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Meeting a friend takes time, energy, and investing in that relationship.  Meeting a brother while attending a plant medicine journey takes no effort at all, you just have to be open to it.  Willis and I crossed paths while I was pulling into the combine where we would soon be sitting next to one another and only gave each other a head nod upon observing the other.  Willis is a digital nomad who is currently living in Playa Del Carm...

Growing up in Miami and being introduced to the arts at a young age, Natalia was primed and ready for Hollywood life.  Little did she know the toxic environment that she would be thrust into and having to fend for herself as a single minority in a very surface-level industry.  After working for several years and getting her stride, Natalia found that nothing was serving her higher self.  After a few sessions with teachers and mento...

From practically birth, Kurt and I have been best friends.  Everything that Kurt did I wanted to do it and be just like him.  From manhunt to fights we couldn't be separated.   I would attend almost all of Kurt's wrestling matches and then UFC fights.  Watching him come up was a highlight for me.  Kurt went on to be a dominant force not only in the UFC but also in Jiu-jitsu and then opening up his own gym in New Jersey, o...

Kelly is a graduate of West Virginia University with a BS degree in Nutrition and earned her Master’s degree in Health Education from SUNY Cortland.  She formerly worked as the Division Dietitian at Wegmans Food Markets.  While raising 2 daughters and attending school and working she began Kelly’s Choice in 2012 with a vision to empower people to invest in their own health and wellness in order to live their best lives. Kelly’s Cho...

From childhood, Sherif has lived a life that is not like most.  Moving from Egypt to New York at a young age and having to learn a new culture was very impactful.  This has shaped who he is today now as CEO and founder of Raleigh Raw.  We go into so many topics of this episode from politics, traveling as a digital nomad, the riots that happened this summer, Covid-19, and the two of us doing an ayahuasca ceremony in Mexico.  Sherif ...

Growing up in LA Taylor had a kush life on the outside.  But internally she was struggling to fit in, find her roots as an Israeli, deal with her ability to learn in a different way in school.  After graduating from highschool Taylor decided to join the IDF for 2 years and teaching soldiers how to shoot their guns.  After loving teaching soldiers how to do their job Taylor went to university.  After graduating from college in 2017 ...

When the pandemic hit Justin decided that he wanted to take this opportunity to redefine who he was.  This was a pinnacle moment for him as he sought the help that he needed.   Little did he know that he just needed to simply be still.  From large stage keynote speeches to being a father, and an amazing husband, Justin has never just stopped moving.  During this stillness, Justin came up with a new business and a way to help others...

Wanting to stop repeating the patterns with his relationships, Dante started a mantra to say yes to everything that came across his path.  A friend asked him to do Ayahuasca, this journey with mother Ayahuasca opened his third eye to a new way to live, he is now up to 22 ceremonies.  From his evolution in becoming a yoga instructor to becoming spiritually awakened, Dante has been doing the work to know oneself.  He has many lessons...

Todd Stabelfeldt is an entrepreneur and computing technology expert. He is the founder and CEO of, C4 Database Management.  Todd is also a C4 quadriplegic.  Becoming paralyzed at the age of 8 from a gun accident, Todd's life was forever changed.  You might look at him and think for worse but after speaking with him you will quickly realize that this accident did not come close to stopping him.  During his decades-long struggle...

Clayton Thomas is the Co-Founder of Root wellness, LLC (www.therootbrands.com).   Studying as many subjects as he could in college attending Washington State University he was set on a path to learn differently and always find a different path with regards to business and healing the body.  From finance to health and how the body consumes products Clayton met his match when he was introduced to his wife.  They worked tirelessly to ...

Born and raised here in North Carolina, Candice was destined for something bigger than the small-town life that most settled for.  At an early age, Candice started in the hair industry learning her craft with a company called Mitchell's.  She would later realize that this would be the springboard for her now 19 year career.  Craving personal development and growth when Candice started her own booth rental she needed structure ...

Part 2- Of the highly successful Episode 9 with John Kornegay, is with his wife Santana.  Giving you her perspective of what an open marriage is.  Since an early age, Santana knew she was different but due to her strict parents, she had to hide her true identity.  Growing up in the church, she was conflicted about how she felt which caused her to hide her interest in women masking it with dating guys at the same time so that her pa...

Also known as the Persian poet this artist is taking the hip hop culture by storm with his positive message that's surrounding his music.  Speaking of experiences, hard times was what forged Jiaani to become a man of his word.  Growing up in Raleigh-Durham and bouncing around from group home to his family and a few stays in jail.  Jiaani was never challenged by his cultural background, even though it was evident growing up tha...

Growing up in Ohio, Letty always had her sights on the Carolina's.  Having incredible experiences of studying abroad and traveling to different countries she was changed at a young age.  Letty was always a student but finding out quickly that what she thought she loved didn't feel good as an identity and she didn't want that to define her.  That's when the pain started and failed successes with conventional medi...

Part 1- Growing up in Detroit and then coming to Raleigh to attend Shaw University on a full-ride for basketball, John was a very accomplished athlete. Shortly after college John invited his high school friend Santana to come to visit him and she never left after that trip.  Getting more into the dynamic of their relationship Santana is a lesbian and John knew that when he was pursuing her.  Fast forward to now, they have been toge...

From being in church at an early age, Doug asked the questions to rattle the beliefs of the pastors at his church to point out flaws in the bible.  Originally it was important to his mother for him to attend church.  Exploring other cultures while playing basketball at a young age, Doug was able to see there was more then what he was led to believe growing up in a small town in Sanford, North Carolina.  He was exposed to a differen...

From a young age, Vegas made several decisions that impacted his trajectory of life and business.  From being born in Puerto Rico, moving around and then finally landing in North Carolina he has seen his fair share of landscapes and cultures.   Vegas has made it a point to learn how to connect with others and to make friends as quickly as he could.  Choosing the path of entrepreneurship he knew that he was different and decided to ...

Making a home in Raleigh, NC, Morgan is no stranger to the area.  As a die-hard Tarheel fan and studying law at UNC, she slowly starting to create a name for herself working as a criminal defense attorney and soon falling in love with it.  Working for one of the oldest law firms in Raleigh, Hatch Little & Bunn and then leaving to start her own practice.  Morgan then found herself in an industry that she never would have thought...