What if the thoughts you believe are causing your suffering are actually the very thing keeping you trapped?

In this conversation, Dr Espen is joined by Byron Katie, creator of The Work, to explore fear, the ego, self-inquiry, and what it means to wake up from the stories we tell ourselves. Byron shares her extraordinary journey from years of deep fear and depression to a radically different experience of reality and introduces four simple questions that can challenge even our most deeply held beliefs.

About our guest:

Byron Katie, a best selling author, the creator of The Work, a powerful method of self-inquiry developed after a profound awakening following ten years of depression and self-loathing. For more than 30 years, she has shared The Work with millions of people around the world, helping them question stressful thoughts and transform their relationship with suffering. She is the bestselling author of Loving What Is, I Need Your Love—Is That True?, A Thousand Names for Joy, and A Mind at Home with Itself.

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💡Episode Highlights:

00:00:00 - Episode Trailer

00:03:08 - The Terror That Kept Byron Trapped for Years

00:07:48 - Why did Byron sleep on the floor when there was a bed available?

00:15:02 - What if the problem isn't the situation but what you're believing about it?

00:20:34 - The Way Out of the Mind’s Endless Loop

00:25:22 - Four Questions That Can Shatter a Stressful Belief

00:29:48 - The Person Who Hurt You May Not Be the Cause of Your Suffering

00:34:18 - What happens when you face danger without getting lost in fear?

00:44:18 - What does it really mean to be "in a trance"?

00:56:03 - What Remains When Fear and Suffering Fall Away

01:00:09 - How to Face Human Suffering Without Becoming Part of It

01:06:17 - The Radical Freedom of Admitting You Were Wrong

01:10:32 - A Message You Must Hear

What if your thoughts could influence reality?

Lynne McTaggart reveals the surprising results of decades of intention experiments—from a reported 43% drop in violent crime to extraordinary changes experienced by people practicing collective intention. She explains the hidden field connecting us, why we may be far more powerful than we realize, and how intention, emotion, and sound could reshape the way we understand consciousness.

About our guest:

Lynne McTaggart, one of the central authorities on the new science and consciousness, is the award-winning author of seven books, including the worldwide bestsellers The Field, The Intention Experiment and The Power of Eight. She is also cofounder of the international magazine What Doctors Don’t Tell You (www.WDDTY.com), and the architect of the Intention Experiments, a web based “global laboratory” to test the power of intention to heal the world. A highly sought after public speaker, Lynne is consistently listed as one of the world’s 100 most spiritually influential people.

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💡Episode Highlights:

00:00:00 - Episode Trailer

00:01:44 - Understanding the Field: Are We Already Connected to Everything?

00:04:44 - The Intention Experiment: What Happened When Thousands Focused on One Goal?

00:08:32 - St. Louis: What Happened When They Focused Intention on Violent Crime?

00:10:58 - Non-Local Consciousness: Can Your Mind Influence Something Miles Away?

00:12:40 - The Maharishi Effect: Can Collective Meditation Actually Change Crime Rates?

00:15:06 - Transformative Effects of Intention: Why Did People Start Healing and Changing?

00:17:36 - Joining the Movement: How Can You Use Collective Intention to Create Change?

00:19:32 - The Role of Emotion: Why Isn’t Intention Alone Enough?

00:22:54 - Specificity in Intention: Why Does It Matter Exactly What You Ask For?

00:25:58 - Consciousness as God: What If God Is Living Through All of Us?

00:32:39 - Crisis of Evolution: Are We Watching an Old World Come to an End?

00:40:58 - The God Notes: What If the Universe Is Built on Sound?

00:44:06 - Message To The World You Should Hear

What If the Light Around You Is Making You Sick?

We think about health in terms of food, exercise and sleep but what about the light we're exposed to every day?

Matt Maruca shares his journey from childhood health struggles and extreme dieting to discovering what he believes is one of the most overlooked influences on human health: light.

He explains how artificial light may affect our circadian rhythm, mitochondria, hormones, sleep and mental wellbeing and why changing the way we experience light could change the way we live.

About our guest:

Matt Maruca is the founder and CEO of Ra Optics. A pioneer in circadian health and photobiology education, Matt has become a leading voice in the science of light. His work has been featured across major health platforms, and he regularly speaks at conferences worldwide about light's role in human optimization.

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💡Episode Highlights:

00:00:00 - Episode Trailer

00:04:52 - His Childhood Symptoms Were Trying to Tell Him Something

00:08:43 - When Healthy Eating Became Unhealthy

00:12:20 - The Discovery That Made Him Question Everything

00:15:26 - What If Food Wasn’t the Real Problem?

00:24:19 - Could Light Be Affecting Your Mental Health?

00:29:50 - What If Your Body Isn’t Designed for Modern Light?

00:35:18 - Why Humans May Have Needed Firelight

00:39:49 - This Is When Artificial Light Started Changing Us

00:41:38 - What Is Modern Light Actually Doing to Your Body?

00:49:33 - How an Energy Crisis Changed the Light in Your Home

00:52:32 - If Artificial Light Is the Problem, What Can We Do?

00:53:42 - 3 Things You Can Change Tonight

01:00:25 - Could These Glasses Change How Your Body Responds to Light?

01:03:58 - The Simple Screen Hack You Can Use Tonight

01:05:35 - If the World Were Listening, This Is What He’d Say