This episode explores one of the most charged and misunderstood topics in modern wellness: meat, ethics, and our relationship to life and death. I’m joined by Mansal Denton, founder of Real Provisions and creator of Sacred Hunting, for a wide-ranging conversation that challenges how we think about nourishment, stewardship, and responsibility in the natural world.

We dig into the realities of animal suffering across different food systems, including wild ecosystems, regenerative farming, and industrial agriculture. Mansal shares why ethical hunting, when done with precision, reverence, and intention, can result in less suffering than many people realize—and why modern food supply chains often hide uncomfortable truths behind marketing labels.

From there, the conversation moves into Mansal’s personal spiritual journey, including how Orthodox Christianity reshaped his understanding of food as a sacred act. We explore how ritual, beauty, and embodied spirituality intersect with ancient wisdom traditions, and why honoring life requires confronting discomfort rather than avoiding it.

We also unpack the nutritional and ecological case for wild game, particularly axis deer from Hawaii, including biodiversity, nutrient density, and population balance. Mansal explains how Real Provisions was born from a desire to feed his family—and future children—with food that aligns with both ethics and physiology.

This episode isn’t about telling you what to eat. It’s about asking better questions: Where does our food come from? What does it cost—physically, spiritually, and ecologically? And how might choosing with more awareness bring us back into right relationship with the world that feeds us.

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(00:12:10) From Resistance to Reverence: Rediscovering Christianity Through Lived Experience

(00:40:39) Bad Supply Chains, Not Bad Food: Why Wild Meat Hits Different

(00:50:39) For the Good of All: Axis Deer, Ecological Balance, and Ethical Harvest

(00:56:17) Veganism, Ethics, and the Cost We Don’t See

(01:16:30) Microplastics in “Clean” Meat: Escaping the Invisible Contamination

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Welcome to Part Two of the Best of The Life Stylist Podcast 2025. This episode is both a reflection and a deep thank-you to the listeners who continue to choose long-form conversation, nuance, and depth in a world built on distraction and noise.

In this curated collection, we revisit some of the most expansive and boundary-pushing conversations of the year—dialogues that venture into territory most shows won’t touch. You’ll hear Erwan Le Corre challenge modern fitness myths and reframe movement as a return to our humanity; Melissa Kupsch unpack the true nature of homeopathy and personal autonomy; and Jim Poole explain how NuCalm works at a neurological level to unlock calm and flow without decades of practice.

We also explore the sacred lineage of iboga with Tricia Eastman, question conventional narratives about Earth’s history with Mike Wilkerson, and reimagine money as energy and consciousness with Elizabeth Ralph.

The episode continues with candid conversations on censorship, sovereignty, food systems, ritual, and ancient memory—each pointing back to a central theme: thinking clearly, feeling deeply, and reclaiming authority over your own life.

As 2025 closes and we look toward a year of integration and embodiment, this episode is an invitation to ask better questions—and to carry what you’ve learned into lived experience.

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(00:15:25) 612: Suppressed Solutions: Homeopathy for Fertility, Hormones, & Ancestral Pain w/ Melissa Kupsch

(00:25:23) 613: NuCalm: Silence Stress, Meditate Like a Monk, & Access Flow State on Demand w/ Jim Poole

(00:35:30) 614: The Heart of Iboga: Ancient Healing, Modern Maladies—PTSD, TBI, & Addiction w/ Tricia Eastman

(00:47:34) 618: Are Mountains the Corpses of Titans? Giant Trees, Fossil Beasts, & Earth's Hidden History w/ Mike Wilkerson

(00:57:03) 619: Sacred Currency: Bridging Frequency, Flow, and Financial Power w/ Elizabeth Ralph

(01:10:16) 620: The Fight for Vaccine Truth: Banned, Blacklisted, and Still Speaking Out w/ Andrew Wakefield

(01:24:15) 623: Soil, Sovereignty, & Sacred Self-Reliance: Accelerate Your Homesteading Journey w/ Curtis Stone

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We’re back with another AMA for this liminal, reflective space between Christmas and the New Year—a time when big questions tend to surface. In this episode, Alyson and I respond to a wide range of listener-submitted questions that span the deeply practical, the philosophical, and the cosmic.

We start with a sweeping question about what the next 50 years may hold for humanity, exploring themes like consciousness evolution, polarity, technology, AI, sovereignty, and whether progress is actually accelerating—or fragmenting us further. That conversation opens into reflections on free will, self-governance, spiritual maturity, and how discernment becomes essential in an increasingly noisy world.

From there, we shift gears into more specific listener curiosities, including how I’ve experimented with tools like NuCalm, meditation stacking, and sound frequencies—and what to be mindful of when working with altered states or nervous system regulation. We also unpack questions around longevity, quality of life versus lifespan, and why equanimity may be one of the most underrated spiritual skills of our time.

As always, the AMA format invites real-time exploration, tangents, humor, and unexpected insights—from road rage and nervous system dysregulation to regenerative agriculture, ethical food choices, and how small daily decisions reflect much larger spiritual principles.

Thank you to everyone who submitted questions. These episodes are shaped by your curiosity, your honesty, and your willingness to ask what’s real. Keep them coming—we’re listening.

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