Pt 1. From Touring The World With a Hit Song to Being Shattered Open — Kyle Nicolaides

Kyle Nicolaides led the Led Zeppelin influenced garage punk band Beware of Darkness, before releasing his own rousing indie rock as a solo artist beginning in 2018. He signed to Warner Music / Bright Antenna Records and his debut album was produced by Grammy Winning producer Dave Sardy (Killers, Rage Against the Machine) and he has toured around the world opening for huge acts such as Smashing Pumpkins and The 1975 etc. Recently, Kyle relocated back to his hometown of Santa Barbara, California and is working on a book about depression, hoping to shine a light for others along their own journey’s through anxiety & depression. Episode Highlights // + A healing and clearing of the air from Kyle firing me soon after I secured a record deal and team + Ego and depression haunting Kyle when we met and me having no idea how dark it was for him when we met + People in his immediate circle telling him to kill himself when he opened up to them about his deep depression + A phenomenal Abraham Twerski quote / excerpt + Discussing the ending of his band and moving back home to Santa Barbara, California + Bottoming out after moving back home and having thoughts of suicide daily + The pandemic hitting and Kyle feeling like now the world knows what his daily life was like for so long in constant anxiety and depression + Discovering Yoga & Ayahuasca - both helping him turn the corner to healing + Kyle's amazing point about humans being treated like computers when really we are like flowers each blooming in our own time