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Coming Home to Yourself w/ Otis Smallwood

Season 2

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What if everything you've been searching for was already here?

Otis Smallwood, founder of Awakening Genius, executive coach, and one of the most quietly mind-blowing humans we've ever sat across from, joins us for a conversation that started as an interview and ended as something closer to a session. Fair warning: this one will get under your skin.

Otis takes us from his childhood in Minnesota to losing a million dollars at 25, from a random bookstore encounter to 21 days in an ashram outside Chennai, and into the work he now does helping founders and executives find their way back to themselves.

We get into self-study vs. self-improvement, the neurobiology of enlightenment, what medicine journeying actually does (and doesn't do), why the ego isn't the enemy, and what it really means to directly experience divinity, not just believe in it.

By the end, we were crying. You might be too. 

Note: This episode explores deeply philosophical and spiritual concepts. Reflect at your own pace and integrate what resonates into your life. Otis emphasizes direct experience over belief, urging us all to remember our divine nature that’s already within.