From developing commercial real estate properties to developing humans; Charlie Smith has had and continues to lead an incredible life. His story is filled with darkness, pain, beauty and inspiration. As a keynote speaker and coach today, Charlie has looked inside himself along all chapters in his journey to truly turn his mess into his message and now bring wisdom to others on the daily. I am truly blessed to have had this time with him and I am without a doubt that any and all listeners will feel the same once you tune into this episode. So settle in, get your pen out and get ready to reach out to Charlie for your new pen, the one that will write your life story.


Episode Topics

0:50 - Join us for some conscious breaths before we dive into the episode.

2:35 - How Charlie and I met and the gift he led with to connect us.

3:40 - The gift that Charlie sent me in the mail and his message behind his movement.

5:45 - Where Charlie’s inspirational story began “It started in darkness” with violent abuse.

8:55 - Charlie describes how he started his career chasing material success and using drugs and alcohol to run from himself and shield him from dealing with his past.

10:03 - The false identity that he created to try and put his past behind him caught up to him and his life started to collapse. It was time to deal with the pain to get through the pain.

13:28 - We are the biggest influence on ourselves with how we allow our external influences to effect the way that we talk to and view ourselves.

15:10 - Charlie had made the choice to put down drugs and alcohol for 45 days thinking this was the fix to his challenges quickly realizing it was his past that needed to be looked at. When his whole Family left him, it was the ultimate wake-up call.

19:20 - Starting to take full responsibility for his life, Charlie could not see clearly what he needed to do on his path.

22:00 - Charlie speaks about how in his growth his friends and the people that he surrounded himself with changed immensely.

25:01 - Charlie shares a story about a recent experience in his life that brought back all these insecurities and how simply sharing what you’re going through with someone else brings the power back to you.

30:03 - We are never finished products when it comes to the personal development space. We constantly learn from others as long as we’re willing to lean into the journey.

34:04 - Charlie shares a great story about his Mom confiding in him before she is accepting a prestigious award and how he encourages her to re-write her life narrative.

37:10 - How Charlie helps people turn their negative chatter into their inner champion.

43:51 - “Here is on the way there” a current saying that Charlie lives by and what it means. To be in this present moment.

45:50 - The importance of having a practice for presence and connecting with yourself.

48:16 - The power of habits and the tools that Charlie leverages to support his non-negotiables.

Episode Quotes

“What you don’t deal with will deal with you” 

“The past isn’t predictive of my future, my current behaviors are” 

“You can’t turn the volume up on your inner champion if you haven’t written the lyrics” 

Episode Resources Mentioned

Michael Singer - The Surrender Experiment - https://untetheredsoul.com/surrender-experiment 

Guest Contact Info

https://charliesmithspeaks.com/

Charlie’s 5K Process to write your story - https://charliesmithspeaks.com/keynote/ 

Instagram & Facebook - @charliesmithspeaks

This episode is the most meaningful episode to date that has been recorded as it is with my very own flesh and blood, my brother Matt Prince. Matt joined the Navy straight out of University, a few years later the Army and was deployed to Afghanistan for 6 months. He later decided that the Police force would keep him at home more close to his Family and that was the best choice. This episode unfolds like a story as Matt brings us into his journey through serving for 20+ years and eventually having an awakening changing his outlook on his work and his life completely. Plug into this episode and hold on tight as it covers everything from adventure, to Family and personal growth. 


Episode Topic

4:10 - Matt shares what his draw was to going into the military

7:05 - Checking into the barracks upon entry when he chose the Navy (Basic Training)

10:57 - Matt talks about when and why he transferred over to the Army

13:38 - He dives into what training in the Army was like.

18:58 - Matt talks about his decision to go to Afghanistan and serve for his country. What inspired him to go.

23:52 - In seeing/hearing his local fellow brothers/sisters in needing help overseas Matt felt he had no choice but to deploy when asked.

29 - Matt shares what he was feeling when he was getting on the plane headed to War.

31:16-  Matt explains arriving into Kandahar how his plane starting doing wild swinging maneuvers and what this was

41:01 - Matt talks about his experience in being in the combat zone during mortar attacks, etc.

44:01 - Outlines a scenario where one of their medics wanted to evacuate a local to save their life but couldn't.

47:53 - Matt shares the story of having dinner with some of the local Afghan’s and how it was challenging as they knew that some amongst them were likely going to be enemies at a later stage.

50:05 - What it’s like coming home after war and a funny story where he purposely dodged a welcome home party.

56:13- Talks about the challenges of coming back once they drop the uniform. Being without a weapon, sleeping, etc. How he had the opportunity to eventually provide counsel to others coming back.

1:01:10 - Matt shares how he was offered his dream role in the military and why he declined it.

1:05:07-1:06:40 - Reaching the pinnacle point of his multiple careers, it all started to tumble when he could not show up effectively in all areas.

1:10:23 - Explains how the evil in his career as a policeman really started to affect him in his work/life balance.

1:14:00 - Matt talks about his experience through the last few years during the pandemic as a police officer and his challenge with what was being enforced versus his beliefs and what he was witnessing.

1:23:00 - After 10 years of service, Matt was given one weeks notice to get the needle or become suspended from his role as a Police Officer.

1:29:49 - The story’s he had to hear from others that felt truly coerced into getting the needle
due to fear of losing their jobs, their homes, etc.

1:32:30 - Matt explains how he has gone from serving blindly his whole working life to truly “awakening”, taking his blinders off and stepping into a new way of life for his whole Family.


Episode Quotes

“You can be taught to be a leader, you can be appointed and called a leader. But at the end of the day. You’re not a leader until you actually motivate and take action. It is earned”

“I can mark that decision as becoming a Father again...At the forefront of everything I do now is the kids and it is really what charges me, motivates me and gives me energy. All my life experiences before me guide me but now allow me to give back to the next generation”


Episode Resources Mentioned

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On this episode of The Conscious Creator Podcast, Mike bring’s on a good Family friend Eric Sheremeta. Eric is an old soul who has found a new path in life through connection with self and the use of various “drugs” as medicine to connect with his higher self and his path in life. They take a deep dive on the various medicines and Eric shares how he truly believes that he was called to each at the different times in his life when it was needed most. Over time Eric has learned that one of his greatest tools is to walk this earth with an open heart for everyone in his path. This episode is a special one, especially if you’re on a journey of self-discovery (which we all are). Enjoy and thanks for listening!
 

Episode Topic

4:05 - How Eric had based a lot of his self worth off of a relationship so when they broke up his self worth went down with it and he experienced a lot of anxiety and didn’t know where to turn.

6:11-  When Eric was experiencing anxiety and they wanted to put him on drugs he knew that he had to dig deeper and find the answer to what was really going on.

6:57 - Eric talks about how he started to sit with his Yogi to dive deep on his anxiety

8:00 - Eric talks about how he stepped back from his thoughts to “witness” instead of allow them to spiral. This is where his journey of spirituality and psychedelics first connected.

10:03 - Mike talks about how people get attached to anxiety because they label it as a part of themselves instead of separating YOU from the anxiety.

10:53 - Eric & Mike talk about how psychedelics help separate self from the ego.

12:49 - Drugs turned from drugs to medicine when Eric first tried DMT.

15:00 - Eric talk about his first experience with DMT and explains how it reacts with the body.

21:00 - Eric talks about how in highschool he was not a very nice person as he felt the need to push his masculinity around but that there was someone in his life who always saw the light in him.

23:00 - Eric talks about a DMT experience where he “purged” but it was all spiritual and not actual.

26:25 - Medicine teaches us above all else to surrender to an experience. How this can be connected to our day to day experience in life and how we “react to experiences.

29:19 + 1.5mins  Eric talks about his experience with Ayahuasca. How he was taken away in a spaceship and how his next guide was delivered to him. Ram Daas.

33:00 - The chain of events that lead Eric on his spiritual journey. How one medicine lead to the next and also to each spiritual teacher on his path.

34:10 - 35:40 “In society today we’re going back to our roots. We’ve come so far away from where were as primal beings and connecting with the earth and the world around us and each other and community…”


Episode Quotes

“When I’m 25 and doctors were telling me that they want to put me on drugs, I didn’t want to be put on any of these drugs for the rest of my life. If I have a problem I want to deal with it. At the time I thought I had a disease. I wanted to cure whatever disease I had. It turns out that it was anxiety”

“Instantly I was transported to ancient India…Right after I knew that I needed to go back. For me it was this deeply healing experience. This major reset and I would feel so light coming out of it” (DMT Experience)

“They call DMT the spirit molecule. It is connection to God and you are connected to your highest self”

“If you can manage to keep your heart open in hell you will learn so much about yourself and evolve.  I learned to sit there with my heart open when I was thrown in a fire of hell”


Episode Resources Mentioned

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