The Nate Peterman Show

Nate Peterman

The Nate Peterman Show is a long-form conversation podcast hosted by Nate Peterman, entrepreneur, author, and founder of multiple businesses in marketing and health. This is not a highlight-reel success podcast. Each episode features real, unscripted conversations with builders, creators, and thinkers about what they’re working on now, what they’re questioning, and how they actually think about success, money, health, pressure, and identity behind the scenes. No scripts. No fake motivation. Just honest conversations about building a life and business in real time.

  1. Plastic Surgeon to Inner Healing Advocate: The Truth About Faith, Identity & Loving Yourself Without Permission | Dr. Nicholas Howland

    Jun 10

    Plastic Surgeon to Inner Healing Advocate: The Truth About Faith, Identity & Loving Yourself Without Permission | Dr. Nicholas Howland

    What if the thing keeping you from loving yourself isn't a lack of effort but a belief that you have to earn something that was never actually missing? Dr. Nicholas Howland is a board certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon, author, speaker, and host of the Naked Patient podcast. He has spent his career transforming how people look on the outside - while quietly doing the deepest work of his life on the inside. Excommunicated from his faith twice. Divorced. Rebuilt from scratch. His memoir, The Atheist's Prayer, is about what happens when everything that defined you falls apart and you have to find out who you actually are without any of it. In this conversation, we go places most podcasts won't. We talk about why self-love isn't something you create through mantras and retreats - it's something you uncover, because it was never actually gone. Nicholas breaks down what it was like growing up inside the Mormon faith, what it gave him, what it cost him, and what two excommunications taught him about identity, community, and the danger of building your entire self on something outside of you. Then we get into the stuff that makes this conversation unforgettable. Nicholas opens up about his divorce, the collapse of his identity, and what it actually looks like to rebuild yourself when the faith, the marriage, and the version of you that everyone knew are all gone at the same time. We dig into plastic surgery and the uncomfortable truth he tells his own patients - that no procedure will fix what's actually broken. And we get surprisingly real about what it means to stop waiting for permission to love yourself. This episode covers: Why self-love is intrinsic and why all the mantras are designed to remember it, not create itGrowing up Mormon - the community, the certainty, and what happens when it stops being enoughTwo excommunications and what they revealed about identity and belongingDivorce, collapse, and rebuilding an identity from the ground upWhat a plastic surgeon tells his patients that's terrible for business but trueThe Atheist's Prayer - writing a memoir of gratitude without a faith to lean onPermission vs. worthiness and why you don't actually need eitherThe fast comparison game - therapy or plastic surgery, perform or exist, and moreNicholas is not for everyone. But if you've been waiting for permission to feel worthy or building your identity on something outside yourself and quietly wondering what happens if it disappears - this conversation will challenge you in exactly the right way. Connect with Dr. Nicholas Howland:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drnicholashowlandBook - The Atheist's Prayer: https://a.co/d/0hiaUwmqPodcast: Naked Patient Connect with Nate Peterman and Follow The Nate Peterman Show https://www.instagram.com/natethegreat https://www.instagram.com/natepetermanshow https://www.tiktok.com/@natepetermanshow Buy Nate's Book: https://a.co/d/08tnfutb

    53 min
  2. Gym Owner to Consciousness Educator: The Truth About Reality, Identity & Human Capacity | Ra of Earth

    May 29

    Gym Owner to Consciousness Educator: The Truth About Reality, Identity & Human Capacity | Ra of Earth

    What if reality isn't something that happens to you - but something that forms around you? Ra of Earth - performance and consciousness educator, former gym owner, and human capacity expansion coach - has spent two decades going deeper into human psychology and consciousness than most people are willing to go. From playing hockey in Detroit, to building multiple gyms in Los Angeles, to guiding ambitious leaders through nervous system regulation, breath, movement, and conscious awareness - Ra has lived the full arc: physical mastery, inner collapse, and conscious rebuilding. In this conversation, we go places most podcasts won't. We talk about why most people aren't actually in control of their lives - they're just running on conditioning they've never questioned. Ra breaks down how to gamify your psychology as a skill set, how emotions like anger and shame are directional signals rather than problems to suppress, and why the physical body is the doorway to everything deeper - not the other way around. Then we get into the stuff that makes this conversation unforgettable. Ra opens up about his week-long meditation retreat at Mount Shasta - no psychedelics - and what he encountered when he astral projected into the earth. We dig into the Mandela effect, 9-11, the manufactured nature of history, and why pattern recognition matters more than having the right answers. And we get surprisingly real about fatherhood - the identity loss, the triggers it surfaces, co-sleeping, circumcision, and what both Nate and Ra discovered about themselves in those first raw months of being a dad. This episode covers: Whether the average person is truly in control - or just conditionedEmotional transmutation - turning anger, shame, and grief into directional signalsThe meditation practice Ra started at 19 and how it rewired his realityMount Shasta: the week-long retreat and what he encountered inside the earthThe Mandela effect, 9-11, and why history is told by the winnersFatherhood - identity loss, patience, co-sleeping, and the transformation nobody warns you aboutDeath, heaven, hell, and what happens when we leave this dimensionThe fast comparison game - gym floor vs. meditation room, logic vs. intuition, and more Ra is not for everyone. But if you've been chasing external success while quietly sensing that something deeper is missing - this conversation will challenge you in exactly the right way. Connect with Ra of Earth:Website: raofearth.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ra_of_earth Connect with Nate Peterman and Follow The Nate Peterman Show https://www.instagram.com/natethegreat https://www.instagram.com/natepetermanshow https://www.tiktok.com/@natepetermanshow Buy Nate's Book: https://a.co/d/08tnfutb

    2h 8m
  3. Versace Model to Medicine Hunter: The Truth About Yin, Urine & Plant Medicine | Troy Casey (Certified Health Nut)

    May 14

    Versace Model to Medicine Hunter: The Truth About Yin, Urine & Plant Medicine | Troy Casey (Certified Health Nut)

    What if everything you're doing to get healthy is actually making you sicker? Troy Casey - known as the Certified Health Nut - has spent 30 years going deeper into human health than almost anyone in the wellness space. From modeling for Versace in Milan, to living with Indigenous tribes in the Amazon as a medicine hunter, to burning himself out building a 1.9 million-follower platform, Troy has lived the full arc: peak performance, collapse, and conscious rebuilding. In this conversation, we go places most health podcasts won't. We talk about why hustle culture and biohacking are just Yang dressed up as self-improvement and why the most rebellious health move you can make right now is to slow down. Troy opens up about his own burnout after six years of grinding, what brought him back to a 10-day Vipassana silence retreat, and why he believes the practice of receiving is more powerful than any protocol. Then we get into the stuff that goes viral for a reason. Troy breaks down urine therapy - what it actually is, where it comes from, and why the people most repulsed by it will swallow a pharmaceutical with 30 side effects without flinching. We also dig into plant medicines: ayahuasca, psilocybin, ibogaine — the difference between ceremonial use and trend-chasing, and what Indigenous traditions understand about consciousness that the Western world is only beginning to grasp. This episode covers: Yin vs. Yang - and what a "yanged out" person looks like in real lifeWhy the wellness industry is one of the biggest Yang offendersTroy's burnout story and the return to VipassanaUrine therapy: the history, the case for it, and the real question it raises about health conditioningPsychedelics: intentional use vs. trauma tourismClean air, clean water, clean soil — and where to actually startFlow over force as a daily practice, not just a philosophy Troy is not for everyone. But if you've been optimizing yourself into exhaustion and wondering why you still feel like something's missing - this conversation will challenge you in the right way. Connect with Troy:Website: certifiedhealthnut.comCommunity: certifiedhealthnut.com/the-real-ones (7 days free)Book: #RippedAt50: A Journey to Self Love Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/certifiedhealthnut/ Connect with Nate Peterman and Follow The Nate Peterman Show ⁠https://www.instagram.com/natethegreat⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/natepetermanshow⁠ ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@natepetermanshow⁠ Buy Nate's Book: https://a.co/d/08tnfutb

    1h 15m
5
out of 5
169 Ratings

About

The Nate Peterman Show is a long-form conversation podcast hosted by Nate Peterman, entrepreneur, author, and founder of multiple businesses in marketing and health. This is not a highlight-reel success podcast. Each episode features real, unscripted conversations with builders, creators, and thinkers about what they’re working on now, what they’re questioning, and how they actually think about success, money, health, pressure, and identity behind the scenes. No scripts. No fake motivation. Just honest conversations about building a life and business in real time.