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I join my brother Kyle Kingsbury for a raw conversation about the life experiences behind my new book, A Horse Named Lonesome. We trace my journey from childhood abuse and addiction to recovery and spiritual awakening, exploring how shame, trauma, and the illusion of separation can keep us disconnected from ourselves and others. We also get into forgiveness, ego death, 5-MeO-DMT, and the hard-earned lessons that ultimately inspired me to share this book with the world.

Can a natural drug get you off drugs? Co-founder of Ambio Life Sciences and one of the leading voices on ibogaine, Jonathan has spent over 15 years inside the clinical, traditional, and research sides of this medicine.Being handed a Zoloft prescription after a nine-item questionnaire became his first real entry into altered states, a lens on the world that also left him feeling trapped. Harm reduction research in Vancouver and the NAOMI heroin trial pulled him into drug policy, where ibogaine became the bridge between that world and psychedelics.My own history with opiate withdrawal and Effexor comes in, along with the paradox at the center of this field: a psychoactive substance that helps people put down other substances. You'll hear about Jonathan's first Bwiti initiation in Gabon, the Stanford research on Navy SEALs, and why the real work happens in the weeks after the ceremony.You'll learn:[0:00] Introduction[4:18] The literature that pulled Jonathan toward altered states[11:10] Effexor samples my Century City psychiatrist left in the bushes[19:41] Harm reduction and prescribing heroin to stabilize addicts[24:13] A spiritual experience as the seed of Alcoholics Anonymous[34:56] Reconciling the paradox of using drugs to get off drugs[43:48] Agency and reconnection ibogaine gives beyond withdrawal[51:05] Years of low ibogaine doses and a helicopter sound on the beach[1:01:30] Bwiti initiation in Gabon with 72 grams of iboga[1:16:13] Initiation as a door rather than a qualification[1:22:27] What iboga is and where it grows in Gabon[1:36:02] Semi-synthetic ibogaine and the voacangine supply chain[1:41:49] A Fang Nganga told in a vision to plant iboga trees[1:51:25] How substances keep us attached by enabling flow states[2:10:26] The Stanford study that shook the regulatory world[2:20:27] Whether the executive order opens the floodgates for other psychedelicsResources Mentioned:Read: Writing on Drugs by Sadie Plant | BookIbogaine | WikipediaIboga | WikipediaThe North American Opiate Medication Initiative (NAOMI): Profile of Participants in North America’s First Trial of Heroin-Assisted Treatment by Oviedo-Joekes et al. | ArticleBlessings of the Forest | WebsiteBufo Toad | WikipediaPaul F. Austin | WebsiteDock Phillip Ellis Jr., LSD No Hitter | WikipediaRead: Tryptamine Palace: 5-MeO-DMT and the Sonoran Desert Toad by James Oroc | BookIn Waves and War | IMDbFull show notes at lukestorey.com/ibogaineFind more from Jonathan:Jonathan Dickinson | Website | InstagramAmbio Life Sciences | Website | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok | YouTubeRead: Ibogaine and the Bicameral Mind: The Transformational Potential of the World's Most Complex Psychedelic Medicine by Jonathan Dickinson | BookFind more from Luke:Luke Storey | Website | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube | LinkedInMy new book, A Horse Named Lonesome, launches November 17, 2026. Pre-order now at ahorsenamedlonesome.com and get bonuses: access to my Inner Circle Book Club, an exclusive Lonesome Conversations six-part miniseries, and an ebook transcript of the series.The Life Stylist is Brought To You By:URBAN ROOTS | Visit lukestorey.com/urbanroots and use code LUKE to save 15% off your first jar or 25% off your first month when you subscribe.ACTIVE SKIN REPAIR | Visit lukestorey.com/skinrepair and use code LUKE for 20% off your order.APOLLO NEURO | Visit apolloneuro.com/luke and use code LUKE for $99 off.JUST THRIVE | Head to justthrivehealth.com/luke and use code LUKE to save 20%.

This conversation with Ross Rosenberg goes straight into the heart of my recovery story—from childhood trauma, shame, addiction, and compulsive behavior to the lifelong process of learning how to genuinely love and accept myself.We explore loneliness as an underlying driver of addiction, why our attempts to fill that void often create even more separation, and how healing can transform suffering into empathy, purpose, and service. I also get into the deeper story behind A Horse Named Lonesome and the roadmap back to connection woven throughout the book.

In this Lonesome Conversation, Cal and I discuss a kind of loneliness that has nothing to do with being alone — the "island in your own home" feeling that comes from not sharing what you're struggling with, even with a partner who'd drop everything for you. Cal is disarmingly honest about how pride and shame, usually around money, keep him from letting his wife in, and how every time he finally does, he's met with a grace that shocks him. A tender look at how the wall we feel between us and the people we love is one we quietly build ourselves.About CalCal is a former trader turned seeker of truth and human potential and the host of The Great Unlearn—a podcast inviting listeners to question old narratives and reconnect with what’s real.After leaving behind a successful career in finance, Cal stepped into a more intentional life—one centered around curiosity, self-inquiry, and personal freedom. Through The Great Unlearn, he holds space for meaningful conversations with entrepreneurs, rebels, and mystics who challenge the status quo and offer new ways of seeing the world.He’s also the founder of Unlearn Ventures—an incubator, fund, and venture studio supporting bold, conscious projects that expand possibility and prioritize people over profit.Lonesome Conversations Limited SeriesLonesome Conversations is a special series from The Life Stylist, built around my new book, A Horse Named Lonesome (out November 17, 2026). Loneliness is something almost everyone goes through, and almost nobody talks about honestly. So I sat down with psychologists, philosophers, trauma therapists, teachers, and friends to find the truth about loneliness, and how we heal from it. Each episode is its own conversation, but together they walk the same ground the book maps out. (Pre-order your copy at ahorsenamedlonesome.com) You'll find new episodes alongside our regular show over the coming months.

In the first Lonesome Conversation I ever recorded, I speak with Jeffrey and Clayten, the two men behind Focused Life-Force Energy, to open on a paradox: how can we be more digitally connected than any humans in history, yet lonelier than ever? Clayten remembers pandemic Zoom dinners and the front porch he misses, while Jeffrey names the "field effect" between two people in a room — an intimate, silent exchange between our energetic fields that a video call simply can't carry, and that most of us don't even know we're missing. A quietly unsettling look at what disappears when presence goes virtual.About JeffreyJeffrey Stegman’s focus has been on creating a high-consciousness culture in his businesses, which parallels his own personal spiritual path. Jeffrey was the co-owner of two manufacturing businesses, including one in business since 1835. FLFE is a confluence of Jeffrey’s manufacturing, engineering, business, and spiritual evolution.Focused Life-Force Energy began in 2008 when two men with an interest in high-consciousness fields met through a mutual friend. After coming across the beginnings of an invention that would become part of the FLFE system, Jeffrey Stegman and Clayten Stedmann worked together to develop it further. Eventually, they would broadcast high-consciousness fields to specific locations around the world. They poured thousands of hours into research and development to enhance this technology.Beginning with service projects and targeting trauma-hit areas like refugee camps, FLFE grew into a private company and is now invited into the lives of thousands of people in over 85 countries. The company still donates over 90 percent of the energy created by the technology to service projects around the globe. FLFE is a thriving international organization that continues with its mission to “support the optimal conditions for the evolution of consciousness in an economized society” through the exploration of what is in the highest and best interest of all creation.About ClaytenClayten Stedmann has worked in the education, training, and coaching business since 1995. From 1995 to 2020, he focused on business as a spiritual path in his coaching practice. He discovered Consciousness Kinesiology in 2004, and as of December 2024, he has done over 14 million CK calibrations and created 10 consciousness assessments and two unique energetic medicine protocols. From 2013 to the present, Clayten has transitioned from using his coaching and research skills in his private practice to using those skills in a company he co-founded. Focused Life-Force Energy continues his purposeful intention to create the conditions for humanity to have a higher level of consciousness.Lonesome Conversations Limited SeriesLonesome Conversations is a special series from The Life Stylist, built around my new book, A Horse Named Lonesome (out November 17, 2026). Loneliness is something almost everyone goes through, and almost nobody talks about honestly. So I sat down with psychologists, philosophers, trauma therapists, teachers, and friends to find the truth about loneliness, and how we heal from it. Each episode is its own conversation, but together they walk the same ground the book maps out. (Pre-order your copy at ahorsenamedlonesome.com) You'll find new episodes alongside our regular show over the coming months.

Mark Sisson ran for decades in cushioned shoes and paid for it with a hip replacement he believes was preventable.Seven Gs of force hit your hip with every step in cushioned shoes, versus one or two when your feet can feel the ground. That number reframed everything I thought I knew about footwear.Mark is the forefather of the primal movement, founder of Primal Kitchen and Peluva, and he’s spent decades studying what keeps a body moving into its 70s and beyond.Wide-toebox shoes alone will not undo a lifetime of damage. Mark explains why toe articulation is the piece almost everyone misses, and why the big toe, the most important joint in the foot, shows its lost function in your knees, hips, and glutes.Also covered: Failure Magazine, a $1.5M TV flop, the pivot that became Mark’s Daily Apple, cold plunges, keto, TRT, biohacking, and why chasing a top-2% VO2 max might cost you your life.If your feet hurt, your knees hurt, or you want to still be walking at 90, this one’s worth listening to.Visit peluva.com/lukestorey and use code LUKESTOREY for 10% off.You'll learn:[0:00] Introduction[8:25] How years of entrepreneurial setbacks led Mark to Mark's Daily Apple[20:43] Why minimalist runners kept getting horribly injured[26:53] Foot health as the lowest-hanging fruit in longevity[32:07] Toe spacers versus individual toe slots[38:56] Feeling every airport step through minimal footwear[46:00] How breaking a hip triggers a fatal domino effect, and managing risk with age[57:31] Why pointy shoes fight your natural foot shape, and the fashion barrier to five-toe shoes[1:05:21] Mark's cold plunge story and when it negates your workout gains[1:13:18] Training to stay uninjured in your seventies, and how diet builds metabolic flexibility[1:22:24] Mark's take on supplements and TRT, and why chasing a top VO2 max isn't the goal[1:27:26] Biohacking as the day trading of health[1:35:55] Three teachers who shaped Mark's path Resources Mentioned:Primal Kitchen | WebsiteKnow the Cause | WebsiteMark's Daily Apple | WebsiteRead: Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall | BookBunions | WikipediaPlantar Fasciitis | WikipediaMetabolic Flexibility | WikipediaQitone Powder Peptides | ShopTRT | WikipediaVO2 Max | WikipediaFull show notes at lukestorey.com/barefootFind more from Mark:Mark Sisson | Instagram | Facebook | X | TikTokPeluva | Website | InstagramThe Primal Kitchen | YouTubeRead: Born to Walk: The Broken Promises of the Running Boom, and How to Slow Down and Get Healthy―One Step at a Time by Mark Sisson and Brad Kearns | BookRead: The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram Your Genes for Effortless Weight Loss, Vibrant Health, and Boundless Energy by Mark Sisson | BookFind more from Luke:Luke Storey | Website | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube | LinkedInMy new book, A Horse Named Lonesome, launches November 17, 2026. Pre-order now at ahorsenamedlonesome.com and get bonuses: access to my Inner Circle Book Club, an exclusive Lonesome Conversations six-part miniseries, and an ebook transcript of the series.The Life Stylist is Brought To You By:QUANTUM UPGRADE | Visit lukestorey.com/quantumupgrade and use code LUKE15 to start your 15-day free trial.JUST THRIVE | Visit justthrivehealth.com/luke and get 90 days of free digestive bitters with your first 90-day probiotic subscription.NUCALM | Visit lukestorey.com/nucalm to start your free seven-day trial and save 15% on your subscription.ACTIVE SKIN REPAIR | Visit lukestorey.com/skinrepair and use code LUKE for 20% off your order.

Is manifestation just a scam?Frank Elaridi is a four-time Emmy-winning journalist turned energy healer whose YouTube work on spirituality has pulled 40M+ views. This is the clearest window I've had into what happens after peak experiences stop mattering.A client came to him convinced she was channeling angels because her vision was fluttering. Frank told her: “Your retina is detaching; see a doctor now”. She'd been putting it off because YouTubers said the symptom was spiritual. That's how dangerous wellness content gets when spiritual entertainment is sold as truth.We get into spiritual entertainment vs. actual spirituality, the trap of swapping one identity for a "healthier" one, and why his guru's lineage refuses ashrams or money. Frank also talks about walking away from plant medicine, moving alone to Joshua Tree, ending relationships, and a mantra kept secret for 5,000 years.If you've been collecting practices, teachers, and peak experiences, this one's for you.Visit lukestorey.com/witches to purchase Frank's new book, Witches of Calabasas. Use code LUKE to save 10%.You'll learn:[0:00] Introduction[6:07] Refusing the spiritual label and stepping back from plant medicine ceremonies[20:22] The three practices that allow knowledge to absorb[36:00] Bypassing myself to speak to the invisible listener on a path of subtraction[45:16] Child of a barren woman and the lightning bolt that made Nisargadatta Frank's guru[59:21] The lineage that makes masters instead of disciples[1:08:50] Witches of Calabasas and the illusion of manifestation[1:17:06] Cults disguised as personal development[1:31:19] Jesus as a guru and the missing years in India[1:39:09] Miracles as a necessary illusion to wake others[1:45:21] Desert solitude and whether he still wants a romantic partnership[1:57:27] The first relationship that left him fully satisfiedResources Mentioned:Bhajan | WikipediaRead: I Am That: Talks With Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj by Nisargadatta Maharaj | BookGyatri Mantra | WikipediaDavid Hawkins | WebsiteRead: Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender by David Hawkins | BookRead: Selfless Self: Talks with Shri Ramakant Maharaj by Ramakant Maharaj | BookSaddle Ranch | WebsiteIssa | WikipediaRead: Bhagavad Gita | BookRead: A Course in Miracles by Helen Schucman | BookFull show notes at lukestorey.com/frank2Related The Life Stylist Episodes:Unlocking the Emotion Code & Third Eye Vision with Frank Elaridi | PodcastThe Emotion Code: Unlock Your Blocks Through Muscle Testing & Energy Healing with Bradley Nelson | PodcastFind more from Frank:Frank Elaridi | Website | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok | YouTubeFind more from Luke:Luke Storey | Website | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube | LinkedInMy new book, A Horse Named Lonesome, launches November 17, 2026. Pre-order now at ahorsenamedlonesome.com and get bonuses: access to my Inner Circle Book Club, an exclusive Lonesome Conversations six-part miniseries, and an ebook transcript of the series.The Life Stylist is Brought To You By:BIOPTIMIZERS | Visit bioptimizers.com/luke and use code LUKE15 to save 15% off sitewide.ACTIVE SKIN REPAIR | Visit lukestorey.com/skinrepair and use code LUKE for 20% off your order.LEELA QUANTUM | Go to lukestorey.com/leelaq and use code LUKE10 for 10% off your first order.ACTIVATION PRODUCTS | Visit activationproducts.com/luke and use code LUKE for 15% off your order.

My book is officially done, and something else is officially beginning.Alyson is a bestselling author, shamanic teacher, and host of the Ceremony Circle Podcast, and she's launching something called The Field Reveal, an unscripted love series and live events for spiritually-minded singles who refuse to settle.She reads the first-ever Field Reveal Report, a kind of consciousness weather forecast that hit me harder than I expected.We also dive into how we found each other in Joshua Tree, why interdependence beats codependence, and the running amends list I've been keeping over 20 years into sobriety. Plus, I share a fresh batch of “Luke's Latest”, including a laser helmet and wearable glass sculptures tuned to specific frequencies.Casting now: Match with The Field Reveal, an unscripted love series for spiritually-minded/conscious singles who are ready to finally have their match revealed! To be considered for phase one of casting for the Live Love events and/or unscripted reality love series, email [email protected] with your full name, age, city/state, gender, preferred gender for partner, three to five images (one full body/lifestyle), and your three main interests/passions/hobbies by October 1, 2026.Get the Animal Power book and deck, plus a free guided drumming shamanic journey to meet your power animal, at alysoncharles.com/animalpowerVisit lukestorey.com/update and use code LUKE for 25% offVisit activationproducts.com/luke and use code LUKESTOREY for 15% offVisit thesproutingcompany.com/luke and use code LUKE for 10% offVisit lukestorey.com/neuronic and use code LUKE for $100 offVisit lukestorey.com/jackstorms and use code LUKESTOREY for 15% offYou'll learn:[0:00] Introduction[10:56] What the objective eye caught that every copy editor missed[17:09] Introducing Match with The Field Reveal for conscious spiritual singles[28:23] The Joshua Tree weekend where we both saw the match and said yes[39:48] Reading the first Field Reveal Report as a divine weather forecast[43:32] Protecting your coherence from doomscrolling, and finding purpose through service[59:33] The running list of people I still owe amends to after over 20 years sober[1:06:17] Why there's no hierarchy over being human, and the trouble with the word mistake[1:19:31] The messy, unglamorous moments that make you fall in love with being human[1:31:31] My latest health obsessions, from marine phytoplankton to a brain helmet Resources Mentioned:Read: A Horse Named Lonesome: Tales and Teachings to Reclaim Connection, Transcend Separation, and Discover the Divine Within by Luke Storey | BookRead: The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level by Gay Hendricks | BookDavid Hawkins | WebsiteNeuroVizr | WebsiteNuCalm | WebsiteUpdate | WebsiteQuinton Marine Plasma | WebsiteBrocElite Plus | WebsiteThe One Device | WebsiteLeela Quantum H.E.A.L.360 Capsule | WebsiteFull show notes at lukestorey.com/680Related The Life Stylist Episodes:Simulation Theory, Urine Therapy &amp; Where Souls Go When We Die | Q&amp;A w/ Luke &amp; Alyson | PodcastHolistic Pet Care, Fear of Death, &amp; Boosting Longevity | Q&amp;A w/ Luke &amp; Alyson PodcastGet High on Your Own Supply: Access Altered States Within Using Light &amp; Sound w/ Garnet Dupuis | PodcastNuCalm: Silence Stress, Meditate Like a Monk, &amp; Access Flow State on Demand w/ Jim Poole | PodcastCaffeine Gets an Update: The Future of Instant Energy Is Here w/ Shawn Wells &amp; Daniel Solomons | PodcastThe Ultimate Water Show! Filter + Alkaline Myths, &amp; The Miracle Sea Water Solution Of The Century W/ Robert Slovak | PodcastReverse Aging &amp; Glyphosate Damage w/ Bioavailable Plant-Potent Nutraceuticals w/ David Roberts | PodcastThe Frequency Device That Brings Your Body Into Complete Balance with Dmitri Leonov | PodcastUnlocking the Mysteries of Quantum Technologies &amp; EMF Protection | PodcastSupercharge Your Home &amp; Car w/ Healing Energy + EMF Solutions Feat. Philipp from Leela Quantum Tech | PodcastFind more from Alyson:Alyson Charles Storey | Website | Instagram | X | TikTok | YouTubeFind more from Luke:Luke Storey | Website | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube | LinkedInThe Life Stylist is Brought To You By:ACTIVATION PRODUCTS | Visit <a href="https://activationproducts.com/LUKE" rel="noopener noreferrer"...