This is Part One of the Best of The Life Stylist Podcast 2025—a collection of conversations that didn’t just explore ideas, but fundamentally shifted the way I see reality, healing, and personal sovereignty.

This past year wasn’t about chasing trends or optimizing hacks. It was about remembering what’s real. Across hundreds of conversations, a few core themes kept rising to the surface again and again: consciousness, healing, sovereignty, and the courage to step outside inherited systems, whether biological, psychological, spiritual, or cultural.

In this episode, you’ll hear powerful moments from guests whose work challenged my assumptions and expanded my understanding. From Alex Wolfe’s journey from fear to flight and the intersection of ancient mushroom medicine with modern technology, to Philipp von Holtzendorff-Fehling and Ian Mitchell unpacking quantum energy, biofields, and measurable shifts in brainwave states that stretch the limits of what we think is possible.

We explore the intelligence of water with Paul Chek, dive into multidimensional identity and time with Jesse Elder, and ground things in the physical with Brandon Amalani as we examine EMF, PEMF, and what it truly means to heal the electromagnetic body in a hyper-connected world. You’ll also hear raw, honest reflections on addiction, boundaries, surrender, governance, belief systems, and the internal architecture of freedom, with voices like Elle MacPherson, Zach Leary, and others guiding the way.

We close this episode with something deeply personal; a tribute to my father, his late-life healing, and the love that continues beyond the body. This episode isn’t meant to convince you of anything. It’s meant to remind you of what you already know beneath the noise. Take what resonates, leave the rest, and thank you for walking this path with me.

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(00:00:00) 595: Mushroom Magic: Fusing Ancient Medicine and Modern Tech to Rewire Your Brain w/ Alex Wolfe

• Why water-based tinctures and liposomal delivery work best
• Fruiting body vs. mycelium: quality and potency comparisons
• Sourcing and collaborating with high-integrity mushroom producers
• How Alex discovered Amanita through spiritual visions
• Research-backed benefits of microdosing for anxiety, sleep, and circadian rhythm
• Overview of Baba Masha's 8,000-person study on microdosing outcomes

(00:19:42) 608: Protect Your Brain from Cell Phone EMF & Supercharge Your Biofield w/ Philipp VHF & Ian Mitchell

• The basics of quantum energy and how it can be applied
• What quantum entanglement means for your personal energy field
• Moving devices around the house to avoid energy overload
• Why empirical research is essential for bridging the tangible and intangible

(00:33:10) 579: Paul Chek: Living as God’s Mirror & Finding Divinity Through Duality on Earth & Beyond

• Deep insights on water and homeopathic alchemy
• Using the phases of the moon to charge water for specific ailments
• “Water is a living being”
• Studies that show the consciousness of water
• How water is an analog of ether and the power of crystals
• The core of the misinformation about water scarcity and primary water
• Doing ayahuasca and DMT in a cave with Shaman Karaoke
• Why yogis meditate in caves (the power of the vibration of water and stone)

(00:57:27) 586: Zen and the Art of the Apocalypse: Prepping for the Worst While Expecting the Best w/ Jesse Elder

• Reconstructing our perception of time and what is “now”
• What it means to have souls that are multidimensional 
• Reconciling the idea of reincarnation with the eternal now
• Wrestling with the bias of ethnocentricity
• How to parse through what information really matters to your life
• A mindblowing take on imagination

(01:25:47) 587. Heal Your Electromagnetic Self: ARC PEMF Therapy For Mind-Body Harmony

• Why magnetism is fundamental to life on Earth
• Exploring the different types of EMFs and what makes them harmful or not
• Understanding  the dielectric and the magnetic through cosmology
• The science of grounding
• How the meridian pathways in the body function similarly to  Birkeland currents
• How an impulse device works to improve harmony in the body
• Counteracting the effects of  nanotechnologies in our blood with impulse devices
• Why Brandon wanted to create this specific type of impulse machine 
• Emotional and mental benefits of impulse machines similar to EFT Tapping

(01:37:04) 592: Elle Macpherson: The Journey from Fashion & Fame to Surrender, Service, and Spiritual Wisdom

• Where her dedication and discipline came from
• Balancing parental guidance with a child’s independence
• How do you really follow your heart and listen to your intuition?
• Facing and working on self-will run riot
• The impact of others’ perceptions as a model
• What it was like living in NYC in the 1980’s
• What it was like coming up with Andy Warhol
• Navigating sobriety and the complexity of being open about it as a public figure
• The evolution of AA and the value of anonymity 
• Recognizing the many different types of addictions that exist in the modern world
• The influence of different spiritual texts and teachers
• What the word surrender means in Elle’s life
• How our worst moments can be our greatest catalysts for growth

(02:04:13) 593: Fake Viruses and Parasitic Politicians: How We Win by Thinking Clearly & Opting Out w/ Alec Zeck

• Why self-responsibility is the only path to true sovereignty and freedom
• How political power structures operate behind the scenes beyond public control
• What Veda Austin’s research on water reveals about the connection between intention and reality
• The power of our beliefs to impact our reality
• Why forming strong, in-person communities is crucial in today’s world
• How to shift from fear-based thinking to conscious action

(02:33:25) 597: Psychedelic Salvation: The Long, Strange Trip from Addiction to Dharma w/ Zach Leary

• How a Ram Dass lecture played as my father passed away
• Zach reflects on how presence changes the grieving process
• Exploration of how Western culture struggles to honor death
• Zach critiques modern psychedelic culture’s hyper-individualistic model of “healing”
• Why the 60s got it right: spiritual tools for collective transformation
• The danger of turning spiritual tools into consumerist self-optimization tactics

(02:55:27) 594: Echoes of the Afterlife: My Father’s Wisdom from the Other Side w/ Alan Storey

• Wrestling, drinking, and rebellion during young adulthood
• How early trauma manifested in self-destructive behaviors
• Reflecting on  this enriching family voyage with my brothers
• The healing presence of nature through this experience
• Reflecting on the parts of him and his personality I’ll miss the most 
• My father’s consciousness journey and expansion throughout his life
• My father’s consciousness calibration from the last five years