Ep. 004 - BRANDON CROUCHER - "KNOW THY SELF"

In this episode I’m talking with Brandon Croucher. Brandon has 2 masters degrees, he’s a former Youth Pastor, entrepreneur, podcaster, fire spinner and all-around great guy! Brandon and I have a wide-ranging conversation and if you want to know how he went from taking 15 different pills for anxiety and depression to not taking any, stay tuned. All links to Brandon in one link: https://msha.ke/delightcafe.com Don’t forget to leave comments on the youtube videos and reviews on the podcast platform of your choice. To make this surpass being just a show, go deeper, ask questions and more. Please support us on Patreon and join the community to be a part of the discussion. Patreon (patreon.com/foundationalsteps) Follow us on: instagram.com/foundationalsteps twitter.com/TheFSteps J Michael Silver on: instagram.com/jmichaelsilver twitter.com/jmichaelsilver imdb.me/michaelsilver (1:00) Welcome Brandon has a daily show plus other companies he owns, to find a positive during covid and have a great day. He produces 5 shows a week and a veteran’s show (5:00) Open to Clive Barker through cat named nix and Greek mythology (9:40) Shadow work intro and how it pertains to Clive Barker’s stories/movies (13:40) Making the esoteric mathematical (19:40) Identity as a point of reference or starting point for conversation (22:40) Great pain to experience your true self as explained through Hellraiser movies (27:40) The beauty of the art that came out of great pain “know thy self” (30:20) Hypnotherapist helps him look inside to do the work (32) On lots of meds for anxiety and depression, 15 different pills (34) His café was so successful Starbucks hired him to turn their store into the 3rd largest Starbucks in the world. (36) Cannabis was helping him and how he got his parents and other to pay attention (38) What you put into your body and mind and how it shapes you (39:50) He was a youth pastor early in life (42:50) The danger of any drug including alcohol and intention of use (49:40) Prayer and or meditation and how he viewed it, what is God? (52:40) Connection quantum to meditation and dreaming, your mind doesn’t know the difference between dream and waking, your body does (54:50) How real was pray before compared to know when you meditate? (57:10) Who kicked you? And how it relates to walking in on his ex-wife cheating on him and the 10yr connection (1:00:01) An unbelievable story that proved to him the connection to the universe and how he met his hypnotherapist (1:04:15) One person’s definitive proof is not proof for someone else, you don’t know till you know. Just keep going. (1:10:15) Food and the spirituality of learning to cook (1:14:45) Food is medicine (1:19:50) Curing autoimmune with food (1:21:45) Being honest with therapist and transparency (1:22:20) Money doesn’t trickle down, culture does (1:26:20) Did cooking become meditative (1:28:40) Brandon's favorite form of meditation (1:17) The passion he has for his CBD company (1:20) Last rabbit hole, New Year’s Resolutions failure rates. (1:44:20) Getting support is a true blessing and holds you accountable