The Life Stylist Podcast

If you name a weird health device, I’ve probably tried it. I’m always looking for the best, the newest, and the most powerful ways to transform my health – but after over 21 years, I have a closet full of things that sound awesome in theory but are iffy in practice.But from the moment I first tried the NanoVI, I just had more energy. It’s downright magical how sitting in front of this weird little tube makes you feel, and I bring it with me almost everywhere.So what does NanoVI actually do and why does it work? I sat down with the mad genius who created the technology, Hans Eng, and his partner in crime, Rowena Gates, to find out.We get into the nitty gritty in this episode, but basically NanoVI helps repair everyday cell damage caused by what you put in and around your body. We can’t avoid cell damage, but we can do something about it.In the past, people have tried to improve cellular activity by overriding their body’s natural functions using pharmaceuticals. But the NanoVI devices actually produce the same

Sahara Rose, the author of The Idiot’s Guide to Ayurveda & Eat Feel Fresh, was one of the six people featured in the Longevity Now All-Stars episode released a couple weeks back (episode #147). She had so much Ayurvedic wisdom to share that I had to get her back behind the mic a second time while we were at the conference so that I could extract some more of that knowledge and share it with all of you.If you’re not familiar with Ayurveda, let me give you a quick rundown: It’s the world’s oldest health system, originating in India over 5,000 years ago as a sister science to yoga. A ton of the common sense health practices we do today – and many of the health “trends” popular in the wellness world – can actually be traced back to Ayurveda.Sahara represents the next step of Ayurvedic tradition and, according to Deepak Chopra, she is leading our generation into a new paradigm shift – a paradigm that reflects the melding of Ayurvedic healing and spiritual wisdom with modern Western nutritional science and ps

Right before this episode, Justin Mares and I sequestered ourselves in my biohacking lab for an extreme session of brain hacking. It was the perfect way to set the scene for this conversation on the state of the food industry, bone broth, and all of the ancient technologies that are new again in the health & wellness world.Justin is the Founder of Kettle & Fire, creators of the first 100% grass-fed, non-frozen, shelf-stable beef bone broth on the market.Justin and his brother started Kettle & Fire after hearing about bone broth and its amazing health benefits back in 2013... but it wasn't exactly easy to find. That kicked off a year-long journey to find the best manufacturer, bones, and ingredients.Thanks to all of Justin's hard work, you don't have to do anything to reap the benefits of bone broth made from the best ingredients available.Taking the hassle out of the equation was extremely important to Justin, and it all comes down to a very simple formula:Health + Convenience = Lifestyle ChangeFo

A few years ago, I was walking past vendor tables at a biohacking conference and saw Debbie, one of today’s guests, working on people. I’m always down for some body work so I hopped on the massage table and she started moving this crazy vibrating wand all over my body – and it felt frickin’ amazing! If you’ve listened to the show before, you know that when I find something really cool I obsessively have to seek out the people behind it and share them with the world. So here we are, with three of the folks from Rapid Release Technology, creators of innovative physical therapy devices for both practitioners and personal use. Dr. Stanley Stanbridge, a former chiropractor, is the President and Inventor behind Rapid Release Technology. What started out as a few pieces of hardware slapped together in the garage has evolved into this life-changing technology. Jeff Maier is the Co-Founder and VP of Sales & Marketing, not to mention an accomplished software engineer and inventor himself. Debbie Record-Gomez is a p

It’s insanely profitable to be wrong when it comes to health – of course, it’s not profitable for me or you, but perpetuating misinformation makes some shady executives out there loads of cash. And there are few things we are more misinformed about in the Western world than those amber waves of grain, which now make up 70% of all calories consumed by humans on the planet. But here’s the thing – grains were never part of the human diet until relatively recently, and certainly not in these ridiculous proportions. And when we remove wheat from our diet, the results are downright miraculous: weight melts away, inflammation disappears, migraines subside, some disease reverses entirely, and our gut stops feeling so crappy all the time. That was the idea behind the #1 New York Times bestselling book Wheat Belly, written by today’s guest Dr. William Davis, a cardiologist and one of the world’s foremost experts on wheat and gluten. Wheat Belly has grown into a movement of people hungry for food solutions that are hea

Ryan Munsey, the author of F*ck Your Feelings and the co-founder of The Better Human Project, believes that you can Be Better and Do Better. He’s spent years working with scientists, researchers, Navy SEALs, C-level executives, entrepreneurs, and Olympic and professional athletes to unlock the secrets of high-performance – and he’s packed a decade of mentorship, knowledge, and experience into F*ck Your Feelings, a neuroscience-based exploration of high performance and success. One of the transformational tools that Ryan learned about was the Muse Storytelling Process, a structure and framework for creating profound change within your life and the foundation of the Better Human Project. It all comes down to living an examined life – like offsetting the carbon emissions of your dope mobile podcast recording RV by planting a tree for every mile driven (really, Ryan’s RV is badass). Are you ready stop wasting time, rewrite your story, and become a Better Human?   Topics Discussed In This Episode: What’s happen

This is the Longevity Now All-Stars mashup show, featuring six guests doing lightning round questions. I've been attending the Longevity Now Conference in Anaheim for years and have used it as a home base to record 10 of my 150 episodes over the past two years. In fact, a few of my very first shows were recorded there in 2016. The LNC is one of the most well-attended health and wellness conferences in the world, and with good reason. You'd be hard-pressed to find a more diverse and brilliant group of people. I've interviewed many of the esteemed speakers, vendors, and even a couple attendees. There’s so much packed into this monster of an episode and six incredibly unique perspectives, but there’s one thing everyone agrees on – SUGAR IS BAD! This extraordinary show covers an insanely wide variety of topics like being hit by lightning, seeing entities at John of God in Brazil, drinking your own pee as medicine, the power of Ayurvedic medicine, the benefits and risks of plant medicine, and just about every othe

Which diet is best for humans, animals, and the planet? This is a question we will perhaps never fully answer. I can’t resist the temptation to try, and this episode endeavors to do just that. I am continually trying to learn more about what I’m putting in, on, and near my body. I love learning about the way things work. That’s why I recently found myself at a Belcampo Farms (@belcampomeatco) Meat Camp, learning about where my most of my animal foods come from, to make sure that I have some connection to the land, people, and animals involved. I wanted to meet the meat I eat, and the farmers producing it. While I was at Belcamp Farms, I met #DianaRodgers (@sustainabledish), a #realfood Licensed Registered Dietitian Nutritionist living on a working #organicfarm west of Boston. She also runs an #activenutrition practice, where she helps people recover their health through diet, and hosts The Sustainable Dish Podcast. We really hit it off at the farm, so I had to have Diana on the show to discuss all things meat

This episode is a live recording of my conversation with Fern Olivia, creator of Thyroid Yoga®, on her talk show Sensual Intelligence on Focus TV. Fern spends her time interviewing some of the most influential leaders in conscious lifestyle to learn about their most intimate rituals for maintaining the irrevocable partnership with their soul. Fern asked me how I keep me inner flame glowing brightly and bring more spice to my life through my six senses; the tools, go-to remedies, potions, alchemy, and practices I apply to my love life. I get extremely vulnerable about the experiences, and relationships that shaped me and made me who I am today… and the long journey (that I’m still on) towards forming a healthy relationship with myself and evolving into my Divine Masculine. My sensual and sexual awakening isn't something I usually talk about publicly, so I'm really excited to share this intimate conversation with you, as terrifying as it might be. If you're looking to fully accept yourself and truly see yoursel

When _____ happens, I will be happy. Have you ever had that thought? Kyle Cease was a standup comedian for 20 years (starting when he was 12) until, at the height of everything, he started feeling fear and anxiety about going on stage. In his mind, if that recognition went away, he would go away. A lot of us end up defining ourselves by something external – our audience, our money, our approval – but nothing else can define you; “We’re just this collection of shit that believes who we are is the whole story.” So Kyle stopped doing college shows, clubs, and Comedy Central specials. He started combining comedy and transformation – and he makes it accessible to everyone. It’s not just biohackers who want to optimize their life, and it’s not just the Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who want to find another way to transform their mindset. There’s a mainstream public who wants to learn and change – and they can’t afford to drop $10,000 on something, even if it’s an incredible product. Kyle is a breath of fresh air (or

I worked in the entertainment industry for 17 years, and I grew jaded to being starstruck… but this episode is a dream come true for me. I got to sit down with Byron Katie, whose work and story helped me pick myself up & transform my life. Katie, creator of The Work, is driven by a single mission: teaching people how to end their own suffering. Katie found herself at the bottom of a ten-year spiral when she realized that when she believed her stressful thoughts, she suffered, but that when she questioned them, she didn't suffer – and that this is true for every human being. Now, Katie guides people through a powerful process of inquiry she calls The Work, in which anyone can find their stressful beliefs about life, other people, or themselves & radically shift them. The result is a life changed forever. The Work is an astonishingly simple process – as you’ll hear in this episode – accessible to anyone at any age and from any background; all you need is an open mind. Even from the darkest depths of suf

Tara Mackey has a fascinating story full of peaks and valleys, shifting between periods of abject suffering and astounding success. Today, Tara is standing atop a shining peak: she is the CEO + Founder of The Organic Life, the CEO + Founder of Genetix Skincare, a soul singer, and the #1 best-selling author of “Cured by Nature” and “WILD Habits.” But, as most good stories unfortunately do, it all began in a pretty dark valley. Tara was born with drugs in her body – very literally – and into a home filled with abuse and… well, more drugs. She didn’t fall into using hard drugs, but she was isolated and depressed and struggling to cope with her mother’s addiction. Tara’s grandparents brought her to a psychiatrist and, within 10 minutes, she had her first diagnosis and her first prescription – Lithium. The first of many. By the time Tara was 24, she was on 14 different prescription drugs – then she reached her breaking point. Tara successfully quit all 14 prescriptions cold turkey (which she doesn’t recommend) and

We all go on our own journeys with food.I’ve gone through quite a few phases in my journey – from hardcore vegetarian to hardcore raw protein to, now, something more balanced and less inflammatory.Now I don’t care what you eat – you can eat a sofa if you want – but a lot of people mindlessly eat more than their fair share, a lot of the time. That doesn’t help you, and it doesn’t help the world.The key to finding the optimal diet for your body is appreciating your food, and being more conscious about when it serves you and when it doesn’t.Of course, we live in a fast-paced world. Finding and preparing the best food doesn't always feel easy – and that’s where today’s guest, Jasmine Hemsley, comes in.Jasmine is a wellbeing expert and creator of the East by West, a modern take on Ayurvedic principles & recipes for today’s busy world. Beginning with a pop up cafe in London, East by West is now a cookbook containing 140 delicious (and simple) recipes that focus on using the ancient Ayurvedic philosophy of eat

I didn’t start meditating to be cool – I started meditating to save my life. By 26 years old I loathed my very existence, and was trapped in a downward spiral of self-destruction. I’ve tried numerous methods of finding peace of mind using various practices of meditation, but Vedic meditation has been my Holy Grail.I also know that meditation is one of the things you all are hungry to learn more about, so I sat down with Light Watkins, an author and Vedic teacher who wants to empower the everyman to meditate.To help, Light wrote one of the best books I’ve ever read on the topic: Bliss More: How to Succeed in Meditation Without Really Trying. You can think of Bliss More as the meditation version of the The 4-Hour Workweek: lean, effective, and at home on a bio hacker’s bookshelf near you.Some meditation practices and techniques are very specific and rigid, both physically and mentally. This is what a lot of people think of when they hear the word “meditation,” and in all honesty, those practices can be a strug

Do you want access to every thought that could ever be thought, every dream that could ever be dreamt, and every manifestation that could ever happen?Of course you do. And you can.Dr. Donny Epstein is the creator of EpiEnergetics, the evolutionary self-help and healing methodologies that are praised by the likes of Tony Robbins and Ken Wilber and sought out celebrities, politicians, CEOs, thought leaders, professional athletes and other people seeking the extraordinary through his knowledge of the dynamics of energy and information from multi-dimensional realms.The basic idea of EpiEnergetics is that “around all energy is information,” or a field of consciousness. So if you bring energy into any system – our bodies, our relationships, a business – the system improves, effortlessly… unless there’s not enough energy.All of our distress and cognitive dysfunction comes about because we don’t have enough energy. The reality is that you don’t have to change your job, your relationship, or your circumstances to chan

In this episode, our guest is Matt Maruca, Founder of Ra Optics.At 18-years-old, Matt is, by far, the youngest guest we’ve had on the show (and possibly the world’s youngest biohacker). But don’t let his age fool you – this guy is smart. While in high school, he learned more about optimizing health than most people do in a lifetime, and he gave the machine that is his body a complete overhaul.When you look at nature, every other species has a lifestyle that is dictated by their environment, and they are in harmony with their environment.But humans have changed their environment, resulting in a fundamental disconnect from what they need to nourish their bodies. As a result, we are constantly pursuing the newest health trend – but the fact that they are trends, the fact that they are always changing, proves that none of them are actually the answer.For years, Matt found himself in this trap: he chased the newest trends and diets just so that he could stop feeling like crap. He exhausted every popular food progr

My spiritual practice and transformative journey has been all about recontextualizing my reality. When you change your perception and step away from “the way things are supposed to be,” you start to understand that they already and always are. And when you take that line of thought and apply it to our bodies and treating disease… well, things can get pretty crazy from our limited view of the world.In this episode, I sit down with Chris Chen, a licensed acupuncturist who has spent the last decade studying with Grandmaster Sung Baek, 75th Grandmaster of the Dong Han healing clan, a Korean Taoist tradition stretching back over 2,500 years.We don’t really know the true origin of these ancient Eastern practices, but like some of the other ancient technologies we’ve discussed on the show, such as Kundalini, it inarguably changes you – they’re powerful and they work. That’s why these technologies manage to stick around long enough to become ancient. (And you should see Chris – something must be working because he lo

Today we’re digging into a controversial topic: vaccines. I know this is a touchy topic, and this episode is not about telling you how or what to think – I am not having this conversation to be pro-vaccine or anti-vaccine. I am pro-question and pro-clarity, and I am here to learn all sides of the story and offer a different perspective.That’s why I sat down with Del Bigtree, the Producer of Vaxxed – a must-see documentary for anyone who will potentially have kids and wants to stay informed. I sat up late one night watching the documentary, and as the story unfolded, it just made me so angry.There’s just so much intentional misinformation out there on this topic, and on this documentary.Did you know that Andrew Wakefield – the doctor who lost his license after being tried for publishing a fraudulent paper in 1998 linking the MMR vaccine and autism – never actually came out against vaccines? Did you know that Dr. Wakefield was one of 13 co-authors of that report, yet he was the only one tried for fraud (and he

This episode is a long time coming – I’m sitting down with the catalyst of the Life Stylist podcast and my partner in crime at the School of Style, Lauren Messiah. (Oh... and we also dated for exactly five years.)As a self-described “perpetual not-fitter-inner,” Lauren struggles to find a tribe of her own – but she’s always had style, her one constant.If you dress the right way, you can fit in anywhere... but if you really own it, you can carve out your own space. That’s exactly what Lauren does, and that’s what makes her such an incredible entrepreneur.As a personal stylist, Lauren is dedicated to helping women fundamentally change their relationship with clothing so that they can take out the BS and completely transform themselves, from the outside in. What does your wardrobe communicate to other people? Hell, what does it communicate to yourself? How does our style affect our identity? Our energy?It’s not about being cute or sexy – it’s about getting what you want and living your best life!–Luke Topic

What motivates you? If you're like most people it's one of two things:    A) The avoidance of pain B) The pursuit of pleasure    This unique double-interview, narrative format show was motivated by the former. Pain. Lots of pain, for a long, long time- mostly in my lower back and right hip.   It all started 25 years ago when I injured my hip drunk-hiking in Angeles National Forest. I used to pack booze into the woods with my homies, get hammered, then try to find our way back out. It was the best of times, and well, you know the rest of the line.    At any rate, rather than having my hip looked at by an actual doctor, I had my pot dealing, boarding house manager Bob (who was incidentally, a spitting image of Steven Seagal) knock my displaced hip back into the socket with a giant rubber mallet.    Suffice to say, that method of medical treatment was not only ineffective but left my hip injured, which eventually put a strain on my S.I. joint. Add to that initial inju