140: Owning Your Consciousness, Higher Self, Day, and Life - with Aubrey Marcus

Summary: Welcome to this episode of Bucci Radio! Today's guest is absolutely epic, we have Aubrey Marcus, and he's the founder and CEO of Onnit which is a massive all-encompassing fitness company with its own line of supplements, food, apparel and programs, but that's not even what I'm most impressed with. Aubrey is the host of his own mastermind, his own podcast (The Aubrey Marcus Podcast), the author of the New York Times best selling book "Own The Day Own Your Life," with everything falling under his life philosophy of total human optimization. IN THIS EPISODE WE LEARN ABOUT:  Trying vs. being you Recognizing who you are Internal vs. external validation Plant medicine & your nature Balance, the extremes, & optimization Minimizing overwhelm Your higher self Experiential spirituality Speaking and listening to your heart Meditation & the mind Energetic hygiene & creating a positive environment The domino effect & contagiously catching positive vibes Stoicism Hindsight & foresight Turning fear into faith in yourself Being okay with not doing Sending love unconditionally Dangling carrots IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ASKED: 8:12 What's your backstory and some of the major stepping stones you've had to step into to get where you're at today? 10:41 Can you talk to us about what an optimal life looks like for you and what were some of the pillars that you teach that you started optimizing first? 14:40 How can we minimize the overwhelm we feel in our lives by trying to be the best versions of ourselves and not letting that halt us internally? 16:30 How do we switch from seeking external validation to internal validation? 19:40 How did you get to your higher self? 22:10 How do you keep your experience and bring it through to the rest of your life on the day to day? 23:40 Do you meditate every day? 28:27 How do you take who you really are once you can understand it, and integrate into something like your business and fully express your message in your business? 33:37 How can we really truthfully minimize our ego and not let it get in our life so we can take that stance in our day and our life? 35:17 What do you think is the biggest challenge in your life is right now that you're really grateful for? 37:09 What does complete stillness and not doing even look like? 43:38 What are you most excited about right now?