Becoming Who We Are

Becoming Who We Are

Discovering the path of healing and growth to awaken to who we are by probing the depths of religion, spirituality, psychology, etc. What is reality and how can we participate in it more fully to create a better future?

Episodes

December 18, 2025 73 mins

Trace Bell joins me for a second time with his partner Tina Olson. We ended up talking a lot about relationships including: steelmanning and boundaries. We talked about the trends we're seeing in the collective and in our own lives. Some of those trends include not getting stuck in the ditches of seeing life as purely positive or negative. Another trend is recognizing the messiness of life and people (including ourselves).  You ca...

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Hannah joins me to talk about her life, growing up with addiction to substances and then to healing. She explains the difference between addiction to healing and actual healing and growing. We explore how everything is relationships whether that is with other people, God, the world, or ourselves. 

You can find Hannah on her website here.

 

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November 13, 2025 51 mins

Join Brandy and me for a Halloween special discussing ghosts, demons, and death. We share how our modern culture pushes the natural cycle of death to the margins and how Halloween can be an invitation to contemplate and prepare ourselves for the inevitability of death. We talk about how to view the afterlife and celebrate the holiday appropriately, and not simplify it in a dualistic good or bad category.

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Gavin joins me to explain the psychological/sociological model of Spiral Dynamics. We explore how the model can be helpful and ways in which it can be distorted. We connect periods of history and people groups with different stages while acknowledging all the stages are within us and can be activated individually.

You can find Gavin and his integral alchemy course here

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My friend joins me to talk about her journey growing up as a Christian with parents who fostered many kids. She discovered that she was homosexual and began deconstructing Christianity. She now identifies as bi and has found a much more curious, expansive, exploratory phase of discovery in her belief journey.

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My long-time friend Taylor joins me to talk about how we form beliefs have some confidence about their accuracy. We explore truth formation through the lens of the Bible and Christianity before broadening our scope through the conversation of philosophy as a whole. I bring in my perspective through the lens of the Mystics, Buddhism and Hinduism.

 

You can find Taylor on Instagram here.

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Consciousness researcher Elizabeth Halligan joins me to discuss her upbringing in a cult (7th Day Adventist) and how that led her to question our understanding of reality. We talk about the importance of language in our understanding and experience of life and how we cannot escape subjectivism. We discuss neuroscience, epigenetics, and quantum physics to explain how consciousness has evolved within man and also the universe from a ...

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July 31, 2025 89 mins

Amanda, a mental health therapist and certified yoga teacher joins me to talk about her therapeutic work and how she learned to integrate yoga within it. We talk about fast paced American culture, burnout, and the importance of slowing down.  We discuss the realization and shift in therapy towards the somatic element. Amanda ends by guiding the audience in an therapeutic yogic experience.

 

You can find Amanda on her website here

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My friend and Astrologer Lauren joins me again to have a conversation about what's been going on in our lives. We talk about embodying knowledge to become wisdom, leaning into our teaching and using our voices more, and learning to accept rejection. We discuss our natural inclination to dissociate and my recent focus on belonging. 

 

You can find Lauren on her Instagram here

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Fellow life coach and friend Christine joins me to talk about her vision for a new earth. She begins by explaining her upbringing as a Christian, but quickly moving to atheism. The miracle of childbirth moved her into spirituality where she learned lessons about unconditional love and seeing the beauty in every moment. We discuss how the shift towards the new earth begins within ourselves. We envision community where people can be ...

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My fellow West Texan joins me to talk about her journey of dancing, degrees, and burnout. This journey led her to go through a healing journey where she discovered the HeartMath Institute

 

Diana became a HeartMath practitioner, using simple techniques and technology that helps your heart rate variability. Diana and I also discuss how HeartMath helps strengthen the bridge between science and spirituality, pointing to the energetic ...

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My friend Daniel joins me to share his journey growing up as a male without understanding the language of emotions and somatics while also being taught to view women as objects. We discuss how the lack of these languages created lack of deep connection between men and loneliness. We go on to explore the harm of patriarchy and how we've learned to come into more wholeness in our journey of healing and growing. 

 

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Ryan joins me to talk about his book "become who you are" which explains how to maximum happiness through the lens of the Stoics and Evolutionary Biology. We discuss the 3 axis's of pain to pleasure, loss to gain, and virtue. We explore the cause of depression, the role of self-esteem and self appraisal system. We define the role of the ego and ultimately what gives life meaning.

 

You can find Ryan and his book on his website here

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My Catholic friend Jonas joins me to talk about who Jesus was. We discussed miracles, the humanity/divinity of Jesus, meaning of the cross, hell, dimensions, ascension, the law, the possible marriage with Mary Magdalene, and much more. This isn't your typical Christian discussion. Check it out!

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My friend Amber joins me to talk about the future of healing - frequency. We discuss natural law vs. artificial and sterile man-made law. Amber explains how color helps clients connect deeply with their psyche beyond talk therapy. We end by playing a crystal sound bowl and sharing our experience of it.

 

You can find Amber on Instagram here.

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Reuben joins me once again to discuss the ancient past and the potential future. We talk about the alternative view of ET's helping seed earth and the evolution of humanity rather than Darwinian Evolution or religious Creationism. Reuben explains the difference between density vs. dimension, the true nature of time, and why we lost contact with the spiritual dimensions during Lemuria and Atlantis. 

 

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My distant relative Lauren May joins me to explain what Astrology is, how she came to teach it, and how its been helpful to her and her clients lives. We discuss my chart and how amazingly accurate it is. 

 

You can find Lauren on her website here.

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My long-time friend Ozzie Santos joins me to recite his Poem based on his past romantic relationship. We discuss how unconditional love is threatening, educational, happy, and boundaries. We reminisce about our past relationships and what they've taught us.

 

You can find Ozzie and his creativity on his Instagram here

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Fellow Life coach Nick Carlile joins me to talk about his ubringing from going through the motions as a Christian, to partying and drugs, to then actively choosing his faith. We talk about Jesus, the Kingdom of Heaven, what Eden means to us, and much more.

 

Find Nick on his website here.

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