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Dave Asprey spent decades biohacking his body and brain—but one of his most profound experiences had nothing to do with living longer. He says he encountered God. Now he joins Julie Ryan to explore what biohacking taught him about consciousness, trauma, energy, intuition, death, and the nature of reality itself.
Dave, the founder of Bulletproof and a pioneer of the modern biohacking movement, explains why he believes longevity and consciousness are deeply connected—and why his own journey took him from being a self-described skeptic to exploring meditation, neurofeedback, altered states, energy work, and spirituality.
Dave shares the experience he describes as meeting God at a Joe Dispenza event and explains how it affected his understanding of consciousness. Julie and Dave also tackle one of humanity's biggest questions: What happens when we die? Dave shares his views on death as a change of state, biocentrism, time, space, past lives, and whether consciousness extends beyond the physical body.
They also explore the connection between unresolved trauma and the body, including Dave's experiences using forgiveness practices and energy techniques, along with his provocative “Five F's” framework for understanding some of our most primal reactions.
Then things get even stranger.
Dave recounts experiments involving intention and AI, his experiences with energy work and psychic self-protection, and why he believes intuition can be understood as an altered state of consciousness.
You'll also hear how Dave went from a sick, 300-pound skeptic to one of the world's best-known voices in biohacking; why his journey began on a sacred mountain in Tibet; what decades of neurofeedback taught him about the mind; and why optimizing the body may ultimately be about something much bigger than simply living longer.
Julie and Dave also discuss ketones, sugar, coffee, meditation, emotional triggers, the mind-body connection, and the possibility that some of what we call fear may originate from ancient biological survival systems operating beneath conscious awareness.
Can consciousness be trained? Can trauma become embedded in our physical experience? What actually happens when we die? And what happens when someone obsessed with optimizing the human body begins exploring what might exist beyond it?
This conversation goes far beyond biohacking.
Guest Biography:
Dave Asprey is a longevity expert, four-time New York Times bestselling author, founder of Bulletproof Coffee and The Bulletproof Diet, and a leading pioneer of the biohacking movement. After transforming his own health by losing more than 100 pounds and improving his cognitive performance, Dave dedicated his career to helping others optimize their health, performance, and longevity, helping popularize innovations including MCT oil and collagen protein along the way. He hosts the top-ranked The Human Upgrade podcast and is the author of the USA Today bestseller Heavily Meditated: The Fast Path to Remove Your Triggers, Dissolve Stress, and Activate Inner Peace. Dave also runs the 40 Years of Zen neurofeedback program, the BEYOND Biohacking Conference, a regenerative agriculture farm, and ventures including Danger Coffee and Upgrade Labs, while investing in innovative health and longevity companies and continuing to develop accessible tools for improving human performance and well-being.
Episode Chapters:
(0:00:00) Welcome & Meet Dave Asprey
(0:01:57) The Spiritual Origin of the Biohacking Movement
(0:04:10) How a 300-Pound Skeptic Became a Spiritual Seeker
(0:08:28) Can Consciousness Influence Your Biology?
(0:11:04) The Energy Healing Dave Says Changed Her Life
(0:14:38) Can Human Intention Influence AI?
(0:18:22) Psychic Influence, Energy & Spiritual Protection
(0:24:48) Can Trauma Get Trapped in the Body?
(0:28:13) The 5 Primal Drives Controlling Your Reactions
(0:34:06) What Happened When Julie Finally Quit Sugar
(0:40:09) Is Intuition an Altered State of Consciousness?
(0:47:29) Can You Train Your Brain to Stop Being Triggered?
(0:52:58) Dave Asprey Says He Met God—Here’s What Happened
(0:59:31) Coffee, Mold & the Surprising History of Consciousness
(1:05:05) Why Fear May Not Be Coming From Your Conscious Mind

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Your brain is constantly deciding what deserves your attention—but could your thoughts and beliefs be influencing what you notice every day?
Julie Ryan talks with entrepreneur and Positive Activity™ co-creator Lori Rogers about how changing what she focused on transformed the way she responded to fear, uncertainty, caregiving, and some of the most difficult challenges of her life.
Lori once described herself as a chronic “worrywart.” Then several crises collided: her business was struggling, her daughter suffered a severe concussion, and her son with autism was approaching adulthood. Instead of allowing fear to dictate what happened next, Lori began experimenting with simple daily practices involving gratitude, kindness, movement, meditation, and intentional focus.
Julie and Lori explore the reticular activating system (RAS) and the role attention plays in determining which information we consciously notice. They discuss how repeated patterns of thought can influence our attention and behavior—and why changing those patterns may help us respond differently to the world around us.
But this conversation goes much deeper than positive thinking.
Lori explains why forced positivity doesn't work, how fear can interfere with intuition and decision-making, and why she began looking at difficult experiences as happening for her rather than simply to her.
She also shares the remarkable story of her adult son Craig, who is nonspeaking and communicates through spelling. Lori describes the profound messages he has shared with her about God, love, consciousness, and the nature of life, and why she now considers him one of her greatest spiritual teachers.
Julie and Lori also explore conscious creation, spiritual guidance, resilience, caregiving, manifestation, and a simple morning practice designed to help interrupt habitual thought patterns before they take over the day.
If you've ever felt trapped in worry, fear, negative thinking, or circumstances you can't control, this conversation explores what may change when you become more intentional about where you place your attention.
Guest Biography:
Lori Rogers is the president and co-founder of Rogers Marketing, a multimillion-dollar woman-owned business where, for more than 25 years, she and her team have built lasting client relationships, driven franchise-leading sales, and earned recognition for leadership in their industry. She is also the caregiver of her adult son, who was diagnosed with autism, an experience that inspired her advocacy for individuals with special needs and their families. Lori co-founded PASE—Parents Assisting Special Educators—to provide vital equipment and supplies to special education classrooms and teachers, and founded Life-Op to create safe, productive learning environments for adults with special needs. A passionate Spelling to Communicate (S2C) advocate, Lori has dedicated herself to expanding opportunities and support for nonspeaking individuals. In 2011, she began incorporating the practices of Positive Activity™, experiencing profound shifts in both her professional success and her approach to caregiving. Today, she shares these principles with others, teaching simple daily practices and mindset shifts designed to foster greater positivity, possibility, and meaningful transformation in business, caregiving, and everyday life.
Episode Chapters:
(0:00:00) Can Your Thoughts Change the Life You Experience?
(0:06:27) Your Brain Is Filtering More Than You Realize
(0:09:31) How Fear Can Block Intuition & Guidance
(0:12:45) The Crises That Forced Lori to Change Her Thinking
(0:23:01) Her Nonspeaking Son Became Her Spiritual Teacher
(0:37:47) Simple Daily Habits That Can Shift Your Mindset
(0:56:00) Are We Consciously Creating Our Lives?
(1:02:44) The 2-Minute Morning Shift to Start Tomorrow

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Julie Ryan has remotely scanned patients during surgeries for more than 30 years—but says she had never seen anything like what appeared during her husband Tim’s operation. As people around the world prayed for him, Julie perceived the operating-room ceiling completely filled with cherubs.
After weeks away from The Ask Julie Ryan Show while Tim underwent surgery, Julie returns to share the extraordinary experience and what she believes may have connected it to prayers being offered by children at Dominican schools around the world, along with Franciscan sisters in Illinois.
Then Julie takes calls from around the globe for medical intuitive scans, energetic healing, spirit communication, past-life exploration, and messages from deceased loved ones.
Mary asks about treatment-resistant depression and ketamine, leading to a discussion of metabolic approaches to mental health. Deanne calls about recurring C. diff and colitis, and Julie performs an energetic scan and healing while discussing digestive health.
Meg and her daughter Ella connect with Meg’s deceased father, Mike, and beloved dog Ebony. Julie explains how she believes anyone can begin communicating with deceased loved ones and explores whether animals can participate in signs from Spirit.
Nick calls from Thailand about his lifelong fear of animals. Julie explores what she perceives as a past life in 1912 Siberia involving sled dogs and a wolf attack—and discusses whether unresolved experiences from another lifetime could influence fears in this one.
Julie also scans a caller's friend experiencing severe vision loss and later connects intuitively with Birdie, a dog diagnosed with an intestinal tumor.
From cherubs in an operating room and the power of prayer to spirit communication, past lives, medical intuition, energetic healing, and beloved animals, this episode explores the possibility that there may be far more happening around us than we can physically see.
Episode Chapters:
(0:00:00) Julie Returns & Shares an Update on Tim
(0:02:51) Cherubs Filled the Operating Room—What Did Julie See?
(0:08:56) Ketamine, Keto & Treatment-Resistant Depression
(0:13:09) Colitis, C. Diff & a Medical Intuitive Scan
(0:24:35) Can Anyone Communicate With Deceased Loved Ones?
(0:37:18) Can a Past Life Cause a Lifelong Phobia?
(0:44:18) Severe Vision Loss: What Does Julie’s Scan Reveal?
(0:51:06) Medical Intuition Training Winner
(0:54:59) Can Animals Tell Us What’s Making Them Sick?
(1:02:56) Closing Thoughts & Prayers for Tim

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What happens after we die—and could our souls have chosen far more about this life than we realize? Psychic and intuitive counselor Connie H. Deutsch describes an extraordinary experience of being shown what she calls the “other side” while her mother was dying—and says it was so beautiful she almost didn't want to return.
Julie Ryan sits down with Connie for a fascinating conversation about death, the afterlife, reincarnation, karma, free will, divine protection, manifestation, soul purpose, and the difference between soul and spirit.
Connie shares the unusual story of discovering her intuitive abilities and explains how a childhood plea to God eventually became what she describes as a lifelong channel for spiritual guidance.
Then she recounts one of her most profound experiences: while her mother was approaching death, Connie says she was taken into an experience between lives and shown a reality so beautiful that returning to physical life became difficult. She explains what she remembers seeing and how the experience shaped her understanding of death.
Julie and Connie explore a provocative question: How much free will do we actually have? Connie describes free will as being on a “short leash,” arguing that karma and universal laws may establish boundaries around our choices while still allowing us to determine how we move through our experiences.
They also discuss reincarnation and future lives, including Connie's belief that souls experience dramatically different circumstances across lifetimes in order to grow and evolve.
Connie shares remarkable stories she interprets as divine protection, including her experience during Hurricane Andrew, and explains why unanswered prayers may sometimes represent protection rather than abandonment.
The conversation also explores manifestation, giving without expectation, the difference between helping and enabling, and how visualization may help us become clearer about what we want to create.
Ultimately, Julie and Connie return to life's biggest mysteries: Who are we beyond our bodies? What survives death? How much of our journey is chosen before we arrive—and what are we here to learn?
If you've ever wondered what might exist on the other side, whether your life has a larger plan, or whether something unseen has been guiding you all along, this conversation offers plenty to contemplate.
Guest Biography:
Connie H. Deutsch is a world-renowned psychic, intuitive counselor, and personal guide known for helping people navigate complex emotional, spiritual, and life challenges. For nearly 30 years, she has served as Alex Ferrari’s personal spiritual guide and has appeared in six episodes of Next Level Soul, sharing insights with audiences around the world. Connie has worked with individuals and corporations across six continents, using her intuitive abilities and signature “homework” assignments to help clients move from confusion and pain toward clarity and empowerment. Her extensive career also includes hosting a weekly radio show, appearing on broadcasts nationwide, scripting financial television segments, and writing a popular advice column for 16 years.
Episode Chapters:
(0:00:00) What Is the True Meaning of Love & Life?
(0:06:51) How Connie Discovered Her Psychic Channel
(0:12:36) Divine Protection & 1,500 Years as a Channel
(0:15:35) Soul vs. Spirit: What’s the Difference?
(0:20:21) She Saw the Other Side—and Didn’t Want to Return
(0:27:42) Do We Really Have Free Will?
(0:34:20) Manifestation, Divine Guidance & Getting What You Want

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Can unresolved emotions affect how you feel physically—and could your body be holding onto emotional experiences you thought were long gone? Dr. Bradley Nelson believes what he calls “trapped emotions” can influence our physical and emotional well-being in surprising ways.
Julie Ryan sits down with bestselling author and Emotion Code creator Dr. Bradley Nelson for a fascinating conversation about the potential connection between emotions, trauma, chronic pain, depression, relationships, and the body's energy system.
Drawing from decades of his clinical and energy-healing work, Dr. Nelson explains his concept of “trapped emotions”—emotional energies that he believes can remain associated with the body after difficult or traumatic experiences. He shares how the Emotion Code is designed to identify and release these emotions and describes some of the dramatic changes his clients have reported.
Julie and Dr. Nelson explore why an experience from years or even decades ago may still feel present, how emotional patterns can influence the way we experience ourselves and our relationships, and what Dr. Nelson believes happens when those patterns are finally released.
They also discuss the Heart-Wall, Dr. Nelson's concept that accumulated emotional energy may act like a protective barrier around the heart. He explains why something that may initially feel protective could eventually interfere with emotional connection, creativity, and the ability to give and receive love.
Throughout the conversation, Dr. Nelson shares remarkable stories from his work and explains the principles behind the Emotion Code, while Julie explores how his approach intersects with energy healing and medical intuition.
If you've ever wondered why certain emotional patterns keep returning, whether your past can influence how your body feels today, or what might change if you finally released what you've been carrying, this conversation offers a provocative perspective on the mind-body connection.
Guest Biography:
Renowned holistic physician and USA Today Bestselling Author Dr. Bradley Nelson is one of the world’s foremost experts on natural methods of achieving wellness. A visionary thought leader in root cause healing and personal transformation, he is the creator of The Emotion Code®, The Body Code®, and The Belief Code®, and CEO of Discover Healing. His bestselling books include “The Emotion Code," “The Body Code” and his newest book, “The Heart Code,” co-authored with his wife Jean Nelson.
Episode Chapters:
(0:00:00) - What Are Trapped Emotions?
(0:13:30) - How the Emotion Code Works: Muscle Testing and the Subconscious
(0:27:00) - Releasing Trapped Emotions and the Heart Wall
(0:44:00) - The Body Code and Belief Code
(0:57:00) - Animal Healing, Research, and Practical Next Steps

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