Drunk On Spirit

What is eroticism? How do we integrate the sexual self into the larger tapestry of who we are? How do we see ourselves as sexual beings; de-shamed and in our own power. How do we make the sexual act more joyous, more present, more connected and intimate? These are some of the questions I'll explore in this episode. Sex is not just sex. Eroticism is not porn or fantasy. It's the awakening of a vital aspect of who we are that has the power to enhance many facets of our lives. I hope you enjoy.

Please enjoy this dispatch from a public park in Sydney, Australia where I try to navigate profound topics like the past lives and fields of quantum potential while tourists take selfies and helicopters fly overhead. Hopefully this meandering talk, including an impromptu guided meditation brings you into a personal exploration of all the lives you could have lived and the new ones that await you.

These are challenging times my friends and perhaps we can be the heroes of our own story. It requires a paradigm shift that begins within ourselves. From one of seeing ourselves and each other as objects, that can be judged and discarded. To one of seeing ourselves and each other as sacred expressions of life to be respected, valued and loved. It's moving out of tribal dynamics and all the isms that separate us into a new world of co-creating, self-respect and life-valuing. It won't be easy, but one by one, when each of us practices this, perhaps we have a chance to shift the collective. Sending hugs.

In this dispatch from Bali, I talk about the proactive work we must do in order to architect a deep and solid sense of worthiness. I cover the impact of our childhoods and how it can fracture or create a fissure in our self-worth and how perhaps that fracture is purposeful. It is designed to get us to look within, to remove any belief systems born out of mythology and to install new belief systems of self-worth and self value. This is powerful work, friends, because there is a direct correlation between what we believe about ourselves and our experience of life. The new world and the new self, await.

Sometimes we find ourselves in the space between two versions of our lives. One that doesn't quite feel right anymore and one that has yet to present itself. While this space can be challenging (and the disillusionment that comes with it), it's actually the bridge between two worlds. I talk about the importance of this phase of life transformation, what it requires, how to show up for it and how to get the most out of it. If you find yourself in a moment of transition, this episode is for you. Get curious, get exploratory, grab a blankie and warm up to this episode.

This episode is an important one friends. It's a blueprint for how to access what your heart truly wants - the clues and insights around who you truly are, what you are here to do and experience and be. And that accessing this treasure can only be done by resolving some emotional residue from past experiences. I give you an explanation on how to understand introspection, resolving past hurts and how doing that releases clues around what your heart truly wants. Have a listen.

This episode explores fear in identity. Fear has a role in life - it's designed to keep us safe. But fear in identity separates us from true aspects of us. This exploration shines a light on why we might be afraid to become more truly us. And likely much of the fear comes from values or qualities that our upbringing system did not value or actively suppressed. Then those qualities get wrapped in fear, shame and not good enough - and our loyalties to that system keep those qualities suppressed. I explore everything from sexuality to creativity to other qualities that perhaps need to be liberated from an old value system that is no longer relevant to you. Enjoy.

Happy 2023 friends. After a bit of a break, I return with this episode on the storied self - the character that we create based on the stories of our lives and the vastness, which is the expansiveness of the soul. We dive deep into a life update, a transformative psilocybin journey and my attempts to language the unlanguageable aspects of living from the soul. Enjoy.

Breathe, feel, listen, see - that is how we enter the heart and understand the unique experiences that our soul wants. This episode is about learning the language of the heart in order to access the unique blueprint of living that is etched in it. I discuss the power and limitations of the mind and how to move to the heart and use it as a decision-making tool. I do believe we are in a time in human evolution where the heart is awakening and it is ready to be heard, understood and lived from. Enjoy.

Happy 2022 friends. This first episode of the year is a deep and personal exploration of what we carry - pain, fear, doubt, etc. We carry belief systems born out of personal trauma, ancestral values and collective/global challenges. And those beliefs can really hinder our enjoyment of being us and living. I talk about negotiating outdated belief systems and how the challenging of these things can actually make our lives more enjoyable and true.

This episode picks up from Part 1 and focuses on the intersection between the process of becoming and our need to belong. As children, we decipher what we perceive as the terms of belonging - who we need to be in order to be loved and accepted in our culture. Sometimes the need to belong can obscure or hide certain parts of us. This episode talks of the need to consciously negotiate belonging and becoming.

This episode introduces a fresh perspective on the process of becoming and how to witness it and support it in our lives. It's the understanding that we are always unfolding - new things coming on line and old things going away. We can claim who we are today, but we have to leave room for whom we could be tomorrow. The last 5 mins of the episode unpack a huge central challenge that I will talk about in Part 2.

Hi Friends. I am back from taking a summer break from Drunk on Spirit. And this episode is about what I learned - notably about the power of trusting yourself, the work required to feel at home in yourself and how when you do those two things - how the outer world can respond. It was a wonderful time in Europe and I am excited to share the stories with you all. Have a listen.

The world is changing and the next decade will see even more changes. We need to learn how to feel safe within these shifting sands. This episode is about understanding how to build that safety: through inner intimacy - developing a familiarity to our inner landscapes. Through connecting with kin - intimacy, vulnerability and openness. And, lastly, through the natural world, which can ground us - should we take care of it. Have a listen.

Enjoy this soothing guided journey to come home to ourselves. Imagine creating a space within yourself to relinquish the needs and the demands of the day and to descend into a place of deep stillness. It is in this place where we are safe; where we are whole and where, in this moment, all is well. Enjoy this as an end to your day. Ideally listened to in bed, under the sheets, with the lights off.

This episode offers us a reprieve from the constant need to achieve and win. That energy, if unchecked, is the path to burnout. Here is an invitation to see and experience other models of living - a way to create balance and harmony. I explore the achiever paradigm, the play paradigm and the "come be nothing at all" paradigm. Unpacking what they are and how they can have a role in our lives - ultimately helping us to achieve, enjoy and recharge - all on our terms.

Enjoy this short reset to come home to yourself. Use it to start your day or end your day. A moment to take a break from our needs and desires. From our worries and fears. Our goal is to get below all of that. To go deeper and deeper into a place within us that we can call home - where we are whole and complete. Enjoy this self-affirming reset with the sounds of birds from Kona, Hawaii.

Life is always changing - and so are we. In every single moment, some part of our beingness is changing. The trick is understanding what all the micro changes within you, are leading to. This episode is about understanding and recognizing the process of transformation that is unfolding and what to do about it. Because sometimes we have to initiate, do and act and sometimes, we simply have to allow for parts of us to reveal themselves. Knowing what to do when, is well, the process of living.

I truly believe the journey to self-respect is one of the most powerful adventures we can embark on. And one of the most important. In this special episode, I describe my own experience of finally arriving at a state of respecting myself - the totality of what I see in the mirror - the light and the shadow. I describe a powerful Ayahuasca ceremony that I helped me get there. Enjoy this very personal account of one man getting right with himself.

Happy New Year my friends. This episode talks about the potential of 2021 that the challenge of 2020 set up for us. If last year gave us restriction, it also gave so many of us clarity and solidity - about who we are, what we value and believe. That knowing sets up 2021 as the year of action. It's a time for creation and community. We take what we have learned and apply it to create a new world that benefits us and the collective simultaneously. Both are possible in the new world. Enjoy.