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Brandon Pitcher is an award-winning developer, change agent, and educator; sharing his passion for social and ecological entrepreneurship, systems thinking, and sustainability for over 15 years. Brandon is the CEO of Blue Circle Developments, one of the larger players in the hemp and cbd world in the US and the first fully certified organic hemp producer. In this episode of CBD radio, we dig into all sorts of things about cbd and the hemp industry in general. We talk about his background, his company, where he sees things going, what challenges they’re facing now, the legal situation of the industry, some of the other companies they’re invested in, and what he sees coming in the future for the industry. Show notes: 1:45 - Background on how Brandon got involved in the industry. 4:00 - Being the first certified organic cbd producer in the US. 4:45 - Some of the other companies that Blue Circle developments have under their umbrella. 8:00 - Forward thinking, research, etc. 9:15 - What does Brandon believe? 10:45 - Where does CBD stand legally right now in the US? 13:00 - The industrial hemp farming act. 15:30 - Biggest challenges in the industry right now. 16:45 - What it took to get certified as organic. 19:15 - What’s the difference between organic and not? 22:00 - What the process of investing in new companies look like for you? 25:00 - Is his company more front facing with clients or more focused on managing the parts that are? 26:00 - What are some of the things you’re seeing people have success using CBD with? 29:15 - Moving from anecdotal evidence to proof. 30:15 - How the US and Canadian hemp industries interact. 32:00 - Where you can grow hemp in the US right now. 33:00 - Differences between cannabis and hemp as far as the law goes. 34:15 - Using hemp flower (buds) for smoking vs producing cbd oil. 36:00 - Where Brandon sees the industry going over the coming years. 36:45 - Blue Circle developments goals for their own growth. 38:30 - Advice for those thinking of getting into the industry. 40:00 - More about Evo Hemp 41:30 - How hemp hearts differ from hemp cbd products. 42:30 - How can people learn more about hemp and cbd? 43:30 - What are they excited about going forward? 45:00 - How to connect with Brandon and his company: www.bluecircledevelopment.com 45:45 - Acknowledging Brandon. 46:15 - Brandon’s question for you listening.   CBD Radio is brought to you by the Grind Bar! The world's first performance nutrition bar infused with CBD! Check out www.thegrindbar.com to learn more about how CBD can help you and how to make your body and mind operate at their best! Thank you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hiroko Demichelis is the founder of the Vancouver Brain Lab and co-founder of Moment Meditation. I was lucky enough to sit down with her recently and chat about her story and meditation while also simultaneously doing a little test on the effect of the Grind Bar on brain function. We dig into all sort of interesting stuff about brain function, meditation, and how pain inspired Hiroko to learn about all of this. And, we get our first pieces of evidence about the effects of the Grind Bar on focus and anxiety in this interview. Definitely worth a listen! Show notes 3:15 ~ What does Hiroko believe? 7:00 ~ Why did she start the Vancouver Brain Lab originally? 15:45 ~ What do you measure when looking at people’s brain waves? 22:00 ~ Eating the Grind Bar and talking about cannabinoids. 23:30 ~ Testing for types of people that cannabis could be not so good for. 25:45 ~ More about Moment Meditation studio. 31:00 ~ Do you prescribe meditation for patients at the Brain Lab? 32:!5 ~ The benefits of meditating with a group. 35:00 ~ Who’s benefiting most from coming to Moment? 37:00 ~ Results from our test post Grind Bar. 43:00 ~ Acknowledging Hiroko 44:15 ~ Hiroko’s question for you listening.   Connect with Hiroko and find out more about her work: http://www.vancouverbrainlab.com/ http://momentmeditation.com/ https://www.facebook.com/momentmeditation/   CBD Radio is brought to you by the Grind Bar! The world's first performance nutrition bar infused with CBD! Check out www.thegrindbar.com to learn more about how CBD can help you and how to make your body and mind operate at their best! Thank you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“If you weren’t afraid and you weren’t anxious, what would you do differently in your life?” Tim JP Collins is the host of the Anxiety Podcast and does 1 on 1 coaching and workshops all around this topic. In this episode Tim shares his story of his own life collapsing under the weight of his anxiety, and how he’s rebuilt himself and how he now helps people all over the world learn about and deal with their own struggles with anxiety. We dig into how learning to love himself more, and take care of himself and his health played a huge role in this, how meditation has helped him out, and much more!   Show Notes   2:15 ~ What does Tim believe? 5:30 ~ What does Tim do in the world? 8:30 ~ More about his story and what lead to him snapping and the anxiety taking over. 10:00 ~ The blow up. 16:00 ~ Being an anxiety detective. 18:00 ~ What comes after finding out about people’s anxiety? 20:00 ~ What were the shifts Tim made once he decided to make a change? 29:45 ~ What does it actually feel like to have anxiety? 32:30 ~ The 3 Cs of dealing with anxiety. Curiosity Courage Compassion 42:45 ~ Meditation and anxiety. 44:45 ~ Minute meditation exercise. 47:00 ~ How has meditation helped with your anxiety? 49:00 ~ Free guided meditation on Tim’s website: http://www.timjpcollins.com/podcast/ 50:00 ~ Fav podcasts: James Altucher: http://www.jamesaltucher.com/category/the-james-altucher-show/ Tim Ferriss: http://tim.blog/podcast/ Lewis Howes: https://lewishowes.com/blog/ Bulletproof radio: https://blog.bulletproof.com/category/podcasts/ ManTalks: http://mantalks.com/podcast/   52:00 ~ Transformational books: Rich on paper, poor on life: http://amzn.to/2qv5eWM The power of now: http://amzn.to/2rdH0RL The four hour work week: http://amzn.to/2rdGwv0 53:45 ~ Reading now: Anxiety and teenagers: http://amzn.to/2qAePL2 Anatomy of an epidemic: http://amzn.to/2ry8Zi6 55:15 ~ What is Tim excited about right now? 56:30 ~ Connect with Tim: www.anxietypodcast.com 58:30 ~ Acknowledgement. 59:15 ~ Tim’s question for you listening!   “If you weren’t afraid and you weren’t anxious, what would you do differently in your life?”   CBD Radio is brought to you by the Grind Bar! The world's first performance nutrition bar infused with CBD! Check out www.thegrindbar.com to learn more about how CBD can help you and how to make your body and mind operate at their best! Thank you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What an interesting journey down the rabbit hole this interview was. Thomas Hatsis is a psychedelic researcher and explorer that I was lucky enough to connect with at the recent Cannabis Hemp Conference here in Vancouver. We dig into Thomas’s book, the Witches’ Ointment, his history with psychedelics, some interesting history about cannabis that I hadn’t heard before, how cannabis improves his creativity and sex life, and loads more. I could’ve kept going for a while with this guy. Such a wealth of knowledge and experience in the world of psychedelics and entheogens. If you’re at all into this world, definitely check this one out. It’s dope.   Show notes 2:00 ~ What does Thomas believe? 3:00 ~ How did he get into the world of psychedelics and entheogens? 5:45 ~ When did he start writing the book? 7:30 ~ More about his book, The Witches’ Ointment (http://amzn.to/2q7WyoI) 11:00 ~ What is the Witches’ Ointment? 13:30 ~ How does this ointment compare to a psychedelic like ayahuasca or dmt? 16:45 ~ Experience with this ointment vs a regular lucid dream. 18:45 ~ How did you first get into experimenting with these herbs? 21:30 ~ Why would someone want to use this witches’ ointment? 24:45 ~ Brief history of psychedelics. 26:45 ~ Thomas’ description of a bit of the history of cannabis. 30:45 ~ His personal experience with cannabis. 34:00 ~ How cannabis can help enhance sex. 36:15 ~ What is mandrake? 38:15 ~ What does mandrake feel like? 39:00 ~ What about henbane? 40:00 ~ Thomas’ strong potion (mandrake, henbane, cannabis, and psilocybin) and why he uses it. 43:45 ~ Microdosing psychedelics for performance. 45:30 ~ Cannabis, meditation and creativity. 51:00 ~ How cannabis can help improve / deepen your meditation. 54:00 ~ Talking about religion. 55:30 ~ Changing your mind. 58:45 ~ “Stop complaining and start doing magic and you can do whatever you want.” 1:00:00 ~ Why now is the psychedelic renaissance. 1:01:30 ~ About PEERS - Portland Entheogenic Exploration and Research Society 1:03:00 ~ What are you reading now? The psychedelic gospels (http://amzn.to/2q8gKXK) Dionysus and Thrace (http://amzn.to/2q83uCv) 1:05:15 ~ Transformational books Acid Dreams (http://amzn.to/2r7E1gF) 1:06:30 ~ Talking about CBD and the medicines we need. 1:09:00 ~ Connecting with Tom http://psychedelicwitch.com/ 1:10:30 ~ What Thomas is excited about right now. 1:17:30 ~ Acknowledgment 1:18:30 ~ Thomas’ question for you listening.   As always, CBD Radio is brought to you by the Grind Bar! The world's first performance nutrition bar infused with CBD! Check out www.thegrindbar.com to learn more about how CBD can help you and how to make your body and mind operate at their best! Thank you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mindsets for abundance, why giving first can work, cannabis, and advice from another of the Grind Bar’s new advisors. We dig into lots of great stuff in this interview with Dan Harrison from Harrison Financial Group. Have you ever wondered what goes on in the mind of someone who makes lots of income? Or how you can shift your own life to bring in more abundance? According to Dan, looks like one of the best ways is to give more away! This may sound odd, but in this episode, he explains why this works and how he’s creating life the way he wants it to be.   Show notes: 3:00 ~ A little about Dan’s business Harrison Financial Group. 5:30 ~ What does Dan believe? 9:30 ~ Dan’s financial goal now - Giving $10,000 a month to multiple charities. 11:15 ~ Why giving first? 13:00 ~ Why Dan has a goat on his vision board. 15:45 ~ Why break off and work for yourself? 19:00 ~ Thought patterns and money. 19:30 ~ Everyone’s got a different story. 21:15 ~ Mental patterns of successful people. 24:30 ~ Dan’s story of overcoming massive debt without going bankrupt. 30:00 ~ Dan’s upcoming workshop For Love and Money. 33:00 ~ How cannabis has played a part in Dan’s life. 34:00 ~ Reading over 100 books in one year. 39:00 ~ Cannabis and relationships 40:00 ~ Raising vibrations 43:00 ~ Thinking outside the box 44:30 ~ CBD, staying grounded and getting stuff done. 46:15 ~ Advice on the Grind Bar from Dan. 52:00 ~ Focusing on giving value and on the other person. 53:15 ~ Transformative books Power of Intention - Wayne Dyer - http://amzn.to/2qkP2JW A Course in Miracles - http://amzn.to/2pPzZEq The Essentials - The Minimalists - http://amzn.to/2r9EzlD Think and Grow Rich - http://amzn.to/2rjhaM5 54:00 ~ Reading now? The Big Leap - Gay Hendricks - http://amzn.to/2r9vGbR 55:00 ~ Non Negotiables Meditation Setting intentions for the day 57:00 ~ What is Dan most excited about now? 1:00:00 ~ Connect with Dan www.danharrisonconsulting.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/emoneycoach/ 1:01:00 ~ Acknowledgment for Dan 1:01:45 ~ Dan’s question for you listening.   As always, CBD Radio is brought to you by the Grind Bar! The world's first performance nutrition bar infused with CBD! Check out www.thegrindbar.com to learn more about how CBD can help you and how to make your body and mind operate at their best!   Thank you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Gordon returns for his second interview on CBD radio! Andrew was my very first guest on the show and I’m super grateful to have him back! Andrew is an amazing guy who’s doing a lot of positive, purposeful work in the cannabis space. He has worked with many dispensaries to help improve their community engagement and is now focused more on working with private clients to help set up legal access to cannabis. In this episode we dig into all sorts of stuff around the cannabis space, including the benefits of focusing on giving vs getting, how lucky we are to be in Vancouver to watch the cannabis space evolve, cannabis and kids, the benefits and legal confusion around CBD, dispensaries vs LPs, some advice from Andrew on my business, some great book recommendations, and much more! It’s a long one, but there’s a ton of gold in here! You can also listen to the episode on iTunes at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1197164343 Enjoy!   Show notes: 4:20 ~ What does Andrew believe? “It’s better to be kind than be right.” 7:30 ~ The value in focusing on giving rather than getting. 9:00 ~ The inflow of capital into the cannabis market. 11:00 ~ Working together locally and globally. 17:00 ~ The privilege of being in Vancouver working in the cannabis space. 18:30 ~ The medical and spiritual benefits of cannabis. 20:00 ~ Cannabis and kids. 21:00 ~ Talking CBD. 23:30 ~ My mission is to create value and improve health and wellness in my community” 25:30 ~ The benefits of growing your own medicine. 27:30 ~ Being patient with the unfolding legalisation.          ~ Howard Zinn - A people’s history of the United States: http://amzn.to/2ooo0BT 30:00 ~ Politics and cannabis. 32:30 ~ “Products need to be more community focused than profit-focused” 35:00 ~ Challenges with maintaining a quality supply chain. 36:00 ~ Anandia labs at UBC http://www.anandialabs.com/ 38:30 ~ The confusing legality of CBD. 40:15 ~ What Andrew is focused on now career wise. 44:30 ~ Dispensaries vs LP’s (licensed producers) 49:30 ~ Make sure you’re not the smartest person in the room. 51:30 ~ The future of industrial hemp and cbd. 53:00 ~ Cannabis Hemp Conference - http://www.cannabishempconference.com/ 55:00 ~ Mentor section - Advice for CBD radio and the Grind Bar from Andrew. 56:00 ~ Find what inspires you in other entrepreneurs and businesses. 57:30 ~ The value in creating content on social media. 1:00:00 ~ Building a community around you. 1:01:30 ~ Keep doing what you’re doing, and do more of it. 1:02:00 ~ Keep focusing on doing and taking action. 1:05:00 ~ Transformative books for Andrew. Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for Everyone and No One: http://amzn.to/2pYLwFB 1:07:00 ~ What he’s reading now... Deepak Chopra presents - Buddha, a story of enlightenment: http://amzn.to/2pXmOTm THE U.S. Pharmacopoeia - Cannabis - http://antiquecannabisbook.com/Appendix/AppendixC.htm The Making of the Oxford English Dictionary - http://amzn.to/2oYJx2U Meetings with Remarkable People by Osho - http://amzn.to/2oYJOCY 1:10:15 ~ What Andrew’s most excited about in the future. 1:11:30 ~ 3 questions to consider as a 21st century leader Where are you looking to anticipate change? What’s the diversity measure of your personal and professional network? Are you willing to let go of things that have gained you success in the past if necessary? 1:14:45 ~ Regulation vs legalization for cannabis. 1:16:00 ~ How to connect with Andrew http://alltogiveconsulting.com alltogive@gmail.com 1:20:30 ~ Andrew’s question for you, the listener!   As always, CBD Radio is brought to you by the Grind Bar! The world's first performance nutrition bar infused with CBD! Check out www.thegrindbar.com to learn more about how CBD can help you and how to make your body and mind operate at their best! Thank you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After a magical journey into the Amazon rainforest Salimeh Tabrizi was inspired to devote her life to spreading awareness of plant medicine and specifically, the cannabis plant. Since then she has created the Vancouver Cannabis Hemp Conference, which is about to have it’s 3rd annual event in just a few short weeks! In this episode, we dig into beliefs (of course) and a ton of awesome info about cannabis what to expect at the upcoming conference Salimeh is organizing, which features over 50 experts in the cannabis industry sharing their wisdom and spreading awareness about this magical plant. And, this episode is our first that is on video as well! Check out the full video interview here: https://youtu.be/-7kXHLP-LFc You can also check out the episode on iTunes at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1197164343   Show notes 2:30 ~ What Salimeh believes. 3:30 ~ Why Salimeh does the amazing work she’s doing and how she got here. 7:30 ~ Discomfort and growth. 9:00 ~ More about the Vancouver Cannabis Hemp Conference 15:45 ~ The gap in awareness that the conference addresses 22:00 ~ Details on the 4 workshops at the conference (http://www.cannabishempconference.com/workshops/) 22:30 ~ 1 - Culinary Arts with Watermelon (https://youtu.be/ja5uVniBCp8 http://www.melongirl.com/) 23:15 ~ 2 - Topicals with Natasha Reyes (https://www.natasharyzphd.com/ https://ryzremi.com/ ) 25:00 ~ How David broke his neck and was introduced to cannabis as a medicine 30:00 ~ 3 - Growing cannabis with David Bernard-Perron, Travis Lane and Susan Sheldon 31:45 ~ 4 - Cannabis juicing and healthy edibles - Alison Draisin 34:00 ~ Ticket options and more about the panel discussions 37:00 ~ Other speakers and musicians coming 40:45 ~ Salimeh’s initial spark to work with cannabis and her journey into the Amazon 49:00 ~ The Amazon Coalition 50:00 ~ Salimeh’s daily practices - Breath, and weekly visit with her partner and Santa Maria in the forest 51:30 ~ My daily practices 53:00 ~ Transformational books: Graham Hancock’s Supernatural (http://amzn.to/2nVGYQ8) Stephen Grey’s Cannabis and Spirituality (http://amzn.to/2pJTfDN) 55:45 ~ Salimeh’s question for you listening!   Connect with Salimeh and more about the Cannabis Hemp Conference Web: http://www.cannabishempconference.com/ Email: info@cannabishempconference.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cannahempconf   As always, CBD Radio is brought to you by the Grind Bar! The world's first performance nutrition bar infused with CBD! Check out www.thegrindbar.com to learn more about how CBD can help you and how to make your body and mind operate at their best! Thank you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“You are the most important project in your life” Bryce Evans created the One Project many years ago as a way to both heal his own struggles with anxiety and depression and spread awareness about it with hopes of helping others heal theirs. In this episode, we dig into what anxiety is all about, how it feels, and lots of ways you can train your brain to be stronger and overcome it. We talk about Bryce’s journey and his own struggles with anxiety, how being an entrepreneur has brought even more of it into his life, and, among other things, how gratitude has helped him deal with his anxiety and reprogram his mind to be happier all the time. Listen and subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1197164343   Show Notes: 2:00 ~ What does Bryce believe? 4:00 ~ What the One Project is all about. 10:00 ~ What inspired the start of the One Project? 13:00 ~ What does anxiety mean to Bryce? 16:30 ~ What did it feel like being stuck in the anxiety in the past? 22:00 ~ What does gratitude mean and how can it help with anxiety and depression? 27:00 ~ Specific ways to use gratitude to help with anxiety and depression. 31:00 ~ Dealing with the added anxiety and depression of being an entrepreneur. 42:30 ~ How taking action can help with anxiety. 47:00 ~ How CBD has helped Bryce with anxiety 49:15 ~ “You are the most important project in your life” 50:30 ~ Natural vs pharmaceutical medicine for dealing with anxiety in the short and long term. 56:30 ~ Regaining control over your mind and yourself. 1:02:00 ~ Expanding your comfort zone. 1:04:30 ~ Most transformative books. 1:07:00 ~ Transformative experience. 1:09:00 ~ What Bryce is reading now. 1:10:30 ~ Podcasts Bryce listens to. 1:13:00 ~ Bryce’s personal practices 1:16:00 ~ What is Bryce most excited about coming up? 1:18:30 ~ Bryce’s question for you!   References and recommendations: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson: http://amzn.to/2nZYMpa The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho: http://amzn.to/2oWVF2r Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins: http://amzn.to/2oQwrGf A Happy Pocket Full of Money by David Gikandi and Bob Doyle: http://amzn.to/2nwoBkP The Tim Ferriss podcast: http://tim.blog/ Startup Podcast: https://gimletmedia.com/startup/   Connect with Bryce and learn more about the One Project: https://theoneproject.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theoneproject/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theoneproj Bryce's TED talk: https://youtu.be/CuJhTfxd0gY Vice Documentary on the One Project: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/what-its-like-treating-depression-and-anxiety-through-therapeutic-photography   CBD Radio is brought to you by the Grind Bar! The world's first performance nutrition bar infused with CBD! Check out www.thegrindbar.com to learn more about how CBD can help you and how to make your body and mind operate at their best! Thank you for listening!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan Kasparek… What a beautiful soul. After a rather colourful upbringing and migration to Canada, Jan set his sights on being a painter. After almost being forced to give up his dream, he persisted through and trusted in himself and the universe to help him achieve his goal. He now spends his time creating some of the most beautiful paintings I’ve ever seen and spreading light day to day as he moves about the world. So grateful to have gotten to do this interview as Jan’s been an inspiration to me for many years. He’s one of those guys that brightens a room simply by being in it. And I had a blast digging into his mind a bit and learning about how and why he lives life as he does. Lots of gold in this one! I’m sure you’ll enjoy it! Listen on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1197164343 Show notes: 1:30 ~ What does Jan believe? 3:30 ~ How that belief influences his art. 5:00 ~ Jan’s background - How he came to be doing such beautiful work in the world 10:00 ~ “Why did you paint that first Buddha?” 11:30 ~ “Were you into spirituality and Buddhism before starting to paint it?” 14:00 ~ The wisdom and freedom of being child like 14:30 ~ How to cultivate that childlike outlook 16:00 ~ “You can’t hurt someone with a fully open human heart … An open heart is the most powerful instrument in existence” - Jan 16:45 ~ Some of Jan’s lessons from his childhood 18:30 ~ Full acceptance and embracing of your feelings and your fear 22:00 ~ One of Jan’s experiences of light 30:00 ~ Acknowledging and embracing darkness and fear 35:00 ~ Three paths to the truth - Meditation, Concentration, and Contemplation 38:00 ~ How to learn to listen to the wisdom of the body 40:30 ~ Why Jan makes sure to pause, especially when he doesn’t want to. 45:00 ~ One of my first experiences of being engulfed in light at my last vipassana 48:00 ~ Medication and meditation 52:00 ~ Staying detached and having fun while playing the game of investment 54:00 ~ Giving Presence 58:30 ~ What would you like to be asked that I haven’t yet? 1:00:00 ~ What book is Jan reading? 1:01:00 ~ Influential teachers   Eckhart Tolle A New Earth ~ http://amzn.to/2nMEr9o The Power of Now ~ http://amzn.to/2nsiBEE Richard Rudd The Gene Keys ~ http://amzn.to/2nMTKyZ Mooji ~ https://mooji.org/ Ama, the hugging saint ~  http://amma.org/   1:04:00 ~ Jan’s question for you listening!   Connect with Jan: http://painting.kasparec.com/ https://www.facebook.com/jan.kasparec.1  Thank you so much for listening! I hope this episode has brought some light into your life. And if it has, head over to iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1197164343) and subscribe to the podcast so you can keep listening to these inspiring conversations!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

George Hoffmann is yet another amazing example of a man choosing to be a shining light of positivity in the world. From his work at Network Immunology to passion project teaching meditation and mindfulness in schools, to his play of doing stand-up comedy, almost everything George does is spreading light and making the world a more love-filled place. As you can likely tell by the photo he chose to use, he is someone who very seriously values not being too serious in life :) Once again, we see how comedy and making people smile can be a wonderful way to spread light in the world! In our interview, we dig into all sorts of stuff around wellness, meditation, mindfulness, masculine and feminine energy, comedy, living a life of purpose and much more. I’m starting to notice a trend with these interviews… haha. Lots of gold in this one, I hope you enjoy and get some nuggets to take with you and improve your own daily life in some way. Listen on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1197164343  Notes 2:30 ~ What does George believe? 3:45 ~ What Network Immunology is all about. 13:00 ~ What is the day to day of your work look like? 17:30 ~ When did George start to dig into the world of meditation and mindfulness? 26:00 ~ More about George’s side project teaching about meditation and mindfulness 33:30 ~ How George is grounding these ideas and teaching them to children in schools 36:00 ~ Doing the work. 37:15 ~ Love vs Fear and taking action in spite of the fear 38:00 ~ How stand up comedy is helping George get better at acting in spite of fear 42:30 ~ Meditation is only practice for life 44:30 ~ Spiritual bypassing, staying grounded and balanced 47:30 ~ Flow 50:00 ~ Masculine and feminine energy 59:30 ~ The Maybe proverb 1:04:00 ~ Transformational books and experiences for George 1:10:00 ~ Tips for being more present in the now 1:12:00 ~ Touching on both George and my massive bike trips 1:14:00 ~ Moving and stillness for aiding in 1:17:00 ~ George’s question for you!   Books A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle - http://amzn.to/2o9uWPy   Experiences Hridaya Yoga - http://www.hridaya-yoga.com/ Vipassana: https://www.dhamma.org/en-US/index   Connect with George Network Immunology - http://www.networkimmunology.com/ On facebook - https://www.facebook.com/jorgissimo Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgehoffmann/   As always, CBD Radio is brought to you by the Grind Bar! The world's first performance nutrition bar infused with CBD! Check out www.thegrindbar.com to learn more about CBD and how to make your body and mind operate at their best! Thank you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yogi, funny guy, spiritual explorer, there’s lots of words that can describe Alex Sadowski, but I think the best would be that he’s simply a massive source of light in the world. Alex is an old friend of mine, and someone I’ve learned a ton from on my path about spirituality, plant medicine, presence, purpose, happiness, etc. and I’m crazy grateful to share our interview with you! You’ll laugh, you’ll learn, and you’ll likely have your heart and mind opened. I won’t say any more, just listen. It’s a good one!  You can also listen to the episode on iTunes at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1197164343    Show notes: 2:00 ~ What Alex believes 6:45 ~ What God represents for him 8:00 ~ How yoga has influenced his path 16:15 ~ How he shifted his mindset to look at life as yoga and see positive in everything 18:00 ~ On being a funny guy 25:00 ~ Alex’s experience hanging out with the “bad” crowd 31:00 ~ How cannabis has tied into the spiritual path 44:00 ~ The accidental awakening ceremony and Alex’s experimenting with medicinal herbs 1:01:45 ~ What are you excited by and moving towards now? 1:05:30 ~ What kind of music are you getting into? 1:08:00 ~ What are your favourite artists right now? 1:13:00 ~ Relationships, sexuality and monogamy 1:27:00 ~ Alex’s question for you!   Books Alex is reading now: The eye of the I - David Hawkins - http://amzn.to/2nrSQIF Secret life of plants - peter tompkins - http://amzn.to/2nCZNXT The secret law of success - paramahansa yogananda - http://amzn.to/2n6o6Mx   What Alex is excited about: Blessed Coast music festival: http://www.blessedcoast.ca/   Connect with Alex: Call him: (416) 843-0821 Instagram: @a.sadowski Or email: alex.sadowski003@gmail.com   As always, CBD Radio is brought to you by the Grind Bar! The world's first performance nutrition bar infused with CBD! Check out www.thegrindbar.com to learn more about how CBD can help you and how to make your body and mind operate at their best!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, I sit down with Alex Kuhn. Alex is a fellow seeker and consciousness explorer and we dig into all sorts of good stuff around spirituality, cannabis, mindfulness, breathwork, sexuality, and lots more. You can also listen to the episode on iTunes at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1197164343 Enjoy!   Show notes 2:00 ~ What Alex believes 4:15 ~ More about Buddhism and Taoism 7:30 ~ Alex’s first experience with cannabis 14:15 ~ How cannabis has helped with anxiety and paranoia since then 15:30 ~ How the mind and body are connected 17:00 ~ Digging into mindfulness 26:00 ~ How diet has impacted his path 30:30 ~ Creating more flow in your life 38:00 ~ Sexuality and masculine and feminine energy 50:00 ~ Playing with the breath 55:00 ~ The power of having alignment within the body 58:00 ~ Strengthening my masculine side 1:01:00 ~ Wrap up questions   Transformative books: The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity: http://amzn.to/2njSsZG Cannabis and Spirituality: http://amzn.to/2njQngF   As always, CBD Radio is brought to you by the Grind Bar! The world's first performance nutrition bar infused with CBD! Check out www.thegrindbar.com to learn more about how CBD can help you and how to make your body and mind operate at their best!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep 15 - Dr. Dave Hepburn I am sooooo grateful to share my interview with Dr Dave Hepburn with you! And not just because he's a fellow Dave ;)  Dr. Hepburn has been working with patients in the cannabis space for over 15 years for all sorts of ailments. He’s been focused on helping people get healthy, not get high, and helped countless people ease their suffering, heal faster, and improve their quality of life. In this episode we dig into how he got introduced to cannabis initially, what types of ailments cannabis can help with, how cannabis actually interacts with cancer cells, the uses for thc and cbd in healing, and much more. Dr. Hepburn is a wealth of knowledge and again, I’m so grateful to share some of his wisdom with you in this episode! Enjoy! Notes: 1:15 ~ How Dr. Hepburn got introduced into the world of Cannabis. 2:45 ~ What do you believe? 4:30 ~ Dr. Hepburn’s experience with Buddhism. 5:45 ~ Back into his experience with cannabis and being teachable. 7:30 ~ Working in the traditional medical system while working with cannabis. 12:15 ~ Details on how cannabis interacts with cancer cells. 18:00 ~ What fears come up with new patients? 20:45 ~ Start low and go slow - educating people about cannabis use. 21:30 ~ Dr. Hepburn’s experience with CBD with his patients. 24:45 ~ How THC changes in your stomach when consumed orally. 27:15 ~ Conditions cannabis is prescribed for. 29:00 ~ What strains are best for different ailments? 32:00 ~ Fear and talking to mom about the dangers of psychosis 39:00 ~ Cannabis for treating the side effects of chemotherapy 43:30 ~ The effects of a positive attitude and mindset on healing and how cannabis helps. 47:00 ~ The benefits of being open minded. 49:00 ~ What question would you like to be asked that I haven’t asked? 50:00 ~ What does Dr Hepburn like to read and consume regularly? 55:15 ~ How to talk to your doctor about cannabis. 57:00 ~ Dr. Hepburn’s question for you!   References The Buddhist Bootcamp - http://amzn.to/2n8kwiy Gordy Howe autobiography - http://amzn.to/2ngCWgw The 100 year life - http://amzn.to/2mDvXRy Oshaughnessy - http://www.beyondthc.com/ Leafly - https://www.leafly.com/   Brought to you by the Grind Bar! The world's first performance nutrition bar infused with CBD! Check out www.thegrindbar.com to learn more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Find the things that make you feel well, don’t follow the masses” What does it mean to be Superhuman? How can you use diet, nutrition, meditation, and control over your mind to make your life more fun and create more impact in the world? How do the actual chemicals in your brain impact your life? In episode 14 I share an epic convo with Spencer Coppin from Coppin Health and the Superhuman Summit. Spencer has studied traditional chinese medicine, functional medicine, nutrition, and uses all of this knowledge to help many clients with his family and their business Coppin Health. We dig into all sorts of epic convo about all things health and performance. From superhuman augmentations to cbd to the bulletproof diet and how the actual chemicals in your brain tie into anxiety and flow states. If you’re into how the mind and body work (like Spencer and I are) I’m sure you’ll get a ton of value from this convo!   Notes: 3:15 ~ What do you believe? 4:30 ~ Spencer explains what Coppin Health is all about. 8:00 ~ What is the Superhuman Summit all about? 12:00 ~ Coolest person in the Summit in the “augmentation” section of the summit. 14:45 ~ What inspired the creation of the Superhuman Summit. 16:30 ~ Spencer’s experience with cbd and healing. 18:00 ~ Jamming about the cannabis industry. 19:30 ~ Spencer shares about a talk from Dr. Joseph Maroon (doctor for the Pittsburgh Steelers) about his use of cbd with traumatic brain injuries and as a performance supplement. 23:00 ~ Measuring what’s actually going on in the body with CBD 24:00 ~ What have you been seeing with clients you’ve been using CBD with? 26:30 ~ Exploring diet with performance in mind 29:00 ~ Bulletproof Coffee and intermittent fasting 34:30 ~ Getting into the spiritual side a little 37:30 ~ How has it been hosting the 22 for Life podcast? 39:30 ~ Talking about anxiety 44:00 ~ Gaba deficiency and anxiety 53:00 ~ Meditation, mindfulness, flow states and brain function 59:00 ~ Rapid fire questions   References Dr Joseph Maroon: http://www.josephmaroon.com/ More on NFL and CBD: http://www.thecannabist.co/2016/03/18/former-nfl-players-jake-plummer-jim-mcmahon-cannabidiol-cbd-research/49790/ Bulletproof coffee and diet: http://www.bulletproof.com/ Gaba deficiency and anxiety: http://www.balancingbrainchemistry.co.uk/peter-smith/26/GABA-Deficient-Anxiety.html Tim Ferriss show podcast: http://tim.blog/podcast/ Tools of Titans by Tim Ferris: http://amzn.to/2lTfOEm The Daily Stoic: http://amzn.to/2mXaHnD Transformative experience: Being immersed in high level competitive sports   Thanks again guys! I hope you found value in this episode!   Brought to you by the Grind Bar! The world's first performance nutrition bar infused with CBD! Check out www.thegrindbar.com to learn more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trust, faith, intuition, cannabis, masculine / feminine, and living your purpose… These are a few of the many topics I dig into with my friend, teacher and mentor Satyen Raja from Warrior Sage and the Accelerated Evolution Academy. For any of you that are familiar with Satyen’s work, it will be no surprise that this episode goes deep. We dig into a ton of very real topics and Satyen shares a lot of inspiring truths. If you consider yourself a seeker or feel that you are on a spiritual path in this life in any capacity, (and even if you don’t) this episode is a must listen. Very honored to be sharing this with all of you! Notes: 1:30 ~ What Satyen believes. 3:30 ~ “When did you realize this about beliefs?” 5:00 ~ Satyen’s work in the world. 7:00 ~ More about psycho-spiritual work. 9:00 ~ The type of people that are attracted to working with Satyen. 11:00 ~ How plant medicines have tied into Satyen’s spiritual path. 16:00 ~ How intention ties into uses cannabis use. 17:00 ~ Cannabis and masculine / feminine. 21:00 ~ Satyen’s personal use of cannabis. 22:30 ~ CBD and supporting the masculine 25:30 ~ “What are you afraid of?” 27:00 ~ “What does trust or faith mean to you?” 28:15 ~ “How have you developed your sense of faith?” 29:45 ~ “How has your intuition helped you in business?” 31:00 ~ How Satyen uses his intuition and mind together to help navigate his life. 32:45 ~ How to specifically develop your ability to listen to the wisdom of your heart and gut. 33:45 ~ More info about the teachers that have influenced Satyen’s life. 38:00 ~ What Satyen is reading: Reality Transurfing: http://amzn.to/2lYEYCy 40:00 ~ Most transformative experiences. 45:00 ~ Satyen’s question for you! A few of Satyen’s teachers / mentors Stuart Wild - http://www.stuartwilde.com/ David Deida - http://deida.info/ Charles Burner (Yogeshwar Muni) http://www.charlesberner.org/ Zivorad Slavinski http://spiritual-technology.com/ Connect with Satyen: www.warriorsage.com https://acceleratedevolutionacademy.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/satyen.raja.9?fref=ts   Brought to you by the Grind Bar! The world's first performance nutrition bar infused with CBD! Check out www.thegrindbar.com to learn more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have you ever floated? Have you played with meditation or other ways of expanding your awareness? Have you ever tried to talk to dolphins? Are you able to embrace the chaos of life? Are you curious to learn more about any of this? In episode 12 I got to sit down with Ashkahn Jahromi at his office in Portland Oregon on my way through this past December and we had a pretty epic convo! I hadn’t met Ashkahn before, but I got to check out Float On, the business he co-founded, which is one of the original float centres in America. He’s also a cofounder of the Float Conference, an annual event bringing together most of the people in the floating industry for a weekend of epic speakers and discussion on the world of floating and expanding consciousness in general. This one wanders a bit for sure, but to all the right places. Haha. Enjoy! Episode Notes: 2:30 ~ What does Ashkan believe? 3:15 ~ Diving into the grand chaos of life and accepting the unknown 6:30 ~ More info on floating 10:00 ~ Some of the benefits of floating 14:00 ~ Floating with drugs… 16:00 ~ How environment plays such a big part in letting your body and mind heal itself 18:00 ~ Lessons from camping in a treehouse in Africa 20:15 ~ Why floating? What inspired him to get started? 25:30 ~ The challenges of actually running a float centre 27:00 ~ The night of 3 floods 30:00 ~ What shifts to do you see in people through having floating in their lives? 38:00 ~ Elevating consciousness and expanding your perception of life 39:30 ~ The Float Tour - visiting 172 float centers on a 3 month trip across the US and Canada 48:30 ~ Breath work and floating 52:00 ~ My experience with floating 53:00 ~ Floating at different times of the day 54:45 ~ Theta state - that in between sleeping and awake place 57:30 ~ Ashkan’s trip to Australia 58:30 ~ A bit of the history of floating 1:00:30 ~ The creation of a float inspired cook book with guest chefs 1:04:00 ~ Listening to your heart and expanding your perception of your body 1:06:00 ~ There’s no right or wrong way to float 1:07:00 ~ Trauma release through tremoring in the tank 1:11:45 ~ Longest float you’ve seen someone do? 1:17:00 ~ John’s research into dolphins and language 1:22:00 ~ Exploring the mind and our inner seas. 1:23:30 ~ Ashkan’s reading about octopuses right now (I forgot to ask the title of the actual book, sorry, haha) 1:26:00 ~ Transformative experience - Travel - “It’s hard to hate up close” 1:30:00 ~ What is Ashkan excited about in the industry right now? 1:31:30 ~ What trends do you see coming?   Connect with Ashkahn www.floathq.com ashkahn@floathq.com www.floatconference.com   References Waking the Tiger, Healing Trauma: http://amzn.to/2lViF2v More on John Lilly, modern founder of float tanks - http://www.johnclilly.com/   Brought to you by the Grind Bar! The world's first performance nutrition bar infused with CBD! Check out www.thegrindbar.com to learn more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Greatness is not based on being brilliant. It’s based on consistently doing the things others can’t and won’t do. So greatness is based on being consistent, not being brilliant.” Graham is a performance and business coach and helps people get past the things that are holding them back and get more shit done! This episode is one of our shorter ones, and that’s because Graham is just so on point! He answers every question I throw at him quickly and delivers tons of awesome info for you guys! There’s lots of gold in this one, including tips on how to plan better, how anxiety and performance tie together, and some awesome resources for people wanting to become more performant themselves. 2:00 ~ What does Graham believe? 3:30 ~ Talking about mindset 5:30 ~ Background and what Graham Young Strategies is all about. 7:30 ~ How did he get into coaching and the world of performance? 11:00 ~ What kind of people do you usually work with? 12:00 ~ How have you simplified the idea of performance? 14:45 ~ How do you help people move past what’s holding them back? 21:00 ~ How do anxiety and performance tie together? 22:00 ~ #1 things that separates high performers from everybody else and helps with anxiety. 27:00 ~ Best practical steps for planning 30:00 ~ Graham’s recommendations… Transformative book: The organized mind: http://amzn.to/2lHUxAf Podcasts: Mantalks - https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/mantalks-podcast-purpose-legacy/id1015078747?mt=2 Self Made Man - https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/self-made-man/id982006298?mt=2 Books Smarter, Faster, Better - http://amzn.to/2lHIYJC Connect with Graham: http://www.gystrategies.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gystrategies/?fref=ts Instagram and Twitter: @iamgrahamyoung   Thanks again, and as always, we are powered by www.TheGrindBar.com check them out to learn more about CBD and try out the world’s first true performance nutrition bar.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ever wonder what’s going on in the legal side of the cannabis industry in Canada? In this episode of CBD Radio, I had the pleasure of interviewing Paul Pedersen from Greywood Partners. Paul is a business advisor in the cannabis space and works with companies in raising capital and going public. He’s worked with a number of the LPs (licensed producers) in Canada and we dig into a lot of what’s going on behind the scenes in the industry. This episode is super informative. I learned a lot myself so I’m sure you will too. Enjoy! You can also check out the episode on iTunes at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1197164343 In the episode: 2:30 ~ What Paul believes. 5:00 ~ Why he got into cannabis initially. 7:00 ~ What’s going on in the industry with the Licensed Producers? 9:30 ~ What Paul’s business is all about. 18:00 ~ How has cannabis played a role in Paul’s life? 20:00 ~ How he uses cannabis to help with sleep. 21:30 ~ How cannabis has impacted his relationship with his partner Tiffany. 22:30 ~ LPs or specific growers? 30:00 ~ Paul’s predictions for how things will unfold with legalization. 36:30 ~ What will happen to the black market when legalization comes? 42:00 ~ What do MMAR, MMPR, and ACMPR actually mean? 48:30 ~ How can people get involved in the cannabis industry if they’re interested? 53:00 ~ Rapid fire Qs   Paul’s rapid fire answers: Podcast - Lift Cannabis podcast - https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/lift-cannabis-podcast/id973805424?mt=2 Current book - Good to Great - http://amzn.to/2kCQZ2U Transformative experience - Entrepreneurship and starting his first business   Connect with Paul: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/epaulpedersen?fref=ts LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulepedersen   Brought to you by the Grind Bar! The world's first performance nutrition bar infused with CBD! Check out www.thegrindbar.com to learn more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Woah, monster of an episode with Andy Zaremba from Floathouse and Vancouver Real Podcast. Andy’s been a good friend of mine for a couple years now and he’s been an inspiration since I first met him. He’s one of those guys I like to call a go-giver (like a go-getter, but focussed on giving rather than getting).   He’s the co-owner of multiple businesses with his brother Mike (who I interviewed back in episode 06), as well as a father to a beautiful little girl, partner to a beautiful woman, and the co-leader of our squad in the Samurai Brotherhood. While he definitely has more on his plate than most out there, he also never hesitates to give back, and be of service to people in his community.   In this interview we dig into all sorts of awesome stuff! Some of which include: how he got inspired to create Float House, how cannabis has tied into his life and spiritual development, politics, creating change in one’s life, some family history, fear, personal development, public speaking and anxiety.   Lots of gold in this one. Andy and I really got into a great flow and covered lots of awesome stuff. I’m sure you’ll find some inspiration in here somewhere :)   Thanks again, and I hope you enjoy! 2:30 ~ Andy’s commitment to his mission of elevating consciousness. 7:00 ~ How Andy and Mike got inspired to start Float House. 24:00 ~ What does Andy believe? 27:30 ~ Andy dives into how cannabis has tied into spirituality for him. 33:00 ~ We rant on politics and some of the shit going on in the world 48:00 ~ What it takes for people to shift 51:00 ~ Some of the people lobbying against cannabis and why 54:00 ~ How fear ties into the cannabis discussion 57:00 ~ Psychedelics and how they’ve helped both Andy and me 1:02:00 ~ Some of Andy’s family history 1:07:00 ~ Challenge, getting uncomfortable and growth 1:10:00 ~ Personal development 1:13:00 ~ How anxiety has affected Andy in his life 1:26:00 ~ Rapid fire Qs   References Joe Rogan podcast with Steven Cotler on Flow States: https://youtu.be/KNobzrnSRMc Float On in Portland: http://floathq.com/   Float Conference: http://floatconference.com/ Andy and Mike’s interview with Daniele Bolelli: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/092-daniele-bolelli-history/id923776316?i=1000379354318&mt=2 Who killed the electric care documentary: https://youtu.be/vRnUY6V2Knk The Culture High (cannabis documentary): https://youtu.be/XA9Q6nDVR3s (this is a crazy awesome movie if you haven’t seen it. Regardless of whether or not you use cannabis) Vancouver Entrepreneurs Toastmasters Club: http://www.vetc.ca/ Joe Rogan with Jordan Peterson:  https://youtu.be/04wyGK6k6HE   Andy’s answers : Daniele Bolelli’s podcast: http://www.danielebolelli.com/ Psychedelic Salon podcast: https://psychedelicsalon.com/ Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History: http://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/ Meeting the Shadow: http://amzn.to/2kUUCQs Experience - PSI Seminars: http://www.psiseminars.com/ and Spiritquest ayahuasca retreats   Connect with Andy: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andy.zaremba.7?fref=ts Float House: http://www.floathouse.ca/ Vancouver Real Podcast: http://www.vancouverreal.tv/ and https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/vancouver-real/id923776316?mt=2   Brought to you by the Grind Bar! The world's first performance nutrition bar infused with CBD! Check out www.thegrindbar.com to learn more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, I got to sit down with Lester Phillips at the Apollo Medical center where he works as an advocate for CBD and helping people find the best medication for their needs. In the interview, we dig into how Lester got introduced to CBD initially, how it helped him with diabetes, skin cancer, and anxiety. He shares how through using CBD, he was able to get off all of the many pharmaceuticals he was on, and how doing so gave him his relationship with his son back. This one may pull on a couple heart strings, as Lester has had an emotional rollercoaster of a ride and is generous enough to share some of it with us in this interview. This interview was informative as well, with lots of awesome recommendations for dosage and ways to use CBD. I actually learned a lot myself, and I work in the space myself, so I’m sure you’ll learn lots as well. Thanks again, and I hope you enjoy this interview with Lester Phillips! Listen on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1197164343   Show notes:  3:00 ~ What do you believe? 4:30 ~ Lester’s background and how he got introduced to CBD and how it helped with his Diabetes and skin cancer 12:00 ~ Returning his medication to the pharmacy with his son 13:30 ~ Getting his relationship with his son back 17:30 ~ Dosage recommendations 18:30 ~ Lessons from a former heroin addict 21:00 ~ Experience with speaking to people on Vancouver’s downtown eastside 26:45 ~ CBD and anxiety 35:30 ~ Ways to take CBD and dosage recommendations 41:00 ~ Talking about the entourage effect 44:00 ~ The benefits of micro-dosing and vaporising with CBD 49:45 ~ How the 50+ crowd is benefiting from CBD 54:30 ~ Lester talking about cannabis with his Grandma as a kid 57:45 ~ Transformative experience and books 1:07:00 ~ First step for people thinking of trying out CBD   References More on CBD and diabetes: https://www.projectcbd.org/diabetes The Union documentary: https://youtu.be/wfxaJQVxSA4   Lester’s transformative book - The Road Less Traveled: http://amzn.to/2kL1TlL   Connect with Lester Apollo Medical Center (Monday and Tuesday evenings): https://www.apollomed.ca/   Brought to you by the Grind Bar! The world's first performance nutrition bar infused with CBD! Check out www.thegrindbar.com to learn more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.