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The Observatory Podcast
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In the world of structure, stress, and seemingly meaningless tasks, it can be easy for one to feel lost and empty. Move beyond career success and access true mental wellness and personal fulfillment as we take you through the landscape of the emotions and personal discoveries that shape who we are. The Observatory podcast, is a space for authentic discussions, dedicated to helping you discover or rediscover meaning in your life. Rooted in the wisdom of their own experiences, our hosts Scott and LaRae Wright started their journeys as accomplished executives, with their successful and lucrative 9-5 jobs with Fortune 100 companies and in the finance industry. Unsatisfied with restrictive environments that demanded a disconnected, curated self, these successes gave them meaningful insights into who they weren’t and led them to the path of truly empowered self-discovery. Their journeys have opened their eyes to the possibilities of their own futures and they want to help you do the same. Each week, join us in our commitment to helping you navigate everything from entrepreneurial dreams to personal transformation with stronger clarity of who you truly are.

  1. 22h ago

    Turning the Lens Inward | Scott Wright on Awakening, Relationships, and Radical Self-Honesty revisited

    In this episode of the Observatory Podcast, Stephen Karafiath steps into the interviewer role alongside LaRae Wright to turn the conversation toward host Scott Wright himself. What unfolds is an honest and expansive discussion about Scott’s personal awakening, the evolution of his relationships, and the inner work required to live life from the inside out. Scott reflects on pivotal life experiences that reshaped how he views identity, connection, and spiritual growth. Together, they explore vulnerability, shadow work, emotional responsibility, and the courage it takes to dismantle old belief systems while building a deeper sense of authenticity. This episode offers listeners a rare look behind the microphone as Scott shares his own story — not as a teacher, but as someone continually learning, questioning, and growing. Timestamps [00:00:03] Welcome to The Observatory Podcast [00:00:18] Stephen Karafiath introduces the idea of interviewing Scott Wright [00:01:12] Why turning the lens inward feels different [00:03:40] Scott reflects on early identity and personal shifts [00:08:22] Awakening moments that changed his trajectory [00:15:06] Navigating relationships through transformation [00:21:55] Vulnerability and emotional honesty as a practice [00:29:14] Letting go of certainty and embracing curiosity [00:37:45] The cost of authenticity and redefining success [00:48:30] Shadow work and self-accountability [00:59:11] Building emotional resilience through discomfort [01:10:44] Partnership, growth, and relational evolution [01:22:05] What it means to live from the inside out [01:33:50] Integration — how Scott applies these lessons daily [01:44:12] Reflections on hosting the Observatory Podcast Notable Quotes “Sometimes the hardest thing is realizing you don’t have to defend the version of yourself you used to be.” – Scott Wright [29:14]“The work isn’t about becoming someone new — it’s about remembering who you’ve always been underneath the noise.” – Scott Wright [37:45]“When we stop trying to control how others see us, that’s where real freedom begins.” – Scott Wright [48:30]“You can’t bypass the shadow… you have to sit with it long enough to understand what it’s asking from you.” – Stephen Karafiath [59:11]“Living from the inside out means you’re willing to let your life look different than you imagined.” – LaRae Wright [01:22:05]Relevant links: Earlier episode with Stephen can be found here. Subscribe to the podcast: Apple Podcast Produced by NC Productions

    1h 53m

  2. Jun 25

    Retire on Your Terms | Bob Coleman on Money Mindset, Financial Freedom & Non-Traditional Retirement Planning

    In this episode of the Observatory Podcast, Scott and LaRae Wright sit down with Bob Coleman, with Wendy Wilde joining the conversation, to explore what it means to retire on your own terms and rethink your relationship with money. Bob, a non-traditional financial and investment advisor and author of Retire on Your Terms, shares why many people feel stuck inside the traditional financial “industry matrix” and how curiosity, access, and education can open up new possibilities around retirement planning, investing, prosperity, and abundance. Together, they discuss inherited money stories, scarcity conditioning, financial safety, the difference between retail and wholesale thinking, Blue Ocean Strategy, the Prosperity Code, work becoming optional, and why money does not have to be separate from spirituality, healing, or personal growth. This conversation invites listeners to question the old voices in their heads, get curious about new options, and imagine a more aligned relationship with money, retirement, and freedom. Timestamps: [00:00:18] Introducing Bob Coleman, Wendy Wilde, and Retire on Your Terms [00:04:02] Non-traditional financial advising and the “Industry Matrix” [00:05:23] Relationship with money, abundance, and asking better questions [00:13:03] The traditional advisor box and how financial products are packaged [00:16:22] Breaking old money rules and creating open architecture [00:20:49] Questioning money conditioning, programming, and safety [00:24:47] “Whose voice is in your head?” and inherited money stories [00:26:16] The Prosperity Code and access to new possibilities [00:28:49] Curiosity as the doorway to a different financial path [00:40:57] Blue Ocean Strategy and moving out of financial competition [00:48:56] Retire on Your Terms, Money is My Friend, and redefining success [00:55:53] Why Bob gives the book away and invites curiosity at any age [01:00:15] Energetic exchange, love, and abundance beyond money [01:06:42] Aligning money, spirituality, healing, and financial well-being [01:10:20] Enlightenment, poverty, and closing thoughts Notable Quotes: “And most people don't know that they have options and choices that are out of the traditional advisor and industry created box.” - Bob Coleman [00:05:02]“What if we think about it differently and say, what if we recreate the rule? What if we unwind the rule and look at it differently and create a whole new one?” - Bob Coleman [00:16:41]“Whose voice is in your head telling you that truth? Whose voice is that? Is it your own?” - Bob Coleman [00:24:47]“We could not have goal set our way here to where we are, to how abundant our life is, how abundant our relationship is.” - LaRae Wright [00:31:28]“One percent of curiosity is all it takes and it will open you up to a whole new way of doing life.” - Bob Coleman [01:04:55]“Money is not separate from the rest of you.” - Wendy Wilde [01:07:40]Relevant Links: Non-Traditional Financial Solutions: www.nontraditionalfs.com Email Bob Coleman: bob@nontraditionalfs.com Subscribe to the podcast: Apple Podcast Produced by NC Productions

    1h 13m

  3. Jun 18

    Primitive Skills Gatherings | Scott & LaRae Wright on Ancestral Skills, Nature Connection & Community

    In this episode of the Observatory Podcast, Scott and LaRae Wright explore primitive skills gatherings—family-friendly, community-centered events where people learn ancestral skills like fire-making, basket weaving, pottery, herbalism, animal processing, drum making, flute playing, and nature awareness. Scott shares his experience with Fire to Fire, Elkhorn, and Rabbit Stick, and how these gatherings helped reconnect him to music, nature, community, and the deeper traditions carried through human history. Together, they discuss why these spaces are about more than survival skills. They are places of learning, wellness, creativity, barter, storytelling, and connection back to the land and each other. Whether you are curious about wilderness skills, ancestral technology, natural medicine, family camping, or simply finding a more grounded community, this conversation is an invitation to step out of everyday noise and into something older, simpler, and deeply human. Timestamps: [00:00:03] Welcome to The Observatory Podcast [00:00:20] Introducing primitive skills gatherings and why they matter [00:01:20] Fire to Fire, Elkhorn, and Rabbit Stick [00:03:21] Why people seek community and family-friendly learning spaces [00:04:35] Fire-making, basketry, plants, pottery, and ancestral skills [00:07:02] Learning as beginners and the joy of community [00:11:20] Reconnecting with nature, ancestors, and older technologies [00:12:27] Camping, primitive living, and stepping into a time capsule [00:13:11] Scott’s transformative first experience with drumming and fire [00:14:20] Mercantile tents, handmade goods, and barter fair traditions [00:19:00] Why the education and experience are so valuable [00:20:15] Camp Mom, newcomer support, and feeling safe in community [00:23:07] Elders, younger teachers, and keeping traditions alive [00:27:00] Presence in nature, owl eyes, and meditative awareness [00:28:22] Upcoming gatherings and how listeners can get involved Notable Quotes: “They've been very transformational in my life and I've watched it transform other people's lives as well.” - Scott Wright [00:40]“And you're learning in a community of people that everyone's a learner.” - LaRae Wright [07:02]“They come from all over and it's a great way to again build this community, build this sense of connection back to nature, connection back to you know, our ancestors in many ways and what they may have experienced or what they were doing and have a real sense of appreciation for the technology they lived with and the technology that we live with and how to find balance between the two.” - Scott Wright [11:20]“And it's connecting back to those, those ancestral roots that we all have encoded in our DNA somewhere.” - LaRae Wright [11:48]“I mean, you can't even put a price on the kind of education that you're going to receive at those.” - Scott Wright [19:04]“You can feel the difference because it's like checking out of all of those, those day to day things that we experience like traffic and being on your phone and social media and the news and it's just an opportunity to check out of all that stuff and take a break.” - LaRae Wright [21:26] Relevant Links: Subscribe to the podcast: Apple Podcast Produced by NC Productions

    31 min

  4. Jun 11

    Wading Through the Muck | Stephen Karafiath & Carrie Cox on Secure Attachment, Co-Regulation, and Conscious Relationship revisited

    In this episode of the Observatory Podcast, Scott and LaRae Wright sit down with Stephen Karafiath and Carrie Cox, two friends in a new relationship who are intentionally building love through secure attachment, emotional honesty, and nervous-system awareness. Together, they explore what it means to “wade through the muck” instead of bypassing discomfort — how trauma can be alchemized, how boundaries create safety, and how a shared relational container allows for co-regulation, depth, and intimacy. This conversation touches on vulnerability, conscious partnership, and the courage required to stay present when things get messy — because that’s often where transformation lives.  Timestamps [00:00:18] Scott and LaRae introduce Stephen Karafiath and Carrie Cox [00:01:03] A new relationship built on depth, presence, and intention [00:02:45] Referencing the Safe to Love podcast conversation [00:03:44] Growth, humility, and learning to soften [00:04:42] Experiencing secure attachment for the first time [00:06:25] Vulnerability, grief, and emotional safety [00:09:22] Metasound, play, and relational witnessing [00:10:31] Water rituals and nature as grounding allies [00:12:46] “Wading through the muck” and where alchemy happens [00:26:02] Alchemizing inherited shame and childhood beliefs [00:26:21] Letting water and nature help hold what can’t be fixed [00:32:45] Polyamory as a doorway into deeper relational conversations [00:34:04] Creating a relationship container that doesn’t leak energy [00:40:32] Exploring depth together — even where there might be dragons [00:48:17] A shared nervous system and the power of co-regulation [00:49:29] Boundaries, communication, and relational clarity [00:55:46] Relational pillars: emotional, physical, spiritual, sexual [01:10:04] Closing reflections and gratitude Noteable Quotes  “From secure attachment, for what feels like the first time in my life.” – Carrie Cox [04:42]“I love to wade through the muck because I know that’s where the alchemy occurs.” – Carrie Cox [12:46]“Setting a container around our relationship that’s bigger than both of us, and not leaking any energy outside of it.” – Stephen Karafiath [34:04]“We can go right back down to the depths — you’re not afraid to explore coves that might have dragons.” – Stephen Karafiath [40:32]“We’ve created this shared nervous system, and the benefit is co-regulation.” – Carrie Cox [48:17] Relevant links: Stephen Instagram Carrie's Instagram Subscribe to the podcast: Apple Podcast Produced by NC Productions

    1h 11m

  5. Jun 4

    Beyond Goal Setting | LaRae Wright on Intuition, Presence & Letting Business Grow Through You

    In this episode of the Observatory Podcast, LaRae Wright joins Tessa Arneson and Rocky Donati on the Heart + Head Work podcast for a powerful conversation about moving beyond traditional goal setting and learning to live, work, and grow from a grounded sense of self. This conversation explores presence, intuition, receiving, self-worth, business growth, and the shift from constantly striving toward success to allowing life and work to unfold through deeper inner knowing. LaRae shares her journey from corporate life into intuitive entrepreneurship, the moment she began moving from overthinking into trust, and how redefining success changed the way she approached business, purpose, and personal growth. Together, they discuss why rigid goals can sometimes limit possibility, how receiving differs from chasing, and what becomes possible when you stop letting business drive your life and begin building from who you truly are. Timestamps [03:57] How Tessa, Rocky, and LaRae are doing [09:00] What Tessa’s grandfather revealed to her during meditation [10:02] How Tessa and LaRae first met [11:40] LaRae’s background information [15:02] LaRae’s journey from the corporate life to being present [19:08] How LaRae grew her sense of self [20:40] The earliest moment that LaRae shifted from thinking to knowing [23:58] How to be better about receiving versus hunting [30:28] Not letting business drive your life [37:31] LaRae’s business, which used intuition and was successful [40:54] Knowing your drive [51:53] Learning from your adversities [01:00:13] Episode wrap-up [01:04:25] The upcoming ‘You Are The Medicine’ retreat that LaRae is hosting Notable quotes: “All you have to do is show up and be yourself.” - Rocky Donati [04:52]“The sense of self is our strongest asset.” - Rocky Donati [17:54]“Setting goals narrows the potentiality of what is out there for you.” - LaRae Wright [30:19]“The answer is all about the gifts that you have, the way you see the world, the story that you have created, and how you live in the world.” - LaRae Wright [49:39]“Grow down so you can become the original version of yourself that was so big and beautiful.” - Rocky Donati [01:06:37]Relevant links: Heart + Head Work Podcast Apple Podcast Subscribe to the podcast: Apple Podcast Produced by NC Productions

    1h 9m

  6. May 28

    Psychedelic Therapy Methods | Dr. Reid Robison on Ketamine, MDMA, Psilocybin & Mental Health

    In this episode of the Observatory Podcast, Scott and LaRae Wright sit down with Dr. Reid Robison to explore psychedelic therapy methods, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, clinical research with psilocybin, MDMA, LSD, and the deeper relationship between mental health, spirituality, healing, and self-awareness. Dr. Robison shares how psychedelic medicines are being studied and used in careful therapeutic settings to help people work through depression, anxiety, PTSD, addiction, end-of-life fear, and deeply ingrained patterns of suffering. Together, they discuss the difference between symptom management and true healing, the importance of preparation and integration, the role of music as medicine, and why awareness may be one of the most powerful gifts these experiences can offer. This conversation also explores the future of psychedelic medicine, the evolving legal landscape, and the hope that these therapies may help more people access healing in safe, supported, and meaningful ways. Timestamps:  [00:00:03] Welcome to The Observatory Podcast [00:00:17] Introducing Dr. Reid Robison and psychedelic therapy for mental health [00:05:40] Dr. Robison’s path through psychiatry, ketamine, ayahuasca, MDMA, psilocybin, and LSD research [00:08:00] The 1960s, the war on drugs, and why psychedelic research disappeared for decades [00:13:35] Depression, anxiety, trauma, addiction, and stuck thought patterns [00:16:10] Awareness, self-observation, and learning to see yourself clearly [00:19:31] The harm chart, psilocybin, alcohol, and rethinking risk [00:26:23] What ketamine is and how ketamine-assisted psychotherapy works [00:30:00] Preparation, dosing sessions, music, and integration [00:31:32] Neuroplasticity and reshaping old patterns [00:35:40] Music as medicine in psychedelic journeys [00:44:39] End-of-life anxiety, terminal illness, and psilocybin as a sacred passage [00:46:49] Spirituality, religion, and reconnecting with belief in a higher power [00:52:34] Healing stories, family work, couples work, MDMA, and PTSD [00:58:12] Psychedelic therapy, suicide, religion, and signs of cultural change [01:02:11] The future of psilocybin, MDMA, DMT, and legal therapeutic access [01:04:57] Self-awareness, sovereignty, and becoming your own curriculum Notable Quotes: “Psychedelics have proven to be a really effective way of doing that. Especially when an individual is really stuck in an inability to see themselves clearly and see what they're stuck in.” - Dr. Reid Robison [13:07]“Depression doesn't become just ruminating about the past as much and the anxiety doesn't become as much about worrying about the future. It becomes a thought pattern loop that we're stuck in.” - Dr. Reid Robison [13:57]“The single greatest thing that psychedelic medicines, plant medicines have given to me, in my experience with them and what I've observed with so many others is awareness.” - Dr. Reid Robison [16:59]“These medicines open up a window of opportunity, not just with awareness but also with neuroplasticity.” - Dr. Reid Robison [31:32]“They don't impose a religious belief.” - Dr. Reid Robison [46:56]“You are your own curriculum, you know, you are what you need to kind of understand.” - LaRae Wright [01:05:09]  Relevant Links: Dr. Reid Robison: www.reidrobison.com Numinus: numinus.com Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers: therapyfrontiers.com Instagram: @innerspacedoctor Produced by NC Productions Subscribe to the podcast: Apple Podcast

    1h 8m

  7. May 21

    Coming Alive Again | Amayra Hamilton on Grief, Aging, Self-Love & Finding Home

    In this episode of the Observatory Podcast, Scott and LaRae Wright sit down with returning guest Amayra Hamilton in Cornville, Arizona, just before she begins a major new chapter: moving back to Holland after nearly 30 years in the United States. Together, they explore grief, aging, home, self-love, and the wisdom that comes from learning to accept what is. Amayra shares the story behind her book, Coming Alive Again, born from the loss of her son and later the passing of her husband, Michael. The conversation moves through the spiritual and practical sides of grief, channeled writing, life after loss, the realities of aging, and the courage it takes to keep choosing awareness, gratitude, and compassion. Timestamps: [00:00:54] Scott and LaRae visit Amayra Hamilton in Cornville, Arizona [00:03:08] Amayra’s book, Coming Alive Again, and the grief work behind it [00:05:29] Why grief can require “coming alive again” [00:06:31] The practical and spiritual sides of grief support [00:07:49] Channeled writing, automatic writing, and messages from loved ones [00:11:34] Amayra hears her son’s voice while preparing to move [00:13:22] Why there is no fixed timeline for grief [00:15:33] The many forms of loss and why every grief is unique [00:19:00] Grief, love, and the pain of what was never there [00:20:01] Aging, death, and learning to talk honestly about both [00:24:10] The realities of energy, caregiving, and the “golden years” [00:32:26] Honoring limitations and releasing resistance to aging [00:35:44] Accepting “what is” as wisdom grows with age [00:38:32] Amayra’s decision to move back to Holland [00:45:42] Home, native country, and carrying home within yourself [00:54:21] A possible Dutch translation of Coming Alive Again [00:55:45] Amayra’s closing wisdom on awareness, gratitude, self-love, and aging Notable Quotes: “The book is called Coming Alive Again, which has been very much the theme of, when a loved one dies, a part of you dies with them. And that has to come alive again, otherwise you will leave yourself.” - Amayra Hamilton [05:29]“Mom, you have been able to let go of me. This is just a house.” - Amayra Hamilton [11:41]“There is no time on grief. You cannot say it takes so much time. It takes whatever it takes.” - Amayra Hamilton [13:30]“Grief is love. The more love there is, the deeper the grief feels.” - Amayra Hamilton [19:00]“I think it’s when you become in resistance to aging that everything then seems to accelerate.” - LaRae Wright [32:40]“Because without the loving of yourself, you cannot love anybody else.” - Amayra Hamilton [57:00]S Relevant Links: Coming Alive Again: http://comingaliveagain.com Amayra Hamilton: http://amayrahamilton.com Produced by NC Productions Subscribe to the podcast: Apple Podcast

    1h 1m

  8. May 14

    Decriminalize Nature | Dr. Larry Norris on Plant Medicine, Entheogens, Ayahuasca & the Right to Relationship with Nature

    In this episode of the Observatory Podcast, Scott and LaRae Wright sit down with Dr. Larry Norris, co-founder of Decriminalize Nature, for a powerful conversation about plant medicine, entheogens, ayahuasca, consciousness, community healing, and the human right to relationship with nature. Dr. Norris shares how the Decriminalize Nature movement began, why language matters when discussing psychedelics and plant medicine, and how decriminalization can reduce harm by allowing underground communities to come into the open. Together, they explore the bridge between science and spirituality, ayahuasca integration, grassroots policy change, and what it means to reconnect with nature as teacher, healer, and living relationship.  Timestamps: [00:00:17] Introducing Dr. Larry Norris and Decriminalize Nature [00:01:17] What is Decriminalize Nature? [00:04:32] How the Oakland movement began [00:07:55] Neuroscience, mushrooms, and consciousness [00:10:21] Ayahuasca, plant teachers, and dissertation research [00:11:13] The right to relationship with nature [00:17:17] Why language shapes fear, healing, and understanding [00:20:56] Integration, implementation, and meaning-making [00:24:54] Decriminalization as risk reduction [00:30:09] Hawaii, embodiment, and bridging science with spirit [00:35:03] “You are your own curriculum” [00:39:08] Language, scripture, music, and describing oneness [00:47:14] Shared experience, grief, and deeper communication [00:53:28] Planting seeds for future generations [00:57:00] What is on the horizon for Decriminalize Nature [01:01:20] Building community and protecting plant medicine access Notable Quotes: “Why is nature against the law? Why is it against the law to grow a plant? Why is it against the law to grow a mushroom?” - Dr. Larry Norris [00:01:28]“There’s no real conversations about the individual’s right to have their own relationship with nature.” - Dr. Larry Norris [00:11:13]“Integration, kind of like the meaning making process. You make meaning of that experience. But that implementation process, that’s where it’s at.” - Dr. Larry Norris [00:20:56]“We really see decriminalization as sort of a risk reduction strategy.” - Dr. Larry Norris [00:25:04]“You are your own curriculum.” - LaRae Wright [00:35:03] “Helping steward changes in policy to allow people to have access to consciousness is just such a beautiful thing.” - Dr. Larry Norris [00:53:45]Relevant links: Decriminalize Nature: www.decriminalizenature.org Decriminalize Nature Michigan: www.decrimnaturemi.org Produced by NC Productions Subscribe to the podcast: Apple Podcast

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In the world of structure, stress, and seemingly meaningless tasks, it can be easy for one to feel lost and empty. Move beyond career success and access true mental wellness and personal fulfillment as we take you through the landscape of the emotions and personal discoveries that shape who we are. The Observatory podcast, is a space for authentic discussions, dedicated to helping you discover or rediscover meaning in your life. Rooted in the wisdom of their own experiences, our hosts Scott and LaRae Wright started their journeys as accomplished executives, with their successful and lucrative 9-5 jobs with Fortune 100 companies and in the finance industry. Unsatisfied with restrictive environments that demanded a disconnected, curated self, these successes gave them meaningful insights into who they weren’t and led them to the path of truly empowered self-discovery. Their journeys have opened their eyes to the possibilities of their own futures and they want to help you do the same. Each week, join us in our commitment to helping you navigate everything from entrepreneurial dreams to personal transformation with stronger clarity of who you truly are.

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