

Highly Optimized
The Highly Optimized Podcast is your backstage pass to the minds of modern-day wizards, creatives, and changemakers who’ve ditched the rulebook and designed life on their terms.
I launched this show to help others (like you) break free from the boring box society tries to stuff us into—and to remind you that you’re not crazy for dreaming big.
Through deep, real, and sometimes hilarious conversations, we explore the inner work, wild ideas, and bold moves that light the path of the hero’s journey.
This isn’t about fitting in—it’s about tuning in and turning your life all the way up.
Guests


Ben Stewart
Filmmaker and musician Ben Joseph Stewart has a style for the conscious community. By the time Ben left his touring rock outfit Hierosonic, his first three films, Esoteric Agenda, Kymatica and Ungrip had received over 20 million views. After several global speaking tours, Ben joined http://gaia.com and produced two seasons of Psychedelica and a season of Limitless. Since then, his film DMT Quest received acclaim and reposts from Joe Rogan, Alex Gray and the Beckley Institute. His latest foray has been working with Aubrey Marcus of feature documentary films like Awake in the Darkness, Unsafe and Ineffective and Land of the Free. Spring of 2025 is when is film course titled the Soul of Filmmaking launches.
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Cal Callahan
CAL CALLAHAN, after retiring from Trading, now coaches & podcasts to help other men redefine their lives from purpose. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, daughter, two boys, two dogs, and a pig named Petunia.
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Chase Tolleson
Chase is an absolute force of a human being; if you find him online, you’ll see that he serves online coaches and entrepreneurs by creating business systems and digital content strategies to hit the $15,000/month mark.
But you see offers like that all over the internet, and you’d be deceived if you think it’s just another online business mentorship business that he’s running.
Under the hood of what he’s doing is the deep work and personal transformation that bring his clients into a deeper embodiment of their own authenticity. It’s not just about marketing frameworks and funnels. He drives the stake into the hearts of their deepest held stories, unearths suppressed emotions embedded in unconscious beliefs, and reshapes the language that creates their reality.
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Christopher August
"With over 15 years of experience in personal development, holistic wellness, and somatic healing, my mission is to support soul-led leaders and spiritual seekers on their journey to heal, grow, and fulfill their soul’s mission. Whether you are looking to heal old wounds, reprogram your mind, or build an impact-driven business, I’m here to help you step into your power and create the life you want. "
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Jason Pickard
To learn more about him, and for contact information, please visit:
(http://www.jasonpickard.org/)
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Jen Kalawur
Jen Kalawur is an experienced Kripalu and Yoga Impact teacher, focusing on the therapeutic benefits of the practice. She is a White Light Reiki Master, offering private sessions and trainings. Jen is a Transitions Coach and Spiritual Mentor trained in The Diamond Process TM. She is also an ordained minister. She, with her husband Pete, have a daughter and 2 grandchildren.
Through Jen’s coaching services, including yoga and Reiki/ energy practices as well as reading of the Akashic, tarot and natal charts, Jen uses these tools to get you closer to the true essence of you! Jen is here to walk with you on your path, to support you, and give you the effective tools that you need to find joy, peace and love in your life.
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Mary Buckingham
Mary has been working with individuals and groups for years, coming from the lens of multidimensional perception.
This means she specializes in working with other dimensions and spiritual communication. She focuses on guiding those into integrating these aspects of self into wholeness and awareness. This process involves the awakening of one’s innate healing abilities and higher faculties by guiding people back into themselves. She is a guide for the process of ascension that is taking place on an individual and global level. She works from the space of frequency calibration, which means the focus is on balancing the subtle energetic layers we are made of into a state of harmony. She has a variety of ways that she tunes in with nonverbal connecting and communicating being the primary modality. It is all based on the person or group sitting before her and what’s to be communicated for the highest good.
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Rachel Varitimos
https://linktr.ee/bodybyfoodwithrachel
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Shelley DeMarco
Sage Soul was born out of the realization that we need safe spaces to reconnect, heal and become the authentic version of our true nature and being.
I am now serving people in their own transformation journey by offering:
- Life and Career Coaching
- Relationship Coaching and Retreats
- Sound Baths
- Energy | Reiki Work
- Nurturing & Embodiment Coaching
- Education on plant medicine and integration
- Nature Immersion
- Breathwork
- Workshops & Retreats
To read more about my offered services above, check them out here: