Psychedelics, Building The Onnit Empire & Overcoming Fear Of Death with Aubrey Marcus

Aubrey Marcus is the founder of Onnit, a globally disruptive brand based on a holistic health philosophy he calls Total Human Optimization. He currently hosts the Aubrey Marcus Podcast, a motivational destination for conversations with the brightest minds in athletics, business, mindset, and spirituality with over 50 million listens. He is the author of the NYT Bestselling book Own The Day, Own Your Life. He has also produced several documentaries including Awake In The Darkness, Dragon of the Jungle, Ayahuasca, and Huachuma. Aubrey is native of Austin, Texas where he currently resides with his wife Vylana.

 

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What was discussed

• Aubrey’s life changing psychedelic experience at 18.
• Why Ketamine + Cannabis is the best healing tool.
• Living in complete darkness for a week - using the void to heal.
• Understanding what God means in the Modern World.
• Building Onnit & the Tenets of Entrepreneurship.
• Aubrey’s tangle with Polyamory.
• Using grief as a tool - embrace it, don’t fight it.

 

Timestamps

(0:00) What is the best medicine for Aubrey Marcus?

(5:59) Correlation vs Causality: Understanding the important difference

(7:20) Aubrey’s Vision Quest: his life changing experience with Psychedelics at 18 years old

(17:07) Reaching the other side & breaking the fear of death

(27:39) In the Void: Aubrey’s 6 day life in complete darkness

• Documentary mentioned: Awake in Darkness: The Purest Medicine

(38:33) Defining God - modern world understanding

(46:51) Building Onnit & Advice for active entrepreneurs

• Podcast Mentioned: 23 Crucial Tenets of ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(55:23) Dealing with Days Past: Embracing the grief that comes with moving on

(1:01:50) Next chapter for Aubrey Marcus & Closing thoughts

Resources

Documentary: Awake in Darkness: The Purest Medicine

Podcast: 23 Crucial Tenets of ENTREPRENEURSHIP