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#2: The Pursuit of Ultimate Freedom | Drew McManus

March 05, 2025 • Drew Korf • Episode 2

Drew McManus is the founder and lead singer of Satsang.

Coming fresh off of his Australia tour, we got a chance to drop in and talk about the ups & downs and lessons from the tour, and got to do some reflecting on big life moments that had just happened for each of us.

In the episode, Drew hit us with some deep insights on his music career. He shared the moment that landed him a tour with Michael Franti when he was hustling CDs with $30 in his bank account after a show, and he also brought it back to his career today by talking about his creative process and how he embraces his gift for writing.

On the spiritual side, we got a chance to do some deep reflections on how we handle adversity and what it's like to sit in difficult times. Drew talked about the importance of having close friends like his best friend Brady, and shared how getting bedridden with a sickness in Australia forced him to sit inside of a hard time instead of chasing it off with motorcycles or an increased workload. This led us down a path of reflecting on some of our recent challenges and discussing some of the goals and outcomes we're looking forward to creating on the other side of the lessons we've learned.

I hope you enjoy this wide-ranging conversations with one of my favorite humans on the planet. After spending countless miles together on tour chatting about life, I'm thrilled to finally be able to share one of our conversations with all of you.

Thank you for listening.🖤

Don't let workin' hard be the only thing you're workin' hard at.

Stay Present.

- Drew.

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