Awaken with Oliver Podcast

Low energy isn’t a motivation problem — it’s an energy management problem.

After healing Tourette’s, ADHD, and OCD through lifestyle change and meditation, I sit down with Thor Aarsand to uncover how morning routines and semen retention rebuild energy, focus, confidence, and personal power.

We explore why modern life drains vitality, how sexual energy can be transmuted into creative force and disciplined action, and why mastering your energy accelerates manifestation, performance, and self-trust. No hype. No shortcuts. Just real discipline and real results.

This episode is for anyone done with burnout, distraction, and inconsistency — and ready to reclaim control of their energy, focus, and direction.

What you’ll learn in this episode

• The most powerful morning routine for energy mastery
• Why semen retention increases focus and mental clarity
• How to transmute sexual energy into confidence and drive
• Discipline as the foundation of freedom
• Faster manifestation through energy alignment
• The real costs and rewards of retention

About Thor Aarsand
Thor Aarsand is a performance coach and lifestyle mentor specialising in energy mastery, discipline, and peak performance for men and high achievers.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifebythor

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FREE course — Take Control: http://www.talkwitholiver.com

Community & connection
For healers, lightworkers & conscious travellers:
Exchange healing services, connect with aligned people, plan journeys across Asia, list retreats, discover festivals, and share your work at
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Reflection
What would happen if you mastered your energy completely?

Timestamps
00:00 — Real power and energy truth
02:15 — Why motivation fails
05:10 — Morning routines for dominance
09:30 — Semen retention and vitality
14:20 — Focus, clarity, confidence
18:40 — Sexual energy and creation
23:10 — Discipline over desire
27:55 — Manifestation through energy
32:30 — The cost of inconsistency
37:10 — Sustaining power long-term
41:00 — Closing reflections

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About the Podcast

This is a raw, unedited podcast exploring healing, self-awareness, emotional health, trauma recovery, consciousness, and personal growth. Conversations are unscripted and led by the moment, focusing on what it actually takes to live authentically in the modern world.

Hosted by Oliver — who healed Tourette’s, ADHD, and OCD at 21 through lifestyle changes, meditation, and nervous system regulation — the podcast explores real-world healing beyond theory, labels, or surface-level spirituality.

Each episode dives into topics such as childhood trauma, emotional triggers, inner child healing, mindfulness, mental health, identity, nervous system healing, breaking generational patterns, and building emotional resilience through honest conversations, lived experience, and practical insight.

This podcast is for anyone seeking clarity, emotional freedom, and deeper self-understanding — without bypassing reality or pretending healing is simple.

If you’ve ever felt guilty for wanting money — or confused about how spirituality and wealth can coexist — this episode is for you.

I sit down with Preston Smiles, spiritual teacher and author of Spiritual Millionaire, to uncover the real truth about manifesting abundance without losing your soul.

We break down how to stop self-sabotage, remove scarcity programming, and use money as a tool for purpose, service, and spiritual growth — not ego or fear.

🔥 What you’ll learn in this episode:

• The real reason you can’t manifest money
• How to stop feeling shame around wealth
• Why money is a spiritual tool
• How meditation & breathwork rewire the nervous system
• How to break scarcity mindset and limiting beliefs
• How to build confidence, boundaries, and self-worth
• How to create wealth without ego or fear

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Spirituality + money: the truth
01:40 – Preston’s story: surf lessons → Spiritual Millionaire
04:10 – Why abundance feels “wrong” to many people
07:30 – Money as a spiritual tool
10:15 – Meditation & healing
13:00 – Plant medicine & breathwork awakening
16:40 – Breaking scarcity mindset
20:10 – Manifesting money without ego
23:30 – Self-love, boundaries, confidence
27:00 – Conscious wealth & service
33:40 – Final message
35:00 – Outro

👤 Guest Bio

Preston Smiles is a spiritual teacher, author, and founder of the Spiritual Millionaire movement. He teaches people how to unlock abundance through mindset, meditation, and authentic self-expression.

🔗 Guest Links
Website: https://prestonsmiles.com/book
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prestonsmiles
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@prestonsmilesabundance

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About the Podcast

This is a raw, unedited podcast exploring healing, self-awareness, emotional health, trauma recovery, consciousness, and personal growth. Conversations are unscripted and led by the moment, focusing on what it actually takes to live authentically in the modern world.

Hosted by Oliver — who healed Tourette’s, ADHD, and OCD at 21 through lifestyle changes, meditation, and nervous system regulation — the podcast explores real-world healing beyond theory, labels, or surface-level spirituality.

Each episode dives into topics such as childhood trauma, emotional triggers, inner child healing, mindfulness, mental health, identity, nervous system healing, breaking generational patterns, and building emotional resilience through honest conversations, lived experience, and practical insight.

This podcast is for anyone seeking clarity, emotional freedom, and deeper self-understanding — without bypassing reality or pretending healing is simple.

If you’ve ever felt stuck in your own mind, trapped by negative thoughts, or unsure who you really are — this episode is for you.

Will Caminada joins the conversation to break down self-awareness, emotional mastery, mindset transformation, and identity work.

We explore how to break mental loops, understand how childhood and environment shape identity, and reclaim your power so you can step into your highest version — consciously, intentionally, and without spiritual bypassing.

This episode is packed with practical tools and deep insight for anyone on a path of growth, healing, spiritual awakening, or personal development.

🔥 What you’ll learn in this episode:

• How to build real self-awareness (not fake positive thinking)
• How to stop negative thought loops and mental traps
• How identity is formed — and how to reshape it
• Why childhood and environment shape your inner world
• How to build discipline, intention, and emotional resilience
• How spiritual awakening can be used to upgrade real life

Watch the episode on YouTube:
YouTube.com/yeskingoliver

Connect & explore more:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yeskingoliver
FREE course — Take Control: http://www.talkwitholiver.com

For healers, lightworkers & conscious travellers:
Exchange healing services, connect with aligned people, plan journeys across Asia, list retreats, discover festivals, and share your work at

👉 https://findmytribe.org

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💬 Comment below: What’s the biggest mental block you’re working through right now?

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Intro & opening thoughts
01:42 – What true self-awareness really means
04:15 – Breaking negative thought loops
07:08 – Childhood patterns & identity shaping
10:12 – Becoming aware of your internal dialogue
13:05 – Emotional mastery & regulating reactions
16:20 – Building discipline & intentional habits
19:14 – Challenging limiting beliefs
22:10 – How environment influences identity
25:05 – Becoming the person you envision
28:18 – Why people stay stuck in old patterns
31:05 – Choosing alignment over autopilot
34:20 – Will’s closing message
36:10 – Outro

👤 Guest Bio

Will Caminada is a multidimensional guide, breathwork and meditation facilitator, and channel. He supports individuals through spiritual awakening, identity expansion, and emotional integration, helping them access higher awareness while stayin

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Support the show

About the Podcast

This is a raw, unedited podcast exploring healing, self-awareness, emotional health, trauma recovery, consciousness, and personal growth. Conversations are unscripted and led by the moment, focusing on what it actually takes to live authentically in the modern world.

Hosted by Oliver — who healed Tourette’s, ADHD, and OCD at 21 through lifestyle changes, meditation, and nervous system regulation — the podcast explores real-world healing beyond theory, labels, or surface-level spirituality.

Each episode dives into topics such as childhood trauma, emotional triggers, inner child healing, mindfulness, mental health, identity, nervous system healing, breaking generational patterns, and building emotional resilience through honest conversations, lived experience, and practical insight.

This podcast is for anyone seeking clarity, emotional freedom, and deeper self-understanding — without bypassing reality or pretending healing is simple.

In this raw, unedited conversation, Stephen Young shares what it was like growing up around conflict, carrying emotional wounds in silence, and learning how to survive without ever being shown how to heal.

We explore how childhood trauma doesn’t disappear with time — it quietly shapes your identity, emotional reactions, self-worth, and relationships, often running your life beneath the surface without your awareness.

This episode is for anyone who feels stuck in repeating patterns, struggles with emotional triggers they can’t explain, or senses that unresolved childhood experiences are still influencing their present.

🔥 In this episode, we explore:

• How childhood trauma silently shapes adult behaviour
• Why unresolved emotional wounds repeat in relationships
• How to recognise triggers and unconscious emotional patterns
• Practical tools for healing the inner child
• Transforming pain into clarity, strength, and emotional freedom
• Breaking generational cycles and building healthier relationships

If you’re ready to face your past honestly and reclaim emotional stability, self-trust, and inner freedom — this episode is for you.

Watch the episode on YouTube:
YouTube.com/yeskingoliver

Connect & explore more:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yeskingoliver
FREE course — Take Control: http://www.talkwitholiver.com

For healers, lightworkers & conscious travellers:
Exchange healing services, connect with aligned people, plan journeys across Asia, list retreats, discover festivals, and share your work at

👉 https://findmytribe.org

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💬 Comment below: What pattern are you starting to recognise in your own life?

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Stephen’s childhood & early emotional struggles
03:25 – Growing up around conflict and long-term impact
06:50 – How early trauma shapes identity & behaviour
10:15 – Becoming aware of emotional wounds in adulthood
13:40 – Suppressed emotions & destructive patterns
17:05 – Understanding triggers & emotional reactions
20:15 – Healing the inner child & reclaiming self-worth
24:10 – Breaking generational cycles
28:30 – Building emotional awareness & resilience
32:55 – Lessons from Stephen’s personal transformation
37:20 – Final reflections for anyone on a healing journey

👤 Guest Bio

Dr Stephen Young has spent over 36 years studying the connection between mind, body, and spirit. He has founded five humanitarian businesses, treated more than 9,000 patients holistically, and leads spiritual miss

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About the Podcast

This is a raw, unedited podcast exploring healing, self-awareness, emotional health, trauma recovery, consciousness, and personal growth. Conversations are unscripted and led by the moment, focusing on what it actually takes to live authentically in the modern world.

Hosted by Oliver — who healed Tourette’s, ADHD, and OCD at 21 through lifestyle changes, meditation, and nervous system regulation — the podcast explores real-world healing beyond theory, labels, or surface-level spirituality.

Each episode dives into topics such as childhood trauma, emotional triggers, inner child healing, mindfulness, mental health, identity, nervous system healing, breaking generational patterns, and building emotional resilience through honest conversations, lived experience, and practical insight.

This podcast is for anyone seeking clarity, emotional freedom, and deeper self-understanding — without bypassing reality or pretending healing is simple.

In this episode, Markus Westhuizen explores how travel and unfamiliar environments force the mind to change — breaking habitual thought patterns, disrupting identity, and accelerating inner growth.

We discuss why movement unsettles overthinking, why presence matters more than location, and how entering new cultures exposes emotional triggers, ego, and unconscious conditioning — especially for people who feel different, misunderstood, or out of place in the world.

Rather than using travel as escape, this conversation looks at travel as exposure — a direct confrontation with who you are when comfort, routine, and identity fall away. We explore how discomfort rewires perception, how globalisation is shaping human consciousness, and why travel can become a powerful tool for self-observation and awakening when approached consciously.

This episode is for anyone interested in personal growth, conscious travel, identity, presence, awakening, nervous system regulation, and self-awareness — especially if you’ve always felt like you don’t quite belong.

Watch the episode on YouTube:
YouTube.com/yeskingoliver

Connect & explore more:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yeskingoliver
FREE course — Take Control: http://www.talkwitholiver.com

For healers, lightworkers & conscious travellers:
Exchange healing services, connect with aligned people, plan journeys across Asia, list retreats, discover festivals, and share your work at

👉 https://findmytribe.org

🔔 Turn on notifications for new episodes every week
💬 Reflection: What did travel reveal about you?

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Why travel changes the mind
02:30 – Moving abroad & identity disruption
05:45 – Culture shock & presence
09:20 – Travel as an awakening trigger
12:50 – How travel exposes mental limits
16:10 – Staying present in unfamiliar environments
19:30 – Globalisation & consciousness
23:05 – Feeling like you don’t belong
26:00 – Emotional triggers revealed through travel
29:40 – Ego, identity & transformation
32:25 – Learning presence through discomfort
35:10 – Awakening through movement & change
38:00 – What travel teaches the nervous system
39:15 – Closing reflections

👤 Guest Bio

Markus Westhuizen works at the intersection of conscious travel, identity, and awakening. His work explores how movement, unfamiliar environments, and presence dissolve conditioned identity and accelerate self-awareness.

🔗 Guest Links

Website: https://starseed-lightcodes.com/
YouTube:

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About the Podcast

This is a raw, unedited podcast exploring healing, self-awareness, emotional health, trauma recovery, consciousness, and personal growth. Conversations are unscripted and led by the moment, focusing on what it actually takes to live authentically in the modern world.

Hosted by Oliver — who healed Tourette’s, ADHD, and OCD at 21 through lifestyle changes, meditation, and nervous system regulation — the podcast explores real-world healing beyond theory, labels, or surface-level spirituality.

Each episode dives into topics such as childhood trauma, emotional triggers, inner child healing, mindfulness, mental health, identity, nervous system healing, breaking generational patterns, and building emotional resilience through honest conversations, lived experience, and practical insight.

This podcast is for anyone seeking clarity, emotional freedom, and deeper self-understanding — without bypassing reality or pretending healing is simple.