the planet by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP) He currently resides on "The World", the largest private residential cruise ship on the planet. I am super excited to share this week's conversation with you, Dr John Demartini is one of the most interesting people i have met, I hope you enjoy this week's episode.

Topics

Childhood: Arm, leg braces and speech impediment
Setbacks become gifts
Reading, spelling, learning, speaking problems and having to wear a dunce cap in class
Failing school
At age 9, his father made him pay for school, clothing and rent (a blessing)
Leaving home at 13 years of age and becoming a street kid
Surfing and living on the beach in Mexico, California and Hawaii
Surfing big waves and getting into movies
Surfing 11 hours a day
strychnine and cyanide poison and a near death experience
Following intuition and attending a Paul C Brag workshop, a life changing experience
Vision of teaching at every major building in the world
His affirmation "I am a genius and I apply my wisdom"
His definition of a genius. "a genius is one who listens to the inner voice and follows their inner vision of their soul and obeys and doesn't let the world on the outside interfere with what the dream is on the inside and creates original ideas that come from the inside and not the outside"
Failing a major test and receiving parental love and acceptance
Memorizing dictionaries to increase vocabulary
Teaching at the age of 18
A Gift: Learning from the best teachers in the world
Speaking at over 154 countries
300+ speech's a year for decades
Reading and studying 30,000 books
Speed reading tactics
Getting paid to read books
Values, Subordination and infatuation.
Eating to live vs. living to eat
Myth of positive thinking: a 2 year research project
Unsustainable idealism
Liberation and relief through realistic expectations
Transcending traumas in your life with the Dr. Demartini Method
Dr John Demartini's definition of spirituality
A story of a Disney animator getting beaten by his father and appreciating his father after the Demartini Method
Statistics on incest and rape around the world
Being in a state of equanimity by embracing both sides of life
A message he would send to everyone on the planet

Resources and links:

https://drdemartini.com/
Values Exercise: https://drdemartini.com/content/values/
Courses: https://drdemartini.com/events/

Don has been leading Ayahuasca ceremonies for over 20 years. I had the opportunity to sit down and interview him on his journey with this sacred plant medicine.

Topics

The history of Ayahuasca
The two ingredients needed to cook Ayahuasca: banisteriopsis caapi vine (MAOI) and the psychotria viridis (DMT)
How does it taste?
How does one get started in becoming an Ayahuasca Shaman?
When the phone rings, you pick it up
Overcoming "Who do you think you are, whiteboy"
Moving in with the shamans
How many ceremonies does it take to become a shaman?
How do you go about learning ancient native songs (Icaros)?
Rituals around ceremony: Pre-ceremony, opening ceremony, during, closing ceremony.
The importance of Set and Setting
Mention: Dr Gabor Mate
Thoughts on religion
Clinical research on psychedelics
Curanderos: Shamanic healers
Risks of Ayahuasca
Dieting before Ayahuasca: Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRI's/anti-depressants)
Dieting certain foods that contain Tyramine (like fermented foods, alcohol, meats, processed foods, etc)
Thoughts on western medicine and prescriptions
Mention: Bill Richards from John Hopkins
Smoking cessation with psilocibin, up to 80% effective
Mention: Therapsil non for profit coalition for psilocybin therapy
Saskatchewan world class psychedelics facilities in the 1950's
Ayahuasca Churches that are exempt in Canada: Santo Daime and Ceu de Montreal
What is the recommended limit of people in an Ayahuasca ceremony?
Dosages
Michael's experience with Ayahuasca
Mention: Graham Hancock
Ancient civilization in amazon jungle found
The most profound experiences with Ayahuasca
The afterlife and reincarnation
Sacrifices in becoming a shaman
Closing words
Links:
Dr Gabor Mate https://drgabormate.com/
Bill Richards from John Hopkins. https://hopkinspsychedelic.org/richards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9uexi_VHkg&ab_channel=PsychedelicSeminars
Psychedelic research in the 1950's Saskatchewan: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/psychedelic-research-in-1950s-saskatchewan
Amazon civilization: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2018/03/amazon-jungle-ancient-population-satellite-computer-model/
www.michael-davidson.com

Matt Andrews is a nomadic investor. He invests in real estate and stocks and spends his time travelling the world and living life to the fullest with his fiance, Cassidy. He currently builds his businesses out of an RV, or Airbnb's around the world.

Topics discussed:

Travelling internationally 3-6 months a year
Dreaming ideas and making them happen
Freedom by being organized financially
The past struggle of saving 0% of income
Financial education and budgeting
Asking the right questions creates abundance
Being more generous towards causes
Being intentional with money allocation: The financial bucket methodology
Positive association towards money
Reinforcing manifestation through opening named bank accounts
Cash reserves/ Cash hub
Focusing on personal finances
Barbell growth analogy
Credit card arbitrage and playing with fire
Good debt vs. bad debt
Going from saving 0% to 50%
Paying your self first and rules and exceptions around the golden goose
Creative budgeting to experience more for less
Visualization and dreams boards
Attracting the life you want
Results = Time spent x intensity x biggest leverage activity ^ consistency
How many coaches Matt has had in the last 5 years (woah)
6 figure investment on education
Morning routines
Double daily intimacy
Orgasmic enlightenment
Alcohol dependence and quitting
Caffeine - casual breaks from dependence to have mastery over oneself
Matt's target of financial independence is June 21st, 2021
Buying a 30 unit apartment building, aiming for a 300 unit apartment building
Matt wants to get into coaching to help others

https://www.abundantcouples.com/

Kathleen McDonald is the founder and visionary of Precision Health Center. A futuristic model of care which merges conventional medicine with innovative approaches to medicine. Kathleen has spent many years working with top scientists and thought leaders around the world.

Kathleen completed her training at both University California San Francisco (UCSF) and University of Toronto. Her work experience includes top academic centres such as University Health Network with the Peter Munk Cardiac Surgery Team, University of Michigan Medical Centre, University of California San Francisco, and Sunnybrook Trauma Centre. Her experience includes Cardiac Surgery, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Internal Medicine and Trauma.

Please note this podcast was recorded in spring 2020.

Topics covered:

Working with the dream team on neurodegenerative diseases
Trying to reverse the devastating disease of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
What is Epigenetics?
Understanding genetic markers to be strategic on your individual health plan
Inflammatory and detoxifying genetic markers
Genetic making you more at risk for mood disorders like PTSD
Meditation
Default Mode Network
Psychedelic research on PTSD
Adrenal exhaustion
"Tapping" to switch someone from an Adrenaline state to a normal state
Neurolinguistic programming
Smoking Cessation with hero doses of Psilocybin in a clinical setting, 60%+ effective
What's the difference between being tired at work vs. "clinical" burnout
Kathleen's 9-5 life to working towards her ultimate purpose in a 2 week transition
Kathleen's daily routine and diet
Hormones in foods
Covid 19
Vaccines

You can find more information about Kathleen at https://precisionhealthcentre.com/

Jay Wong is the CEO of Podcast Your Brand, Host of the Inner Changemaker Show and a Motivational Speaker. This podcast was recorded 3 years ago for an Executive MBA project where I was doing research on how to monetize personal development content like podcasting. It is finally uploaded- better late than never.

Material mentioned in this episode:
A memorable bondage presentation
Vegabonding in Shanghai
Still figuring out life
Cashflow in 90 days
Stats on podcasting in 2017
Podcast processes
Favourite personal development courses
How much is enough?
Scarcity vs. abundance
Thoughts on psychedelics

Instagram: @thejaywong
Twitter: @thejaywong
www.thejaywong.com
www.theinnerchangemaker.com

Olga Davidson - how we met, international dating, relationship advice and strategies, marriage in 1 year, marriage agreements, saying the truth before you get married, thoughts on pornography, knowledge that has helped us in our relationship, what is next for us.

Olga Davidson is a Certified Nutritionist, Yoga Instructor, and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Baruch College. She is the Host of the Awakening Podcast and manages www.OlgaDavidson.com.

Material mentioned in this episode:
-Weekly relationship management report:
What have I been doing well
Areas of improvement on my side
What has your partner been doing well
Areas of improvement for your partner
Weekly action Plan:
- "What shuts down intimacy" by Tony Robbins
- Conversation related to feminine and masculine energy inspired by David Deida
- Big 5 personality trait test by Jordan Peterson: https://www.understandmyself.com/
-Dr John Demartini's Values Exercise: https://drdemartini.com/content/values
- Movie about Transnistria: « The last Soviets » https://youtu.be/qKFZMULHKcg

Connect with Olga: www.OlgaDavidson.com
Instagram: @olgadavidson_

Connect with me: www.Michael-Davidson.com
Instagram: @michaelddavidson