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In this Lonesome Conversation, Cal and I discuss a kind of loneliness that has nothing to do with being alone — the "island in your own home" feeling that comes from not sharing what you're struggling with, even with a partner who'd drop everything for you. Cal is disarmingly honest about how pride and shame, usually around money, keep him from letting his wife in, and how every time he finally does, he's met with a grace that shocks him. A tender look at how the wall we feel between us and the people we love is one we quietly build ourselves. About Cal Cal is a former trader turned seeker of truth and human potential and the host of The Great Unlearn—a podcast inviting listeners to question old narratives and reconnect with what’s real. After leaving behind a successful career in finance, Cal stepped into a more intentional life—one centered around curiosity, self-inquiry, and personal freedom. Through The Great Unlearn, he holds space for meaningful conversations with entrepreneurs, rebels, and mystics who challenge the status quo and offer new ways of seeing the world. He’s also the founder of Unlearn Ventures—an incubator, fund, and venture studio supporting bold, conscious projects that expand possibility and prioritize people over profit. Lonesome Conversations Limited Series Lonesome Conversations is a special series from The Life Stylist, built around my new book, A Horse Named Lonesome (out November 17, 2026). Loneliness is something almost everyone goes through, and almost nobody talks about honestly. So I sat down with psychologists, philosophers, trauma therapists, teachers, and friends to find the truth about loneliness, and how we heal from it. Each episode is its own conversation, but together they walk the same ground the book maps out. (Pre-order your copy at ahorsenamedlonesome.com) You'll find new episodes alongside our regular show over the coming months.

What if mental illness is actually a spiritual battle? My guest today is Skai Delacroix, a healer and teacher who spent three years in near-total silence and now works with people through his ZeroPoint method. What happened to him after that first year of samadhi is the part nobody talks about: the long collapse into psychiatric diagnoses, suicidal planning, and a body he could barely move. At one point in his story, paramedics couldn’t lift him off the sidewalk because the gravitational pull was too strong. In another, he received a directive to walk himself into destruction on purpose. The through-line is the question: how do you tell the difference between guidance and psychosis when the voices sound identical? We also do a live ZeroPoint practice that shifted something in my chest I wasn't expecting. You'll learn: [0:00] Introduction [6:50] Witnessing a miracle even an atheist couldn’t deny [14:54] Becoming susceptible to dark forces [21:12] Bipolar reframed as an imbalance between two selves [26:18] Turning back toward the light before the voice demanded he give up everything [39:59] Paramedics could not lift Skai's body off the ground [55:45] Learning to discern the true force from the adversary [1:02:02] The motivation behind the years of walking and extreme running [1:12:22] Paradise is right here, and removing the word fighting from the equation [1:32:49] Refining transgression from heroin to ice cream, and why the guru-disciple model is obsolete [1:46:50] The ZeroPoint vortex technique and a live practice to find the root of my cold [2:08:22] The contagious field and the dormant healing power we all carry Resources Mentioned: Ecstasy | Wikipedia Bipolar Disorder | Wikipedia Schizophrenia | Wikipedia Reiki | Wikipedia Lao Tzu | Wikipedia Zero-Point Energy | Wikipedia Double Vortex | Website Sri Aurobindo | Wikipedia Full show notes at lukestorey.com/skai Find more from Skai: Skai Delacroix - Zero Point Earth | Website | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube Read: Three Years in Silence: One Soul’s Fated Odyssey: From Human Indulgence to Divine Force by Skai Delacroix | Book Find more from Luke: Luke Storey | Website | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube | LinkedIn My new book, A Horse Named Lonesome, launches November 17, 2026. Pre-order now at ahorsenamedlonesome.com and get bonuses: access to my Inner Circle Book Club, an exclusive Lonesome Conversations six-part miniseries, and an ebook transcript of the series. The Life Stylist is Brought To You By: QUANTUM UPGRADE | Visit lukestorey.com/quantumupgrade and use code LUKE15 to start your 15-day free trial. JUST THRIVE | Visit justthrivehealth.com/luke and get 90 days of free digestive bitters with your first 90-day probiotic subscription. ACTIVE SKIN REPAIR | Visit lukestorey.com/skinrepair and use code LUKE for 20% off your order. APOLLO NEURO | Visit apolloneuro.com/luke and use code LUKE for $99 off.

In the first Lonesome Conversation I ever recorded, I speak with Jeffrey and Clayten, the two men behind Focused Life-Force Energy, to open on a paradox: how can we be more digitally connected than any humans in history, yet lonelier than ever? Clayten remembers pandemic Zoom dinners and the front porch he misses, while Jeffrey names the "field effect" between two people in a room — an intimate, silent exchange between our energetic fields that a video call simply can't carry, and that most of us don't even know we're missing. A quietly unsettling look at what disappears when presence goes virtual. About Jeffrey Jeffrey Stegman’s focus has been on creating a high-consciousness culture in his businesses, which parallels his own personal spiritual path. Jeffrey was the co-owner of two manufacturing businesses, including one in business since 1835. FLFE is a confluence of Jeffrey’s manufacturing, engineering, business, and spiritual evolution. Focused Life-Force Energy began in 2008 when two men with an interest in high-consciousness fields met through a mutual friend. After coming across the beginnings of an invention that would become part of the FLFE system, Jeffrey Stegman and Clayten Stedmann worked together to develop it further. Eventually, they would broadcast high-consciousness fields to specific locations around the world. They poured thousands of hours into research and development to enhance this technology. Beginning with service projects and targeting trauma-hit areas like refugee camps, FLFE grew into a private company and is now invited into the lives of thousands of people in over 85 countries. The company still donates over 90 percent of the energy created by the technology to service projects around the globe. FLFE is a thriving international organization that continues with its mission to “support the optimal conditions for the evolution of consciousness in an economized society” through the exploration of what is in the highest and best interest of all creation. About Clayten Clayten Stedmann has worked in the education, training, and coaching business since 1995. From 1995 to 2020, he focused on business as a spiritual path in his coaching practice. He discovered Consciousness Kinesiology in 2004, and as of December 2024, he has done over 14 million CK calibrations and created 10 consciousness assessments and two unique energetic medicine protocols. From 2013 to the present, Clayten has transitioned from using his coaching and research skills in his private practice to using those skills in a company he co-founded. Focused Life-Force Energy continues his purposeful intention to create the conditions for humanity to have a higher level of consciousness. Lonesome Conversations Limited Series Lonesome Conversations is a special series from The Life Stylist, built around my new book, A Horse Named Lonesome (out November 17, 2026). Loneliness is something almost everyone goes through, and almost nobody talks about honestly. So I sat down with psychologists, philosophers, trauma therapists, teachers, and friends to find the truth about loneliness, and how we heal from it. Each episode is its own conversation, but together they walk the same ground the book maps out. (Pre-order your copy at ahorsenamedlonesome.com) You'll find new episodes alongside our regular show over the coming months.

Forty years into a nicotine habit, I tried to quit cold turkey, and it nearly broke me. Alyson was on the beach communing with grasshoppers and golden orb weavers while I was under the covers in a dark hole, trying to white-knuckle my way off nicotine, mambé, and Ambil after finishing my book. Same place, drastically different trips. We get into what happens when a habit doesn't wreck your life but still runs it, and why "biohacker-friendly" substances can be harder to walk away from than anyone tells you. Alyson shares how she attunes to a land before arriving, the message she received before Costa Rica, and the animal encounters that shaped her three weeks there. I open up about the emotional hangover of writing A Horse Named Lonesome, why microdosing iboga didn't help me the way I hoped, and the conversation with Ian Mitchell that changed my plan. Casting now: Match with The Field Reveal, an unscripted love series for spiritually-minded/conscious singles who are ready to finally have their match revealed! To be considered for phase one of casting for the Live Love events and/or unscripted reality love series, email [email protected] with your full name, age, city/state, gender, preferred gender for partner, three to five images (one full body/lifestyle), and your three main interests/passions/hobbies by October 1, 2026. Visit lukestorey.com/melalight and use code LUKE for 15% off. Visit bioptimizers.com/luke and use code LUKE15 to save 15% off sitewide. Plus, get a free bottle of MassZymes while supplies last. Visit lukestorey.com/urbanroots and use code LUKE to save 20% off your first purchase and 40% off your first order when you subscribe. You'll learn: [0:00] Introduction [2:36] Tuning into the land before arriving and hearing "come here as the new you" [15:53] Why I tried to quit nicotine and coca leaf in Costa Rica [22:43] The shock of going cold turkey off nicotine [30:42] Habit-forming alkaloids that made overuse easy to justify [36:34] Forty years addicted and Ian Mitchell's honest verdict [47:54] The night Alyson’s stern clarity broke through my nicotine fog [1:02:34] The golden orb weaver spider and shifting from fear to love [1:10:14] A Horse Named Lonesome and what writing it without a ghostwriter demanded [1:24:15] Lonesome Conversations and the root of most human suffering [1:36:17] My latest picks from Melalight to QOVA [1:46:17] This month's Field Reveal Energy Forecast Resources Mentioned: Coca Leaf | Wikipedia Iboga | Wikipedia Ketamine | Wikipedia Kratom | Wikipedia Nicotine | Wikipedia Ayahuasca | Wikipedia Primeadine | Website NuCalm | Website NeuroVIZR | Website Full show notes at lukestorey.com/689 Related The Life Stylist Episodes: Quantum Biology: The Consciousness Connection of Science & Spirit | Podcast Find more from Alyson: Alyson Charles Storey | Website | Instagram | X | TikTok | YouTube Get the Animal Power book and deck, plus a free guided drumming shamanic journey to meet your power animal, at alysoncharles.com/animalpower Find more from Luke: Luke Storey | Website | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube | LinkedIn My new book, A Horse Named Lonesome, launches November 17, 2026. Pre-order now at ahorsenamedlonesome.com and get bonuses: access to my Inner Circle Book Club, an exclusive Lonesome Conversations six-part miniseries, and an ebook transcript of the series. The Life Stylist is Brought To You By: ACTIVATION PRODUCTS | Visit activationproducts.com/luke and use code LUKE for 15% off your order. BIOPTIMIZERS | Visit bioptimizers.com/luke and use code LUKE15 to save 15% off sitewide. LEELA QUANTUM | Go to lukestorey.com/leelaq and use code LUKE10 for 10% off your first order. NUCALM | Visit lukestorey.com/nucalm to start your free seven-day trial and save 15% on your subscription.

Mark Sisson ran for decades in cushioned shoes and paid for it with a hip replacement he believes was preventable. Seven Gs of force hit your hip with every step in cushioned shoes, versus one or two when your feet can feel the ground. That number reframed everything I thought I knew about footwear. Mark is the forefather of the primal movement, founder of Primal Kitchen and Peluva, and he’s spent decades studying what keeps a body moving into its 70s and beyond. Wide-toebox shoes alone will not undo a lifetime of damage. Mark explains why toe articulation is the piece almost everyone misses, and why the big toe, the most important joint in the foot, shows its lost function in your knees, hips, and glutes. Also covered: Failure Magazine, a $1.5M TV flop, the pivot that became Mark’s Daily Apple, cold plunges, keto, TRT, biohacking, and why chasing a top-2% VO2 max might cost you your life. If your feet hurt, your knees hurt, or you want to still be walking at 90, this one’s worth listening to. Visit peluva.com/lukestorey and use code LUKESTOREY for 10% off. You'll learn: [0:00] Introduction [8:25] How years of entrepreneurial setbacks led Mark to Mark's Daily Apple [20:43] Why minimalist runners kept getting horribly injured [26:53] Foot health as the lowest-hanging fruit in longevity [32:07] Toe spacers versus individual toe slots [38:56] Feeling every airport step through minimal footwear [46:00] How breaking a hip triggers a fatal domino effect, and managing risk with age [57:31] Why pointy shoes fight your natural foot shape, and the fashion barrier to five-toe shoes [1:05:21] Mark's cold plunge story and when it negates your workout gains [1:13:18] Training to stay uninjured in your seventies, and how diet builds metabolic flexibility [1:22:24] Mark's take on supplements and TRT, and why chasing a top VO2 max isn't the goal [1:27:26] Biohacking as the day trading of health [1:35:55] Three teachers who shaped Mark's path Resources Mentioned: Primal Kitchen | Website Know the Cause | Website Mark's Daily Apple | Website Read: Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall | Book Bunions | Wikipedia Plantar Fasciitis | Wikipedia Metabolic Flexibility | Wikipedia Qitone Powder Peptides | Shop TRT | Wikipedia VO2 Max | Wikipedia Full show notes at lukestorey.com/barefoot Find more from Mark: Mark Sisson | Instagram | Facebook | X | TikTok Peluva | Website | Instagram The Primal Kitchen | YouTube Read: Born to Walk: The Broken Promises of the Running Boom, and How to Slow Down and Get Healthy―One Step at a Time by Mark Sisson and Brad Kearns | Book Read: The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram Your Genes for Effortless Weight Loss, Vibrant Health, and Boundless Energy by Mark Sisson | Book Find more from Luke: Luke Storey | Website | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube | LinkedIn My new book, A Horse Named Lonesome, launches November 17, 2026. Pre-order now at ahorsenamedlonesome.com and get bonuses: access to my Inner Circle Book Club, an exclusive Lonesome Conversations six-part miniseries, and an ebook transcript of the series. The Life Stylist is Brought To You By: QUANTUM UPGRADE | Visit lukestorey.com/quantumupgrade and use code LUKE15 to start your 15-day free trial. JUST THRIVE | Visit justthrivehealth.com/luke and get 90 days of free digestive bitters with your first 90-day probiotic subscription. NUCALM | Visit lukestorey.com/nucalm to start your free seven-day trial and save 15% on your subscription. ACTIVE SKIN REPAIR | Visit lukestorey.com/skinrepair and use code LUKE for 20% off your order.

In this Lonesome Conversation, Alex and I sit down to name a paradox a lot of seekers know intimately — that the closer you draw to God or consciousness, the fewer people tend to be standing there beside you. Drawing on his favorite philosopher, Manly P. Hall, Alex explains why real spiritual growth doesn't make life easier but instead "quickens the wheel of karma," ushering in a season of trial rather than comfort. We sit with the strange irony that becoming connected to something vast can leave you more alone in your own living room. About Alex Alex Sachon is a philosopher with a background in the social sciences. He uses the wisdom of ancient philosophy to understand the fast-changing social, cultural, and geopolitical environment we live in. He recently wrote a book called The Coming World Nation that lays out his model of the various tiers of the social hierarchy and offers a revisionist account of the past 200 years of American history. He's also a specialist in the field of Esoteric Philosophy and is one of the world's top scholars on the work of Manly P. Hall. Lonesome Conversations Limited Series Lonesome Conversations is a special series from The Life Stylist, built around my new book, A Horse Named Lonesome (out November 17, 2026). Loneliness is something almost everyone goes through, and almost nobody talks about honestly. So I sat down with psychologists, philosophers, trauma therapists, teachers, and friends to find the truth about loneliness, and how we heal from it. Each episode is its own conversation, but together they walk the same ground the book maps out. (Pre-order your copy at ahorsenamedlonesome.com) You'll find new episodes alongside our regular show over the coming months.

Is manifestation just a scam? Frank Elaridi is a four-time Emmy-winning journalist turned energy healer whose YouTube work on spirituality has pulled 40M+ views. This is the clearest window I've had into what happens after peak experiences stop mattering. A client came to him convinced she was channeling angels because her vision was fluttering. Frank told her: “Your retina is detaching; see a doctor now”. She'd been putting it off because YouTubers said the symptom was spiritual. That's how dangerous wellness content gets when spiritual entertainment is sold as truth. We get into spiritual entertainment vs. actual spirituality, the trap of swapping one identity for a "healthier" one, and why his guru's lineage refuses ashrams or money. Frank also talks about walking away from plant medicine, moving alone to Joshua Tree, ending relationships, and a mantra kept secret for 5,000 years. If you've been collecting practices, teachers, and peak experiences, this one's for you. Visit lukestorey.com/witches to purchase Frank's new book, Witches of Calabasas. Use code LUKE to save 10%. You'll learn: [0:00] Introduction [6:07] Refusing the spiritual label and stepping back from plant medicine ceremonies [20:22] The three practices that allow knowledge to absorb [36:00] Bypassing myself to speak to the invisible listener on a path of subtraction [45:16] Child of a barren woman and the lightning bolt that made Nisargadatta Frank's guru [59:21] The lineage that makes masters instead of disciples [1:08:50] Witches of Calabasas and the illusion of manifestation [1:17:06] Cults disguised as personal development [1:31:19] Jesus as a guru and the missing years in India [1:39:09] Miracles as a necessary illusion to wake others [1:45:21] Desert solitude and whether he still wants a romantic partnership [1:57:27] The first relationship that left him fully satisfied Resources Mentioned: Bhajan | Wikipedia Read: I Am That: Talks With Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj by Nisargadatta Maharaj | Book Gyatri Mantra | Wikipedia David Hawkins | Website Read: Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender by David Hawkins | Book Read: Selfless Self: Talks with Shri Ramakant Maharaj by Ramakant Maharaj | Book Saddle Ranch | Website Issa | Wikipedia Read: Bhagavad Gita | Book Read: A Course in Miracles by Helen Schucman | Book Full show notes at lukestorey.com/frank2 Related The Life Stylist Episodes: Unlocking the Emotion Code & Third Eye Vision with Frank Elaridi | Podcast The Emotion Code: Unlock Your Blocks Through Muscle Testing & Energy Healing with Bradley Nelson | Podcast Find more from Frank: Frank Elaridi | Website | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok | YouTube Find more from Luke: Luke Storey | Website | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube | LinkedIn My new book, A Horse Named Lonesome, launches November 17, 2026. Pre-order now at ahorsenamedlonesome.com and get bonuses: access to my Inner Circle Book Club, an exclusive Lonesome Conversations six-part miniseries, and an ebook transcript of the series. The Life Stylist is Brought To You By: BIOPTIMIZERS | Visit bioptimizers.com/luke and use code LUKE15 to save 15% off sitewide. ACTIVE SKIN REPAIR | Visit lukestorey.com/skinrepair and use code LUKE for 20% off your order. LEELA QUANTUM | Go to lukestorey.com/leelaq and use code LUKE10 for 10% off your first order. ACTIVATION PRODUCTS | Visit activationproducts.com/luke and use code LUKE for 15% off your order.

Salim and I spend this Lonesome Conversation on that specific ache of standing in a crowded room and feeling a total dissonance with everything around you. He describes how that used to tip him into depression as a teenager, and how he's since come to read it as a signal rather than a verdict — a cue to go inward and actually feel what the moment is asking to be felt. An honest reframe of isolation as information from the body, not a life sentence. About Salim Salim Najjar brings the lens of an engineer to the human nervous system, guiding CEOs, founders, and elite performers to nervous system sovereignty, teaching them to alchemize stress into their greatest ally with HRV as the compass. After transforming his HRV from 32 to 100+, he created the A.R.T. of the Heart framework, a path towards nervous system sovereignty. From launching his own beverage company to traveling the globe and learning from spiritual masters, Salim stands at the intersection of entrepreneurship, biohacking, and consciousness. Today, he bridges these worlds to build a movement and community that returns empowerment to each individual, reminding us that your body’s wisdom is the only guru you will ever need. Lonesome Conversations Limited Series Lonesome Conversations is a special series from The Life Stylist, built around my new book, A Horse Named Lonesome (out November 17, 2026). Loneliness is something almost everyone goes through, and almost nobody talks about honestly. So I sat down with psychologists, philosophers, trauma therapists, teachers, and friends to find the truth about loneliness, and how we heal from it. Each episode is its own conversation, but together they walk the same ground the book maps out. (Pre-order your copy at ahorsenamedlonesome.com) You'll find new episodes alongside our regular show over the coming months.

Dr. Motley says most detox protocols end up poisoning the person doing them, and almost nobody talks about why. Dr. Chris Motley is a Chinese medicine practitioner, kinesiologist, and frequency medicine expert who's spent 22 years watching organs, emotions, and infections behave as one connected system. We start with poop. Then it gets weirder: childhood staph infections, parasites hiding in biofilms, and why cleaning your bowel might matter more than any longevity protocol. Then there’s that one wild patient story I still can't shake. We explore the emotional side of organs, like why the gallbladder holds onto stolen identity/property, and how family trauma imprints on specific body parts across generations. Plus radionics, electrodermal EAV testing, and why he thinks homeopathy outperforms a cabinet full of supplements. I also go on a tangent about addiction, surrender, and why helping someone who doesn't want to change makes both of you sick. If you've been chasing symptoms for years without answers, this one will give you a different map. Visit lukestorey.com/motleymembership and use code LUKE for 15% off Dr. Motley's Membership Program. You'll learn: [0:00] Introduction [5:28] The three questions Motley asks every patient about their stool [14:04] How an impacted colon's histamine buildup cascades up to the heart [32:04] Butyrate suppositories rebuild the gut wall lining faster [45:19] Inherited pain, not genetics, as an energetic blueprint [1:05:55] How an addict at the center of a family makes everyone else sick [1:16:56] Foot cramps and dark circles as signs of hidden prostate and kidney infections [1:34:08] Radionics and treating patients at a distance through frequency [1:54:52] The kidney connection behind my three years of crippling tinnitus [2:10:51] Too many supplements can overwhelm and burden the liver Resources Mentioned: Dr. Schulze's Intestinal Formula #1 | Shop BiOptimizers Magnesium Breakthrough | Website Alive and Well | Website BodyBio Butyrate | Website Boost Oxygen Canisters | Shop Intervention | IMDb CNP Urinary Tract Complete | Shop Premier Research Labs Allicillin™ | Shop AX3 Bio-Pure Astaxanthin | Website CPK Association | Website Full show notes at lukestorey.com/drmotley Related The Life Stylist Episodes: Onnit with John Wolf: The Future of Fitness | Podcast Supercharged Stem Cells, Prostate Power & Next Level Nutraceuticals w/ Dr. John Lieurance | Podcast Fertility Freefall & How Sperm and Eggs Shape Your Baby Before Pregnancy w/ Dr. Ann Shippy | Podcast Simulation Theory, Urine Therapy & Where Souls Go When We Die | Q&A w/ Luke & Alyson | Podcast Suppressed Solutions: Homeopathy for Fertility, Hormones, & Ancestral Pain w/ Melissa Kupsch | Podcast Find more from Dr. Motley: Dr. Chris Motley | Website | Instagram | Facebook | X | TikTok | YouTube Find more from Luke: Luke Storey | Website | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube | LinkedIn The Life Stylist is Brought To You By: JUST THRIVE | Visit justthrivehealth.com/luke and get 90 days of free digestive bitters with your first 90-day probiotic subscription. QUANTUM UPGRADE | Visit lukestorey.com/quantumupgrade and use code LUKE15 to start your 15-day free trial. ACTIVATION PRODUCTS | Visit activationproducts.com/luke and use code LUKE for 15% off your order. APOLLO NEURO | Visit apolloneuro.com/luke and use code LUKE for $99 off.

"By Any Means Necessary": How Loneliness Sent Him to Prison | Mansal Denton Mansal Denton joins me for this Lonesome Conversation to trace a hard truth back to its root — that the choices which landed him in prison in his 20s were, underneath everything, a misfired hunt for connection. He talks about placing his entire sense of worth in a woman overseas, the "by any means necessary" logic that shoved ethics and morality out the window, and how that same engine drives addiction. An unflinching look at what we'll sacrifice when we mistake a person or a substance for the connection we're actually starving for. About Mansal Mansal Denton is the founder of Real Provisions, where he brings wild, ethically harvested meat to consumers seeking nutrient density without moral compromise. He also created Sacred Hunting, a transformational practice that reconnects people to ancient traditions of reverence, ceremony, and ethical harvest. His work bridges food, spirituality, and stewardship to redefine how we nourish ourselves and care for the natural world. Lonesome Conversations Limited Series Lonesome Conversations is a special series from The Life Stylist, built around my new book, A Horse Named Lonesome (out November 17, 2026). Loneliness is something almost everyone goes through, and almost nobody talks about honestly. So I sat down with psychologists, philosophers, trauma therapists, teachers, and friends to find the truth about loneliness, and how we heal from it. Each episode is its own conversation, but together they walk the same ground the book maps out. (Pre-order your copy at ahorsenamedlonesome.com) You'll find new episodes alongside our regular show over the coming months.

My ego freaked out when I read the manuscript of my book. Today, Alyson joins me for another Field Reveal Friday and Ask Me Anything. A listener asked where I get my clothes now, which sounds light until it opens a door into identity, self-worth, and the years I dressed to hide from a room that I thought was staring at me. There's also a question on rewriting beliefs that sent me back to the night I checked into rehab in 1997, the beliefs I used to hold about women and marriage, and how I finally got under the conscious mind. Plus, catch my latest, including light therapy from Kineon, peptides from Solyn, and the new Lonesome Conversations limited series. Casting now: Match with The Field Reveal, an unscripted love series for spiritually-minded/conscious singles who are ready to finally have their match revealed! To be considered for phase one of casting for the Live Love events and/or unscripted reality love series, email [email protected] with your full name, age, city/state, gender, preferred gender for partner, three to five images (one full body/lifestyle), and your three main interests/passions/hobbies by October 1, 2026. Visit lukestorey.com/update and use code LUKE for 25% off Visit activationproducts.com/luke and use code LUKESTOREY for 15% off Visit lukestorey.com/nucalm to start your free seven-day trial and get 15% off your subscription Visit kineon.io/lukestorey and use code LUKESTOREY for 10% off Visit lukestorey.com/solyn and use code LUKE for 10% off You'll learn: [0:00] Introduction [5:32] Where I source my clothes and what my style once masked [10:54] The intake Polaroid from my final night before rehab [19:33] Alyson bows to the caftan era and steps into a new aesthetic [31:59] Exploring whether religion gives structure or exists for control [41:56] Judgment that different religions cast on each other [58:55] The vulnerability hangover of seeing my memoir in print [1:25:31] Rewriting beliefs by getting under the hood of childhood wounds Resources Mentioned: Read: A Horse Named Lonesome: Tales and Teachings to Reclaim Connection, Transcend Separation, and Discover the Divine Within by Luke Storey | Book AX3 Bio-Pure Astaxanthin | Website Chroma D-Light | Website SANSI Grow Lights for Indoor Plants | Website Read: The Sermon on the Mount: The Key to Success in Life by Emmet Fox | Book Read: The Mystic Jesus: The Mind of Love by Marianne Williamson | Book Bellicon Rebounder | Website LYMA Laser | Website Match with The Field Reveal | Email Full show notes at lukestorey.com/685 Related The Life Stylist Episodes: Holistic Pet Care, Fear of Death, & Boosting Longevity | Q&A w/ Luke & Alyson | Podcast How to Live in Alignment | Q&A w/ Luke & Alyson | Podcast Demystifying Mushroom Microdosing for Flow State & Peak Performance | Podcast Marianne Williamson: Why Miracles Are Our Birthright & Love Is Our Highest Purpose | Podcast NuCalm: Silence Stress, Meditate Like a Monk, & Access Flow State on Demand w/ Jim Poole | Podcast Caffeine Gets an Update: The Future of Instant Energy Is Here w/ Shawn Wells & Daniel Solomons | Podcast Movement Expert: This Exercise Reverses Aging in 2 Minutes | Fayth Caruso | Podcast This Laser Technology Will Revolutionize Skin Treatments Forever w/ Lucy Goff | Podcast Breathwork, DMT, & Next Level Living w/ Dr. Har Hari & Troy Casey | Podcast Transformational Healing Universe: LA's Biohacking Mecca w/ Dr. Har Hari | Podcast Find more from Alyson: Alyson Charles Storey | Website | Instagram | X | TikTok | YouTube Find more from Luke: Luke Storey | Website | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube | LinkedIn The Life Stylist is Brought To You By: ACTIVE SKIN REPAIR | Visit lukestorey.com/skinrepair and use code LUKE for 20% off your order. BIOPTIMIZERS | Visit bioptimizers.com/luke and use code LUKE15 to save 15% off sitewide. PIQUE | Visit piquelife.com/luke and get 15% off for life when you subscribe. NUCALM | Visit lukestorey.com/nucalm to start your free seven-day trial and save 15% on your subscription.

In this Lonesome Conversation, Adam and I explore his conviction that separation is a trick of perspective — that whether you zoom in with a microscope or out with a telescope, you're looking at the same unbroken whole, and that "there is God, and we're it." We trace how entomology, the world's religions, and psychedelics converged for him into one felt truth rather than a hopeful idea: that we're never actually alone. A conversation about the kind of existential loneliness that dissolves the moment you stop believing in the boundary. About Adam Adam Butler is a psychedelic philosopher and passionate DMT psychonaut focusing on mental health, neuroplasticity, self-exploration, and the extreme limits of human potential and ability. Combining an academically trained intellect, empathetic heart, and life-hardening experiences, Adam has found his niche in helping others overcome the fear associated with PTSD, depression, sexual repression, and addiction. By incorporating psychedelic compounds with deep meditation, lucid dreaming, and tantric practices, he has changed from being an overworked, overweight, stressed-out alcoholic a*****e into a balanced, healthy, and sober friend and mentor to many. Lonesome Conversations Limited Series Lonesome Conversations is a special series from The Life Stylist, built around my new book, A Horse Named Lonesome (out November 17, 2026). Loneliness is something almost everyone goes through, and almost nobody talks about honestly. So I sat down with psychologists, philosophers, trauma therapists, teachers, and friends to find the truth about loneliness, and how we heal from it. Each episode is its own conversation, but together they walk the same ground the book maps out. (Pre-order your copy at ahorsenamedlonesome.com) You'll find new episodes alongside our regular show over the coming months.

Time doesn't heal trauma. The damage accumulates until your body pays the price. Dr. Aimie Apigian is a Preventive and Addiction Medicine physician and bestselling author of The Biology of Trauma. Her path in this work involved a failed adoption and an autoimmune diagnosis. We talk about why fear stored in the body creates the sickness you're trying to biohack your way out of. Aimie breaks down the difference between suppression and repression, and why the latter costs you more physically. It turns out the reason cognitive approaches keep failing addicts and high performers alike has to do with what happens in the nervous system before we form our first thoughts.. Finally, Dr. Aimie breaks down the five core skills of self-regulation every human needs to know. If you've been chasing supplements, protocols, and cold plunges hoping something will work, this conversation might just shift what you try. Join the Seven-Day Guided Somatic Healing for Stored Emotions course at lukestorey.com/somatichealing Visit lukestorey.com/calm to join the 21-Day Journey to Calm Aliveness course. Use code LUKE200 to save $200. You'll learn: [0:00] Introduction [7:05] The core abandonment wound shared by so many people in recovery [14:47] Suppression and repression damage your health in different ways [25:18] Mind, body, spirit, and biology, the fourth layer most healing models miss [31:17] Healing your nervous system requires energy you may not have [49:47] The difference between everyday stress and stored trauma [57:10] Turning every coping mechanism into a tool by asking one question [1:06:16] The five core skills every human needs to become resilient [1:13:02] Detoxing addicts kept relapsing until she taught them to feel safe [1:20:01] The missing body piece in the 12 Steps and why plant medicine reached deeper [1:27:45] Three teachers who shaped her work, from Tian Dayton to Gabor Maté to Jeffrey Bland Resources Mentioned: Attachment Parenting | Wikipedia Read: A Horse Named Lonesome: Tales and Teachings to Reclaim Connection, Transcend Separation, and Discover the Divine Within by Luke Storey | Book Cal Callahan, The Great Unlearn | Website Tian Dayton, Relational Trauma Repair | Website Read: Emotional Sobriety: From Relationship Trauma to Resilience and Balance by Tian Dayton | Book Dr. Gabor Maté | Website Read: When the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection by Gabor Mate M.D. | Book Dr. Jeffrey Bland | Website The Institute for Functional Medicine | Website Read: The Language of the Heart: Bill W's Grapevine Writings by Bill W. | Book Full show notes at lukestorey.com/draimie Related The Life Stylist Episodes: Dr. Gabor Maté: Breaking the Epidemic Cycle of Trauma & Addiction To Find True Healing & Liberation | Podcast Find more from Dr. Aimie: Dr. Aimie Apigian | Website | Instagram | Facebook | X | TikTok | YouTube Read: The Biology of Trauma: How the Body Holds Fear, Pain, and Overwhelm, and How to Heal It by Dr. Aimee Apigian here. Find more from Luke: Luke Storey | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube | LinkedIn The Life Stylist is Brought To You By: ACTIVATION PRODUCTS | Visit activationproducts.com/luke and use code LUKE for 15% off your order. BIOPTIMIZERS | Visit bioptimizers.com/luke and use code LUKE15 to save 15% off sitewide. LEELA QUANTUM | Go to lukestorey.com/leelaq and use code LUKE10 for 10% off your first order. NUCALM | Visit lukestorey.com/nucalm to start your free seven-day trial and save 15% on your subscription.

For this Lonesome Conversation, Tim Corcoran joins me to pull apart two very different kinds of loneliness: the interpersonal ache of having no one around, and the existential kind where you feel alone in the universe even in a crowded room. We get into why the wild speaks to that deeper loneliness, why middle-aged men are statistically the loneliest among us, and why "just go find community" so often fails to fill the gap. About Tim Tim Corcoran is the founder of Purpose Mountain, where he offers Nature Based Purpose Guidance to support people with a love for wild nature who feel a deep yearning to discover their soul-level calling. Tim also serves as co-director of Twin Eagles Wilderness School, an organization he co-founded with his wife, Jeannine Tidwell, in Sandpoint, Idaho in 2005, dedicated to facilitating deep nature connection mentoring, cultural restoration, and inner tracking. A leader of wilderness vision quests, holistic rites of passage, and men’s groups, Tim has been facilitating spiritual initiations in the wilderness since 1999. Healing the cultural rift between the mainstream and indigenous cultures, transformational consciousness work, the spiritual journey, ancestral work, the sacred hunt, deep nature connection, family, and health are all strong commitments in his life. Tim is a heart-centered father of two brilliant sons and husband to a magnificent wife, and lives in pristine Sandpoint, Idaho. Lonesome Conversations Limited Series Lonesome Conversations is a special series from The Life Stylist, built around my new book, A Horse Named Lonesome (out November 17, 2026). Loneliness is something almost everyone goes through, and almost nobody talks about honestly. So I sat down with psychologists, philosophers, trauma therapists, teachers, and friends to find the truth about loneliness, and how we heal from it. Each episode is its own conversation, but together they walk the same ground the book maps out. (Pre-order your copy at ahorsenamedlonesome.com) You'll find new episodes alongside our regular show over the coming months.

I'm excited to announce the Lonesome Conversations Limited Series! Lonesome Conversations is a special series from The Life Stylist, built around my new book, A Horse Named Lonesome (out November 17, 2026). Loneliness is something almost everyone goes through, and almost nobody talks about honestly. So I sat down with psychologists, philosophers, trauma therapists, teachers, and friends to find the truth about loneliness, and how we heal from it. Each episode is its own conversation, but together they walk the same ground the book maps out. (Pre-order your copy at ahorsenamedlonesome.com) You'll find new episodes every Friday alongside our regular show over the coming months.