Season 7 · Episode 87
87 - Nate Michaux
With Nate Michaux
“"We're sitting around this campfire, and we're just talking about how we all got there. And when it got to me, I in that moment, realised that this was the first time in years and years and years that I was going to go for a week without any drugs or alcohol or tobacco, nothing in my system, you know, and I started to cry in front of these folks".”
Reflections
Q1: Place
If we could do a flypast on any part of the world that is significant to you, which place, city or country would it be and why?
Inverness in California
Q2: Life
Give us a glimpse into your life story so far with an emphasis on what you are doing currently?
Grew up in Richmond, Virginia, studied economics in college and then moved to New York in 2001 and got into acting and experienced some success early but then like most actors went through two decades of feast and famine. Made my way out to LA in 2008 and again amongst so many challenges, experienced amazing creative opportunities which has led to a new path focusing on writing and directing.
Q3: Reset
Where on earth is your place or reset or re-charge?
The place I recharge is where I am in the moment. You know, to sit and meditate for one minute, two minutes, three minutes. That's where I find the recharge.
Q4: Wonder
What wonder of the natural world excites you the most?
Psilocybin is the wonder of the natural world that I believe in deeply, as a person who was an addict an alcoholic from an early age, I have found plant medicine to be incredibly healing for me.
Q5: Hopefulness
What is your story of hopefulness (not your own) about a person, business or non-profit who are doing amazing things for the world?
Scott Powell. He is the owner of a company called Peak Experiences. Scott created a place for dirtbags to come and stay and live and I'll be forever indebted to him because he provided the first foundation for me to heal and get stronger.
Location
Flyover
Inverness in California
Guest
Los Angeles
Mentions
Peak Experiences