The Competitive Edge

Paul Austin is a pioneering figure in the psychedelic space, founder of Third Wave, and creator of the Psychedelic Coaching Institute. For nearly a decade, he's been at the forefront of bringing psychedelic education and responsible use into the mainstream, training practitioners and helping people harness these tools for healing and growth. I was excited to have Paul on the show because his perspective on viewing psychedelics as a skill - similar to martial arts or any other practice we can develop mastery in - really resonated with me. As someone who has had profound experiences with psychedelics that dramatically shifted my life's trajectory, I was curious to explore his framework for working with these medicines in an intentional way. For full show notes: https://blog.scottbritton.me/s/evolutionfm-podcast (00:00) The Intersection of Drugs and Values (03:05) Psychedelics: A Path to Healing and Transformation (06:13) The Non-Specific Amplifier: Understanding Psychedelics (12:01) The Role of Communi

Aaron Abke is a spiritual teacher and founder of 4D University whose work focuses on making complex spiritual concepts accessible through a scientific lens. After working at Google as a personal trainer, Aaron discovered the Law of One material and has since dedicated himself to helping others understand these profound teachings about consciousness evolution. We explore the Law of One framework and how it can help us make sense of the polarization and changes happening in our world today. Aaron brings a refreshing perspective by bridging scientific understanding with spiritual wisdom in a way that resonates with both the analytical and intuitive mind. For full show notes: https://blog.scottbritton.me/s/evolutionfm-podcast (00:00) Introduction to the Law of One(05:57) The Scientific and Spiritual Nature of the Law of One(11:47) Understanding Densities and Human Evolution(18:13) The Concept of Polarization in Third Density(38:21) Understanding Positive and Negative Polarity(39:01) The Nature of Evil

Maryn Azoff is a Vocal Transformation expert and teacher whose mission is awakening humanity's innate vocal capacity. After years as a professional singer, a profound spiritual experience at an ashram in Australia led her to discover the deeper healing and transformative powers of the human voice that ancient cultures have known for millennia. I was excited to have this conversation because while I've explored many modalities for healing and transformation, the power of voice work is largely unexplored for me personally — and seemingly within in Western culture. As someone who has experienced profound shifts through various practices, I was curious to understand how voice could be another gateway to expanded consciousness and wellbeing. For full show notes: https://blog.scottbritton.me/s/evolutionfm-podcast (00:00) The Mission of Vocal Transformation (02:46) Ancient Practices and Modern Disconnection (05:50) Personal Journey to Vocal Awakening (08:46) Voice as a Creator of Reality (12:12) The Power of Thought

Brett Kistler is an entrepreneur, former professional base jumper turned consciousness teacher who facilitates at Art of Accomplishment Podcast. His journey from chasing extreme experiences to discovering deeper presence offers profound insights into our relationship with fear, presence, and human connection. I was eager to explore this conversation with Brett because his path illustrates how our greatest challenges - even life-threatening ones - can become doorways to transformation when approached with awareness and courage. For full show notes: https://blog.scottbritton.me/s/evolutionfm-podcast (00:00) The Journey of Self-Discovery (05:08) Conquering Fear Through Adventure (10:09) The Evolution of Fear: From Conquest to Acceptance (20:00) The Role of Community in Extreme Sports (30:06) Reflections on Loss and the Meaning of Risk (37:43) Exploring the Nature of Fear (41:23) Confronting Fears in Extreme Situations (46:02) Awareness and Acceptance of Fear (49:13) The Interplay of Fear and Love (53:15) Navi

Dr. Gerald Pollack is a Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Washington, internationally recognized scientist and author most well known for his revolutionary studies in the world of water. His groundbreaking discoveries about water's "fourth phase" and its role in biological systems are challenging conventional wisdom about how our bodies work and opening new frontiers in health and healing. I was excited to explore this topic with Dr. Pollack because water is quite literally the foundation of life, yet our understanding of it remains surprisingly limited. His research suggests we may need to fundamentally rethink water's role in human health and biology. https://blog.scottbritton.me/s/evolutionfm-podcast (00:00) The Revolutionary Understanding of Water (19:56) Water as an Energy Source (40:01) Practical Applications for Health (01:00:01) Exploring Cancer and Water's Role (01:13:05) Funding and Future Research Directions

Derek Haswell is the co-founder of the award-winning meditation app, Happier , where he spent the better part of a decade producing content with some of the world’s best meditation teachers & scientists — including the Dalai Lama. He now spends his time as an executive coach — helping leaders drive more impact while becoming more aligned. In this conversation, we explore the difference between the waking up path and healing. I was excited to explore this topic with Derek because many people, myself included, have experienced the limitations of pursuing either meditation or healing work in isolation. His perspective on integrating both approaches while staying grounded in joy and authenticity is refreshing and practical. https://blog.scottbritton.me/s/evolutionfm-podcast (00:00) Awakening Through Pain (02:57) The Struggles of Meditation (06:06) Waking Up vs. Healing (08:55) The Interplay of Healing and Awakening (12:08) Finding Your Path (14:49) The Shift in Practice (18:05) Joy as a Guide (21:06) Na

Teal Swan is a bestselling author, international speaker, and human development expert whose mission is to reduce human suffering and creative positive change in the world. In this wide spanning conversation, we discuss the power of healing ancestral trauma, raising healthy children, what she senses about artificial intelligence, and how you can help shift humanity’s timeline in a positive direction for humanity. For full show notes: https://blog.scottbritton.me/s/evolutionfm-podcast (00:00) Ancestral Healing: Understanding Our Roots (03:12) Karma and Family Dynamics (05:54) The Importance of Ancestral Healing (08:56) The Impact of Individual Healing on Society (12:05) Discovering Gifts in Ancestry (15:05) Practical Steps for Ancestral Awareness (18:05) The Role of Parenting in Ancestral Healing (21:13) Intentional Communities and Child Development (23:58) Balancing Purpose and Parenting (26:52) Navigating Intentional Communities (29:47) The Future of Relationships and Technology (32:51) Masteri

Gay and Katie Hendricks are renowned authors and teachers in the world of relationships, body intelligence and personal growth. They have published over 50 books and taught in countries all over the world to help others enhance creativity, intimacy, and ease. They’ve also been mentors and inspiration to many leaders in the consciousness space such as the Conscious Leadership Group. In this conversation, we discuss the art of conscious loving and how to use your relationship as a conduit for personal evolution and creativity.  On a personal note, I found Gay and Katie’s relationship and career incredibly inspiring. I hope to be married for 40+ years sharing the gifts of consciousness with my partner like they are! For full show notes: https://blog.scottbritton.me/s/evolutionfm-podcast (00:00) The Journey of Self-Discovery in Relationships (06:03) The Power of Taking Responsibility (11:56) Understanding Relationship Patterns (18:13) Curiosity as a Tool for Growth (24:03) The Interplay of Truth and Creati

David Hoffmeister is a teacher, author, and mystic whose teachings are based on the Course In Miracles and his direct experience communing with Jesus. In 1991, David started receiving instructions from Jesus to travel to certain places and begin teaching. With little money or plan David began to follow this inner voice and has been doing so ever since. David has now taught in over 44 countries across 6 continents to help hundreds of thousands of people on their journey to discovering their divinity. For full show notes: https://blog.scottbritton.me/s/evolutionfm-podcast (00:00) The Awakening Experience with Jesus(10:00) Deepening the Relationship with Inner Guidance(20:01) The Journey of Trust and Divine Providence (29:49) Navigating the Ego and Spiritual Growth (40:05) The Role of Symbols and Manifestation (49:50) The Power of Presence and Atonement (01:00) The Interconnectedness of All Things

Andrew Nugent is the founder and president of the Association for Traditional Studies which is dedicated to bringing the wisdom of eastern traditions of medicine and mindfulness to the modern world. He spent 28 years in China Daoism, Chinese medicine, and martial arts before coming back to the states to translate and share this largely lost wisdom.  In this conversation, we discuss the essence of the original teachings of the Dao and how to apply them to our life. For full show notes: https://blog.scottbritton.me/s/evolutionfm-podcast (00:00) The Journey Begins: Early Influences and Interests (06:45) Exploring Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Personal Experience (12:35) The Role of Daoism: Understanding Naturalism and Its Evolution (20:28) The Essence of the Dao: Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life (27:44) Reflections on Ancient Wisdom: Parallels with Modern Times (34:09) Naturalism: Patterns and Harmony in Life (49:04) Gong Fu: Mastery Through Dedication and Time (52:32) The Transformative Power of

Paul Millerd is the author of the Pathless Path, and new book called Good Work. In this conversation, we explore how you can find a way to actually pull off doing the thing you love as your profession and exploring a new definition for ambition. Paul shares how his life shifted once he started to focus on doing the work that brought him inner joy. What if the traditional path to success was wrong. What if your best work and life was as easy as doing the things you love right now? For full show notes: https://blog.scottbritton.me/s/evolutionfm-podcast (00:00) The Aha Moment: Discovering Good Work (02:52) Embracing Risk: The Journey to Fulfillment (06:13) Navigating the Balance: Good Enough Work vs. Bad Work (09:09) The Evolution of Ambition: Redefining Success (12:03) Finding Your Path: The Importance of Personal Growth (14:49) Living Authentically: The Role of Inner Work (18:02) Cultural Scripts: Rewriting Your Life's Narrative (21:12) The Hidden Costs of Comfort: Choosing the Hard Path (24:08) Crea

Charlie Morley is a lucid dreaming teacher and author who helps people wake up in their dreams & harness the power of sleep for psychological growth. Lucid dreaming is something I’ve done by accident a handful of times. I wanted to have Charlie on the show to understand how lucid dreams work and can be used to improve your everyday life and support spiritual development. I was also interested learning about dream yoga and other dream oriented spiritual practices. For full show notes: https://blog.scottbritton.me/s/evolutionfm-podcast 00:00) Introduction and Interest in Lucid Dreaming (07:02) Early Experiences and Teenage Interest in Lucid Dreaming (13:20) Lucid Dreaming as a Natural Capacity and the Science Behind It (15:58) Lucid Dreaming in Tibetan Buddhism: Dream Yoga (22:13) The Relationship Between Lucid Dreaming and Chi Energy (25:37) Remaining Conscious Throughout Sleep (30:45) The Clear Light of Sleep and Lucidity in Deep Sleep (33:37) The Relationship Between Lucid Dreaming and Feeling Refr

Boyd Varty is a lion tracker,  author, coach, and storyteller who brings forth ancient wisdom to help others find deep meaning and purpose in their life. His books A Lion Trackers Guide to Life and Cathedral of the Wild are awesome.  I was excited to have him on the show because I love the message of his books and just think he’s an awesome human.  In our conversation, Boyd shares how you can apply many of the same principles of tracking animals in the wild to discovering a path that’s uniquely you.  For full show notes: https://blog.scottbritton.me/s/evolutionfm-podcast (00:00) Connecting the Tracker Experience with the Consciousness Journey (02:56) The Power of Surrendering into Not Knowing (09:29) Developing Track Awareness: Paying Attention to Energizing Tracks (17:39) Questioning Limiting Beliefs and Finding Freedom in Acceptance (21:12) Following Inspiration and Expressing Creative Essence (28:40) Balancing Practicalities with Following Your Bliss (30:34) Questioning Scarcity and Cultural Norms (31:

I love experiencing magic and pushing the boundaries for what’s possible. It makes life more fun and interesting. One of the ways this shows up is noticing extraordinary phenomena. These can be everything from unexplained synchronicities to directly experiencing extra sensory perceptions (ESP). Most people write these off, chalking them up to random coincidence or flukes. But some people get curious.  They wonder if they can recreate that experience in some way. So they start experimenting and exploring new things. This gradually refines their understanding of what’s possible and results in new approaches to creating positive results in their life. Today’s guest Cyan Banister brings this type of curiosity and experimentation to exploring consciousness and human potential.  Cyan is one of the most prolific early stage investors of our time having invested in SpaceX, Uber, Postmates amongst many others. She was the first female partner at Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund and now is a partner at Long Journey Ventures

Abundance is a word that gets thrown around a lot, but it seems like everyone has a different idea of what it means. For a lot of people, it means money. Money is seen as a proxy for other things like time, freedom, and contribution. I once held this view and now believe it’s a very incomplete perspective. I was excited to have my friend Sean Clayton to talk about abundance because he has one of the more unique perspectives I’ve come across. Sean is a serial entrepreneur. He is the founder of Myosin and Myosin XYZ, as well the Science of Abundance which teaches people how to integrate ancient wisdom and spirituality to create an abundant life.  Instead of money, Sean views abundance as the energy that creates all things. To live an abundant life, you can become aware of how this energy works and its fundamental laws. Through working with and aligning to these laws, you can create an abundant life. When you go  against them, you simply cycle through repeated patterns that don’t represent the natural way of th

A lot of people think consciousness work is just a way to feel better.  With this perspective, the connection between inner work and external results is tenuous. Maybe having a better temperament will make you a better leader or manager and more easily able to avoid burnout, but that’s about it.  This is an incredibly limited perspective that misses the big picture. Until you work on your consciousness, you’re mostly just operating life through a set of inherited patterns you didn’t choose. This would be fine if they were all helpful, but most people’s unconscious patterns are oriented around avoiding harm and using the external world to get love. So they perceive the world through the narrow lens of their patterns which direct all their activities.  This is why entrepreneurs raise money before they should, stay in businesses they don’t care about, and pursue opportunities that aren’t actually aligned with the needs of the business. I was thrilled to meet another entrepreneur who sees this clearly and recogni

Many of the guests I’ve had on the podcast have spoken about the benefits of going deep once you’ve found a spiritual path or tradition that resonates. The argument is that depth results in more profound transformation than breadth or spiritual window shopping. In my own experience, I have found this to be true. However, I know there are other people out there that have a different perspective and received a tremendous amount of benefit from a more broad exploration. Today’s guest is Kyle Kowalski, the founder of Sloww. Sloww is creating the web’s deepest guide to the world’s wisdom through an interdisciplinary study across diverse yet interconnected disciplines.  Kyle describes himself as a synthesizer. He has spent the last few years studying a tremendous amount of spiritual teachers and teachings with the goal of getting to the core essence of what they all point to. For full show notes: https://blog.scottbritton.me/s/evolutionfm-podcast

In software development there’s a popular idea that there are 10X engineers.  A 10x engineer is capable of producing the impact of 10 engineers. In my consciousness journey, I’ve realized there are 10X healers. These people are capable of facilitating exceptional transformation and healing. Although I believe we are always the ones doing the healing, it does seem like certain beings have an outsized capacity to help us. Today’s guest Michael Leberknight is someone I consider a 10x healer. He has helped create some profound shifts in my life and I wanted to have him on the show to discuss the healing arts. Michael’s healing journey began at what he calls a magic school. Traditionally, mystery (or magic) schools have been places dedicated to the study and practice of esoteric teachings that are often kept outside the public eye. They’ve existed throughout history across various cultures and typically emphasize the development of consciousness, spiritual awakening, and metaphysical concepts. For full show notes:

I love hosting a podcast. It’s an amazing way to explore interesting topics and learn from the wisdom of others. A lot of these conversations provide information about emerging topics like subtle energy, the nature of reality, or self healing. As interesting as these are, I’ll be the first to admit they can be a bit disconnected from the things that most people struggle with on a day to day basis. Challenges like changing habits, finding new friends, and being kind to yourself. Today’s conversation is an exploration of the REAL with my dear friend Alex Hardy.  Alex and I are kindred spirits. We both chased the tech entrepreneurship dream and fast living New York City lifestyle only to be underwhelmed by where it all led.  After selling his last startup to Docusign, Alex turned his attention inward to find deeper meaning and fulfillment. He’s spent the past few years exploring many facets of self discovery that have resulted in major transformations. With these inner shifts, his life has had to shift too which

Major shifts in consciousness can turn your life upside down. Once the veil has been lifted from your eyes, you can’t unsee something. Katie Deming was a leading radiation oncologist (cancer doctor) who for all intensive purposes was at the top of her field.  She studied at Duke, practiced for 16 years, and spent many years as leader in the broader healthcare system designing cancer programs in the Northwestern United States.  In 2020, her life shifted in a dramatic way when she had a shared death experience (SDE). I had never heard of an SDE until connecting with Katie, but apparently it can be more common for people in the healthcare field.  A shared death experience is a phenomenon where a person who is not dying reports experiencing some aspects of the death process along with a person who is actually dying. In our conversation, Katie shares what happened during this experience and how it changed her in ways she never anticipated. She realized that she could no longer practice western oncology (cancer tre