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In the first Lonesome Conversation I ever recorded, I speak with Jeffrey and Clayten, the two men behind Focused Life-Force Energy, to open on a paradox: how can we be more digitally connected than any humans in history, yet lonelier than ever? Clayten remembers pandemic Zoom dinners and the front porch he misses, while Jeffrey names the "field effect" between two people in a room — an intimate, silent exchange between our energetic fields that a video call simply can't carry, and that most of us don't even know we're missing. A quietly unsettling look at what disappears when presence goes virtual.

About Jeffrey
Jeffrey Stegman’s focus has been on creating a high-consciousness culture in his businesses, which parallels his own personal spiritual path. Jeffrey was the co-owner of two manufacturing businesses, including one in business since 1835. FLFE is a confluence of Jeffrey’s manufacturing, engineering, business, and spiritual evolution.
Focused Life-Force Energy began in 2008 when two men with an interest in high-consciousness fields met through a mutual friend. After coming across the beginnings of an invention that would become part of the FLFE system, Jeffrey Stegman and Clayten Stedmann worked together to develop it further. Eventually, they would broadcast high-consciousness fields to specific locations around the world. They poured thousands of hours into research and development to enhance this technology.
Beginning with service projects and targeting trauma-hit areas like refugee camps, FLFE grew into a private company and is now invited into the lives of thousands of people in over 85 countries. The company still donates over 90 percent of the energy created by the technology to service projects around the globe. FLFE is a thriving international organization that continues with its mission to “support the optimal conditions for the evolution of consciousness in an economized society” through the exploration of what is in the highest and best interest of all creation.

About Clayten
Clayten Stedmann has worked in the education, training, and coaching business since 1995. From 1995 to 2020, he focused on business as a spiritual path in his coaching practice. He discovered Consciousness Kinesiology in 2004, and as of December 2024, he has done over 14 million CK calibrations and created 10 consciousness assessments and two unique energetic medicine protocols. From 2013 to the present, Clayten has transitioned from using his coaching and research skills in his private practice to using those skills in a company he co-founded. Focused Life-Force Energy continues his purposeful intention to create the conditions for humanity to have a higher level of consciousness.

Lonesome Conversations Limited Series
Lonesome Conversations is a special series from The Life Stylist, built around my new book, A Horse Named Lonesome (out November 17, 2026). Loneliness is something almost everyone goes through, and almost nobody talks about honestly. So I sat down with psychologists, philosophers, trauma therapists, teachers, and friends to find the truth about loneliness, and how we heal from it. Each episode is its own conversation, but together they walk the same ground the book maps out. (Pre-order your copy at ahorsenamedlonesome.com) You'll find new episodes alongside our regular show over the coming months.

Forty years into a nicotine habit, I tried to quit cold turkey, and it nearly broke me.

Alyson was on the beach communing with grasshoppers and golden orb weavers while I was under the covers in a dark hole, trying to white-knuckle my way off nicotine, mambé, and Ambil after finishing my book.

Same place, drastically different trips.

We get into what happens when a habit doesn't wreck your life but still runs it, and why "biohacker-friendly" substances can be harder to walk away from than anyone tells you. Alyson shares how she attunes to a land before arriving, the message she received before Costa Rica, and the animal encounters that shaped her three weeks there.

I open up about the emotional hangover of writing A Horse Named Lonesome, why microdosing iboga didn't help me the way I hoped, and the conversation with Ian Mitchell that changed my plan.

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You'll learn:

[0:00] Introduction
[2:36] Tuning into the land before arriving and hearing "come here as the new you"
[15:53] Why I tried to quit nicotine and coca leaf in Costa Rica
[22:43] The shock of going cold turkey off nicotine
[30:42] Habit-forming alkaloids that made overuse easy to justify
[36:34] Forty years addicted and Ian Mitchell's honest verdict
[47:54] The night Alyson’s stern clarity broke through my nicotine fog
[1:02:34] The golden orb weaver spider and shifting from fear to love
[1:10:14] A Horse Named Lonesome and what writing it without a ghostwriter demanded
[1:24:15] Lonesome Conversations and the root of most human suffering
[1:36:17] My latest picks from Melalight to QOVA
[1:46:17] This month's Field Reveal Energy Forecast

Resources Mentioned:

Coca Leaf | Wikipedia
Iboga | Wikipedia
Ketamine | Wikipedia
Kratom | Wikipedia
Nicotine | Wikipedia
Ayahuasca | Wikipedia
Primeadine | Website
NuCalm | Website
NeuroVIZR | Website

Full show notes at lukestorey.com/689

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Find more from Alyson:

Alyson Charles Storey | Website | Instagram | X | TikTok | YouTube
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Find more from Luke:

Luke Storey | Website | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube | LinkedIn

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Mark Sisson ran for decades in cushioned shoes and paid for it with a hip replacement he believes was preventable.

Seven Gs of force hit your hip with every step in cushioned shoes, versus one or two when your feet can feel the ground. That number reframed everything I thought I knew about footwear.

Mark is the forefather of the primal movement, founder of Primal Kitchen and Peluva, and he’s spent decades studying what keeps a body moving into its 70s and beyond.

Wide-toebox shoes alone will not undo a lifetime of damage. Mark explains why toe articulation is the piece almost everyone misses, and why the big toe, the most important joint in the foot, shows its lost function in your knees, hips, and glutes.

Also covered: Failure Magazine, a $1.5M TV flop, the pivot that became Mark’s Daily Apple, cold plunges, keto, TRT, biohacking, and why chasing a top-2% VO2 max might cost you your life.

If your feet hurt, your knees hurt, or you want to still be walking at 90, this one’s worth listening to.

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You'll learn:
[0:00] Introduction
[8:25] How years of entrepreneurial setbacks led Mark to Mark's Daily Apple
[20:43] Why minimalist runners kept getting horribly injured
[26:53] Foot health as the lowest-hanging fruit in longevity
[32:07] Toe spacers versus individual toe slots
[38:56] Feeling every airport step through minimal footwear
[46:00] How breaking a hip triggers a fatal domino effect, and managing risk with age
[57:31] Why pointy shoes fight your natural foot shape, and the fashion barrier to five-toe shoes
[1:05:21] Mark's cold plunge story and when it negates your workout gains
[1:13:18] Training to stay uninjured in your seventies, and how diet builds metabolic flexibility
[1:22:24] Mark's take on supplements and TRT, and why chasing a top VO2 max isn't the goal
[1:27:26] Biohacking as the day trading of health
[1:35:55] Three teachers who shaped Mark's path

Resources Mentioned:

Primal Kitchen | Website
Know the Cause | Website
Mark's Daily Apple | Website
Read: Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall | Book
Bunions | Wikipedia
Plantar Fasciitis | Wikipedia
Metabolic Flexibility | Wikipedia
Qitone Powder Peptides | Shop
TRT | Wikipedia
VO2 Max | Wikipedia

Full show notes at lukestorey.com/barefoot

Find more from Mark:

Mark Sisson | Instagram | Facebook | X | TikTok
Peluva | Website | Instagram
The Primal Kitchen | YouTube

Read: Born to Walk: The Broken Promises of the Running Boom, and How to Slow Down and Get Healthy―One Step at a Time by Mark Sisson and Brad Kearns | Book
Read: The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram Your Genes for Effortless Weight Loss, Vibrant Health, and Boundless Energy by Mark Sisson | Book

Find more from Luke:

Luke Storey | Website | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube | LinkedIn

My new book, A Horse Named Lonesome, launches November 17, 2026. Pre-order now at ahorsenamedlonesome.com and get bonuses: access to my Inner Circle Book Club, an exclusive Lonesome Conversations six-part miniseries, and an ebook transcript of the series.

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In this Lonesome Conversation, Alex and I sit down to name a paradox a lot of seekers know intimately — that the closer you draw to God or consciousness, the fewer people tend to be standing there beside you. Drawing on his favorite philosopher, Manly P. Hall, Alex explains why real spiritual growth doesn't make life easier but instead "quickens the wheel of karma," ushering in a season of trial rather than comfort. We sit with the strange irony that becoming connected to something vast can leave you more alone in your own living room.

About Alex
Alex Sachon is a philosopher with a background in the social sciences. He uses the wisdom of ancient philosophy to understand the fast-changing social, cultural, and geopolitical environment we live in.
He recently wrote a book called The Coming World Nation that lays out his model of the various tiers of the social hierarchy and offers a revisionist account of the past 200 years of American history. He's also a specialist in the field of Esoteric Philosophy and is one of the world's top scholars on the work of Manly P. Hall.

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Lonesome Conversations is a special series from The Life Stylist, built around my new book, A Horse Named Lonesome (out November 17, 2026). Loneliness is something almost everyone goes through, and almost nobody talks about honestly. So I sat down with psychologists, philosophers, trauma therapists, teachers, and friends to find the truth about loneliness, and how we heal from it. Each episode is its own conversation, but together they walk the same ground the book maps out. (Pre-order your copy at ahorsenamedlonesome.com) You'll find new episodes alongside our regular show over the coming months.

Is manifestation just a scam?

Frank Elaridi is a four-time Emmy-winning journalist turned energy healer whose YouTube work on spirituality has pulled 40M+ views. This is the clearest window I've had into what happens after peak experiences stop mattering.

A client came to him convinced she was channeling angels because her vision was fluttering. Frank told her: “Your retina is detaching; see a doctor now”. She'd been putting it off because YouTubers said the symptom was spiritual. That's how dangerous wellness content gets when spiritual entertainment is sold as truth.

We get into spiritual entertainment vs. actual spirituality, the trap of swapping one identity for a "healthier" one, and why his guru's lineage refuses ashrams or money. Frank also talks about walking away from plant medicine, moving alone to Joshua Tree, ending relationships, and a mantra kept secret for 5,000 years.

If you've been collecting practices, teachers, and peak experiences, this one's for you.

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You'll learn:

[0:00] Introduction
[6:07] Refusing the spiritual label and stepping back from plant medicine ceremonies
[20:22] The three practices that allow knowledge to absorb
[36:00] Bypassing myself to speak to the invisible listener on a path of subtraction
[45:16] Child of a barren woman and the lightning bolt that made Nisargadatta Frank's guru
[59:21] The lineage that makes masters instead of disciples
[1:08:50] Witches of Calabasas and the illusion of manifestation
[1:17:06] Cults disguised as personal development
[1:31:19] Jesus as a guru and the missing years in India
[1:39:09] Miracles as a necessary illusion to wake others
[1:45:21] Desert solitude and whether he still wants a romantic partnership
[1:57:27] The first relationship that left him fully satisfied

Resources Mentioned:

Bhajan | Wikipedia
Read: I Am That: Talks With Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj by Nisargadatta Maharaj | Book
Gyatri Mantra | Wikipedia
David Hawkins | Website
Read: Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender by David Hawkins | Book
Read: Selfless Self: Talks with Shri Ramakant Maharaj by Ramakant Maharaj | Book
Saddle Ranch | Website
Issa | Wikipedia
Read: Bhagavad Gita | Book
Read: A Course in Miracles by Helen Schucman | Book

Full show notes at lukestorey.com/frank2

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Find more from Frank:

Frank Elaridi | Website | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok | YouTube

Find more from Luke:

Luke Storey | Website | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube | LinkedIn

My new book, A Horse Named Lonesome, launches November 17, 2026. Pre-order now at ahorsenamedlonesome.com and get bonuses: access to my Inner Circle Book Club, an exclusive Lonesome Conversations six-part miniseries, and an ebook transcript of the series.

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