Alchemy Podcast with Doug Carwright

About Alchemy Podcast with Doug Carwright

Welcome to The Alchemy Podcast with Doug Cartwright Join Doug Cartwright, the author of the best-selling book "Holy Shit We Are Alive," on a transformative journey to unlock the secrets of truly living. This podcast is your gateway to discovering the tools, insights, and practices that can help you feel more alive, elevate your life, and embrace your fullest potential. Each episode features thought-provoking conversations with guests from diverse backgrounds—spiritual teachers, entrepreneurs, scientists, artists, and more—all sharing their unique perspectives on what it means to live a life of purpose, joy, and fulfillment. Whether you're seeking inspiration, practical advice, or just a fresh perspective, The Alchemy Podcast is here to help you start truly living. Subscribe and embark on the journey to transform your life today! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Doug Cartwright

Category

business · education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Aug 2024

Latest episode

11 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

79 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 Jun 2026

   Love Is the Only Religion - ft. Bob Peck

   Some conversations feel less like interviews and more like something that needed to happen. Doug and Bob Peck have been in each other's orbit for years — two guys who found their way to Ram Dass, Alan Watts, Christ, and Milarepa not through a single tradition but through a relentless hunger for what's actually true. In Episode 78, they finally sat down and went deep. Bob Peck, author of Original Sin is a Lie, and what Doug calls a genuine spiritual philosopher, brings a rare combination of academic grounding and lived devotion. Together they explore the idea that underneath every religion, every tradition, every awakened master, there is one substance. Bob calls it the volcano, the original eruption of undeniable love and insight that slowly cools into institutional rock over centuries. Doug names it more simply: capital L Love. Doug also brings something no theology class can teach: the perspective of someone navigating stage four glioblastoma, who walked into a radiation session after feeling a quiet part of his soul whisper I get to go home soon, and found peace in that. He credits it directly to the teachers who shaped him, and this episode is his most honest articulation yet of why the search for truth matters and how you know when you're actually getting closer. If you’d like to support Doug during his brain cancer journey: https://www.gofundme.com/f/dougs-fight-against-brain-cancer/cl/s (https://www.gofundme.com/f/dougs-fight-against-brain-cancer/cl/s) Timestamps of Key Moments 00:00 — Intro & welcome 02:20 — Doug introduces Bob Peck and how they met in Austin 05:01 — Doug's Mormon upbringing and evolving relationship with faith 05:41 — Bob's spiritual background and religious studies degree at UT 12:08 — Doug's ayahuasca ceremony in 2017: why did Jesus show up? 14:46 — Bob on Jesus: one of the greatest luminaries of human civilization 15:39 — The premise of Original Sin is a Lie 16:52 — What the best spiritual teachers do: myth-busting calcified paradigms 19:07 — Doug's Ram Dass awakening and listening to lectures before radiation 19:49 — First encounter with Maharaji: the powers, the monkey god, the confusion 23:51 — How to spot the real deal: vesselhood, humility, transferable love 27:42 — Dr. Larry Brilliant: when I was near Maharaji, I loved everybody 29:33 — The volcano metaphor: all religions come from mysticism 34:00 — Walking into radiation and feeling: I get to go home soon 35:02 — The real barometer: what's happening inside you is how you know if it's true 38:01 — How Bob discovered Milarepa through a TikTok comment 39:29 — The three-act story of Milarepa 47:38 — Bob reads Milarepa's poem: all worldly pursuits end in sorrow 49:55 — Does everyone have a teacher or guru? Follow Doug: IG: https://www.instagram.com/doug_cartwright/ (https://www.instagram.com/doug_cartwright/) Join the Alchemy Accelerator: https://www.alchemysalescoaching.com/ (https://www.alchemysalescoaching.com/) Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: @AlchemyPodwithDougCartwright Follow Bob Peck: IG: @bobpeck (https://www.instagram.com/bobpeck/)

2. 

   21 May 2026

   The Fitness Expert Living a Double Life: Bulimia, Burnout & How Dance Saved Her - ft. Misty Tripoli

   Misty Tripoli hasn't been back in 25 years. She and Doug are cousins who lost touch, reconnected through a peptide-induced vision and an Instagram follow, and sat down to talk about everything that happened in between. What happened in between is a lot. Bulimia for 16 years. A top fitness career in LA built entirely on a facade. One bong hit that collapsed the third dimension and sent her looking for who she actually was. A Nike contract that arrived within two weeks of her walking away from everything. Eighteen years in the jungles of Mexico, off the grid, building an oasis she didn't even know she wanted until the money to build it showed up. And underneath all of it, the same thread: faith. Not the kind that denies what is hard. The kind that lets you hold a vision even when you are bankrupt, even when you almost run out of money twice, even when the how is completely invisible. Doug brings his own thread into this one. A glioblastoma diagnosis. A transformed relationship with death. The strange freedom that comes when you stop pretending you are going to live forever. What grief actually feels like when you hold your mom on her last breath. What it means to feel more alive than ever at the exact moment the doctors say you probably won't be. Timestamps of Key Moments 00:00 — Intro: A 25-year gap, a peptide flush, and the Instagram follow that brought them back together 03:30 — Head cheerleader and bulimic at 16: how Misty held both realities at once 07:00 — Dad leaving at eight, a teacher who noticed, and a mother who raised seven kids alone with no financial support 12:00 — What Wendy Tripoli actually was: youngest elected state legislator in Utah, wise woman, seeker, and the black sheep who had to find her own way in 18:00 — How Misty describes feeling her mom now: the tarot deck by the bed, coffee in the jungle, and answers that just appear 24:00 — LA fitness queen, keeping up with the Joneses, and everything built on a lie 29:00 — One bong hit, the veil falling, and the moment Misty connected to the power she had always known was there 35:00 — Quitting the corporate job, meditating eight hours a day, and dancing alone on the beach as the Groove Method is born 41:00 — What Groove actually is: ancient tribal dance, unified movement, and why it hits like a spiritual experience even though all you did was shake your ass to hip hop 47:00 — Nike signed her within two weeks: the story of how she went from bankrupt to a seven-year contract by just showing up and doing what she does best 53:00 — Moving to Mexico: Oliver on the beach, one last night in Puerto Vallarta, and the moment she decided she was never going home 58:00 — Two suitcases to one: how Misty got rid of everything she owned in two weeks and never looked back 01:03:00 — Faith as the actual mechanism: why most people can't take the leap and what Misty did differently 01:09:00 — Reprogramming money beliefs with Abraham Hicks, money trees in her mind, and going from nothing to the Body Groove app becoming the number one advertiser on Facebook 01:16:00 — Finding the land: stripping down, swimming to the back of a cenote, and buying it on the spot without knowing what she would build 01:22:00 — Doug's diagnosis, what changed, and why he has never felt more alive 01:30:00 — Death, fear, and faith: why you cannot hold both, and what it actually looks like to carry death sweetly 01:38:00 — Misty holding her mom on the last breath, the room filled with loved ones, and why she cried once and then started talking to her more than ever 01:44:00 — Stillness as the path back to faith: sitting in the jungle, watching molecules become closets, and the wisdom that lives in nature 01:50:00 — The future of the oasis: buying the surrounding land, full food production, chickens, goats, and her own surrender experiment in the jungle Follow Doug: IG: https://www.instagram.com/doug_cartwright/ (https://www.instagram.com/doug_cartwright/) Join the Alchemy Accelerator: https://www.alchemysalescoaching.com/ (https://www.alchemysalescoaching.com/) Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: @AlchemyPodwithDougCartwright Follow Misty: IG: @mistytripoli (https://www.instagram.com/mistytripoli)

3. 

   14 May 2026

   You Are Not Your Prognosis - ft. Rebecca Devine

   In this deeply moving episode of The Alchemy Podcast, Doug sits down with Rebecca Devine, a long-term glioblastoma survivor whose story completely reframes what it means to receive a terminal diagnosis. After losing her mother to the exact same form of brain cancer Doug was recently diagnosed with, Rebecca found herself years later facing the same disease, only this time, she chose a radically different path. The conversation explores the emotional shock of hearing the words “glioblastoma,” the fear of losing your identity, the importance of self-advocacy, and the growing world of alternative treatments, clinical trials, and integrative healing approaches that many patients never hear about. Rebecca shares how she navigated motherhood, relationships, fear, uncertainty, and the pressure of prognosis while refusing to let statistics define her future. Doug and Rebecca also dive into the psychological side of cancer: what happens when life suddenly becomes fragile, how mortality changes your priorities, and why hope itself can become a form of medicine. This episode is not about false positivity or pretending cancer is beautiful. It is about reclaiming agency, choosing your own story, and learning how to stay alive emotionally, spiritually, and mentally while fighting for your physical life. If you'd like to support Doug during his brain cancer journey, you can here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/dougs-fight-against-brain-cancer/cl/s?utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp20_t1&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&lang=es_US (https://www.gofundme.com/f/dougs-fight-against-brain-cancer/cl/s?lang=es_US&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp20_t1&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link) Timestamps of Key Moments 00:00 — Intro: connecting through the same diagnosis 02:45 — Rebecca’s mom being diagnosed with glioblastoma out of nowhere 03:30 — Losing her mother mentally before losing her physically 05:50 — Planning a wedding while fighting for her mom’s life 08:30 — What Rebecca learned watching traditional treatment fail 12:00 — Rebecca’s own symptoms begin years later 15:00 — Passing out while driving and waking up in the ambulance 17:50 — The hospital initially finding nothing wrong 20:30 — Hearing the diagnosis and realizing history was repeating itself 24:00 — Refusing to accept statistics as fate 28:10 — Searching for treatments beyond standard protocol 33:00 — Germany, vaccines, immunotherapy, and becoming her own advocate 40:00 — Living years beyond what doctors predicted 43:30 — “You are not your diagnosis” 46:30 — Dating, relationships, and vulnerability while living with cancer 48:20 — Wanting to keep ownership of her own story 52:00 — Promising new clinical trials and alternative therapies 56:00 — The emotional balance between realism and hope 01:00:00 — Why purpose and identity matter during illness 01:04:00 — Helping newly diagnosed patients navigate the fear 01:08:00 — Final reflections: choosing how you live, no matter the prognosis Follow Doug: IG: https://www.instagram.com/doug_cartwright/ (https://www.instagram.com/doug_cartwright/) Join the Alchemy Accelerator: https://www.alchemysalescoaching.com/ (https://www.alchemysalescoaching.com/) Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: @AlchemyPodwithDougCartwright Follow Josh Hardman: IG: @thatbrainyblonde (https://www.instagram.com/thatbrainyblonde/)

Who has been a guest on Alchemy Podcast with Doug Carwright

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• Cory Clark
• Josh Crittenden
• Kevin Swiss
• Julian Gonzalez-Becerra
• Omar Qatishat

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YouTube views

6,273

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 42 / 100

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Quality

43

Social presence

0

YouTube

74

Engagement

27

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