River reveals his years of working with ayahuasca, and its powerful impact on his personal evolution. He also shares a paradigm-shifting view of consciousness and awareness—a radical perspective of what happens when undergoing an entheogenic experience. Further, he points out a common trap of psychedelics, the value of integration, and the importance of doing our internal work.

The mind continually creates a map of reality to answer its perpetual question why; explanations that largely determine our experience of "reality." River shares a three-stage model of awareness he finds useful—Shadow, Gift, and Service—and offers a paradigm-shifting possibility: what if the higher calling for humanity is to create beauty and goodness?

What are the life choices we make around wellness, nourishment, and well-being—on all levels—especially as it aligns with personal integrity? Everything is a choice, River says, and there's no such thing as not having time – not doing something means it's simply not a priority. Here’s another paradigm shift: consider “lifestyle medicine” as longevity medicine!

River shares a phrase/tool he uses with clients—"the integrity meter"—as a method of self-assessment for determining what's in alignment for one's highest good. Honest self-assessment is fundamental on the journey of self-awareness, personal evolution, and radical integrity; moreover, our entire life changes once we embrace such honesty.

What if life is the ongoing invitation to evolve personally and transform? We can either say yes or no to such invitation, yet when it comes to transformation, most people are saying no—choosing to remain stuck in familiar patterns. To evolve willingly, we have to get to yes ... which goes hand in hand with surrender, courage, and honest self-assessment.

River offers a golden key (or two) to freedom, a deceptively simple tool for coming into the present—the only place we can be free. Any new skill requires practice, however, and it's a long journey to get clear of our limiting patterns. In making new changes—food & lifestyle, thinking, habits, wellness, etc.—the most important thing one can do is get back in the boat.

What if the stories we tell repeatedly—both to others and to ourselves (such as thoughts and beliefs)—keep us limited in ways we don't realize? And what about the stories we don't tell, such as secrets? And what if you stopped explaining or justifying your behavior, because you're in radical integrity? Let's shift the paradigm.

What if everyone is trapped in a matrix they're unaware of, one that determines their entire reality? But what if you could also get clear, once you realize the matrix exists, simply by not believing your thoughts—any of them!—because it's always your beliefs and perceptions keeping you trapped. Ready to get radical?

River shares one of his primary insights after working with clients for 30 years: the underlying root of personal suffering and being stuck—it's likely to surprise you! As usual, this episode delivers a couple of paradigm-shifting possibilities to open a window of self-awareness. Here's just one: your perception determines your entire reality.

River shares his holistic work of teaching clients to regenerate body and brain. Regeneration may sound radical, or even implausible, but your body is actually wired for it, namely through key cellular pathways that simply need to be switched on.

In "Becoming Free," River invites listeners and viewers to shift their dominant paradigm, simply by considering some "what if's" as a possibility, such as: what if the role of challenges is to propel your personal evolution?

What if you can rewrite your entire reality for the better? How would you do that? To begin, you need to recognize the areas in your life where you're stuck—including anything less than a vibrant sense of wellness and well-being.