Soulture

It’s never been easier to get advice. So why do so many of us still feel stuck? In this solo episode, I unpack the philosophy behind every conversation I have on Soulture and why I've realized I'm not interested in collecting advice. I'm interested in uncovering lived experience. I explore why stories move us more than expertise, why modern life has left many of us disconnected from feeling, and why the goal of every conversa...

Charles Eisenstein believes that beneath nearly every modern problem is the same hidden story: separation. From technology and politics to relationships and purpose, we explore how that story shapes our lives, why it may be reaching its limits, and what a different way of living could look like.

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00:00 Your Work Isn't Really Yours
04:23 Being Unhappy At Yale University
05:54 Moving To Taiwan Was The Real Educatio...

Some of the biggest changes in life don't begin with a plan. They begin with a feeling you can't explain. Ben Brummell shares how chasing a lifelong dream to Argentina ultimately led him somewhere he never expected. What followed wasn't the life he intended. It was the life he was meant to build. This conversation explores what happens when you stop living from obligation and start paying attention to the quiet feeling that keeps p...

Two years ago, this podcast was just an idea in my head—a microphone, a computer, and my brother's bedroom. Last month, that same idea took me to Miami for my first podcast trip. In this episode, I take you behind the scenes of that experience and share what it taught me about confidence, momentum, and building something one step at a time. More than anything, this is a reminder that the hardest part isn't reaching a mileston...

Chris Guillebeau introduces a concept I think many of us have experienced but never had language for: time anxiety. We explore why it quietly shapes our choices, why productivity isn't the answer, and how changing our relationship with time can change the way we experience life.

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00:00 "I Don't Have Time"
01:03 How Time Differs Around The World
02:21 Time Anxiety
09:30 How Therapy Impacts Your Relationship Wit...

Kamal Ravikant believes one of the biggest mistakes in personal growth is thinking that understanding yourself will change your life. In this conversation, we explore self-love, identity, success, failure, and why so many people stay stuck despite years of working on themselves. Kamal argues that transformation doesn't come from endless self-analysis. It comes from changing the way you relate to yourself every day.

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What happens when you sit down with the man who taught you how to be a man? In this special episode of Soulture, I sit down with my father, Larry Doyle, for a conversation about faith, family, discipline, purpose, legacy, and what it means to live a meaningful life. From lessons passed down through generations to reflections on fatherhood, mortality, health, work, and personal growth, Larry shares the principles that have guided hi...

Mark Sisson spent a lifetime reinventing himself—from elite endurance athlete to entrepreneur, failed TV host, bestselling author, and founder of Primal Kitchen. This conversation explores identity, resilience, business failures, and why the people who create extraordinary lives are often the ones most willing to let go of who they used to be.

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00:00 Having A Malleable Identity
03:09 What Mark's Father T...

Cory Allen spent years learning how to separate who he was from the stories, labels, and expectations placed on him. We explore why suffering can become a doorway to deeper awareness, how meditation creates space between stimulus and response, and why we're drowning in information but starving for clarity. We also unpack what it means to stop performing an identity and start living with intention and how that shift transforms our r...

We live in a world obsessed with content, and in the process, I think we've forgotten the power of storytelling. In this solo episode, I explore why we rush to explain experiences that are still unfolding, the difference between collecting and connecting the dots, and why some of the most meaningful stories in our lives require time, distance, and reflection before they can truly be understood. Ultimately, this is an exploration ab...

Dacher Keltner explores why awe may be the most transformative emotion we experience. He explains how awe quiets the ego, reconnects us to meaning, and reshapes how we understand things like grief, spirituality, music, nature, and even health. From the loss of his brother to the hidden ways awe changes our inner lives, Dacher reveals how moments of wonder can make us feel more fully alive and more deeply connected to something larg...

Steven Pressfield shares what it feels like to spend decades pursuing work that the world refuses to validate before finally becoming who he knew he always was. We talk about resistance, self-sabotage, obsession, loneliness, and the quiet moments that keep you going when nothing seems to be working. This conversation also explores the difference between chasing external success and finding work that genuinely makes you feel alive, ...

James McCrae reframes creativity as something felt in the body, not manufactured in the mind. He explores how the internet reshaped modern creativity, why memes became a powerful vehicle for ideas, and why some of the deepest creative breakthroughs come through pain, stillness, and uncertainty. We also explore poetry, intuition, and the hidden tension between creating for expression versus creating for attention.

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Brian Costello challenges the way we’ve been conditioned to think about progress by arguing that the systems we rely on for change may be the very things holding us back. Years of chasing performance, growth, and measurable success begin to crack, exposing how much of what we chase is inherited rather than chosen. Instead of trying to fix it within the same framework, Brian turns to fiction writing and the art of world-buildi...

Most people quit way too early—not because it’s not working, but because it’s not working yet. There’s a gap between what you put in and what you get back, and if you don’t understand that gap, you’ll quit something that was actually working. In this episode, I break down what I call the Passion Product Paradigm: why passion comes first, how it builds a better product over time, and why results a...

Dr. Sean Mackey reframes pain as more than a simple signal from injury by showing how it’s shaped by the brain, perception, and experience. He breaks down why chronic pain can persist even after the body heals, and how our understanding of it has been oversimplified for centuries. This conversation offers a clearer, more empowering way to understand pain and what it actually takes to reclaim your life.

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David Sutcliffe opens up about walking away from Hollywood after achieving the very success most people spend their lives chasing. He unpacks the illusion behind fame, the emotional cost of performance, and why intuition has guided every major pivot in his life. This is a raw conversation about identity, truth, and the courage to choose a path that actually feels real.

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00:00 How Herniated Discs Launched David's ...

There’s a difference between ideas that come and go and the ones that don’t leave you alone. They’re the ones that keep showing up quietly over time. The question is: what gnaws at you? This explores how to recognize that feeling, why it matters more than the goals you think you want, and how following it can change the direction of your life.

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Dr. Nate Zinsser reveals that confidence is not about becoming more, but about recognizing, reinforcing, and trusting what is already there. He breaks down how your thoughts shape your physiology, why nerves are a performance asset, and how imagination wires future success. From elite athletes to everyday performers, this conversation explores the hidden systems behind belief, resilience, and showing up at your best when it matters...