“The relationship is a third body.” - Connor Beaton This week we're talking about couples with a couple. Vienna Pharaon and Connor Beaton have both been guests on the podcast before, but that was well before they got engaged! Now they are an official pair and they work together and separately as therapists. Vienna is a couples' therapist and Connor works predominantly with men doing a lot of shadow work. We chat about co-creating as a couple, what they’ve created together and what that has...

“We are the midwives of creativity.” - Nick Onken This week on ONKENradio, we are going to discuss some practical tips to help you create under pressure. Especially with my schedule, every week and every month look different. When you're being asked to create with a deadline like I am with this podcast, it can be challenging to do your best work. With a little guidance, a little practice, and a little help from your friends, it is totally possible to find your inspiration — even under...

“Everything is about frequency. NuCalm is about managing frequencies.” - Jim Poole In this week's episode of Onken Radio, I go in-depth with the Founder and CEO of NuCalm, Jim Poole. Before he met the inventor of NuCalm, Jim had been a part of plenty of large companies, but after learning about the potential power of NuCalm's neuroscience technology aimed at managing the human brain, he quickly became a convert. Now NuCalm is being used by 49 professional sports teams, has been adopted by...

“I found myself at the outer reaches of the universe.” - Nick Onken I just had a huge week and I'm bursting to tell you all about it! If you've been listening along, you'll already know that I’ve been doing plant medicine for a couple of years now, but this past week was something completely new. I visited the Arkana Spiritual Center in Peru where I was welcome as a part of the family to experience some of the most powerful and profound plant medicines on the planet. Over the course of a...

“There is poetry in how you treat yourself.” - Alyson Stoner I'm really pumped to share today's episode with Alyson Stoner. You have probably already heard of Alyson, a former actor, singer, and dancer. She has been working in the Hollywood entertainment world for over 20 years — since she was a kid! She’s performed with Missy Elliot, Outkast, and Ludacris, and she regularly works with Disney Channel. Now she is producing, writing, and directing, and is one of the founders of Movement...

“At the beginning, I didn’t even feel worthy to work with a brand like Nike.” In today's episode of Onken Radio, I’m going to share with you some of my history and a story about my path during the deconstruction phase of my life. I’ve been working on a lot of identity alchemy projects recently and this means that I've been deconstructing things about my past that I don’t necessarily want to deconstruct. I've been mulling over what it really means to become better versions of ourselves, why...

“The answer to us is not an algorithm; it is so much more complex than that.” On this episode on ONKEN Radio, we have my man Dr. Christian Gonzalez in the house. Going by the name Dr. G, he is a holistic doctor and oncologist with his own private practice and he even has his own podcast called Heal Thyself where he does product reviews and goes into detail about his journey to heal himself over the years. Today we are talking about healing the body and mind to create with soul. We dive...

“The magic happens when we’ve created a container around it.” This season on Onken Radio we will be distilling concepts from our guests to help deepen your spiritual practice and your creative flow. One of those concepts that we’re going to discuss today is something I call “curating your containers.” We have many containers, from health and business to relationships and creativity. What experience do you want to create? Learn how to curate your containers, how an insight timer helps...

“People can’t be held accountable for that which they’re oblivious to.” - Peter Crone For today's episode, we have with us the fabulous Peter Crone, self-proclaimed mind architect. He is in the business of helping people find the world of freedom — which is his main product — on the other side of the constraints of their subconscious. How does he do it? He helps his clients to completely rewire their brains by pushing them beyond a survival mental construct. He heightens their sense of...

“The universe is going to throw you cosmic bricks and they’re going to get bigger and bigger if you don’t listen to them.” Welcome to 2021, my friends! 2020 was a doozy of a year. Our own biases further divided us as the universe threw some pretty hefty cosmic bricks our way. What really matters as we move into this new year is the way that we choose to handle those bricks. To set our intentions for the months ahead, in today's episode I share some of my biggest breakthroughs of the year....

“We get addicted to scrolling, to checking Facebook, to checking our text messages, to the point where we are actually doing nothing.” Today I want to dive into something that I’m calling The Dopamine Experiment. I had never done it before, but now I've done it a few times over the past couple of weeks and I'm hooked -- and this experiment goes way beyond a digital detox! If you’re anything like me, you’ve been struggling to focus at work ever since social media burst into our lives. My...

"If you fight for your limitations, you get to keep them." Today's exciting episode was produced in conjunction with the magazine Undo-Ordinary, and we have an exceptional returning guest, the fabulous Jim Kwik. We last did a podcast episode with Jim about four or five years ago already, so we were thrilled to sit him down to dive into his 20+ years spent as a kind of brain coach as well as going in-depth about his new book, "Limitless". In today's episode, Jim talks about how chronic...

“A lot of spiritual awakening is questioning reality.” Hello everybody! I am sending my sincerest wishes that you are all happy and healthy and safe wherever you are in this big beautiful world of ours! I know it is a super stressful time for all of us and so I wanted to share an amazing conversation that I had recently to take your mind off of things for a little bit, so on this week's episode, we catch up with the ever-fabulous Aaron Doughty at his amazing space in sunny Las Vegas,...

“We have to learn to assess what is, shift our perspective, move forward, and do what we can to help other people.” Today I want to talk about what is happening now: the Coronapocalypse! Things are not as they once were. I have been seeking ways to live a deeper and more soulful life for as long as I can remember. And how does this relate to our current state of emergency? Survival to creation is something we feel on a daily basis that has been amplified during these scary times. There...

“Maybe this should be called ‘Living Your Meat Suit.’” This week we are continuing to unpack the list I made towards the end of 2019 on the 21 Things I Learned This Year. Our last episode was on the healing power of psychedelics and this really led me into a space of deeper understanding on the topic that we're going into detail about today: you are not your human. It may sound like a bizarre concept at first, but lately, I have been driving down this road of consciousness and...

“I was on this rocket ship out of my body and into the universe and I found myself amongst the stars.” This week we're going far out, guys. As you probably know by now, I did a podcast episode at the end of last year about the 21 Things I Learned This Year. This year, we are dedicating one entire episode to each point on that list and this week, we're on number three: the healing power of psychedelics. A few years ago I went through a dark time. During that time I lost so much drive and I...

“So much of the population just doesn’t care enough about sleep.” This week's episode is all about one of my favorite pasttimes: sleep! I am super stoked to talk about this topic because I am all about hacking my sleep. I sat down with Todd and Tara Youngblood, a married couple from Charlotte, North Carolina who are the inventors of the chiliPAD, the most genius revolutionary thing that I have experienced. What is it? Haven't you heard? The chiliPAD is, simply put, a cooling system for...

“If you’re going through a dark time, know that this, too, shall pass.” While making this podcast, it has been good practice for me to step out of my comfort zone and I am actually really enjoying working on these subconscious blocks that I have always around public speaking. And that makes me really happy. I am always working to become a better version of myself and that's what today's episode is all about. As you may or may not know, I did a podcast at the end of 2019 about the 21...

“We’re not just working on the physical body itself, we’re working with the person’s humanity.” On today's episode, we sat down for an in-depth chat with Aaron Alexander, host of the Align Podcast and an expert in movement therapy. Aaron recently published the book The Align Method: 5 Movement Principles for a Stronger Body, Sharper Mind, and Stress-Proof Life to encourage more people to see physical exercise as one facet of their regular lives, rather than a once-daily routine...

“One of the trifecta of the things that I’m interested in exploring is creativity, consciousness, and culture.” Today I'm doing a super sweet solo episode on a vitally important topic: creating yourself. But first, before you tuck into today's episode, be sure to listen to Episode 178. I made a list of things I learned in 2019 and I am going to devote an episode to breaking down each of them. Today we're breaking down the idea that you should never stop creating yourself and diving into the...

“Whenever I hear a no, I think it’s a no for now.” Hey guys! I'm super excited because we have lots of fun stuff coming up this year. It’s 2020 -- the year of vision and getting clear on where I’m going and what I’m creating, so today I'm sitting down with Jason Harris. He has been in advertising for 20 years and is the Founder of the advertising agency, Mechanism. Now, Jason is the author of the fantastic new book, The Soulful Art of Persuasion. It is all about building long-term...

“New Year’s resolutions are just trash.” It's a new year! And, for many of us, with each new year comes the desire to turn over a new leaf and start fresh. To create yourself in the best way possible, you have to do the deep work and really investigate your life -- and a new year is the perfect excuse to do just that! There’s a delicate balance between keeping your feet on the ground and your head in the clouds. And it’s important for both the creative side of your life and for the...

“There’s people that don’t learn from their mistakes, people that do learn from their mistakes, and people who learn from other peoples’ mistakes — I want to be the third one.” Welcome to today's episode of NION Radio where we're reflecting on the past year. I will be talking about the things I learned in the past year that have had the greatest impact on my life. I have too many to count, but this list includes 21 things that I want to pass on to you so that you can begin to set your...

“Mushrooms are more playful, more loving, and more nurturing…” Welcome to today's episode of NION Radio where we're talking to Tero Isokauppila, a mushroom guru who took us on an epic trip to Finnish Lapland this past January. From regular mushrooms to psilocybin, the magic mushrooms, Tero knows all about it. He even writes books and speaks all over the world about the part mushrooms play in creativity and the creation of stories. A product of his upbringing, he credits his creativity...

“A lot of times what’s on the other side of that risk is beauty.” Welcome to today's episode of NION Radio where we're talking about the ways that I actively work to design the life that I envision for myself and the tools that you can use to design your life. Have you ever wondered "how did I get to where I am today"? When I was deciding what I wanted to do when I grew up, the combination of art and technology sparked my interest in design, so I started with this goal and worked backwards...