The Neuro's Journey

What if the thing you call “your personality” is mostly just old programming… running unattended? In this conversation, Dr. Joaquin Espinosa, a global leader in Down syndrome research and a longtime brother in Steve’s men’s group, breaks down how microtraumas and conditioning shape behavior, ambition, money anxiety, and relationships… even when you don’t have a single “capital T” trauma to point to.

They talk about the hidden cost o...

Have you been curious about feeling your emotions safely? This conversation is an invitation to transform how you meet yourself and others.

Join Steve and Reuvain Bacal, a coach and men’s group leader from Boulder, CO for a conversation about regulating yourself so you can be in control of your emotions and building relationships rooted in honesty instead of armor.

What You’ll Learn (Key Takeaways)

• How to begin feeling your emot...

This conversation is a blueprint for understanding how trauma lives in the body and how to finally change it. Dr. Naomi Rusk, a clinical neuropsychologist and trauma psychotherapist with 35 years of experience, breaks down the science of why behavior change feels impossible when your nervous system is stuck in survival mode.The core message is liberating: trauma is a brain injury, not a moral failure. Your struggles with stillness,...

This conversation is a lived exploration of how trauma shapes the nervous system and how healing actually happens over time. Steve sits down with nervous system coach and breathwork facilitator Kristin Weitzel for an unfiltered conversation about vulnerability, survival, addiction, grief and what it really takes to change your life.

They met at the Heartland Gathering and connected instantly through honesty and openness. That moment...

This conversation is a masterclass in empowered leadership.. not as a title, but as a way of operating.

JOJO ABOT breaks down what it means to be an “oracle” and a “portal” in practical terms: someone who helps create an environment where clarity and transformation become possible, without controlling anyone’s path.

The core message is simple: stop outsourcing your power to perfect conditions, altered states, or external validation....

In this episode, Steve sits down with artist Nerissa Balland, who also happens to be his niece, for one of the most honest and tender conversations you'll hear on this podcast.

Nerissa opens up about her path from being a kid who loved to create, to working in the corporate art world, to receiving a cancer diagnosis while pregnant that changed everything. She talks about how for years, survival and achievement drove her choices ...

In this episode of The Neuro’s Journey, Steve sits down with Lia for a deeply honest conversation about what happens after Ibogaine. Four months after her treatment, Lia shares what healing has actually looked like in her day to day life. Less fear. Less over functioning. More calm, clarity, and grounded presence as her nervous system settles into a new baseline.

This episode is proudly supported by One And Done, an integration cent...

In this episode of The Neuro’s Journey, Steve sits down with Tony Glace, founder of One And Done, for a conversation about veteran suicide, trauma, and what happens when someone stops talking about change and starts building it. 

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Tony shares the moment that changed his life and redirected his purpose toward saving veterans. He explains why 22 veterans dying by suicide every day is...

The masks we wear to survive can become prisons. And the same patterns that drove us to achieve can quietly disconnect us from love, joy, and the people we care about most.

In this live episode recorded in Boulder, Colorado, Steve is joined by Lia Mix and Omani Carson for a raw conversation about trauma, leadership, vulnerability, and what happens when we finally take off the armor. Emceed by Samantha Warren.

Together, they explore h...

In this episode, Steve sits down with Talia and Tom, the co-founders of Beond, in Cancun, Mexico for a deeply personal conversation about healing, purpose and building a space where people can truly feel safe enough to change.

Together, they share how intergenerational trauma, addiction and early survival strategies shaped their lives and how ibogaine became a catalyst not just for recovery, but for reclaiming meaning, joy and conne...

In this deeply personal episode, Steve opens up about his decades long battle with addiction and shares groundbreaking research on Ibogaine, a treatment showing an 88% reduction in PTSD symptoms after just one dose.

Steve traces the path from childhood trauma to compulsive comfort seeking and ultimately, to healing. As he records, his fiancée Lia's brother Justin, missing for months and struggling with methamphetamine addiction, has...

In this episode of The Neuro’s Journey, Steve sits down with his partner, Lia, for an intimate and vulnerable conversation about trauma, safety, love and healing while in relationship. Together, they explore how past experiences shape present reactions, how fear can take over even in moments of deep connection, and what it means to grow alongside someone while still carrying old wounds.

Lia shares a powerful story about how a small ...

In this solo episode, Steve opens the door to a story he has carried for decades. What begins with a humorous memory from childhood quickly turns into a profound exploration of vulnerability, trauma and the armor we learn to build long before we understand what it costs us. 

With honesty and grace, he speaks about surviving sexual abuse, growing up with a stutter that made speaking feel like danger and the shame he inherited from a ...

In this episode of The Neuro’s Journey, Steve sits down with Dr. Ryan Phillips to explore the profound experiences that shaped his life, his purpose and his work healing men in a system that was never built for them.

A physician specializing in men’s mental health, trauma, and nervous system healing, Dr. Phillips shares the deeply personal story of losing his father to suicide and violence, and how that tragedy became the catalyst f...

In this first episode of The Neuro’s Journey, Steve shares the real story behind the podcast. Guided by Samantha Warren, he talks openly about childhood trauma, addiction, and the years he spent hiding his pain behind achievement. He explains what pushed him to finally change and how his healing began. 

Steve describes the turning point that shifted his entire path and why he chose to rebuild his life in his fifties. This conversati...

In this episode of The Neuro’s Journey, Steve sits down with Omani Carson to explore the powerful transformation that shaped his life and mission. 

Once living the outward dream as the founder of a multi-billion dollar company, Omani opens up about the trauma, fear and emptiness that fueled his drive. He shares how therapy, psychedelic medicine and deep inner work shifted him from a survival-based identity to a life grounded in purp...