[00:00:00] Alyson Charles Storey: If this life is a simulation, then what is the point?

[00:00:04] Luke Storey: If I can't find purpose for being here, then the world is too dark and it's too hard. I think myself and many people thought when we got into spirituality, this is about bliss and love and light, and it's not been the case for me.

[00:00:15] Alyson Charles Storey: Where do you think our human spirit and soul go when we die?

[00:00:18] Luke Storey: Maybe there's purgatorial sort of places where a soul can get trapped for a time, and then maybe we have the opportunity to come back. I must not have been very evolved when I came into this body because of the way that I lived my life for the first half.

[00:00:30] Alyson Charles Storey: Do you feel like talking about urine therapy?

[00:00:33] Luke Storey: People that I know just keep drinking the same urine over and over again. I know it's gonna sound gross and insane, but you know what's gross and insane? Is ending up in your 60s, 70s, even 40s, 50s, and you're on seven pharmaceuticals. They all have side effects, and you end up with chronic or terminal disease, and then you're in that system until you finally meet your end.[00:01:00]

[00:01:04] Luke Storey: Human family, what's up? Your old pal Luke here. This is episode 669 of the Lifestylist Podcast. I'm here with my lovely wife and sometimes co-host, Alison Charles Story, author of The Animal Power book and card deck, which we will put in the show notes for you, along with anything else we talk about today at lukestory.com/669.

[00:01:26] Luke Storey: What's up, mama?

[00:01:29] Alyson Charles Storey: Oh, what is up? Let's see. I am making my way through a long parasite cleanse, and that's feeling really delightful. And I feel clearer and brighter. And of course, there are various things like adding to that shift in feeling. It's because I'm doing different things and different modalities and making different shifts at once.

[00:01:56] Alyson Charles Storey: However, I can just tell intuitively that the [00:02:00] parasite cleanse specifically is a big component to me finally feeling, oh, just less inflamed and less aggro. Like, not that I'm, I'm, oh, y- like, 90-plus percent a very jovial, you know, happy person. But, um, yeah, I just think over a sustained period of time, having those little critters running around in my stomach, it's just like, you know, I don't think it's good mind, body, spirit, or soul.

[00:02:32] Alyson Charles Storey: So I'm very grateful to have had the clarity and confirmation in my intuition that I had something going on of that nature, um, was indeed correct through doing some very specific Nigerian poo testing. And I-- yeah, I'm like a couple months into d- various protoco- protocols to say goodbye to them. Good riddance.

[00:02:57] Luke Storey: So exciting. I [00:03:00] love, uh, lab testing, you know, doing lab testing and then trying the thing and then testing afterward. It's such a satisfying feeling knowing you, you fixed something.

[00:03:09] Alyson Charles Storey: I mean, I pray that's the case. I can tell through, uh, v- for various reasons that it, it is being successful, but my main curiosity is like, is it completed?

[00:03:24] Alyson Charles Storey: You know? There was evidence pointing toward things, you know, being cleansed. Uh, however, I've never encountered these. It's the first time this lifetime where, um, I've had to try to take these steps and measures, so it's just-- I just hope the next retest it says that they're actually fully, completely gone.

[00:03:47] Luke Storey: Yeah, so we worked with Dr. Anne Shippy, who was recently on the show, uh, someone I've heard about for a long time here in Austin. And, uh, so yeah, Allison did a series of tests, pretty comprehensive. I was so curious [00:04:00] to see what was under the hood. I, I, I suspected your intuition was right on the parasites just 'cause we went to Peru and were kind of off-grid for a couple weeks there and, you know, eating and drinking whatever.

[00:04:12] Luke Storey: So- Yeah ... that made sense. But it was actually really cool to see so many of your markers were, like, just perfect, and you're not even, you know, biohacker girl. So just living your best life as you've been doing, um, has seemed to serve you.

[00:04:27] Alyson Charles Storey: Well, along that note, um, one of the really cool pieces of additional clarity that's come in is because thankfully I, you know- Sure, there's a lot of reasons for it.

[00:04:41] Alyson Charles Storey: I think I've been blessed with really good genes. I have, you know, for the most part, really taken quite good care of myself on a mind, body, spirit, soul level, you know, I would say for the most part my whole life. Um, just having that child athletic background, my dad getting me [00:05:00] started as a distance runner at two and a half years old.

[00:05:03] Alyson Charles Storey: It's like I was getting- Two

[00:05:06] Luke Storey: and a half ...

[00:05:07] Alyson Charles Storey: I mean, that's- Oh, my

[00:05:07] Luke Storey: God ...

[00:05:08] Alyson Charles Storey: the honest to God truth. There's picture proof. I

[00:05:09] Luke Storey: didn't even know two and a half-year-olds could walk, let alone-

[00:05:12] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah ...

[00:05:12] Luke Storey: run around.

[00:05:13] Alyson Charles Storey: Well, I was in a road race at two and a half. So, you know, and he was taking me to acupuncture at, you know, I don't know, six years old.

[00:05:21] Alyson Charles Storey: And so it's like And for running purposes and him being my coach and dad, you know, he was, um, preferring I eat certain things and drink certain things to aid in my athletic abilities, so yada, yada, yada. Um, you get the point. You know, I, I have lived, um, I think overall quite a healthy lifestyle and, y- you know, historically have not really required doctors or for so long after college, like I didn't even have medical insurance for, oh my gosh, probably 10, 15-plus years.

[00:05:57] Alyson Charles Storey: Um, I didn't- You,

[00:05:58] Luke Storey: you still don't, by the way.

[00:05:59] Alyson Charles Storey: [00:06:00] Oh.

[00:06:00] Luke Storey: I, I-

[00:06:00] Alyson Charles Storey: Still don't.

[00:06:01] Luke Storey: Yeah.

[00:06:01] Alyson Charles Storey: For probably 30 years. No, I'm just kidding. I'm just

[00:06:03] Luke Storey: kidding you, dear.

[00:06:04] Alyson Charles Storey: No, we have some whatever, low-level kind

[00:06:05] Luke Storey: of- We have some janky, cheap insurance 'cause you ne- you never end up u- funny thing about health insurance, you never end up using it, and when you do, it doesn't pay for any of the stuff you wanna do anyways.

[00:06:14] Alyson Charles Storey: Well, and also the deductibles, depending on-

[00:06:16] Luke Storey: Yeah ...

[00:06:17] Alyson Charles Storey: the level you have,

[00:06:17] Luke Storey: but- But I think it's good to have if, you know, if you get hit by a bus or something.

[00:06:20] Alyson Charles Storey: Well, yeah, and so yeah. Uh, so, uh, where was I? One second. Let me find, 'cause I was tracking a thought here. Um, shoot.

[00:06:34] Luke Storey: You, you've been living a healthy lifestyle.

[00:06:36] Luke Storey: You never needed health insurance.

[00:06:38] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah. Yeah.

[00:06:38] Luke Storey: Uh, your pops, you know, got you into the health regimen early.

[00:06:43] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah. Well, I, I, I was walking on a specific thread, but the, the li- the insurance thing- I totally

[00:06:49] Luke Storey: ruined your thread ...

[00:06:49] Alyson Charles Storey: you did. Um, and I'll try to forgive you. I was going somewhere specifically. I was walking on a specific path, but I guess I'll skip over [00:07:00] where I was going next to just get to the point and say that because I'm historically accustomed to feeling really healthy in my body, um, and not requiring, you know, tending to a lot of maladies, when my body started to shift, uh, for certain reasons over the last few years, you know, being on the fer- deep fertility journey and different things going on there and, um, having the dissolving, um, AKA miscarriage at one point, and then, you know, the parasites and then moving here to Texas and for the first time in my life encountering really severe allergies and the histamine stuff and the mast cell stuff.

[00:07:43] Alyson Charles Storey: So over the last few years, ph- physically, I, you know, kinda went into a body, um, wish, wish, not reckoning or rec- maybe reclamation of sorts. And It really showed me, one, how incredible [00:08:00] our bodies are and how if we listen, it's always telling us exactly what's going on inside. Um, because the four things I was intuiting that I had through countless lab tests, through working with Anne, the four things that showed up out of what could have been thousands of things were the four things I intuited I knew I had.

[00:08:21] Alyson Charles Storey: And, um, also because I had been used to feeling so good, I'm just grateful for the clarity because as soon as my body started to shift, like I, I- the attunement was so there, I knew right away. Like, "Oh, s- something feels off here. Something feels off there," because there was such a, um, marked comparative difference to how I'm normally feeling.

[00:08:47] Alyson Charles Storey: And again, now with where I'm at, through having now taken steps to focus and heal, um, now I can feel that I'm starting to come out on the other side. I'm starting to feel [00:09:00] clearer and brighter and less inflamed. And so now that shift, going back in a more positive, favorable direction, is also very noticed.

[00:09:09] Alyson Charles Storey: Uh, you see where I'm going now?

[00:09:10] Luke Storey: Yeah, you've got contrast.

[00:09:12] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah. So all of that just revealed, um... It made me extra grateful. I've always been grateful, you know, for the health that I've been so blessed to have for the vast majority of my life, but it made me triply grateful for that, triply grateful for how wise our body intelligence is and the communication systems, if we listen or, and, and are attuned and sensitive enough, that that is-- we're fully equipped with that, and that's fully in place.

[00:09:40] Alyson Charles Storey: And I'm grateful for incredible, mystical, talented doctors like Anne Shippy, who can see through various complex situations and layers and know where to send your poo in Nigeria. I'm grateful for the lab tests. I'm grateful for the steps I was willing to take, and I'm grateful [00:10:00] to be feeling better again, so lots, lots more gratitude.

[00:10:04] Luke Storey: I love it. I love to see you so happy in the morning again.

[00:10:08] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah. I mean, I don't think that ever went away.

[00:10:11] Luke Storey: Well, when you weren't, you know, when you were getting a lot of the allergies and things like that- Oh, yeah ... you know, you were, I would say, less blissful than I've- ... seen you at various times.

[00:10:20] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah.

[00:10:20] Luke Storey: Uh, something that's been interesting for me to observe in you, um, is how you really rely on subtle cues and your intuition to determine what kind of interventions your body wants.

[00:10:37] Luke Storey: You know, you're not someone that takes a lot of supplements, um, so I'm always interested in the ones you're drawn to 'cause there's so many things coming in and out of the house all the time. I'm always trying new things. Like, every week, there's three new things I'm trying, um, just to experiment and try and share them with people.

[00:10:53] Luke Storey: Um, but you, you know, I'm like, "Hey, try this, try that," and you're like, "Eh." Nine out of 10 things you, [00:11:00] like, don't feel called to use.

[00:11:01] Alyson Charles Storey: Mm-hmm.

[00:11:02] Luke Storey: Um, and the ones that you do are always interesting to me because I just like to watch your, you know, inner wisdom in, operate. Uh, but the one that's been most surprising to me is how you've taken to peptides.

[00:11:16] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah.

[00:11:16] Luke Storey: Which-

[00:11:17] Alyson Charles Storey: Well, one.

[00:11:18] Luke Storey: Two, two-

[00:11:18] Alyson Charles Storey: Peptide.

[00:11:19] Luke Storey: Peptide. G- GK... What is it? GHK-Cu. GHK-Cu copper, yeah. Um, but you know, since you have to subcutaneously inject those- Mm ... that would've been the last thing I thought you would ever do. Mm. It's so funny. You're just like, "Yeah, no problem." You know, once you kinda got used to the The, uh, you know, the protocol Mm-hmm But that, that's like a tough sell for most people that a lot of people are afraid of needles.

[00:11:42] Alyson Charles Storey: Hmm. So it's like- Oh, I've never had that fear

[00:11:44] Luke Storey: Oh, okay. It's just interesting to me that you're like n- you don't want to take a bunch of supplements, but you're like, "Oh, this peptide's-"

[00:11:49] Alyson Charles Storey: That-- The, the peptides feel way easier and way more powerful. Again, I keep-- We should not put an S on the end of it for me.

[00:11:56] Alyson Charles Storey: The one peptide that I've been called to, that I have been using for [00:12:00] a couple of months, my body is really resonating with it. I felt called to use it, and it feels, for whatever reason, I enjoy the process of, yeah, the injection way more than trying to swallow like four huge capsules. Like I literally cannot stand-- I can't stand pills and capsules.

[00:12:18] Alyson Charles Storey: I, I-- like I dislike them way more than-- I don't have an issue with the needles at all. So yeah, I guess that is interesting. And yeah, I don't, I don't like to take a lot of stuff. I'm constantly-- Like if two or three more things get added in, like when those results came back when working with Anne, then I was like, "What three can I remove?"

[00:12:38] Alyson Charles Storey: Because it's just, it just-- Yeah, for whatever reason, the way I'm built, it feels very overwhelming and just, uh, uh, it feels off when there's like 20 freaking pills that you're supposed to take in a day. That just, I don't know, it feels weird to me. It- Unless, of course, like you've got something serious where that is required.

[00:12:57] Luke Storey: It probably is. But I'm glad the [00:13:00] GHK is working for you. That's cool.

[00:13:01] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah. Yeah, I think I'm f- like two, maybe two and a half, not quite three months in. I think I'm just to the point where I've taken it long enough that I can s- feel and see the direction that it's leading me, and I do feel-- Thankfully I've, I've always had like non-problematic and, um, really good skin texture.

[00:13:21] Alyson Charles Storey: Um, I, you know, I've never had to deal with acne. But even with having good baseline skin texture, I notice skin texture has, um, gotten even like softer and silkier and brighter. Um, but I'm still waiting to see more of the, uh, collagen pump in. You know- Mm-hmm ... maybe help my hollowed out eyes and-- Oops, um, hit the mic.

[00:13:43] Alyson Charles Storey: I've never, ever, and this is honest to God truth. Like I see people in different interviews saying all the time, like, "Well, everyone does Botox. Like, let's be for real." And it's just like, who is this everyone? Because hand to God, I've never, ever, once, [00:14:00] ever tried or injected a filler or Botox ever once, period, in my life, period.

[00:14:07] Alyson Charles Storey: And so it's just-- I'm sure you've seen clips like that too. I don't know if it's like a I don't know, ladies just talking about skin and they, like, I just notice the propensity for some people to be like, "Oh, well ev- literally everyone has done it." And I'm just like, "What crowd are you running in, or where do you live that like..."

[00:14:24] Alyson Charles Storey: 'Cause no, I, I have friends here that have also never, ever, hand to God, injected any of that stuff into their face. And I don't have an issue with anyone else who does it, it's just I have never felt called to try that. Um, and also, in full transparency, I'm 47, and I've definitely over the last couple of years noticed substantial shifts that I'm, you know, having to put a little work in to stay accepting and peaceful and chill and, and calm about.

[00:14:55] Alyson Charles Storey: Um, so especially, you know, lighting on certain podcasts and [00:15:00] stuff, it's like, uh, I'll see some stuff play back and I'm like, "Oh, I don't see that when I look in the mirror, but on camera..." Um, but I'm really just trying to stay as much the natural route as I can. So yeah, I think, um, hopefully GHK-Cu will help.

[00:15:18] Alyson Charles Storey: And I also tried, um, this was a big step for me 'cause I'd never, al- also never set foot into a med spa before. But, um, a couple of weeks ago, I had heard about this, um, Korean skin treatment, which I can't ever explain this stuff, but, um, I... It resonated with me when I started to first hear about it, so I did more research.

[00:15:41] Alyson Charles Storey: It's called Zerf X, E-R-F. And, um, so I've done one of two planned sessions of that, and that was really interesting. I- my skin seemed to like it, and, um, but I just had it done a couple weeks ago, so I'm not sure yet [00:16:00] what will exactly come of that. And I've heard that the results kind of build o- as the weeks go, giving your body time to produce more of the collagen and elastin.

[00:16:10] Alyson Charles Storey: And especially after session two, I guess, is when you see, obviously, most of the results, so.

[00:16:15] Luke Storey: And it's, uh, this Zerf is light, laser-based kind of thing? Yeah. Uh, some- It's not a chemical thing, right? It's a-

[00:16:20] Alyson Charles Storey: No. Yeah, no. Like, you don't... It doesn't require any, um- Uh, like numbing cream and it's not needling. You know, I've always been kinda, again, not judging anyone who does this, but like I personally get freaked out by the, um, microneedling stuff.

[00:16:35] Alyson Charles Storey: Like, I've just never felt drawn to any of those things. Literally, the only thing I've ever done to my face my entire life is just like a HydraFacial. Um, so yeah, doing the Zerf felt like a really big, gigantic step. Um, it was my first time crossing the threshold of a doorway into a med spa, but I had a really positive experience, and the woman, the esthetician, really listened to me when I said, "Take your [00:17:00] most sensitive, attuned client you've ever worked with and multiply it by 100, and, like, that's what you're working with with me, so please, like..."

[00:17:08] Alyson Charles Storey: And she was so communicative during the whole session. And, um, we-- there's a gel, like a cold gel that they smear all over your face and neck. Um, and there are some areas where, like, I guess the heat of the laser is very strong, but it's also paired with a cryo, um, therapy, so It, like, kind of bypasses the pain layer of your skin and your face, and, um, also bypasses, like, the fat layer.

[00:17:37] Alyson Charles Storey: People are, I guess, concerned about it dissolving fat. But according to, uh, most of the research I have found with this particular Zerf system, um, it doesn't dissolve the fat in your face, and it goes to these, like, deepest layers, and it penetrates the heat. And the wand that she uses to, like, run and go over your face with the laser, it has a constant [00:18:00] temperature reading, so she can tell, like, in every inch of your face as it's gliding over, like, what area.

[00:18:08] Alyson Charles Storey: 'Cause there, I guess there's, like, an ideal temperature they wanna get it to so that it activates that collagen-building mechanism. So that's the best I can- That's

[00:18:17] Luke Storey: pretty good ...

[00:18:18] Alyson Charles Storey: I can try to describe it. You know I'm never good at... Anytime people come over, and they're like, "What's this thing do? Luke, what's this thing do?

[00:18:24] Alyson Charles Storey: Luke?" I'm always like, "You guys, I've told you 50,000 times, I can't explain any of these gadgets in our house. You have to ask Luke."

[00:18:32] Luke Storey: Oh, that reminds me.

[00:18:33] Alyson Charles Storey: Mm-hmm.

[00:18:34] Luke Storey: Uh, I was gonna save this for Luke's latest. Hmm. But since we're talking about face, this thing right here, I, I don't know if you pronounce it Lyra or Lyra, I'm guessing.

[00:18:45] Alyson Charles Storey: Lyma. I'm

[00:18:45] Luke Storey: sorry. Lyma or Lyma? Mm-hmm. I think Lyma, right?

[00:18:48] Alyson Charles Storey: That's- Okay ... I've been calling it the Lyma laser, but I guess I could be wrong.

[00:18:51] Luke Storey: So I heard about this thing a couple months ago, uh, did some research on it, and people are having insane results [00:19:00] with, uh, skin health and, you know, anti-aging and whatnot, but also with injuries.

[00:19:06] Luke Storey: And so got one of these bad boys, and, um, we're, we're gonna do a podcast, I think, about it soon with the creator. Couple weeks. Couple weeks, yeah. So we'll get the science on it, but the basic way, as I understand it, is, um, one of the issues with lasers is that, uh, it's difficult to get them powerful enough without causing damage.

[00:19:27] Alyson Charles Storey: Right.

[00:19:28] Luke Storey: Right? So kinda the way red light therapy works is it's a hermetic stress, right? So it kind of stimulates growth in a way, like how you, um- You know, build muscle by tearing muscle down, that kind of thing. Mm. This works differently. From what I understand, they were able to pack, uh, the laser diodes in this without it creating any heat whatsoever, so it penetrates very deeply and does not damage anything to rebuild it.

[00:19:52] Luke Storey: Um, but I'm assuming has something to do with mitochondria, ATP. Again, uh, like you saying, I don't know how it works, [00:20:00] but it seems to. Well, we'll

[00:20:01] Alyson Charles Storey: find out more in a couple weeks once

[00:20:02] Luke Storey: you start. Yeah, so we just got this, so I, I'm curious to try... You know, I've been doing it on my face I think- Right ... just about every day.

[00:20:08] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah, you're supposed to do it, uh, once a day every day for, I think, the first... Is it... Oh, shoot.

[00:20:14] Luke Storey: I think it's

[00:20:15] Alyson Charles Storey: three months. Three months? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And then I think you can shift to maybe once or twice a week. Um, but yeah, I figure, so my new protocol is I've been on the GHK-Cu for two and a half, going on three months.

[00:20:26] Alyson Charles Storey: I just tried session one of two of the Zerf a couple weeks ago, and I gave about a week for my skin to just kinda, I don't know, find its way after the Zerf. But now every day for three minutes on whatever area you wanna focus on, yeah, you just hold that laser up. The thing

[00:20:43] Luke Storey: that's kinda cool about it is you don't have to wear laser glasses.

[00:20:47] Alyson Charles Storey: Mm-hmm. 'Cause

[00:20:47] Luke Storey: the way they designed the, uh, the way it's, the refraction works or something like that. Wow. I mean, I probably wouldn't, like, point it in my eye, but using lasers is really, you know-

[00:20:56] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah ...

[00:20:56] Luke Storey: kind of risky around your eyes. But another cool thing about it that I [00:21:00] like is it's heavy, so I'm thinking the battery is very robust.

[00:21:04] Luke Storey: It never goes dead, and also it has a little flashing light when it gets to three minutes.

[00:21:09] Alyson Charles Storey: Mm-hmm.

[00:21:10] Luke Storey: It kinda flashes a little blue light for a second so you know when to move it, right? So it's like if you're on a certain area, you don't have to have your timer out or something like that. It just gives you a little notification.

[00:21:20] Luke Storey: So I'm super stoked. Uh, what I've been using it for is my- Mm ... um, bum thumb.

[00:21:25] Alyson Charles Storey: Mm-hmm.

[00:21:26] Luke Storey: I think from, like, writing this book using the trackpad for freaking 14 hours a day for t- two years straight, um- That would

[00:21:32] Alyson Charles Storey: probably do

[00:21:33] Luke Storey: it ... yeah, it's like my grip strength, my right thumb is all weird, so I've really been hammering it with that for the past few days, and it's definitely feeling better.

[00:21:40] Luke Storey: I wouldn't say it's completely healed, but- Mm ... um, I haven't done anything else to try to fix it other than this, and it seems to be helping, so.

[00:21:48] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah.

[00:21:49] Luke Storey: I'm stoked to, uh, stoked to learn more about that from the-

[00:21:52] Alyson Charles Storey: Well, I'll

[00:21:52] Luke Storey: have

[00:21:52] Alyson Charles Storey: to- ... from

[00:21:53] Luke Storey: the source.

[00:21:54] Alyson Charles Storey: I'll have to keep, uh, anyone who cares, uh, that's listening posted on my new [00:22:00] trifecta technique for my for my face.

[00:22:02] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah. And I'll keep you guys posted as the months go on if I think... I think I took a, um, if I think I see improvement. I believe I took a, a couple of before pictures, um, and so I should be able to, to tell, like in a couple months if I take another picture and set it next to the one. I, I hope I see you know, some, some positive changes.

[00:22:25] Alyson Charles Storey: Cool.

[00:22:25] Luke Storey: So for those who are, uh, still have a bit of vanity left, there's some tips for

[00:22:30] Alyson Charles Storey: you. Yeah. Well, yeah, that's one thing that I found interesting. It's like- You know, o- of course we just get inherited our looks from our lineage and, um, you know, I, I've never been someone who's, like, consciously relied on my looks to, like, gain things.

[00:22:50] Alyson Charles Storey: But it, it was interesting for me to notice, like, the feelings and thoughts that would arise over the last year or two when I would, whether in pictures [00:23:00] or video, whatever, see, you know, just a little jowl action and stuff, um, that I wasn't just like, "Oh, whatever," you know? Just part of the process. Like, c'est la vie, go on about my day.

[00:23:10] Alyson Charles Storey: I was actually kind of like, "Huh, I'm not a huge fan of this." I don't, still don't wanna do or try, uh, Botox or filler. Like, what else is out there? So I've just kinda like little dibbles and dabbles, just been, you know... Now of course my algorithms on the social media apps is, like, all this like aesthetics, uh, med spa stuff.

[00:23:30] Alyson Charles Storey: So I've, I've learned more in the last few months than I ever thought I would, so it's kinda been interesting. Um, before we get to the AMAs, do you wanna talk at all about the tiny little baby deer?

[00:23:44] Luke Storey: Oh my God.

[00:23:45] Alyson Charles Storey: It was so sweet. I just pray she's still doing well, but...

[00:23:49] Luke Storey: Yeah, our friends, uh, Cal and Peyton They have a couple properties here in Texas, and, um, for some reason, you know, they seem to end up with, uh, you know, rescuing [00:24:00] injured animals on their land.

[00:24:01] Luke Storey: So they, they rescued a porcupine who had mange and sent it to, uh, you know, like a wildlife rescue place. It's been there for what, a year and a half or something?

[00:24:10] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah, Perry the Porcupine.

[00:24:11] Luke Storey: Perry the Porcupine. Shout out. And then, uh- He's so cute ... and then Peyton found... The, the cat brought home a baby squirrel.

[00:24:16] Luke Storey: She's been nursing it. Anyway, so I've always like, you know, you don't want an animal to be injured, but I do have this fantasy of like, you know, rescuing an animal.

[00:24:26] Alyson Charles Storey: Bottle-feeding like a

[00:24:27] Luke Storey: baby- Yeah, bringing it home- ... armadillo or, yeah ... and, like, making it, making it part of the family. At one point, the gardeners had left our gate open- Mm

[00:24:35] Luke Storey: and a deer came in the backyard.

[00:24:36] Alyson Charles Storey: That's happened a few times.

[00:24:37] Luke Storey: Yeah. And I was like, "Honey, I wanna just shut the gate and like- ... you know, make it a pet." And, uh, that, that didn't fly with wifey. So anyway, the other day, uh, I guess you came home and were like, "Hey, I think I just saw, like a, a newborn fawn on the side of the road.

[00:24:51] Luke Storey: It maybe it got hit," and you were super bummed. So we go drive over there. It's maybe about a quarter mile away, and, uh- Well,

[00:24:57] Alyson Charles Storey: I went back myself first.

[00:24:59] Luke Storey: Oh, yeah, [00:25:00] yeah.

[00:25:00] Alyson Charles Storey: So, so yeah, it was, it was interesting. I wasn't far from our house, and just for a millisecond in my right periphery as I was driving by myself, I thought I might have seen, yeah, a tiny newborn curled up, and I saw a couple of little white fawn spots.

[00:25:17] Alyson Charles Storey: But because it was literally at the side of the road, I just, I thought pretty certain that it had maybe, it was curled up there because it had gotten hit, and, um, but yeah, when I told you that when I got home, you were like, "Well, did you check to see if it was still alive?" And I was like, "Oh my gosh, it's st- it could...

[00:25:34] Alyson Charles Storey: That's right. That's a possibility. It could still be alive." So yeah, I set out back by myself, and there was a driveway of s- you know, someone's home, uh, nearby where the little fawn was curled up beside of the road, so I pulled into the driveway. And oh gosh, like in case it had been hit or perished, I kind of looked from my car first because I, my heart just gets so sensitive in these situations.

[00:25:59] Alyson Charles Storey: But as I was [00:26:00] staring at it and I called you, because I also wasn't for sure that it was a baby deer the first time I saw it. I was like, "I think maybe it was." So I called you right away to confirm it in fact was a, a tiny newborn deer. And then as I was staring at it and on the phone with you, I could see it breathing still.

[00:26:16] Alyson Charles Storey: But I still didn't know if it was injured or hurt, and I was kind of, I wasn't going into panic mode, but I was just like, "Oh my gosh," like, "We're gonna have to, something's gonna have to be done." So then you whisked your way down to support this mission, and, uh, yeah, we discovered that, I think, I feel intuitively it's a little girl, um, that she just, yeah, the m- it, I don't know if the mama just plopped her right there, like, in the birth, like, and she just was literally curled up an inch off the road.

[00:26:48] Alyson Charles Storey: I couldn't even believe that she hadn't been hit yet. And so I called, um, a wildlife rehabber here that I have worked with before. I'd taken her recently, um, a little rock squirrel [00:27:00] who unfortunately didn't make it. Um, side note and PSA A lot of businesses use those horribly, horribly toxic poison boxes.

[00:27:12] Alyson Charles Storey: They'll set them, like the post office or, uh, car washes, you know, just whatever, like different establishments will set those like black boxes outside of their business

[00:27:22] Luke Storey: Rat bait

[00:27:23] Alyson Charles Storey: And it's, uh, it's straight up poison, and what happens sometimes is the wildlife. We'll get into that. And so a couple weeks ago when I was at our local post office, this gorgeous, gorgeous little squirrel was like stumbling around in front of the door, and it's really kind of a sensitive, sad story, so I won't do too many details if anybody listening is a little, it's hard for you to hear that stuff.

[00:27:48] Alyson Charles Storey: But I did manage to get the little squirrel. It was still hanging on to some life, um, but I, I put it into a little box, um, [00:28:00] and then at that point I thought maybe she was in active transition dying process, called this wildlife rehabber that, um, I know of that lives here in the area, and drove the squirrel to her, and the squirrel, um, she confirmed that it had been poisoned by those rat bait-

[00:28:19] Luke Storey: Yeah, rat bait

[00:28:20] Alyson Charles Storey: boxes. And, um, so I guess my PSA is like we're, the woman and I were both talking about how there's just so many just natural, um, pest control options there are, like, um, peppermint and lemongrass and like there's just, there's so many things that these local businesses-

[00:28:38] Luke Storey: Cats and owls ...

[00:28:40] Alyson Charles Storey: yeah, can be doing instead of setting these h- like straight up poison boxes outside that are killing off other

[00:28:47] Luke Storey: animals.

[00:28:48] Luke Storey: You know what's even gnarlier about them? Not to, not to take a bummer and make it even more bummy, but, um, another thing that happens is when these little, uh, you know, squirrels and mice and rats and stuff eat the [00:29:00] poison is they don't die right away. You won't. And so, uh, birds of prey will grab them and eat them, and that also poisons the birds.

[00:29:07] Luke Storey: It's,

[00:29:07] Alyson Charles Storey: yeah,

[00:29:07] Luke Storey: it's- So it's a bummer ...

[00:29:08] Alyson Charles Storey: it's horrible.

[00:29:09] Luke Storey: There's a cool, uh, thing you can do. A friend of mine did this in LA. It's called an owl box, and there was a company in LA, it was like owlboxes.com or whatever it was, and they, they create, uh, they build and then install owl boxes, and it's basically just a tall pole, like 20, 30 feet high with a, you know, little wooden box on top, and, um- And so she, you know, had one of these installed, and she had, like, tons of, um, you know, just was overrun with squirrels and, and rodents and things like that.

[00:29:38] Luke Storey: And within the first month, like, the entire property, it was a big property kind of in the country part of Malibu, and, uh, the whole property was, like, cleaned of all these- Mm-hmm ... of all these, uh, little critters, uh, just from the owls, you know, which is, you know, sad for the critters, good for the owl, but it's a more humane way to kind of do rodent control.

[00:29:58] Alyson Charles Storey: Well, and there's also, I think [00:30:00] you just putting out, like, a statue of an owl also deters certain-

[00:30:03] Luke Storey: Yeah, yeah ...

[00:30:04] Alyson Charles Storey: so, uh, but I guess our point is there's so many different other avenues that are natural and easeful and, um, don't Yeah, make animals and wildlife die a really horrible, long, slow death. And, um, so if anyone feels called, if you're entering or exiting an establishment and you see any of those black rat poison boxes, um, I'm gonna go to the manager at the post office.

[00:30:33] Alyson Charles Storey: I, I took a picture of the baby squirrel before she transitioned, and so gorgeous, and I'm gonna show a picture of that squirrel to the manager and just see. You know, I'm not gonna be all caring about it, but I'm just gonna be like, "Hey, you know, right here in front of the door to the post office a couple weeks ago, this whole situation happened, and it could've been avoided."

[00:30:52] Alyson Charles Storey: So all of that, long story to say, I am now friends with this local wildlife rehabber. So I called her when Luke and [00:31:00] I s- realized this baby deer was still alive. So according to her, she instructed us that it was safe to, you know, if we needed to put our hands on the baby deer to move her off of the road edge.

[00:31:14] Alyson Charles Storey: And, um, so yeah, Luke was guarding the baby deer from the roadside, like crouched down right next to her to make sure no cars whizzing past, um, around that corner would, um, veer off and hit her while I was on the phone getting the instructions. And then w- I kinda intuited that as soon as you put the hands on the fawn, she might get a surge of life force energy.

[00:31:39] Alyson Charles Storey: So I was like, "Okay, if that happens, like, what's our game plan?" And so we were both right by the baby, and right as soon as Luke was kinda getting into position and ha- had his hands out to... We had already decided where we were gonna lay her, and we had all that mapped out. I said, "Okay, you know, [00:32:00] sweet baby, like, welcome to Earth.

[00:32:01] Alyson Charles Storey: We're just gonna get you, we're gonna move you further off the road." The literal second I completed that sentence, she s- stood up for the f- what we think is probably the first time, and then just, like, clomped her little tiny newborn little legs, like, down into this tall grass region that was way safer, um, kept her more hidden from any predators and also further off the road.

[00:32:27] Alyson Charles Storey: But it was so surreal and so mystical and miraculous. It was like she literally heard what I said, and she trusted us. And I said, you know, "Welcome to Earth. We just need, we need to get you moved off from the side of the road." She stood up, and she did it herself and found the next perfect spot, and we think we saw a deer take her first steps.

[00:32:46] Luke Storey: So cool. Uh, also simultaneously foiled my plans of putting her in the bag that I brought with me- Oh, my God ... and bringing her home and raising her as one of our own.

[00:32:57] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah. I

[00:32:57] Luke Storey: could

[00:32:57] Alyson Charles Storey: see your, see your wheels turning that that was your

[00:32:59] Luke Storey: master plan. Oh, my [00:33:00] God, I was, I was obsessed. But, you know, thankfully, uh, you know, following your Your wisdom on that.

[00:33:06] Luke Storey: It, you know, we went back the next day, and it was gone, and we're assuming the, the mom came back. It's a weird thing that deer do apparently- Yeah ... is that, you know, a, a mama deer will give birth and then just wander off to get some food or water and just, like, leave the, like, just born fawn there- Yeah ... uh, to kinda hang out.

[00:33:24] Luke Storey: I g- I, I'm assuming that's what happened, so they must- Well- ... have come back for it.

[00:33:28] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah, that's what we've been told. Because we were concerned a year or two ago, there was a newborn that was strolling around our front yard and in our neighborhood, and we're just like, "Oh my gosh," like, "Do we need to bottle feed this baby?

[00:33:41] Alyson Charles Storey: Do we need to take care of it?" And that, through our research, is when we learned that, yeah, the moms will just go do what they need to do, and sometimes it's, they'll leave the newborn for hours and hours.

[00:33:50] Luke Storey: Yeah, giving them fawns, a, um, a, what do you call it? Abandonment issues.

[00:33:54] Alyson Charles Storey: Gee.

[00:33:54] Luke Storey: It's just like, bounce.

[00:33:56] Alyson Charles Storey: But what was so sweet, to wrap this up, is then [00:34:00] when the day or two after this whole thing had happened, we wanted to go back to the location, um, to just gently look around into that tall grass to see, you know, if the baby was still there, if the mom had come back.

[00:34:14] Alyson Charles Storey: And Luke found... It was... I wish you'd have taken a picture of it, actually. It was the sweetest little circular imprint in the tall grass where it was 100% for sure where that little, tiny newborn had curled up and, like, just laid there safely for who knows how long, but you could see her little imprint of her- It was like

[00:34:34] Luke Storey: a baby crop circle.

[00:34:36] Alyson Charles Storey: Oh, it was the sweetest, sweetest, sweetest thing. So I gave an offering of some corn and tobacco to the land, um, on the first day in exchange to, you know, for, for the land to take good care of this newborn baby and to keep her safe and healthy and away from the road while she learns what cars and humans and roads are.

[00:34:55] Alyson Charles Storey: Um, and then I also did a blessing and a prayer and a thanks [00:35:00] to that land that held her and, um, nested her, and I just... I mean, that, it's these experiences, honestly, that are my, some of my all-time favorite in life where you're just, like, at one with what this whole thing really is all about, you know?

[00:35:17] Alyson Charles Storey: You're, you're truly, like- In real time, in the real cycle of life and the real magic of what Earth really is all about, right? I mean, we're, we're witness to this tiny newborn, and she's got her eyes open and her ears, and she's hearing humans probably talk for the first time, and she's... We're quite possibly the first two humans that this deer saw.

[00:35:47] Alyson Charles Storey: And so she's learning us while we're getting to know her, and I'm getting t- to greet her to Earth. You know what I mean? And, like, give her a welcome message. And I really feel on some either [00:36:00] telepathic or somehow understood level she got the message she needed to move from the road, and she- we got to witness her find her m- more of her autonomy and her first steps, and then we had to go back and check, and we also to be, get to be in good reciprocity with the land through giving offerings and the prayers, and it's just, I, it's, it's, it's that that makes life so magical for me.

[00:36:24] Luke Storey: Yeah, you don't get a lot of that in New York City, girl.

[00:36:27] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah, that is true. There's def-

[00:36:28] Luke Storey: Imagine if we lived in the real country. I mean, we're pretty far out. It's, it's, I would say, I don't know, rural might be a stretch. Maybe quasi-rural suburban in this area. But it's surrounded by a lot of nature. Mm-hmm.

[00:36:41] Luke Storey: But I know people that, you know, live off-grid, people that live on a lot of land. I mean, this is life every day is stuff like that happening. Super cool.

[00:36:49] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah. Yeah. Lots of-

[00:36:51] Luke Storey: So it had a happy ending.

[00:36:53] Alyson Charles Storey: We pray. We pray. Yeah. A little we think. It seems. Yeah, we think so. It seems, it seems.

[00:36:57] Luke Storey: Yeah. Yeah[00:37:00]

[00:37:02] Luke Storey: I like being social as much as the next guy. I just don't like being sloppy. And if you've ever woken up after a night out feeling foggy, dehydrated, and off your game, you know exactly what I'm talking about. For me, that trade-off stopped making sense a long time ago. I still love the ritual though, chilling with friends, having something in your hand, that moment where the day winds down and conversation and connection open up.

[00:37:27] Luke Storey: And that's why lately I've been obsessed with Vesper from Pique. This is a non-alcoholic drink made with herbs and plant extracts that help you relax without losing your edge. I've been drinking it at dinners and evening hangouts, and what I notice is I feel relaxed, open, and present, but still very sharp.

[00:37:45] Luke Storey: No blurred vision, no slurring, no waking up wondering what happened the night before. It's built with things like lemon balm and tart cherry to help your body unwind, plus damiana and gentian root for that subtle lift, so you feel good but not [00:38:00] sedated. And the best part, well, you wake up clear, like your brain actually belongs to you and not the night before.

[00:38:06] Luke Storey: So my lifestylist friends out there, if you wanna be social without sacrificing your edge, Vesper is the move. To get your hands on some, here's what you do. Go to piquelife.com/luke. That's P-I-Q-E-L-I-F-E, piquelife.com/luke to save twenty percent. Drink like you've got somewhere to be tomorrow because you probably do.

[00:38:28] Luke Storey: That's piquelife.com/luke.

[00:38:33] Luke Storey: All right, let's get to the, let's get to the Q&A. So, um, uh, listeners, viewers have submitted questions, um, and I don't know what they are. Allison, I think, kind of chooses the ones that speak to her- Mm-hmm ... and hopefully I have answers. And the ones for which I don't, I will skip.

[00:38:49] Alyson Charles Storey: Okay. Let's start it off with Ariel, and he or she says, "You're writing a book, running a full-time operation, and still [00:39:00] showing up as a husband, a friend, and a human in real life.

[00:39:03] Alyson Charles Storey: How do you actually juggle all of that? What helps you keep things moving without burning yourself out, and how do you decide what gets your time and energy when everything feels important?"

[00:39:14] Luke Storey: Oh, man, that's a great question, and one I ask myself every morning. It's like, how am I gonna do this? I think a lot of it has to do with attitude, right?

[00:39:24] Luke Storey: I really monitor myself, uh, v- very imperfectly, um, and really frame the responsibilities that I've invited into my life and goals, dreams, aspirations, et cetera, as opportunities, um, more so than things I have to do, things I get to do, and also taking responsibility for decisions I've made to do things, right?

[00:39:53] Luke Storey: Such as getting married, writing a book, having a podcast. Everything, everything in my life that sometimes I feel is [00:40:00] overwhelming or too much, uh, are things that I sought or things that I welcomed into my life. So the attitude of taking responsibility for putting myself in a position to feel overwhelmed and overworked is-- it feels a lot more empowering than feeling like a victim of my schedule.

[00:40:20] Luke Storey: Uh, I definitely still struggle with feeling as though I've taken too much on, but it's kind of just how I'm wired. I'm not someone that can easily just not do things, you know? When I get a creative idea, uh, and I think it's a good idea that might be useful to people and fun for me to work with, it's, it's difficult to, uh, to put it to the side.

[00:40:51] Luke Storey: You know, when I really get passionate about something, I just go. In terms of energy, thankfully, uh, I think all of the, you [00:41:00] know, all of the things I've been doing for the past 30 years to support my physical health, uh, you know, have really worked. I mean, I haven't been sick in years. Um, I have so much energy every day that sometimes it feels like I wouldn't even mind having less energy so I could take a nap or something.

[00:41:22] Luke Storey: You know? Just like, I don't know, once I'm on, I'm on. Um, and the, I think the downside of that is it's difficult for me to wind down at night. You know? It's like I'm just f- I'm full-blown energy all day, every day. The only time I really feel tired or kind of lethargic is, is sometime- on some mornings. You know, like right when I wake up, it's just like I never feel like I got enough sleep.

[00:41:45] Luke Storey: A little slower to get going. Yeah, I don't, I don't wake up feeling super refreshed. Um, but once I, you know, I take a cold shower, and I do all my things, and then I'm just all systems firing. Um, so thankfully, I, I have a lot of energy. The, the, the... I [00:42:00] just f- I found out about this, uh, mitochondria test. I forget what it's called.

[00:42:03] Luke Storey: It's a company that reached out to me, and I wanna take that 'cause I'm curious 'cause so many of the things that I do in terms of health and biohacking and whatnot are, uh, you know, mitochondrial kind of drivers. So I have a sense that I might be doing pretty well on that front because I- Mm ... I have a lot of energy.

[00:42:22] Luke Storey: Um, but also, I do have a tendency to You know, I take on so much, and then I have a lot of energy already, but then I really wanna push the envelope, so then I'm taking nootropics and supplements and chewing coca leaf and tobacco, and, like, I'm just, like, super, super lit with dopamine, you know? And so I feel kind of overstimulated, and that gets to a point sometimes where there's diminishing returns in terms of my focus and just not being in a good mood and not being happy.

[00:42:49] Luke Storey: So to that question, um, I'm definitely a work in progress with that. But I think one thing that is really helpful is priorities. You know, it's just... [00:43:00] I just sometimes have to sit down and think about what my priorities are, like, what's really important. Um, it's really obviously important that I make time to stay connected to you and that I'm meeting your needs and allowing you to meet my needs.

[00:43:13] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah, you let me and Peewee occasionally come in for little kissies and huggy breaks.

[00:43:17] Luke Storey: Yeah.

[00:43:17] Alyson Charles Storey: Right, Peanut?

[00:43:18] Luke Storey: Yeah, take, taking the writing breaks, you know, is really good. And also setting up firewalls so that, um, you know, the people on my team can kind of help keep me insulated a bit. When I'm in a period of high productivity, that's something that's been really important.

[00:43:36] Luke Storey: You know, I don't... Someone's managing my emails and all of that kinda stuff. And

[00:43:42] Alyson Charles Storey: you've had your autoresponder on for, you know, a year or two now that's like, "If you wanna be in touch with me, you'll have to wait till 2027 after A Horse Named Lonesome is out," or, you

[00:43:52] Luke Storey: know. Yeah, the, last year it said till '26.

[00:43:54] Luke Storey: Yeah. And this year on January 1st, I was like, "Not done."

[00:43:57] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah.

[00:43:57] Luke Storey: So yeah, the rest of the year. But I, I think part of that [00:44:00] too is, is learning how to be comfortable with being unavailable to people. I'm someone who wants to be- Yeah ... all things for all people all the time. There's a lot of, uh, you know, people-pleasing tendencies that- Mm

[00:44:13] Luke Storey: I've had to work through. It's not that comfortable for me to feel like I've disappointed people or that people don't like me or- Mm ... whatever. Um, so I've made a lot of progress in that area. Um, and, and also learning how to not take it personally when people don't engage with me or don't get back to me.

[00:44:32] Luke Storey: I mean, I, in the past, uh, couple weeks, I've been reaching out to people to support me with the book, and, um, some people that I'm closer to that I thought would be an easy yes just never even answered my text or email, just totally ghosted. So I go, "Okay, let's not take that personally." I have no idea.

[00:44:48] Luke Storey: Whatever meaning or stories I could make up about that would be absolutely, um, speculative, and so who knows? Like, someone I texted that didn't text me back could [00:45:00] have a death in the family, or they could have died, you know? It's like, who knows? So it's like clearing my mind of that and giving other people permission to have their own boundaries, um, is also helpful for me to learn how to have my own boundaries and not feel bad if I need to decline a request or I don't get back to an email or a text or something like that.

[00:45:19] Luke Storey: And, you know, just k- keep the faith that, um, you know, someone is mature and resilient enough to not take it personally. But that, that's a big one for me, I think, because I'm, you know, I've been doing this podcast for 10 years, so 669 episodes as of today. Um, some of those have been with you, some of them have been with close friends, but a lot of them have just w- been with people that I've met through the podcast.

[00:45:44] Luke Storey: So there's probably 600 people right there that I have lines of communication with, not including everyone else in my life, right? So-

[00:45:52] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah ...

[00:45:52] Luke Storey: because I meet so many people all the time, um, I tend to get a lot of inbound messages and things, and that, that, that's the part to [00:46:00] me that becomes very unmanageable.

[00:46:01] Luke Storey: So I would say as far as, like, strategy, um, one of the things that I, I really keep an eye on is not allowing myself to be overwhelmed with incoming messages and requests, and to try to find a, um, a graceful and kind way to keep myself on track with what's really important. But it's a lot. It's a lot right now.

[00:46:25] Luke Storey: I mean, just yesterday- ... I'm, you know, I think I'm 15 days from, like, the final, final, final, um, submission of my, of my book. And so after that, I can't touch it, which will be frustrating and- Oh my gosh ... a relief at the same time. Yeah. It'll be a huge relief for you 'cause you'll get me back. But, um, you know, I was thinking about that, and I was like, "God, fuck."

[00:46:45] Luke Storey: I was just getting annoyed. Like, why do I have to do the podcast? This would be so easy if I didn't have a podcast. Why can't I just one thing or the other? But, you know, without the podcast, it, it wouldn't have led to the opportunity to write the book. So, you know, I'm happy doing what all I'm doing, but, um, I [00:47:00] do look forward to, you know, uh, not doing so much all the time.

[00:47:07] Alyson Charles Storey: And from a witness perspective, I think these things ebb and flow as well, too, right? It's, um, life goes in different zones and chapters. And I remember, I don't know if it was a couple years ago, but w- we had a conversation where you just realized, you got so clear that you were gonna have to start saying no and putting the kibosh down, like, on a whole other level.

[00:47:34] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah. Like, whether it's like... 'Cause, you know, Luke, when we are out and about, um, which we haven't been the last couple years, but we do aim to... We are starting to, like, dip our toes back into the world again, so we will be out in the mix more a little bit soon. But before, when we first moved here, and we were more in the mix, like, people really gravitate to you, and I don't know if [00:48:00] neediness is the right word, but there's just, there's a lot of people that kinda like historically, maybe things have alchemized and changed when we get back out there, but people were just, I don't know, sometimes a little grabby with you or like wanting things from you or wanting to like schmooze it up to see if you'd extend an invitation to be on the podcast.

[00:48:19] Alyson Charles Storey: Hmm. Or, you know, I mean, any number of examples where it was just you would kinda be flocked to, which, you know, um, I'm not saying overall is like a negative thing, but when that happens, you know, so much and it is typically of a certain vein of like, what can I get energy, I think that that can be at times feeling a bit vampiric, um, or siphoning.

[00:48:46] Alyson Charles Storey: And so when someone notices that, like you did, you got clear where it's like, okay, whatever that system was, whatever mode that was that you were in, like, that's gotta stop, like, [00:49:00] today and moving forward, and then you got clear. Like, "Okay, I need to do this. I need to put the autoresponder on. I'm saying no, do not let me get, um, FOMO," or whatever it was.

[00:49:11] Luke Storey: Shiny object syndrome.

[00:49:12] Alyson Charles Storey: That thing. Yeah. That's what it was with you. And like, you for a while, you acclimated and you found your way, but there was, you know, as you were making these changes, I remember in the beginning it was a little schism-y 'cause you would be used to saying yes or people-pleasing, and you knew you needed to switch.

[00:49:28] Alyson Charles Storey: So then you started to say no, no more, and then there would be a couple of the times where you're like, "Oh gosh, should I do that thing?" But you did find your way really beautifully. Um, but all... I'm just saying because of the person who asked, it's like there's so many variables and depending factors and where you're at in life at certain times.

[00:49:48] Alyson Charles Storey: Um, but if you get clear, you know, then you figure out how to make the shifts. Yeah. And you take a lot of mini breaks. Like, you'll go a number of times

[00:49:56] Luke Storey: in a day- Yes, yes, 100% ... and reset. I, I'm glad you mentioned that. [00:50:00] That's a really important part, because I would burn myself out if I ju- if I just- assess the energy I have and was just like, "Well, I have the energy, so I'll just keep going and never take breaks."

[00:50:13] Luke Storey: Like, I would burn myself out. So I think the reason I'm able to be so productive and get, you know, just get so much done, um, every day really, is that I do take a lot of little self-care rebooting breaks, whether that's coming and hanging out with you and Cookie, getting some long hugs and just remembering what is actually important, jumping on the Bellicon rebounder in the backyard.

[00:50:37] Luke Storey: I take... I mean, l- uh, when I work on the book, I'm taking, I, I don't want to exaggerate, but I would say at least five ice baths a day.

[00:50:46] Alyson Charles Storey: Mm-hmm. And

[00:50:46] Luke Storey: when I say that, I'm just dipping in and out, just, like, refreshing myself. Yeah. Jump around on the trampoline, throw around a kettlebell, go hang upside down on the inversion thing in the yard.

[00:50:56] Alyson Charles Storey: You'll do a mini session of the meditation stuff too.

[00:50:58] Luke Storey: Yeah, I'll do [00:51:00] a NuCalm or, um, the Sensai neurofeedback thing. Um, I'm... Oh, I'm also inhaling hydrogen all day from the Axiom, uh, H2 machine, so that just goes all day when I'm at my desk. There's a lot of, uh, you know, I have a lot of great lighting in there.

[00:51:14] Luke Storey: There's a lot of infrared light. I go out when it's solar noon. I got a, a, you know, an app when it's solar noon. I go out and do my sunbathing in the yard with my feet in the grass, get grounded, take walks. I mean, get on the CAROL bike with the LivO2 contrast oxygen thing. Um, go inhale some, um, some, uh, CO2.

[00:51:36] Luke Storey: Uh-

[00:51:36] Alyson Charles Storey: Lots of resets ...

[00:51:37] Luke Storey: do dead hang. You know, just mo- basically, like, move my body and move the energy, and then on most days, yeah, take a short break. Or the Neurovisor, the little, uh, you know, the little light device. I'll use that. And basically, I just wanna, like, I wanna do state changes, like kind of radical interruptions to my workflow.

[00:51:57] Luke Storey: Otherwise, I'll just get super cracked out, [00:52:00] and it, it's not a good feeling to just grind all day. Even though I can-

[00:52:05] Alyson Charles Storey: Mm-hmm ...

[00:52:05] Luke Storey: it's emotionally not supportive.

[00:52:08] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah.

[00:52:09] Luke Storey: So I think those are some, some of the tools. But, you know, if the person asking the question is, like, feeling overwhelmed but has the energy, then that's a case for, you know, making a list of the things that are really high priority- Mm

[00:52:24] Luke Storey: and learning how to, as tempting as it is to do everything all the time with everyone, to really nail it down to the five things that you're working on this week or this month or this year.

[00:52:37] Luke Storey: I've had a lot of big breakthrough moments in my life. Ceremony, deep personal work, and just major life transitions. It's those moments where something just clicks and you see life through a new lens. But I'll be honest, the hard part isn't the insight. It's what happens after the insight. It's taking that clarity and living it, changing your habits, showing up differently, [00:53:00] staying grounded when life gets real.

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[00:54:12] Alyson Charles Storey: I think a lot-- uh, the last point that I'll make that just pinged in is, um, another part of this formula is what are the types and styles of relationships that you've cultivated at these-- by these points in your life?

[00:54:30] Alyson Charles Storey: Because, um, I mean, I guess I will just speak for myself. The-- I keep a pretty small inner circle, but those who I am really close to, it's like we live similar lifestyles and have similar values. And so-- And we're all also, for the most part, a lot of entrepreneurs. And, and so we kind of get, right? We get each other's ways and tendencies and [00:55:00] lifestyles.

[00:55:00] Alyson Charles Storey: So I've also been pretty, um, intentional and methodical over the years as I, as I had some learning curves of figuring out the types of, uh, friendships and the type of marriage that I knew I would need so that, like, I'm not dealing with a friend who's got a lot of insecurities or, um- Yeah ... is the kind of friend that gets, like, really, um, weird or hurt or angry.

[00:55:31] Alyson Charles Storey: I- like, I've never been a phone person. I don't really ever talk on the phone. I'm not a huge texter. It's like I need people in my life who, like, know my heart and know what's going on inside of me, like telepathy works for us, and it's like they're not gonna be upset if, um, I don't call back right away or, you know, they, they know the way that I live in terms of, like, surrender and God, [00:56:00] and they live similarly.

[00:56:01] Alyson Charles Storey: So there's not a lot of explanation needed. And, and in our marriage, we have really great communication, so as the oracle of the family, if I'm noticing that it's kinda time for a family meeting and we need to regroup, or we just need to, like, sit down and pray again together, like, you've never said no to that.

[00:56:19] Alyson Charles Storey: It's just like, "Oh, okay. Right." Like, yeah, we need to have a little family reset. And so thankfully w- you know, we keep things in check and in tune, and things aren't going off the rails even though you're super busy.

[00:56:31] Luke Storey: That's a r- that, that last one's a really good point. We had a little family meeting on Saturday, I believe it was, and, um, you know, Alice is just like, "Here's a list of a couple things that I just wanted to get clarity on.

[00:56:44] Luke Storey: Let's look at this." And I had been just, you know, charging ahead like a freaking locomotive, and thankfully I, I didn't really break anything. But you, y- you brought up some things like, oh, wait, what was... What, what's this project going on? Just, I don't know, things that I w- I [00:57:00] was, like, moving too fast to pay attention to some of the moving parts-

[00:57:03] Alyson Charles Storey: Mm-hmm

[00:57:03] Luke Storey: involved in different projects and relationships and whatnot. And, and that was a really... well, has continued to be and grown into something that's become much more regular, I think because I've been just so independent my whole life. Yeah. It doesn't in, it doesn't naturally occur to me like, "Hey, let's bring someone in on, you know, what, all this stuff I have going on, and, like, get their take or, you know, get an objective point of view."

[00:57:29] Luke Storey: And that, I would, I would say, is something that hasn't served me, because I have gotten myself into situations that are overwhelming or said yes to too many things and so on. So that, uh, little family meeting we had was super useful. There, I, I remember there was a couple things where you were like, "Wait, what is this?

[00:57:45] Luke Storey: This doesn't make sense because X, Y, Z." And I was like, "Holy shit, I didn't even notice that," you know? So to your point, having people around that, uh, are, you know, where you can manage expectations and they can accept those expectations in [00:58:00] terms of your availability or lack thereof is really important. I, I mean, I know my guy friends, it's like if they reach out, all I need to do is just text back, like, "Smoked, talk soon," and they're like, "Got it," you know?

[00:58:13] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah.

[00:58:13] Luke Storey: They just-

[00:58:13] Alyson Charles Storey: And, and- ...

[00:58:14] Luke Storey: understand that ...

[00:58:15] Alyson Charles Storey: also, m- most of them or half of them, like, are also published authors, so it's like they get. I think that's also been helpful in this journey. I have also written a book and a card deck, and I know what it takes and what is required when you're the one actually authoring the project and truly birthing it.

[00:58:32] Alyson Charles Storey: It, you know, f- for months if not years on end, it requires almost everything you have to do that book birth. And so, um, so yeah, lots of, lots of ideas there hopefully.

[00:58:43] Luke Storey: Yeah. One last thing I'll add, uh, is How much I prioritize sleep. My sleep is really, really important, and I think that has a lot to do with my capacity for just being [00:59:00] productive and- Mm-hmm

[00:59:00] Luke Storey: staying on point and having the energy to do what I wanna do in the world. If I don't get, uh, good sleep, as you well know, um, I mean, all bets are off. And that, I'm sure, has something to do with my age. I wasn't like that when I was younger. I mean, I'd stay up for 48 hours sometimes and still be walking, you know?

[00:59:19] Luke Storey: Uh, I wouldn't recommend that, the way I did it at least. But, um, yeah, focusing a lot on sleep and just really making sure that I do everything I can to optimize, you know, our sleep environment and, um, and that's really helpful. And if the person that asked the question, if part of it was like how do you not get overwhelmed and the other part was how do you get energy, you know, it's, it's good to kind of stop and assess your lighting environment, your EMF environment, obviously the food, the water.

[00:59:48] Luke Storey: Water is so important. You know, drinking ultra-purified, structured, mineralized water, you know, really like water geeking is a huge part of it.

[00:59:58] Alyson Charles Storey: Well, I'll say getting my [01:00:00] inflammation back down, I, I think that's probably the top reason why I feel like I'm getting my life back and my energy back. Yeah. It's like, oh my God, there she is again.

[01:00:08] Alyson Charles Storey: Like it, I kinda got gone offline there with the level of inflammation my body had gotten to. So I- that's kind of a random piece, but i- if, if you suspect you might have for whatever reason, um, extra inflammation going on in your body, I noticed that really fatigued me. Yeah. I, I was not functioning the same way I was used to.

[01:00:31] Luke Storey: Yeah. I mean, on the physical side, it's like Environmental synchronization, you know, sun, grounding, water, getting out in nature, those are the kind of things that I think are the most powerful interventions. Getting hot, getting cold. But in terms of, you know, diet and supplements and all the biohacking technologies and things like that, I, as, as complicated as it might look from the outside, 'cause I'm doing, trying so many things all the time, I think of it like this, [01:01:00] d- detox the body, try to avoid putting new toxins in the body, whether they're energetic, environmental, you know, mold, EMF, et cetera, blue light, also things in food.

[01:01:13] Luke Storey: I mean, I won't eat, like, regular flour. I'm not gonna eat glyphosate knowingly, you know? I mean, I'm not too neurotic about my diet these days, but I do, uh, generally try to avoid things that are sprayed with poison, uh, which is pretty logical. So it's like getting the toxins out on a, you know, on a regular basis, however you s- so choose, does a lot for energy.

[01:01:36] Luke Storey: Avoiding refilling yourself with toxins, but also making sure you're eating nutrient-dense food, you know? Liver, eggs, like, grass-fed meat, vegetables that, you know, that your stomach can handle, that don't have a lot of oxalates. Not the, not the kale, you know, the curly dinosaur kale.

[01:01:53] Alyson Charles Storey: No.

[01:01:54] Luke Storey: The

[01:01:54] Alyson Charles Storey: pizza

[01:01:55] Luke Storey: garnish.

[01:01:55] Luke Storey: But yeah,

[01:01:55] Alyson Charles Storey: it's

[01:01:56] Luke Storey: like loading the body with everything it wants to thrive and heal [01:02:00] itself and, you know, without fear or any kind of, you know, negative emotion ideally, just logically avoiding the things that prevent your body from healing. I think about, I think about the energy part in pretty simple terms.

[01:02:16] Alyson Charles Storey: Mm-hmm.

[01:02:16] Luke Storey: Align with nature, align with the sun, don't eat poison, get the poisons out, put-

[01:02:21] Alyson Charles Storey: Have a cute little puppy ...

[01:02:23] Luke Storey: yeah, put good nutrients in, and to your point, having relationships that support your mission, that understand what you're here to do, and-

[01:02:31] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah, that are life force enhancing, not depleting.

[01:02:34] Luke Storey: Yeah, exactly.

[01:02:35] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah. Um, so there's a really cool question, but I'm gonna save it until after you share some of your Luke's Latest.

[01:02:42] Luke Storey: Oh, we need a little theme song. Dun, dun, dun-dun, dun. Like a game show Luke's Latest.

[01:02:46] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah.

[01:02:46] Luke Storey: Uh, okay. I only have-

[01:02:47] Alyson Charles Storey: I could get a little xy- kid's xylophone thing. Yeah. And like ting, ta-ting, ta-ting.

[01:02:52] Luke Storey: Um, so the L- Lima? Lima Laser was one of them. I think it's

[01:02:56] Alyson Charles Storey: Lima.

[01:02:56] Luke Storey: Okay. Lima Laser was one of them. Again, we'll do a long form [01:03:00] podcast on that soon 'cause I'm really excited about it. Uh, another one is... So for those that haven't heard one of these episodes before, we just, we call it Luke's Latest 'cause we're corny and fun.

[01:03:10] Luke Storey: Um, but you know, all these companies reach out to me always wanting me to try their stuff, which is so cool because it's something I do on my own. I also just research and find things. But I got a text from, um, a friend, uh, Gabriella, and she's like, "Hey, I just launched this pancake company. They're super organic, super clean, good for you, all the things, gluten-free.

[01:03:32] Luke Storey: I wanna send you some to try out." And I was like, "Okay. Sure." You know, I wanna wanna support her, but I, I mean, pancakes aren't something that I really eat ever. Uh- Until

[01:03:43] Alyson Charles Storey: now.

[01:03:44] Luke Storey: Yeah. Um, and I, I don't even know how to make them. I mean, just pancakes are not in my, uh, you know, my, um, rotation of foods. I probably ate them when I was a little kid, I'm assuming, but not a very long time.

[01:03:57] Luke Storey: So she sent us some. They're called Love and [01:04:00] Yum, and you know, of course- I, she knows what's up, so I did- I wasn't even worried about the ingredients, but looked at them. I'm like, "Oh, nailed it. The ingredients are super clean." And thankfully, you know how to make pancakes. So Alison's been making them, and I was like, "Well, you know-

[01:04:16] Alyson Charles Storey: Been going ham with them.

[01:04:17] Luke Storey: Yeah, I'm like, I, you know, I wanna be cool and at least try them, even though pancakes aren't really, like, um, one of my staple foods. Um, I am freaking obsessed with these fucking pancakes, dude. They're

[01:04:26] Alyson Charles Storey: good.

[01:04:26] Luke Storey: They are so good. So Alison, uh, part of the, the, the mix is, like, you put banana in it, right?

[01:04:32] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah, it's just a, a scoop or two or a cup or two of the a pancake mix with one mashed banana, and then I've been using organic coconut milk, but you can use water or other kinds of milk, and that's it.

[01:04:45] Alyson Charles Storey: But I added in, on my own accord, some of those organic wild blueberries.

[01:04:50] Luke Storey: Oh my God.

[01:04:51] Alyson Charles Storey: So we've been making blueberry pancakes. And they, of the two pancake mix options, one is the regular formula, and the other one has protein added.

[01:04:59] Luke Storey: [01:05:00] Right.

[01:05:00] Alyson Charles Storey: This is- And they're both great.

[01:05:01] Luke Storey: This one's the six grams of protein

[01:05:03] Alyson Charles Storey: for certain.

[01:05:03] Alyson Charles Storey: But it's super easy. I, neither one of us are kitchen food people, um, but man, we're done with both bags. I was, like, every other day making blueberry pancakes for us- Oh

[01:05:13] Luke Storey: my God. 'Cause there's sort

[01:05:14] Alyson Charles Storey: of

[01:05:14] Luke Storey: a- And I don't, I'm not hungry in the morning, you know? Mm-hmm. It's like I have to really force myself to eat.

[01:05:18] Luke Storey: But man, you throw these freaking Luv & Yum pancakes- Yeah ... in front of me, I'm gonna crush, so.

[01:05:23] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah, a little bit of coconut oil. So tasty.

[01:05:25] Luke Storey: So that's cool because I feel, I, I don't, I think it's good to eat breakfast. Um, and I, it's something I want to do more of, so this is making that easier, so that's really cool.

[01:05:34] Luke Storey: Uh, the other one I've talked about before, and it's the Bodyguards Red Light Converter, uh, screen. And so we have those on our iPhones, and they came out with one for MacBooks. And so, uh, unbeknownst to you, my dear, I'm going to be installing this on your computer.

[01:05:54] Alyson Charles Storey: Uh-huh. Do- Well, it's beknownst now.

[01:05:56] Luke Storey: Do not fret.

[01:05:57] Luke Storey: Uh, it does... What's cool about it is, [01:06:00] um, it doesn't turn your screens red, but has some sort of filter that filters out the gnarly blue without changing the color tone, so you can still see your computer. You know, on my computers, I use an app called Iris, and it has settings where you can, at night, you can turn it, like, dark, dark red, and it's, it's really nice.

[01:06:19] Luke Storey: Also, just, it has an automated sort of timer, so you don't have to adjust it. Uh, but you know, the downside there is, like, you can't really look at anything that you need to see the colors in, right? Um, so this is super cool. One thing I'm curious about, if anyone from Bodyguards ever, um, hears this or listens or watches this, is, um, uh, if there's a matte one.

[01:06:42] Luke Storey: I have a difficult time with glare. You know, I have a Mac monitor that is, like, matte, so it, there's no glare on it. Um, the bodyguards I have on my phone is kind of glary- Mm ... which isn't a problem when I'm inside, but if I'm out in the sun, I notice it's really hard. The old screen protector I had on there didn't [01:07:00] block any of the blue light or even create red light, which this does somehow.

[01:07:03] Luke Storey: I think it creates, uh, I don't wanna s- speak out of turn here, but decrease harmful blue light and increase beneficial red light from 620 to 770 nanometers. So somehow it improves the output of red light, which is really cool. But I noticed, yeah, that it's a little difficult to see my phone when there's a lot of glare, so I'm hoping they have or will soon have one that is matte and also does the magic thing.

[01:07:30] Luke Storey: But this is a really cool innovation, so I'm stoked about that 'cause I am a, you know, just like blue light, uh, you know, I, uh, is a bad, bad thing. I mean, there's- Yeah ... it's just not good. It's not only about sleep, it's got-- It's just terrible. So-

[01:07:46] Alyson Charles Storey: It's naughty, naughty ...

[01:07:47] Luke Storey: yeah, so anything I can do to, uh, mitigate blue light, I'm down.

[01:07:50] Luke Storey: Speaking of which-

[01:07:51] Alyson Charles Storey: Well, while you're fishing for a new product, rub the right front tooth. You've got some Mambe. Yeah, there you go. Thanks,

[01:07:59] Luke Storey: honey.

[01:07:59] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah.

[01:07:59] Luke Storey: I look [01:08:00] like a toothless-

[01:08:01] Alyson Charles Storey: It was getting like that.

[01:08:02] Luke Storey: Thanks, honey. It's funny, you know, a cool thing, we were talking about vanity and skin and stuff like that.

[01:08:09] Luke Storey: Um, you know, everyone wants to look good, but one thing that's funny about myself as I notice myself get older is I don't really... like I don't care how I look. I care less about how I look Uh, now in my life than ever before. And it's like every year I get older, I seem to care less, which is a really positive trend.

[01:08:31] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah.

[01:08:32] Luke Storey: But yeah, having a bunch of black or green shit on your teeth when you're trying to be on a video, maybe not professional, to say the least. Uh, okay, back on the blue light. So my friend, uh, Matt from Raw Optics, who I've known since, God, he was 18. I met him in New York City. He gave me a, he made me a custom pair of blue blockers, and then he went off to create his own company, and now he's doing really well.

[01:08:54] Luke Storey: Last time he was on the show, he spoke to us about a project he was working on- Right ... for healthy bulbs. [01:09:00] And he worked with Dr. Alexander Wunsch, uh, out in Germany, who is kind of the undisputed godfather of light science. Cool. And he created these, uh, they're called Lumios bulbs, and out of all of the bulbs that I've seen try to, um, solve the blue light issue, I've never seen it done like this.

[01:09:22] Luke Storey: It is freaking insane. They're LEDs, but they do not flicker, and unlike any other LEDs I've found, they also create, um, near infrared light, which is what we don't get when we're indoors that you need to be healthy. So there's these three models. Sky is like your daytime light that has, like, a broad spectrum healthy blue light, 'cause it's balanced with infrared or near infrared.

[01:09:49] Luke Storey: And then they've got the Candle, which is like your zero blue light nighttime. That's 1200, uh, Kelvin. And then you've got your Glow, which [01:10:00] has four modes, daylight, afternoon, evening, and candle. So as you switch the light switch, you can actually switch the color.

[01:10:07] Alyson Charles Storey: Oh, cool.

[01:10:07] Luke Storey: So I am freaking stoked on these. I haven't taken them out of their boxes yet 'cause I only have-

[01:10:11] Alyson Charles Storey: Let's look at one.

[01:10:12] Luke Storey: Well, I only have one of each, so I'm like, I need to be strategic about where I put them 'cause I wanna put them in lamps that I use a lot.

[01:10:19] Alyson Charles Storey: Well, because last time Matty was here, we were chatting off camera about how You prefer, if you could have the red light l- light bulbs in every single fixture in the house, you probably would.

[01:10:31] Alyson Charles Storey: And to me, it's like aggravating to my system. And he confirmed, he's like, "No, that's actually a real thing depending upon the person. Um, when there... It skews too much red light, it can affect your mood or how, your feelings." And-

[01:10:45] Luke Storey: I mean, it, it, it, it's unnatural, right? So when we're talking about sunlight versus moon or firelight, I mean, those are like the three natural sources of light except maybe for fireflies.

[01:10:57] Luke Storey: I'm probably forgetting some kind of octopus that [01:11:00] makes light or something. Basically-

[01:11:00] Alyson Charles Storey: Bioluminescent waters.

[01:11:02] Luke Storey: Yeah, there you go. Um, but yeah, in, in, in nature, if we're thinking about, um, you know, the ancestral approach to light, I mean, nature doesn't produce a very narrow spectrum of red light, which is what some of the other re- you know, purely red light bulbs are.

[01:11:16] Luke Storey: Um, uh, the company Boncharge makes the lights that I've been using. You know, I travel with them all the time, and they're great 'cause they have zero blue light and they don't flicker, which is awesome. But still, if you look at them, uh, you know, the light spectrum, it's a very, very narrow spike of red, and it is kind of a jagged waveform, which doesn't exist in nature.

[01:11:35] Luke Storey: All natural light has a very sort of rounded, um, more, um, uh, gentle waveform, I guess you could say. And so the way Matt created these is even when they're on all red, they don't look and feel all red in the way that some of those other bulbs do so.

[01:11:52] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah. Which

[01:11:52] Luke Storey: for me- So Matt might have just saved our marriage.

[01:11:54] Alyson Charles Storey: He was... Well, yeah, because, um, we've really had to balance out like a [01:12:00] quarter red, the rest what, incandescent or whatever we have.

[01:12:03] Luke Storey: Yeah, yeah.

[01:12:04] Alyson Charles Storey: Because to me, when it's too red, it literally makes me feel like I'm going nuts, and I- Yeah. Yeah, who wants that? So.

[01:12:10] Luke Storey: You would never make it working in a brothel, put it that way.

[01:12:13] Luke Storey: Uh-

[01:12:14] Alyson Charles Storey: For, I'm sure there's more reason than just that.

[01:12:16] Luke Storey: Yeah, red... Our house is the red light district at night. So, uh, yeah, so super stoked about that. Another issue with LEDs, even if they're trying to, you know, they've managed the flicker thing and they've gotten rid of the blue light, is, um, many of them, if they aren't properly designed, will cause dirty electricity.

[01:12:36] Luke Storey: Um, another thing that causes dirty electricity, and that's just a very chaotic form of, um, AC current, like just the electricity that comes out of the wall, which is really not good for you to be around either. But dirty electricity is when there's, what they call noise is carried on that signal. And so a lot of different, um, home appliances and devices and some light bulbs and dimmer switches and things [01:13:00] actually make the electricity in your walls, uh, much more powerful, so it reaches further and also, uh, has a lot more a biological downside.

[01:13:11] Luke Storey: So Mattie also knows that and paid attention to not creating dirty electricity, uh, because sometimes you also, you know, you wanna be mindful at night of the, the, the, um, the amount of lumens, like how bright the light is. So even if you have no blue light in your environment at night and you have pure red, if it's too bright, it's also stimulating and not good for sleep.

[01:13:33] Luke Storey: So basically, I'm just like fanboying Matt on this project, and Alexander Wunsch, who's been on the podcast. If you guys want the deep, deep, like, hardcore science on all things light, we will link to that in the show notes at lukestory.com/669, Alexander Wunsch. Uh, we, uh, recorded that in London a few years ago, and that guy is a freaking genius about all things light.

[01:13:56] Luke Storey: So that is a really exciting development for me because, [01:14:00] um, you know, you want light in your environment that is healthy but also doesn't cause the problems you're talking about, which just makes it uncomfortable to live. You know? Yeah. It's, it's kind of a, you know, a Band-Aid that has some downsides to it.

[01:14:14] Luke Storey: So that's a really, really exciting one. I, I gotta get some more of these 'cause I wanna be able to travel with them. It's amazing to, you know, check into a hotel or an Airbnb and just... First thing I always do, unpack my suitcase, I change all the light bulbs that can be changed. And then- This is

[01:14:28] Alyson Charles Storey: a fact ... and then it- He is not pretending or exaggerating.

[01:14:31] Luke Storey: Yeah. Well, the, you know, which is maybe a bit neurotic, uh, uh, you know, admittedly. You could also just wear blue blockers and solve the whole thing. I don't like wearing glasses, even my own, gilded, uh, which I think we recently discontinued, if I'm not mistaken. But I just, I don't like having stuff on my face.

[01:14:47] Luke Storey: It's just annoying. I'd rather change the lights and just live my best life. But, um- And

[01:14:51] Alyson Charles Storey: also Cookie can't wear glasses.

[01:14:53] Luke Storey: But the thing, the thing... Yeah, exactly. But the thing about it is, is that, um You know, speaking to kind of the [01:15:00] neurosis around it, which I admit one could say it's also just being really smart.

[01:15:04] Luke Storey: But the thing is, once you get used to a certain light environment after dark, it's really difficult to go back into the NPC world of lighting. I mean-

[01:15:15] Alyson Charles Storey: It does make it 100 times harsher ...

[01:15:17] Luke Storey: I mean, dude, those LEDs, those super white, b- bright blue LEDs- School

[01:15:22] Alyson Charles Storey: cafeteria, hospital lights ...

[01:15:24] Luke Storey: going in, you know, Target, Walmart, Home Depot, I mean, they flicker like crazy.

[01:15:28] Luke Storey: It just, it makes me feel nuts, like super dysregulated. Um, and y- y- it's one of those things you don't notice until you live differently, and that creates contrast, and then you can kind of never go back. That's been my experience. So I'm, uh, zero tolerance on the blue light at night, and if I, if I am somewhere where I can't control that, such as driving at night, which I try to avoid as an old man, uh-

[01:15:52] Luke Storey: then I definitely am wearing blue blockers 100%. Uh, so yeah, I think the lighting, you know, people can look [01:16:00] into Dr. Jack Kruse who's been on the show a number of times, and I would say, you know, he's someone that's very knowledgeable about both EMF and, uh, blue light. Actually, you know, toxic blue light is a form of non-native EMF 'cause light is part of the electromagnetic spectrum, so it's kind of all in the EMF range.

[01:16:18] Luke Storey: But we can only see the EMFs that are light-based. But that stuff to me is... That's more important than food to me, to be honest. That's

[01:16:27] Alyson Charles Storey: why you made a course about it.

[01:16:28] Luke Storey: Yeah, unless, unl- when I say more important than food, that's provided, like, you're not eating McDonald's and what you know, like food that's not actually food.

[01:16:37] Luke Storey: Um, so I'll give that caveat. But yeah, that's something that's really, really been supportive of my health and vitality. And speaking of energy, I'm sure that a lot of reason that I have the energy I have is 'cause I'm always geeking out on lighting, not only at night, but doing red light therapy, doing the vitamin D light that Chroma makes.

[01:16:54] Luke Storey: I have three different types of lights in my office, so I'm getting infrared and blue, and I'm trying to s- I'm trying to [01:17:00] simulate what's happening outside. That's always my goal. The best is being outside all the time, but if you live somewhere where it's too hot or too cold, that's impractical

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[01:18:38] Luke Storey: All right. You got

[01:18:41] Alyson Charles Storey: any more goodies down there?

[01:18:45] Luke Storey: Speaking of water, I almost forgot about this one. So I, I've done a couple shows with the guys from this company called Analemma, uh, who make water structuring devices. As anyone that knows the shows already, uh, is aware, I am a [01:19:00] water fanatic. I've been that way for a very long time.

[01:19:03] Luke Storey: My logic there is that water is life, and on a molecular basis, our bodies are 99% water. Not by weight, but molecule per molecule, right? So think about when a body is cremated, what's left? A little bit of carbon that fits in a urine. Where did the rest of you go? It evaporated. It's all water. We're, like, made of water, and I believe water carries consciousness.

[01:19:29] Luke Storey: I believe water is alive if it's treated well and isn't killed. And so the energetics of water are really, really important to me, and there's a lot of science behind this. Dr. Gerald Pollack, who's been on the show talking about fourth phase water. I've had a number of guests, um, really speaking to You know, kind of the mystical side of water, like Veda Austin, for example.

[01:19:51] Luke Storey: And I've just felt the difference in my life from really treating water with love and treating it like it's, uh, you know, part of the family- It's, it's alive ... in a sense.

[01:19:59] Alyson Charles Storey: [01:20:00] Yeah.

[01:20:00] Luke Storey: Yeah. So- Living

[01:20:01] Alyson Charles Storey: being.

[01:20:01] Luke Storey: Yeah. So we have very elaborate water systems in the house. One of the things we did is, um, we installed the Analemma whole house filter, which I can't show you on camera 'cause it's in the, uh, you know, in the boiler room in the garage.

[01:20:14] Luke Storey: And so all the water that comes into this house is, you know, multi-filtered and RO and all the things. But, um, it's also structured at the source, so any water that comes in. However, Analemma made a little wand previously, uh, that was a little longer than this one, and, uh, the idea here is that it's made of quartz, not glass, right?

[01:20:36] Luke Storey: So quartz is a carrier of information, as crystals are. And so you take this little wand and you swirl it in your water, and the mother water that they've structured in a very powerful way informs the rest of the water, say, in your glass, by spinning it into a coherence. So a strong, coherent field always overtakes a weak one.

[01:20:58] Luke Storey: So with water, [01:21:00] if you have a little vial like this and you put it in a larger body of water, it will overtake the incoherent field of the water. Now, the wand that they made before is great, but it's a little fragile. It's eas- I've never broken one, but if you dropped it, it's ... you're done, right? So traveling with it's a little sketchy.

[01:21:18] Luke Storey: It's got a metal sheath, so it's sturdy, but once you take it out and you spin it around, I, I'm guessing many people probably accidentally broke theirs. So they came out with this one that's the same idea. It's the little quartz vial with the mother water that structures the water around it, but they've encased it in a little stainless steel, uh, capsule.

[01:21:39] Luke Storey: And so rather than having to spin this, you actually just drop it in your water vessel and leave it there and the water stays structured, I guess, forever. And so now what I've done with this, which you don't know, is I put it in our Hydrofix.

[01:21:53] Alyson Charles Storey: Oh, I saw it in

[01:21:53] Luke Storey: there. Yeah. So now we got the little hydrogen water guy who keeps hydrogen water on tap all day long, and then this just sits in [01:22:00] the bottom, so the water is kind of

[01:22:01] Luke Storey: It's kind of redundant 'cause we already have the Analemma in the garage, but- ... I'm extra, so- Like

[01:22:07] Alyson Charles Storey: it's quadruple filtered. It's also double Analemma.

[01:22:10] Luke Storey: Yeah. So it gets structured, then filtered, then hydrogen. Uh, and with the hydrogen is the new Analemma wand. So great innovation from these guys. I'm super stoked they did that 'cause it's much more travel friendly- Mm-hmm

[01:22:23] Luke Storey: and durable. And I think that's it.

[01:22:28] Alyson Charles Storey: Oh, okay. That was fun show and tell today. Yeah. That's what we could call it. Luke's-

[01:22:33] Luke Storey: Show and tell ...

[01:22:33] Alyson Charles Storey: Lukey's show and tell. I

[01:22:35] Luke Storey: like it. It reminds me of that photo, I think I've showed it to you. I did a show and tell when, uh, looks like I was about seven, and I'm, like, holding up a snake, you know?

[01:22:42] Luke Storey: Yeah. And all the little girls are going, "Ah." I love, I love that

[01:22:45] Alyson Charles Storey: reaction. That's when you were still a little blonde boy.

[01:22:47] Luke Storey: Mm-hmm.

[01:22:48] Alyson Charles Storey: Luke used to have- I was ... like, not brownish blonde, not dirty blonde, blonde, blonde, blonde hair.

[01:22:55] Luke Storey: That's weird. Is, uh, everyone like that?

[01:22:57] Alyson Charles Storey: No.

[01:22:57] Luke Storey: You weren't blonde when you were little?

[01:22:58] Alyson Charles Storey: No. [01:23:00] No.

[01:23:00] Luke Storey: Yeah. I mean, this is my natural hair color, yeah.

[01:23:02] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah, so, so blonde. Like, almost whitish blonde.

[01:23:05] Luke Storey: I used to think it's 'cause I was out in the sun so much.

[01:23:07] Alyson Charles Storey: No, I was outside all day, every day. Huh. And I had dark brown, black hair.

[01:23:12] Luke Storey: That reminds me when I was a teenager, and I was, like, dipping my toe into the water of punk rock.

[01:23:17] Luke Storey: Um, I didn't understand how hair dye worked and stuff, and I used to try to dye my hair with, like, peroxide. Oh, gosh. Like, your, the jar of peroxide in your bathroom.

[01:23:25] Alyson Charles Storey: Yowzers.

[01:23:26] Luke Storey: And it would just turn it, like, orange, you know? So for any kids listening that wanna be hardcore out there, you need to go to a hairstylist to get the real- Hey

[01:23:34] Luke Storey: the platinum white hair.

[01:23:35] Alyson Charles Storey: Do you have any perm tips?

[01:23:38] Luke Storey: Uh, at one point I was very self-conscious about having wavy hair. Um, there's two phases. When I had really long hair, it was like halfway down my back, uh, you know, for most of my teen into, well, until I was in my late 20s, I guess. Um, but there was a phase there where I really hated wavy hair, and so I would [01:24:00] crimp my hair.

[01:24:00] Alyson Charles Storey: Wow. You mean straighten it?

[01:24:02] Luke Storey: No, with a crimper.

[01:24:03] Alyson Charles Storey: Oh.

[01:24:04] Luke Storey: Like, like waves. Oh, oh. Not waves, like, um-

[01:24:07] Alyson Charles Storey: What, what crimped?

[01:24:08] Luke Storey: You know what crimp means? Okay.

[01:24:09] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah. Yeah I've crimped my hair.

[01:24:11] Luke Storey: So that was a phase- Oh ... uh, when I had really- I don't think I knew

[01:24:13] Alyson Charles Storey: about

[01:24:14] Luke Storey: the crimping ... when I had really long hair. But then there was another phase when it, it was like medium length, and I was like, "God, I just..."

[01:24:19] Luke Storey: I would use straighteners, like straightening iron on it.

[01:24:22] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah.

[01:24:23] Luke Storey: Uh, and then that was just so labor-intensive that, um, when I worked for Aerosmith as a wardrobe assistant back in the late '90s, uh, Joe Perry, the guitar player, his hair stylist, um, would use this straightening perm solution. Hmm. It's called Just For Kids, and it's for Black hair.

[01:24:43] Luke Storey: It's like the, it's like safe for Black kids that want straight hair, basically, and he would use that 'cause it wouldn't, like, melt all your hair off like- Right ... some of the stronger straighteners. And so, yeah, I used to go to, you know, CVS or whatever and buy Just For Me.

[01:24:55] Alyson Charles Storey: Huh.

[01:24:55] Luke Storey: And I would straighten my hair, but it wouldn't last that long.

[01:24:57] Luke Storey: So eventually I went to this place in [01:25:00] Koreatown, uh, and did their, like, perm and straightening thing. Oh, my God, I'll have to find pictures for you. It was so ridiculous- Oh ... 'cause it was, like, so straight, it just hung flat. Yes. You know? Yes. It was like, it was like Asian straight hair, but not thick, so it didn't have that nice look.

[01:25:18] Luke Storey: Just- Right?

[01:25:19] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah, it was all fine and just, like...

[01:25:20] Luke Storey: Yeah, it was, it was not a good look.

[01:25:22] Alyson Charles Storey: Wow.

[01:25:23] Luke Storey: And you could not make it, like, wavy or have body or anything.

[01:25:25] Alyson Charles Storey: I think you've done more to your hair over the years than I did to mine.

[01:25:29] Luke Storey: I mean, I ha- I've gone through so many identity crises, you know? I mean, I think I was just always trying to find myself, and I was so obsessed with, like, how people perceived me.

[01:25:38] Luke Storey: Mm-hmm. And I was incredibly self-conscious. I mean, I used to feel like- Anywhere I went, th- this is legit, I felt like if I walked into a room somewhere, a party, wherever, I felt like every single person in the room was focused on me and, like, judging me. Mm. That's just how self-conscious I was, [01:26:00] like, how self-absorbed I was, right?

[01:26:01] Luke Storey: I-

[01:26:02] Alyson Charles Storey: Mm ...

[01:26:02] Luke Storey: was just, you know, my clothes had to be perfect, and there's no way I would go anywhere unless I was, like, fully dressed the part. Mm. I mean, I wouldn't go to the grocery store without being, like, super rock and roll and looking super cool. Well,

[01:26:14] Alyson Charles Storey: you also had phases where i- I remember seeing pictures, almost like, uh, teased hair or, like s- like-

[01:26:19] Luke Storey: Yeah

[01:26:20] Luke Storey: like, kind of- That was, that was in the '80s, in the glam phase.

[01:26:22] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah.

[01:26:23] Luke Storey: Yeah, that's when I was, like, really into T. Rex, the New York Dolls, and David Bowie, and-

[01:26:27] Alyson Charles Storey: Did you get a comb and, like, you would tease it yourself?

[01:26:30] Luke Storey: Yeah. We would, we would use Aquanet hairspray. Right. Right? And so you would, yeah, I think you would, like, rub it- Yeah

[01:26:37] Luke Storey: and tease it out- Get it all- ... just get it all tangled ... tangly ... and then just cover it with half a can of Aquanet- I've seen some pictures of that ... and then it would just stay puffy. Um-

[01:26:46] Alyson Charles Storey: Wow ...

[01:26:46] Luke Storey: it's funny 'cause I've showed people those photos 'cause they're just hilarious, and I'm wearing eyeliner. I have all these, like, dangling cross earrings, and punk rock and glam rock shirts and stuff.

[01:26:55] Luke Storey: And, um, I've shown them to people, and they're like, "Oh, yeah, it's like Flock of Seagulls." I'm like, [01:27:00] "No, dude." Like, I was way too cool to be into new wave. This was like, this is legit glam rock. It, it... Basically, right after that phase is when Guns N' Roses came out in 1986, so it was kind of right before that, but it was that sort of style.

[01:27:14] Alyson Charles Storey: Right.

[01:27:14] Luke Storey: So I was into a lot of the bands like Hanoi Rocks and New York Dolls, bands that heavily influenced Guns N' Roses. So that was that phase. It was, it was cool. Actually, it was a cool time in history because when I was younger than that, like- White kids that were poor listened to heavy metal. They were like what we call heshers, um, like stoners, you know?

[01:27:35] Luke Storey: And then for some reason, I found in the '80s at least, when people got into punk rock, like the kids that were into punk rock usually came from wealthier homes. But those two, uh, would never merge. Like, you were either a punk rocker or you were, like, a metalhead. Hmm. But then there was a point where, like, thrash metal and punk rock kind of joined up and created this new thing.

[01:27:58] Luke Storey: And so it [01:28:00] became okay to like The Ramones and also Black Sabbath, you know? Okay. So it was really, it was actually a really cool time culturally in the '80s when, like, all of us kids that were kind of into heavy metal embraced punk rock, and then that kinda became this amalgamation of those styles and '70s glam rock that became bands like Guns N' Roses.

[01:28:22] Alyson Charles Storey: You have lived so many lives, roles, identity. Just- Yeah ... you

[01:28:27] Luke Storey: have

[01:28:28] Alyson Charles Storey: really been-

[01:28:29] Luke Storey: Well, the thing about self-image that's interesting is it's, like, healthy when your self-worth isn't dependent upon it. So I, you know, I like cool clothes. I, I have a certain vibe, but it's like I'm doing it for myself 'cause I just feel good in it, and I like it.

[01:28:43] Luke Storey: Mm-hmm. It's not, like, what motivated me for all those years of my youth-

[01:28:47] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah ...

[01:28:47] Luke Storey: and beyond was needing to be accepted, wanting to fit in, trying to find belonging in some sort of clique or tribe, and yeah.

[01:28:56] Alyson Charles Storey: You have evolved so much.

[01:28:57] Luke Storey: I am. I'm just my own, my own guy now. [01:29:00] I do my own thing, you know?

[01:29:01] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah, you've really changed, honey.

[01:29:03] Luke Storey: Yeah.

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[01:30:27] Alyson Charles Storey: Um, are you ready for your next question?

[01:30:30] Luke Storey: Always.

[01:30:31] Alyson Charles Storey: Okay. Amelia, it's... This one is simple, short, and to the point, yet and very intriguing.

[01:30:37] Luke Storey: Cool.

[01:30:38] Alyson Charles Storey: It's one of my favorites. Amelia asks, "If this life is a simulation, then what is the point?"

[01:30:47] Luke Storey: Evolution. Yeah. That's the only way I can reconcile why souls choose to come here and [01:31:00] live through a body in the physical, you know, the physical simulation.

[01:31:07] Luke Storey: I know it's a simulation because if you, I mean, if you use 5-MeO-DMT or some of the other psychedelics, I mean, it's very clear that there's another-- Well, not only another, but there's, like, a multitude of realities that are present all the time. But because we're in a body and the brain is designed the way it's designed, we can only perceive this very narrow bandwidth of the totality of reality, right?

[01:31:36] Luke Storey: So it's like everything here seems separated, and there's contrast and polarity, and everything is so convincingly real that if you haven't had some kind of mystical experience, whether brought about by psychedelics or some other means, it sounds, um, a bit far-fetched to call it a s- a simulation. But for me, uh, that's the only way, uh, I can explain [01:32:00] it 'cause there's a lot of levels to the game.

[01:32:02] Luke Storey: Let's say it that way, right? So the purpose for me-- 'Cause if there, if I can't find purpose for being here, then the world is too dark and it's too hard. I mean, life is fucking hard, especially if you choose, uh, the spiritual path, you know, a spiritual path. I think myself and many people thought when we got into spirituality, this is, oh, this is about bliss and joy and love and light and...

[01:32:27] Luke Storey: It's not, it's not been the case for me. I mean, there's more of that than I had before I was on this journey, but it's, uh, it's difficult, man, because you get to different stages and, you know, you go through times when you feel very connected and life carries a lot of meaning and beauty, and then you keep growing and learning more and expanding, and then you bump into your next edge.

[01:32:49] Luke Storey: You know, there's, like, a never-ending succession of edges for growth. And so in order for me to keep pushing at those edges, [01:33:00] I've got to find a purpose in it. And it seems to me at this point in my life that, um, the purpose of being in this school, this simulated school, is to be given opportunities to grow and evolve.

[01:33:18] Luke Storey: And, and I've been thinking lately about heaven and hell. You know, I'm not a religious guy, as you know, but there probably is some version of heaven and hell, and I think it's based on choices we make here, karma, um, and where we sort of fit after graduation. It's like if you leave the body, it seems like you're going to exist kind of in whatever level is the most appropriate for who you've become.

[01:33:48] Luke Storey: And so I'm not, like, afraid of going to hell or, like, have a desire to go to heaven. I don't really think in those terms, but I was contemplating that. And it seems like, you know, out of all the different realms of reality, which are probably [01:34:00] infinite and unknown, um, that can't be known 'cause they can't be named or counted 'cause they're infinite and eternal, it seems like the simulation is a training ground for our souls to come here and be given choices in the, in the dualistic, um, in the dualistic system, right?

[01:34:22] Luke Storey: So it's like I can be selfish and dishonest and hurt people and do all kinds of nasty things and regress or, at the very least, not make any progress. Or, you know, I can apply myself and learn how to express more love and find more truth and discard falsehood and, and refine myself, and I wouldn't be able to do that if there was nothing to push against, you know?

[01:34:51] Luke Storey: So it's like as dark as some of the things in the world are, it seems as though they're necessary in order to learn, because without the [01:35:00] darkness, there's no way to learn the consequences of engaging with that darkness, you know, which has been- Or the contrast ... the course of my life.

[01:35:08] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah.

[01:35:08] Luke Storey: Yeah. So it's like you, you need evil people in order for you to go, "I don't wanna be like that.

[01:35:13] Luke Storey: I'm going this way," right?

[01:35:15] Alyson Charles Storey: And to also n- learn in a physical body what that feels like. Uh, when you're talking with someone who is encased in a lot of darkness or more evil tendencies, and then you have a conversation and you're standing with someone who's really devoted to humility and an open heart, it's like then you, you also learn the physical vessel part of the Earth simulation, too, and, like, how that communicates and what your intuition system says and all of that.

[01:35:44] Alyson Charles Storey: But m- a question that came up for me is, um, so even if this is a simulation, then you still think it's for evolution, but if this is a simulation, then what are you [01:36:00] evolving for? And I under- I heard you a few seconds ago- Mm-hmm ... like, kinda going more toward it's, like, for soul evolution. But I guess the question that I ponder is if when we are in the other realm, the f- field of with pure love God, if in that field we are fully whole, realized, enlightened, aware, illuminated, whatever you wanna call it, all of those things together, if we are always that over there, then yet again, then what are we evolving for in the simulation here?

[01:36:36] Luke Storey: Oh, that's weird. I never thought about that.

[01:36:39] Alyson Charles Storey: It's like- It makes it feel like even more of a game here, of a lot

[01:36:43] Luke Storey: of- Wow, that's so interesting. I've never contemplated that. Right, because that does fit my current worldview, right? 'Cause I, I don't think when you leave, you take all your shit with you, right?

[01:36:59] Luke Storey: You take your, your [01:37:00] character.

[01:37:00] Alyson Charles Storey: You just go back into that illumination- Yeah ... that's fully realized.

[01:37:04] Luke Storey: Yeah, right. Well, maybe, yeah, maybe in the heaven and hell kind of model, you know, there, there perhaps there are levels of reality, dimensions I guess you could say, different dimensions, uh, that we go back to, and perhaps if you've been really naughty, you go back to some version of that that isn't pure love.

[01:37:29] Alyson Charles Storey: Hmm.

[01:37:29] Luke Storey: Right? Maybe, maybe there's purgatorial sort of places where a soul can kind of get trapped for a time. Or- And then maybe we have the opportunity to come back. I mean- Yeah ... I know that I must not have been very evolved when I came into this body in this lifetime because of the way that I lived my life, you know- Hmm

[01:37:48] Luke Storey: for the first half, right? It took a lot of pain and me, you know, getting myself into a lot of situations that forced me to finally have to take a look at myself.

[01:37:59] Alyson Charles Storey: One could [01:38:00] argue the opposite, though, and say because you had advanced, evolved so deeply, so profoundly in your other lives, that's what allowed you to be equipped to sign on for such harsh curriculum.

[01:38:18] Luke Storey: Yeah, that's true.

[01:38:18] Alyson Charles Storey: And you actually- Another way to look at that ... because you were so evolved and advanced, you were like, "Oh, I can do the, like, full mega exam of, like, addiction- ... and, you know, molestation, and-"

[01:38:30] Luke Storey: Yeah.

[01:38:31] Alyson Charles Storey: You know what I'm trying to say? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like-

[01:38:33] Luke Storey: Yeah,

[01:38:33] Alyson Charles Storey: it's like- Because a, a, a very underdeveloped soul, you know, might not have survived that, or, you know, but you have maybe been through enough, enough lifetimes where you're like, "I can, I can figure this out."

[01:38:46] Luke Storey: Yeah, maybe. Maybe, yeah. It's like-

[01:38:49] Alyson Charles Storey: Amelia's dropping the bomb question on us today.

[01:38:51] Luke Storey: Yeah. I mean, you know, with questions like this, my answer is, fuck, who knows, you know? Yeah. You ... One can only, I don't know, make rough [01:39:00] estimates, I suppose. Yeah. But it is important to have these conversations and contemplate these ideas, because it's- Noodle

[01:39:05] Alyson Charles Storey: on it

[01:39:06] Luke Storey: it's so gnarly to be here in the earthly experience sometimes, that I think if we don't have a North Star and there isn't, you know, s- at least some grounding and a purpose, it can seem, uh, you know ... It's a lot harder to tolerate. It's a lot harder to kind of keep your head up and keep going, you know?

[01:39:27] Alyson Charles Storey: It's- Maybe depending upon what you have happen in the simulation here Um, again, these are all just whatever hypotheses and, uh, ponderings, but kind of along the lines of what you were saying a couple minutes ago, then when you cross over and go back into the holy, illuminated, realized self, then when you being in that gets to a point where you can make a [01:40:00] decision of, like, a different planet to go to or a different realm to spend time in or a different- Right

[01:40:04] Alyson Charles Storey: dimension, maybe based upon how you evolved in the last Earth life dictates what worlds open up to you.

[01:40:13] Luke Storey: Right.

[01:40:14] Alyson Charles Storey: Like, maybe different realms and dimensions- Right ... get presented to you as options that weren't options before.

[01:40:22] Luke Storey: And they have a different curriculum-

[01:40:24] Alyson Charles Storey: Right ...

[01:40:24] Luke Storey: because the simulation is set up in a different way.

[01:40:27] Luke Storey: Like, what we think of the material world is ... I mean, we don't know what the other possibilities are. It's like I've talked about before with you or maybe on the podcast, I like to look at things, like phenomena in nature, for example, and people like I've never seen them before. I really do this with fire.

[01:40:45] Luke Storey: Whenever I see fire, I try to pretend like I've never seen fire before, and, you know, you, you can't really do it 'cause you have, right? But even pretending. Like, imagine you came from another dimension, [01:41:00] another, you know, planet or wherever where there is no fire, and you saw it for the first time. You'd be like, "What the fuck?"

[01:41:06] Luke Storey: It's the craziest thing. Mm-hmm. It's just the wildest phenomenon. So imagine there are other realities or other places that have things like fire that we can't even imagine. We can't conceive of them because we've never seen them. They're too far out of our, you know, the realm of imagination. So, like, if there is this Antarctic wall around this realm that holds the water, as many people believe, I don't know if that's true, but could be, uh, you know, there might be, like, an infinite number of other kind of planets or worlds out there, and maybe we kind of jump back and forth when we reincarnate into different realms because of the specific curriculum that is available and inherent to each realm.

[01:41:55] Alyson Charles Storey: Mm-hmm.

[01:41:55] Luke Storey: Could be.

[01:41:56] Alyson Charles Storey: Mm-hmm. I realize we're- It's

[01:41:57] Luke Storey: fun to contemplate these

[01:41:58] Alyson Charles Storey: things,

[01:41:58] Luke Storey: you know? Yeah.

[01:41:59] Alyson Charles Storey: We're also [01:42:00] answering Callum's question, um, at the same time. He asks, "Where do you think our human spirit and soul go when we die?" So we just did a two for, a twofer there. Two for one. Hmm. So thank you, Callum and Emilia.

[01:42:14] Alyson Charles Storey: Do you feel like, uh, talking about urine therapy, or you want me to go in a different direction? When's the last time you talked about that on this show?

[01:42:21] Luke Storey: Man, I don't know. It's one of those things that's like The people that do urine therapy are very confident and adamant about the benefits they've seen.

[01:42:37] Luke Storey: Um, the people that think it's crazy or gross, I would say are largely uneducated about the nature of biology and, and think of drinking urine as the same thing as eating poo.

[01:42:53] Alyson Charles Storey: Mm.

[01:42:53] Luke Storey: You know, but urine, although it might be smelly when it dries, is sterile. You know? It's like a plasma kind of [01:43:00] thing. So I don't know.

[01:43:02] Luke Storey: I don't know what to think about it. I mean, I've done it at different times in my life. I get... You know, I talk to someone who's really into it and get kind of educated about it, and I get inspired. I try it out. I've never really personally been consistent with it. I wouldn't say it's, like, a pleasurable, uh, you know, modality.

[01:43:17] Luke Storey: It's, it's not that awesome.

[01:43:21] Alyson Charles Storey: Did you... The times that- As you might

[01:43:22] Luke Storey: imagine ...

[01:43:23] Alyson Charles Storey: the times you've dabbled in it, did you notice anything mind, body, spirit, soul improving? 'Cause I've heard stories. I w- I won't name names, but, like, you know, we've got some close friends who really devote to the practice and were really deeply called on a soul level into it, and I've witnessed, like, really profound, speaking of evolution, um, within them that I think is directly related to their devotion to urine therapy.

[01:43:51] Alyson Charles Storey: And so did you not feel any of that?

[01:43:54] Luke Storey: I don't know that I've ever given it a consistent and dedicated enough [01:44:00] Practice

[01:44:01] Alyson Charles Storey: Mm-hmm

[01:44:02] Luke Storey: You know, um, but that what you've witnessed, um, I've seen too, is I mean, the people that are, like, on it for a long time have a certain clarity-

[01:44:13] Alyson Charles Storey: Mm-hmm ...

[01:44:14] Luke Storey: lightness.

[01:44:15] Alyson Charles Storey: More return to wholeness- Mm-hmm

[01:44:16] Alyson Charles Storey: and, like, unconditional love of themselves, acceptance of

[01:44:19] Luke Storey: themselves- Yeah, there's a whole psycho-spiritual element- ... self-love ... more so than like, "Oh, I got rid of parasites," or you know. It's like, it's not even about the physical part of it.

[01:44:28] Alyson Charles Storey: Wholeness.

[01:44:29] Luke Storey: Yeah. The people that do it, it's, um, I don't know. It seems pretty miraculous.

[01:44:34] Luke Storey: It's, you know, something that I think about doing, and then I'm like, "Eh." I mean, who really feels like waking up in the morning and drinking a glass of their own pee? I

[01:44:41] Alyson Charles Storey: think some, some of those people we're speaking of do feel like that. They're excited to drink it.

[01:44:45] Luke Storey: Well, people that are- Mm ... that I know that are really into it, um, they carry it around, like, in a water bottle and- Yeah

[01:44:51] Luke Storey: on the plane, and it's like s- some pe- some people do recycling where they don't even drink water. They just keep drinking the same urine over and over again, which to many people listening and watching, I know is gonna [01:45:00] sound gross and insane, but it's like, you know what's gross and insane? Is ending up in your 60s, 70s, even 40s, 50s, and you're on seven pharmaceuticals, and, um, they all have side effects, and they just give you more pharmaceuticals to nullify the side effects from the last one you took, and then you end up with some, uh, you know, chronic or terminal disease kind of state, and then you're in that system until you finally meet your end.

[01:45:29] Luke Storey: You know, to me, that is gross. That's insane. Anything outside of that, I'm open to exploring.

[01:45:37] Alyson Charles Storey: I know that, um, our friend, Dr. Group, he educates a lot in this space and-

[01:45:43] Luke Storey: Yeah ...

[01:45:43] Alyson Charles Storey: talks very openly about it on social media. I think he, he's done courses on it, if I'm not mis- mistaken. Yeah. So, um, while I don't follow it that closely, uh, do you know, like, has he or anyone other doctor you know shared, like, any evidence back to-

[01:45:59] Luke Storey: As [01:46:00] far as the medical world, he would be the one that-- Dr.

[01:46:04] Luke Storey: Group seems to be the one that has the most scientific, um, experience, clinical experience to back it up. Um, other than that, it's kind of just, you know, curious, open-minded fringe folks. Years ago, I think it was probably in the m- around mid-2000s or so, 2008-ish, I got a book called, um, Your Own Best Medicine, I think it's called, and it talks about the benefits of urine therapy but also the history.

[01:46:38] Alyson Charles Storey: Hmm.

[01:46:38] Luke Storey: Apparently there's certain factions of Ayurveda, um, in ancient India wherein, uh, urine therapy was prevalent and widely practiced. Uh, it's said that Gandhi was, uh, one of the people that really used that a lot. So there is some historical relevance to it, a little bit of scientific, [01:47:00] um, data around it, but I think a lot of it is kind of speculative and anecdotal.

[01:47:06] Luke Storey: Uh, one thing though that I did do the other day, I didn't even tell you 'cause I'm just doing so many things, is, um, I did a urine nasal rinse with that little device I have that like-

[01:47:17] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah ...

[01:47:17] Luke Storey: basically goes in both nostrils, and it goes in one and then sucks it back out the other. Sometimes I have like-- I don't get sinus infections but just feel a little congestion.

[01:47:27] Luke Storey: I like to keep those airways clean, you know, the neti pot kind of thing, keeping your, your doorways clean and open. Uh, I did that, and it, it was actually really cool. Um, you know, it wasn't terribly uncomfortable or gross or anything like that, but it really cleared out my sinuses. Hmm. And then I just kinda forgot.

[01:47:43] Luke Storey: You know, it's hard to stay on all these different protocols and stuff, but I think that, that was pretty cool. I was like, "Ooh, I need to keep doing this."

[01:47:50] Alyson Charles Storey: Okay. Well, thanks, Ben, for the question. Uh, maybe, yeah, you could pick up that book Luke mentioned. And the last part, he kinda had a few [01:48:00] parts to this theme of questioning, um, which we can maybe end on, is he wants to know how you personally evaluate practices like this that sit outside of mainstream medicine but still have a loyal following.

[01:48:13] Alyson Charles Storey: So it's like whether it's urine therapy or other things that fit into that outside of mainstream, but still you have the devotees to it, w- how are you getting to your evaluatory process in terms of like what you say yes to, no to? Is it just all intuition or?

[01:48:31] Luke Storey: Yeah, a lot of, a lot of different ways. I think, you know, if I learn about something from someone I trust and respect, that's, that's like a first kind of opening.

[01:48:41] Luke Storey: If I start just If things start entering my field without me looking for them, I notice that. That's how it was with ayahuasca. I never even heard of ayahuasca until, I don't know, 2015 or something. I just kept meeting people who were like, "Ayahuasca, ayahuasca, ayahuasca." I was like, "What the hell is going on with this?"

[01:48:59] Luke Storey: You know? [01:49:00] Got invited to ceremonies, you know, and that started happening more and more. And so I pay attention to signs from the universe. That's a lot of it. I just-- Something keeps kind of entering my awareness, um, in a way that I find difficult to ignore. That'll help me to lean in, and then, you know, sometimes I'll look at scientific papers when it comes to trying new, uh, technologies or supplements and things like that.

[01:49:24] Luke Storey: I mean, the first thing I do is, like, go to the ingredient deck or go to the FAQ. I wanna know about how it's made. Is there anything in it that I consider to be harmful? Um, you know, someone just sent me a device. You had a public service announcement before. I'll have one now. Someone sent me a device that looked really cool.

[01:49:41] Luke Storey: I tried it out today, and I was like, "It's okay." I mean, I could play with it more and try to get, um, you know, used to it, but then I tested the EMF on it, and it was freaking diabolical. And I'm just like, "You guys," like anyone out there listening, this is my public service announcement, my PSA.

[01:49:58] Alyson Charles Storey: I had one on rat poison this

[01:49:59] Luke Storey: [01:50:00] year.

[01:50:00] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah,

[01:50:00] Luke Storey: dogs. If you're creating some sort of, like, biohacking or healing technology, I, you know, I support you. I encourage that. I think it's great. We need more of that. But man, you gotta pay attention to things like EMF and blue light. For those of us that are a bit more discerning in, in those areas, airplane mode, dude.

[01:50:21] Luke Storey: Like, do some shielding. Like, it's not-- It's a little extra work and maybe a little more expensive, but the idea is to create something that only heals without causing harm. Mm-hmm. And so that's, that's kind of another parameter that I use. I'm sure some of the things that I use on a regular basis, I mean, some of the things I'm working with have a little Bluetooth or something.

[01:50:43] Luke Storey: To me, it's always like Does the benefit outweigh any of the possible negative, uh, consequences? So I use that little Pulsetto, um, vagus nerve stimulator.

[01:50:55] Alyson Charles Storey: Mm-hmm.

[01:50:56] Luke Storey: And it, it's got, you know... You use it for eight minutes, and it, [01:51:00] it connects via your phone via Bluetooth. It's not ideal to me to have Bluetooth around my neck at all.

[01:51:06] Luke Storey: Not really a fan of that, but I feel and believe that the benefit to my nervous system, you know, in the long term is worth, you know, eight minutes of getting hit with Bluetooth, especially considering how much EMF all of us are getting hit with all the time. So those are some of the things. Like trusted source, research, intuition, paying attention if things kind of keep coming to me- Like they're calling

[01:51:29] Luke Storey: without me, yeah, without me looking for them. And then also when I do find something and I wanna start using it and trying it, if it's not designed perfectly, then I really have to weigh, you know, are the imperfections worth bypassing in order to get the benefits? A lot of supplements are like that. I mean, I take, you know, a lot of different supplements and try them out and, you know, when I read the ingredient deck, there's a few that aren't, like, pristine and perfect.

[01:51:57] Luke Storey: But in the big picture, [01:52:00] what they deliver in terms of benefits by far outweighs

[01:52:06] Luke Storey: Well, you can leave. Someone just rang the doorbell. And so- Good

[01:52:09] Alyson Charles Storey: girl, Cooks. Yeah Cookie friend. I

[01:52:11] Luke Storey: can't believe Cookie didn't bark. Good girl. Yeah.

[01:52:13] Alyson Charles Storey: Good doggie.

[01:52:13] Luke Storey: So yeah, that's my answer to that, and, uh, I think we'll take the doorbell, whatever that is, as a, as a cue.

[01:52:18] Alyson Charles Storey: Well, we can- Oh ... but do you wanna do a quick shout-out to, uh, Ngaire Parisi?

[01:52:23] Luke Storey: Yes. For those watching the video that are wondering what these beautiful... I mean, you can't even believe God creates something like, uh- They're called

[01:52:29] Alyson Charles Storey: flamingo something. I don't even know the name ...

[01:52:31] Luke Storey: flamingo flowers.

[01:52:32] Alyson Charles Storey: I, uh

[01:52:32] Luke Storey: Forgive my lack of, uh, botany, um, you know,

[01:52:37] Alyson Charles Storey: uh- They're gorgeous jungle flowers ...

[01:52:39] Luke Storey: yeah.

[01:52:39] Luke Storey: These flowers are grown by this woman in Hawaii. What's her

[01:52:43] Alyson Charles Storey: name? Ngaire Parisi.

[01:52:44] Luke Storey: Ngaire Parisi. And, um, I just saw her on social media, and she grows these flowers in Hawaii, and she ships them. And so I ordered some and had them sent for Mother's Day for my lovely wife here.

[01:52:57] Alyson Charles Storey: Cookie's mom.

[01:52:58] Luke Storey: Yeah. We will put whatever [01:53:00] contact information we can about the flowers.

[01:53:01] Luke Storey: I love supporting, you know, creators and makers, especially those that are independent and trying to carve out a living of, b- by doing something useful and beautiful and just adding love to the world. And when I saw these flowers, I was just like, "Oh, my God. I've got to order them."

[01:53:18] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah, they can last for two to six weeks when you-

[01:53:21] Luke Storey: Yeah

[01:53:21] Alyson Charles Storey: take good care of them.

[01:53:22] Luke Storey: Yeah. And obviously they're not sprayed with glyphosate. You know, this thing, you walk into the florist and smell your average rose, you just s- you know, inhaled vaporized glyphosate, which is no fun. So, you know, I like having organic, natural things in the house, and I also just really appreciate beauty.

[01:53:39] Luke Storey: I just love having beautiful plants and art and decor and flowers and wife and doggie. I just- Mm ... want love and beauty in, in my life as much as I can. So I'm, I'm really grateful that she's doing what she's doing- Me too ... from the great state of Hawaii. And

[01:53:55] Alyson Charles Storey: thank you for getting them for me for Mother's Day, honey.

[01:53:58] Luke Storey: You got it. All right, we'll see you guys on [01:54:00] the next one.

[01:54:01] Alyson Charles Storey: Happy Mother's Day to all you mamas out there.

[01:54:03] Luke Storey: Will this be out by Mother's Day?

[01:54:06] Alyson Charles Storey: Ha- Yeah.

[01:54:06] Luke Storey: Okay, Happy-

[01:54:07] Alyson Charles Storey: Like, these come out on the last Friday of every month. Okay, good. And Mother's Day is-

[01:54:10] Luke Storey: Happy Mother's Day to my mom- Yeah ... and all the other moms out there.

[01:54:13] Alyson Charles Storey: To my mom and to... Yeah, yeah, all the-

[01:54:16] Luke Storey: We wouldn't be here without you. Put it that way.

[01:54:18] Alyson Charles Storey: Yeah, you did us a solid. All

[01:54:20] Luke Storey: right, we'll see you next week.

[01:54:26] Luke Storey: All right, you guys. That brings this one to a close. Thanks for listening and learning along with me. Now, if you've been tapped into this podcast for a while, you know I'm all about uncovering the hidden forces that impact our health, and one of the most overlooked and most dangerous is EMF in our homes.

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