SoulTech With Cynthia

Art of Shaving Pioneer Eric Malka on Entrepreneurship, Passion, and AI Education

Eric Malka, the inventive mind behind The Art of Shaving, joins us to unravel the synergy between entrepreneurship and wellness. From his audacious journey to New York City at 17 with just $100, Eric shares not just his story but invaluable strategies for navigating today’s entrepreneurial maze. We explore his "crawl, walk, run, and fly" philosophy, emphasizing patience and the art of starting small while dreaming big. Eric's journey is a testament to the balance between risk and reward, and his insights into building a business with authenticity and passion are both practical and inspiring. Passion is at the heart of every successful venture, and Eric's narrative underscores this truth. We dive into the origins of The Art of Shaving, born from a deep commitment to natural wellness and luxury. Eric demonstrates how passion often ignites through action, guiding us to identify what genuinely excites and motivates. His reflections remind us that the path to discovering our true calling is often winding, with failures serving as stepping stones to success. The importance of a growth mindset, coupled with resilience and grit, shines through in every anecdote he shares. In addition to Eric's journey, we also venture into broader themes of supporting future entrepreneurs and fostering AI literacy. Eric's dedication to mentorship and education highlights the ongoing cycle of learning and growth that characterizes the entrepreneurial spirit. His collaboration with initiatives like the Soul Tech Foundation indicates the importance of equipping the next generation with essential skills. This episode is not just about finding success in business, but about nurturing an open mindset that embraces change, challenges, and continuous development. Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1923727/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1923727/support] The Edgy, Soul-Stirring Podcast for Conscious Living in the Age of AI & Aquarius   Hosted by 3x Best-Selling Author, Inspirational Speaker,  Cultural Pioneer, and Founder of the SoulTech Foundation, Cynthia L. Elliott [https://cynthialelliott.com/]. Humanity is standing at the threshold of two revolutions: the Age of AI and the Age of Aquarius. SoulTech with Cynthia is the podcast that helps you rise to meet both. Grounded in wisdom, humor, and straight-talk spirituality, Cynthia guides you through the profound inner shift required to thrive in a rapidly transforming world. Through compelling solo episodes and powerful conversations with innovators, authors, visionaries, technologists, creators, and change-makers, the show bridges conscious living, soul-centered transformation, and future readiness. Discover more at CynthiaLElliott.com [https://cynthialelliott.com/] or SoulTechFoundation.org [https://soultechfoundation.org/]. X / Twitter [https://x.com/CynthiaLElliott] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@soultechwithcynthia] Facebook Page [https://www.facebook.com/authorshamanisis/] LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthialelliott/] Media Kit [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dy8zGs55PPwDfPN9hfP4zi4bvslYfntw?usp=drive_link] ...

Spiritual Leader Masati on Near-Death Experiences, Internal Healing, And The Science Of Self-Mastery

Some experiences don’t just change your mind. They change your sense of who you are. Cynthia sits down with Masati to talk about near-death experiences (NDEs) and why those moments can reveal something most of us spend a lifetime forgetting: our identity is not the same thing as our conditioning. We dig into what happens when you build a life on the external, money, status, beauty, likes, applause, and how quickly that turns into an addiction to attention. We also get honest about why “success” can still feel empty, why the mental health crisis is rising at every level of society, and how fear-based systems train us to ignore our own inner signals. Masati shares how he reads triggers as data, not shame, and why getting activated by strangers, social media, or comparison is often proof that our internal foundation cannot support the life we say we want. From there we move into practical self-mastery: becoming the observer of your motives, questioning the assumptions you inherited from family and culture, and learning to reclaim the parts of you that got overwritten early. We also explore aging through a different lens, not just surface fixes, but joy, timing, identity, and reconnecting with your inner child so your energy comes back online. If you’re navigating spiritual awakening, the AI era, or simply a season of big change, this conversation offers a grounded way to create stability from the inside out. Subscribe for more conversations on consciousness and healing, share this with a friend who feels stuck in the external chase, and leave a review with the biggest trigger you’re ready to turn into growth. Find out more about Masati and his work at: https://thexicode.com/ Learn more about Cynthia at https://CynthiaLElliott.com Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1923727/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1923727/support] The Edgy, Soul-Stirring Podcast for Conscious Living in the Age of AI & Aquarius   Hosted by 3x Best-Selling Author, Inspirational Speaker,  Cultural Pioneer, and Founder of the SoulTech Foundation, Cynthia L. Elliott [https://cynthialelliott.com/]. Humanity is standing at the threshold of two revolutions: the Age of AI and the Age of Aquarius. SoulTech with Cynthia is the podcast that helps you rise to meet both. Grounded in wisdom, humor, and straight-talk spirituality, Cynthia guides you through the profound inner shift required to thrive in a rapidly transforming world. Through compelling solo episodes and powerful conversations with innovators, authors, visionaries, technologists, creators, and change-makers, the show bridges conscious living, soul-centered transformation, and future readiness. Discover more at CynthiaLElliott.com [https://cynthialelliott.com/] or SoulTechFoundation.org [https://soultechfoundation.org/]. X / Twitter [https://x.com/CynthiaLElliott] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@soultechwithcynthia] Facebook Page [https://www.facebook.com/authorshamanisis/] LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthialelliott/] Media Kit [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dy8zGs55PPwDfPN9hfP4zi4bvslYfntw?usp=drive_link] ...

Dismantling the Manosphere: From Prison To Men's Wellbeing Guru with Troy Alexander

The most dangerous part of the manosphere isn’t just the rage bait, it’s how easily it replaces real guidance for men who are hurting. Cynthia sits down with Troy Alexander for a wide-ranging, unfiltered conversation about men’s mental health, emotional wellness, and the ego-driven culture that keeps too many guys performing instead of healing. We talk about why “Inside the Manosphere” hit a nerve, why men often listen to men before they listen to women, and how the idea of “fatherless fathers” shows up everywhere even in households where a dad technically “provided.” Troy shares the truth he learned in prison: the same pain exists outside the walls, just dressed up. He walks us through his own turning point, the daily journaling and mindset work that helped him rebuild, and why trauma sits underneath so much addiction, violence, and self-sabotage. Then we bridge the inner work to something surprisingly concrete: men’s skincare. Troy explains how his background as a fashion journalist and consultant revealed a massive gap in men’s grooming education, and why he founded T363 Skin, named after the last three digits of his prison number. We also get into skepticism about symptom-first mental health approaches, the impact of social media pressure on young men, and what Troy is building next, from speaking in prisons to an AI-powered app. If you care about healing masculinity, men’s self-improvement, trauma recovery, and men’s skincare routines that actually support confidence, press play. Subscribe, share this with someone who needs it, and leave a review. What part of this conversation challenged you most? Discover more about Troy at: https://thetroyalexander.com/ [https://thetroyalexander.com/] and his skincare line for men at: https://t363skin.com [https://t363skin.com] Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1923727/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1923727/support] The Edgy, Soul-Stirring Podcast for Conscious Living in the Age of AI & Aquarius   Hosted by 3x Best-Selling Author, Inspirational Speaker,  Cultural Pioneer, and Founder of the SoulTech Foundation, Cynthia L. Elliott [https://cynthialelliott.com/]. Humanity is standing at the threshold of two revolutions: the Age of AI and the Age of Aquarius. SoulTech with Cynthia is the podcast that helps you rise to meet both. Grounded in wisdom, humor, and straight-talk spirituality, Cynthia guides you through the profound inner shift required to thrive in a rapidly transforming world. Through compelling solo episodes and powerful conversations with innovators, authors, visionaries, technologists, creators, and change-makers, the show bridges conscious living, soul-centered transformation, and future readiness. Discover more at CynthiaLElliott.com [https://cynthialelliott.com/] or SoulTechFoundation.org [https://soultechfoundation.org/]. X / Twitter [https://x.com/CynthiaLElliott] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@soultechwithcynthia] Facebook Page [https://www.facebook.com/authorshamanisis/] LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthialelliott/] Media Kit [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dy8zGs55PPwDfPN9hfP4zi4bvslYfntw?usp=drive_link] ...

How to Use AI to Tell Your Story w/ Storytelling Expert & 8x Author Gabrielle Dolan

AI can generate a clean, “correct” story in seconds, but most of it is strangely easy to forget. That’s the tension we sit with today: more content than ever, and less of it that feels real. I’m joined by eight-time author and storytelling expert Gabrielle Dolan to talk about storytelling in the age of AI and why authenticity, emotion, and human energy are now the differentiator for leaders, creators, and brands. We get practical about business storytelling and personal branding. Gabrielle breaks down a simple framework that most people skip: start with the message, then pick a story that supports one clear point. We talk about why you don’t have one story, you have many stories, and how short, specific moments can communicate values, build trust, and make your communication land in presentations, interviews, and everyday leadership. We also call out the common traps: stories that ramble, stories that try to cover everything, and the risky idea that “making up a believable story” is somehow acceptable in a low-trust world. We also explore how to use AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude without losing your voice. Gabrielle shares insights from her new book, Story Intelligence: The Craft Of Authentic Storytelling Made Smarter With AI, including a blind test where AI scored fine on clarity but low on authenticity. If you want your content marketing, corporate communication, and speaking to stand out, the goal isn’t sounding smart, it’s sounding like you. Subscribe, share this with a friend who’s relying too much on AI drafts, and leave a review with the one story you think only you can tell. Learn more about Gabrielle's work and books: https://gabrielledolan.com/ [https://gabrielledolan.com/] Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1923727/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1923727/support] The Edgy, Soul-Stirring Podcast for Conscious Living in the Age of AI & Aquarius   Hosted by 3x Best-Selling Author, Inspirational Speaker,  Cultural Pioneer, and Founder of the SoulTech Foundation, Cynthia L. Elliott [https://cynthialelliott.com/]. Humanity is standing at the threshold of two revolutions: the Age of AI and the Age of Aquarius. SoulTech with Cynthia is the podcast that helps you rise to meet both. Grounded in wisdom, humor, and straight-talk spirituality, Cynthia guides you through the profound inner shift required to thrive in a rapidly transforming world. Through compelling solo episodes and powerful conversations with innovators, authors, visionaries, technologists, creators, and change-makers, the show bridges conscious living, soul-centered transformation, and future readiness. Discover more at CynthiaLElliott.com [https://cynthialelliott.com/] or SoulTechFoundation.org [https://soultechfoundation.org/]. X / Twitter [https://x.com/CynthiaLElliott] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@soultechwithcynthia] Facebook Page [https://www.facebook.com/authorshamanisis/] LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthialelliott/] Media Kit [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dy8zGs55PPwDfPN9hfP4zi4bvslYfntw?usp=drive_link] ...

AI News, Pentagon Vs. Anthropic, Apple's Scary Acquisition w/ AI Leader Eugina Jordan

Anthropic pushes back on Pentagon disclosures and suddenly gets labeled a “supply chain risk” and that whiplash raises a bigger question than any single contract: who controls frontier AI when national security, surveillance fears, and corporate incentives collide? We sit down with Eugenia Jordan, founder of U Unified AI and a technologist with deep experience, to unpack what really matters beneath the headlines and why the “good vs bad” framing misses the complexity of modern AI governance. We also zoom out to the AI arms race and the strategies behind the companies shaping it. We talk OpenAI’s rapid-fire press releases, Google Gemini’s late but loud surge, Meta’s aggressive push into AI agents, and the hardware realities that make NVIDIA and compute capacity unavoidable bottlenecks. When Meta acquires an agent-focused social network, we explore what it could mean if AI agents become a real layer of the internet, creating distribution, automation, and new risks at scale. Then we get into the story that hits closest to everyday life: Apple’s acquisition of QAI, described as micro-expression tech that can infer intent. We debate the legitimate accessibility and product potential, but we do not dodge the privacy implications, the history of facial recognition bias, and the cultural nuance that can make “reading faces” dangerously wrong. We close with the rising costs of AI data centers, including electricity and water strain, and why communities are demanding protections so regular people do not bankroll trillion-dollar infrastructure through higher bills. If you care about AI ethics, AI regulation, AI privacy, and where the AI economy is heading, this conversation gives you both the urgency and the nuance. Subscribe, share with a friend, and leave a review with your take: where should the hard limits on AI be set? Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1923727/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1923727/support] The Edgy, Soul-Stirring Podcast for Conscious Living in the Age of AI & Aquarius   Hosted by 3x Best-Selling Author, Inspirational Speaker,  Cultural Pioneer, and Founder of the SoulTech Foundation, Cynthia L. Elliott [https://cynthialelliott.com/]. Humanity is standing at the threshold of two revolutions: the Age of AI and the Age of Aquarius. SoulTech with Cynthia is the podcast that helps you rise to meet both. Grounded in wisdom, humor, and straight-talk spirituality, Cynthia guides you through the profound inner shift required to thrive in a rapidly transforming world. Through compelling solo episodes and powerful conversations with innovators, authors, visionaries, technologists, creators, and change-makers, the show bridges conscious living, soul-centered transformation, and future readiness. Discover more at CynthiaLElliott.com [https://cynthialelliott.com/] or SoulTechFoundation.org [https://soultechfoundation.org/]. X / Twitter [https://x.com/CynthiaLElliott] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@soultechwithcynthia] Facebook Page [https://www.facebook.com/authorshamanisis/] LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthialelliott/] Media Kit [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dy8zGs55PPwDfPN9hfP4zi4bvslYfntw?usp=drive_link] ...