You Choose with Billy Garton Jr.

About You Choose with Billy Garton Jr.

A podcast designed to inspire a deeper sense of belonging, to self, others and the world. Through intimate dialogues with leading psychologists, self help gurus, and world leaders in business and sport, we explore the nature of consciousness, the psyche and its role in human potential, and why we’re really here. With the chief aim of equipping you with tools to consciously choose a more empowered, aligned & purpose driven life.

Publisher

Billy Garton Jr.

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Apr 2026

Latest episode

22 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

23 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Sept 2026

   The Art of Being Ruthlessly Authentic - Grayson Hart - #023

   Grayson Hart had the life we're all told to want. Professional Rugby player, founder of a company worth millions, a wife on the cover of magazines...and he burned it all down in the name of truth.This a public sharing of what years of devotion to truth, authenticity, and the courage to be who you are will afford you.It won't be comfortable, but comfort is never what your soul wanted anyway. Comfort is why you're deeply uncomfortable. As the age old saying goes: The truth will set you free.I KNOW this conversation will touch many people, as it did me. There is nothing more important to a fulfilling life than honoring what's true, even and especially when that truth hurts to admit.Enjoy, and let us know by subscribing and commenting if you do :-)Follow Grayson: https://www.instagram.com/graysonjonhart/Check out Hart Workshop: https://hartworkshop.com/Follow Billy: https://www.instagram.com/billygartonjr/Chapters:0:00 Introduction1:35 We Are Not Separate 2:55 The Paradox of Belonging5:05 All You Have to Do Is Be True7:17 Whatever Falls Away Is a Blessing8:25 The Dolphin on the Beach13:17 Reframing the Ten Thousand Hour Rule15:15 Billy on Athletes Who Look Too Relaxed21:15 Conor McGregor and Israel Adesanya26:17 Your Own Being Is Your Home27:08 The First Step to Being True Is Being Fake29:33 How Do You Know What's True?30:12 Truth Is a Knowing, Not a Belief33:51 The Myth of Personal Responsibility40:28 Crazy Story About Boarding School44:30 How Grayson Became Untouchable48:13 Words Are the Least Purveyor of Truth51:47 You Don't Have to Change Anything54:46 Choosing the Hard Truth After 8 Years of Marriage1:00:02 Let It Be a Possibility First, Then Decide1:02:13 Inauthenticity Often Gets Rewarded by the World1:06:51 Be Your Whole Self, Unapologetically1:12:51 Life Will Show You the Answer1:16:15 The Illusion That Love Lives in Another1:19:37 How to Be Charismatic While Inside a Committed Relationship1:21:12 Stop Giving Your Energy Away1:30:52 Making Love to the Universe1:32:00 Billy on Flirting With the World1:34:55 Nothing Is Worth More Than Freedom of Truth1:35:44 Be Like Jesus on the Cross1:37:56 Can You Trust a Man Everyone Likes?1:40:24 The Note He Wrote While Meditating1:41:20 Giving Yourself Away Is Not Love1:42:19 Dermot Kennedy's Lyrics1:46:30 Forgiving Everyone That Hurt Him1:50:16 Why Forgiveness Protects Other People1:54:32 The Most Personal Is the Most Universal1:57:20 Billy on Not Needing to Be Understood1:59:41 The Worst Thing God Could Do for You2:06:43 Hart Workshop and the Heart Behind It

2. 

   15 Sept 2026

   #022 - Koa Smith - The 3 RULES for Living an Extraordinary Life

   This may be my favorite conversation we've had on the show so far. Koa Smith is a professional surfer who made a name for himself chasing the biggest and most beautiful waves on earth and capturing them on camera. His career and life was dramatically altered when a collision with a reef caused a traumatic brain injury. He lost his memory, sense of self and fell into a deep depression. This is a conversation on identity, on intimacy, and on integrity. It's about learning to feel again, dissolving the illusion of separate between you and another, but also between you and everything you desire. There aren't many people more equipped to talk about death, about discovering inner peace amidst chaos, and about learning how to find purpose in life again. We talk about 3 rules for life that were given to him by a shaman, 2 words that keep you from having what you desire, and 1 way of being (Hint: trying to figure it out) that keeps us in endless suffering. We also deep dive on the modalities that have changed his life, Transcendental Meditation, Psychedelics, Joe Dispenza...and the most important one, CHOICE. I am reminded that the tools are only as effective as we choose to be with the information that is revealed. That is why life is the ceremony, and the rest are just companions supporting our awareness. After awareness always comes choice, and we must CHOOSE differently if we wish to witness new and better circumstances for our life. Enjoy, and if you do, please subscribe to the show. The chances are, if not subscribed, you will miss future episodes that, I will assert, are life altering. I am grateful for all the love and support. Follow Koa: https://www.instagram.com/koasmith/?hl=enJoin Koa's Community "Spaceship to Many": https://www.skool.com/spaceshiptomany/about?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bioFollow Billy: https://www.instagram.com/billygartonjr/?hl=enFollow the Podcast: https://www.instagram.com/youchoosepodcast/?hl=enChapters0:00 Introduction1:51 Koa's Brain Injury2:11 Facing Identity Crisis without Surfing4:50 Surfing Can Be a Dangerous Addiction5:30 Being Raised by the Ocean7:20 A More Empowering Relationship to Life8:48 Koa's Relationship to Death13:13 Fear Is the Greatest Illusion17:16 Billy on Losing His Own Career18:15 Strip Away Every Vice21:25 Meditation Became His Secret Weapon22:19 The Thought That's Holding You Back24:37 Transcendental Meditation Opened His Eyes25:24 Healing Depression in One Experience28:03 Seven Days With Joe Dispenza30:02 Koa on Learning to Feel His Heart32:34 Fear Is in the Thought34:40 The Two Words That Keep You Separate35:48 The Moment He Felt He Belonged38:56 Humans Longing For More41:26 Crisis Is God's Whisper Getting Louder43:35 How to Hear Your Intuition45:05 Koa's Business, Spaceship to Many47:24 Nine Months Without Alcohol49:14 Billy on Faith, Money and This Show52:07 You Can't Engineer Belonging54:24 The Only Way to Experience True Belonging56:52 Koa on Not Fitting In1:01:59 What's Blocking Your River1:03:08 Challenge Nobody Does1:07:03 The Lesson that Changed Billy's Life1:09:02 The 3 Rules for an Extraordinary Life1:15:17 Turning Down the Noise1:19:41 This Perspective Will Free You to Truly Live1:23:26 What's Next for Koa

3. 

   8 Sept 2026

   #021 - Elliot Bewick - 21 Year Old Atheist: "There is a Rise in Performative Christianity"

   Does God exist? Are all these Christian people genuine? Is Christianity the way? Are SSRIs and antidepressants harmful? What even is depression? Can I out-will the algorithm? How can I retrain myself to focus?If any of these sound like questions you are asking, give the next 97 minutes your full attention.Elliot Bewick is a 21 year old atheist and the host of The Next Generation, a podcast for...you guessed it.I hope you enjoy, and if you do, let me know by liking, commenting, and subscribing to the show.I am committed out of my mind to bringing you conversations that alter the direction of your life, leading you to a deeper sense of belonging in the context of the world.The views expressed are those of the guest, and this conversation is intended for general informational purposes only. It should not be used as a substitute for professional medical or mental health advice. Never stop or change prescribed medication without speaking to your doctor.Follow Elliot - https://www.instagram.com/elliotbewick Follow the show - https://www.instagram.com/youchoosepodcast/Follow Billy - https://www.instagram.com/billygartonjrCHAPTERS:0:00 Why He Hid the Bible1:28 Why Gen Z Is Flocking to the Pews2:34 We Have No Blueprint Anymore4:17 The Two Questions That Give Life Meaning8:33 What If There Is No Meaning?10:29 What Happens When You Kill God11:58 Is Being an Atheist Good for Marketing?13:15 Christianity Would Be Better for Marketing14:46 The Rise of the Performative Christian16:58 "Try Harder. You Don't Love Jesus."20:27 Nobody Ever Knows That God Is Real21:14 Faith Is the Whole Point22:15 Ram Dass and the Insane Asylum24:31 What Is Love Without God?24:50 How Many Women Are on Antidepressants25:42 Nobody Knows What Depression Is26:19 The Chemical Imbalance Was Invented29:23 His Friend, the Meds and the Breakup32:24 19 Yr Old Girl DM's Elliot About Zoloft 33:18 She Couldn't Feel Anything34:09 Where Most Sexual Dysfunction Comes From36:55 We Live in a Culture of Too Many Labels41:02 The Day at the White House42:40 Who the Girl in the DM Actually Is45:01 What Filled the Last Gap in His Faith46:52 Love Is a Choice, Not a Feeling51:37 The Information Age Promised You a Recipe52:55 Just Do53:39 "I'm Confused as F*ck Right Now"55:26 Gen Z are the Victims 56:39 The Blame Game Has No Solutions1:00:52 The Girl Who Sued Meta and Won1:02:00 Your Problem Isn't Doom Scrolling1:05:00 Compartmentalise Your Scrolling1:05:31 The Science of Getting into Flow State1:08:18 Breaking a Social Media Addiction1:09:38 What a Monk Taught Him About Impulse1:10:43 Willpower Is the Wrong Frame1:12:13 Our Generation's Worst Habit1:13:17 Put Down a Vice, Don't Pick Up a Virtue1:19:43 Comfort Creates a Numbness to Life1:24:21 The Study on Choosing the Wrong Answer1:25:14 What Does It Mean to Belong?1:29:46 Loneliness Is Not About Other People1:31:01 The Global Village Problem1:33:24 Elliot's Sponsor, Shift Your Phone

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• Peter Crone
• Laird Hamilton
• Jeremy Jackson
• Timmy Bishop
• Alaina Booth

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