Mike Prince: Healing Through Breathwork, Redefining Masculinity & The Path to Conscious Leadership | Ep28

Mike Prince is a Husband, Dad, Conscious living coach, sales leader, Breathwork facilitator & spiritual seeker.

Once an elite athlete & now an impact driven coach on a mission of transformation. Mike’s life path has been a whirlwind of highs & lows. From the dizzying heights of corporate success to the dark depths of battling Lyme disease. It was in his darkest moments, feeling lost and disconnected, that the light appeared. He knew it was his mission to bring it to others.

In this episode, Christian sits down with Mike Prince, a conscious living coach, breathwork facilitator, and advocate for men's healing and leadership. From his journey through corporate burnout and Lyme disease to creating transformational spaces for men, Mike shares the powerful lessons he’s learned about self-healing, conscious leadership, and redefining success beyond external validation.

This conversation explores the intersection of spirituality and entrepreneurship, revealing how men can ditch the outdated model of masculinity, embrace vulnerability as strength, and build businesses and lives that feel deeply aligned. Mike explains why slowing down is the key to going further, how nervous system regulation creates clarity and confidence, and why men need brotherhood and support networks to truly thrive.

If you’re navigating burnout, seeking deeper fulfillment in business and life, or looking for practical tools to embody conscious leadership, this episode offers a powerful roadmap for transformation.

Connect with Mike on Instagram: @TheConsciousCreatorCoach

Explore his work & coaching programs: consciouscreator.world

Core Themes

• Conscious entrepreneurship
• Personal growth in business
• Overcoming burnout
• Breathwork for leaders
• Building a mission-driven business
• Healing through mindfulness
• Men’s mental health and business
• Work-life balance for entrepreneurs

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Transcript

Christian
What is up beautiful people, Christian here from the Successful Spiritual Entrepreneur Podcast. And today I'm super excited to bring you a very special guest. His name is Mike Prince and he is a husband, proud dad, conscious living coach, sales leader, breathwork facilitator, and spiritual seeker. Once an elite athlete and now an impact driven coach on a mission of transformation.

Mike's life. Uh, Mike's life path has been a whirlwind of highs and lows from the dizzying heights of corporate success to the dark depths of battling Lyme disease. It was in his darkest moments, feeling lost and disconnected that the light appeared. He knew it was his mission to bring it to others. So let's bring it.

Thanks for being on the show, Mike.

Mike Prince
Thank you so much, Christian. Appreciate you having me. 

Christian
I know such an honor and what a cool mission. Um, how like, okay, so You know, what you should know about this podcast is that we're at the intersection of like spirituality and entrepreneurship. I think you're the perfect fit in person to have on.

And how did you combine the two worlds? You know, because we know it's always a little bit of a stretch to have like one leg in, in the matrix and one leg in, in the other world. And those worlds are merging right now. You know what I mean? Like the old system is dying. More people are stepping into. The newer system, the new economy, the creator economy, which you are, you know, so prevalent.

And so tell us about that. How did you, what's, yeah, 

Mike Prince
I mean, I love this topic first and foremost, because I truly believe that, you know, the spiritual journey and the entrepreneurial journey are so closely interlinked. Right. And so for me, it was one that, um, truly came out of, um, I had no choice. You know, I was, I was in the corporate world and, uh, also in the entrepreneurial journey at the same time and chasing too much and all the wrong things to be honest, right?

I, I, as a, I would, I would call myself previously a stereotypical man. Uh, I was chasing the things and I was, uh, you know, love the accolades, bought the house, had a beautiful wife, had my second child. And I remember. I remember having a moment that like, I just, it was like a lightning bolt hit me in the driveway that I stood there and something hit me and I said, I'm living my nightmare, which was becoming normal.

And, uh, I wasn't excited about anything anymore. And so on the tail end of that, that's when Lyme disease, Lyme disease visited me and, uh, you know, was brought into my life. And so in. This journey of constantly going too fast. I mean, cause it started in my childhood. Um, eventually, you know, I, I had to listen, the universe kept telling me in little moments.

And when Lyme disease came, it finally said, you're going to listen. You have no choice anymore. And that's really when, uh, I had to make some changes. I had to look deeper internally to say, you know. I'm the only one that can change this. I am my own healer. I have the answers and I have to do the work to, to, you know, to get out of this or stay in the darkness.

And so, um, that's truly when worlds started to intersect because I started to see a lot of things clear. And, um, as I came out of that, as I realized, you know, I can heal myself through Joe dispense and meditations and finding modalities like breath work and, um, you know, Looking inward and finally taking accountability for the things in my life and my relationships and all of it.

Um, that's when, when I really started to, to come to life truly. And, and, you know, through, through that process, I received a message that also said, you know, I was, this was, I was working with a shaman at one point and, and did Campbell as a part of my, uh, healing process. And it's not a spiritual medicine, but through that, um, You know, I was told my, I was my healer, but I also need to bring it to the world.

And that's when the mission really turned to say, okay, now how do I do that?

Christian
Yeah. I love how your life sounds like an example of, you know, just really taking the power back in your life. Are you living, living somebody else's life and like all the projections that we obviously it was your dream to like, you know, have a house and have the family and this and that, but like, at some point you realize that, well, not that it, all that is empty.

Right. But it's all, no, it also not is everything, right. All the accolades and the outside and the house and the car and the this and that, that it's like you left yourself or a part of yourself on the journey somewhere. And from what it sounds like that you've experienced, like. Also, like Lyme disease visited me.

Like, you know, like you can tell like from your consciousness, how you have just grown up to be this wise being of like, no, like this bad thing didn't happen to me, like it visited me. Like it came to, it was brought into my, like, there's a very mature perspective on your life experience. And I think it's really inspiring for our listeners to, you know, take the same approach in their life.

Like, what is it that I still maybe. Somehow victimized myself with and haven't taken the full power yet, right? Because Well, human, right? There's all we all have our areas where we haven't just like fully gotten the grip on something yet or just like take a responsibility, you know, for something yet. So I really appreciate you sharing that.

So, yeah. 

Mike Prince
Yeah. Thank you. I mean, to me, retrospectively, right? Like Lyme disease is my greatest gift. I wouldn't be on this phone call right now. You know, this interview, this chat, this beautiful connection point, if it never came to me because I had. A ton to learn. And frankly, as I said, I, I wasn't listening.

And so when we don't listen, we're going to constantly relearn until we do right. And, uh, that's what it gave me the opportunity to, to do. And essentially, um, birth who I am today through a lot of challenges, but 

Christian
it reminds me of, uh, have you ever heard of the book, a course in miracles? It's like this big blue book, spiritual texts.

There was, uh, you know, supposedly channeled by. By Jesus and written down by somebody else. Yes. I read a lot of channel material, you know? Um, and so anyways, in that book, it says, you know, your biggest. uh, accomplishments are your biggest setbacks and your biggest setbacks are your biggest accomplishments.

We're just like, Oh, whoa.

Yeah. Beautiful. And then how did you, or when did it, um, when did it dawn on you that, well, I'm what I want to make this my mission, you know? Cause it's one thing to like, Go through a disease and go through a setback or whatever realignment point in one's life. But it's another to decide to make it your mission to put that out there rather than, okay, I've learned this and let me move on with my life and do this and that.

But no, you're just like, I've learned this and I want to share this with people. I want to bring this to the world. 

Mike Prince
Yeah. Great question. Honestly, it's, it's my eyes. We're, we're open wide at that point, right? And so I started to see it all around me. I started to see the version of me that I was all around me.

And, you know, uh, really my focus has been on men. And I think we all, um, in, in the society we were born into, right. We're just taught that those things to be tough, to be the providers, um, and suck it up. And you know, don't be vulnerable and all of these things just put more weight on our shoulders again and again and again and that's I was, I was part of that as well, right?

And so, um, the things that I did was that I was chasing and that I was justifying, honey, I'm working. You know, all of these things, multitasking, doing emails while I was at the table with my family, like these things. Now I look at, I shake my head, but I laugh because it's not, you know, it was a part of me that got me here, but I started to see that all around me.

And so as it happened to me and my eyes were open, I felt a sense of duty and responsibility. I have the tools, I now have the knowledge. How can I not share that? I know I'm not living my authentic, true self if I'm not bringing that to other people. So, um, really, it, it it, the, the journey started when I opened my field to, to that it started to say goodbye finally to things like drinking on the weekends and really shifting to, um, looking for new individuals that I wanted to connect with.

And I, I actually connected with a neighbor of mine who, you know, similar situation. He was pushing two kids in a stroller. His kids are only a year older than my two boys. And, uh, we first did what guys do. We, you know, we played sports, but then we started to have some deeper level conversations about our marriages.

and about being a dad and, uh, you know, I told him I've been cold plunging and so he bought a cold plunge. And so we started to connect on a level that usually, you know, guys don't or it takes them a long time to. And, um, he started to hear some of the tidbits of what I was doing and what he was doing.

And there was this common thread there that we said, okay, well, how do we bring this to another level? And so him and I actually said, we're going to host a men's retreat. And this is where it all began. And. You know, with very little experience, we booked an Airbnb, uh, six weeks out and we said, okay, let's fill it.

And, uh, yeah, we managed to get 10 amazing humans there and it was such an impactful events. And, um, then the passion, you know, that, that flame grew because we saw what we could do and the impact we could create by just creating space and, um, opening up conversations. And then it was, okay, well, what are we doing between retreats?

Right. And it, it expanded from there. It really said, how can we create, keep creating impact and creating better dads, creating better husbands, creating, you know, uh, taking driven men and slowing them down and realizing they can actually go faster if they just slow down, they can be more efficient, they can gain clarity.

And so that's really how it just continued to spread as we opened up to flow and listening. Right. Getting more in tune with ourselves. So listen to where we needed to go. 

Christian
Wow. That's incredible. So beautiful. And I think, especially in the men's space, it's just like what you said. It's like, there's so little space for us to process, you know, because we're constantly busy and, you know, we run all these like social conditions and programs that we haven't fully taken responsibility for, including myself.

You know, I can see where I still do some of that in my life where I'm just like, why am I doing this right now? You know, um, and so having that space of talking and opening up and sharing with other man is, is so priceless. Like it is. It's such an honor, you know, and also as part of our like work with our agency, you know, I run also an agency apart from this podcast.

It's called Love Pixel Agency and we work a lot with like personal brands and especially men, you know, and. It's such a big topic, you know, and, and the, the, the, the, some of the videos that you see, or, you know, you go on a vision quest or a treat and like the, the scenes and the things that you witness is just so healing, you know?

Mike Prince
Yeah. It's, it's, I think, you know, What's happened in the last five or however many years now, right, is these spaces are being created and, and men are just releasing, men are just opening up from all they've been holding on to, right. And it's, um, it's incredible to witness because there, there's a massive healing that needs to happen right now, uh, between the masculine and the feminine as well.

Right. And this is just the beginning of it. Um, and I think it's finding, finding that men finding that balance as well. Um. The duality, right? Where we can, we can be open hearted businessmen. We can still go make the money. We can still build the empire and, you know, have open hearts too, and be kind hearted.

Christian
I know. Isn't that, isn't that a wonderful realization? 

Mike Prince
100%. To be our authentic self and still do all of it. Yeah. 

Christian
It's um, that one sentence that you said before, a couple minutes ago, I was like, Why wouldn't I, if I live in my authentic self, why wouldn't I share that with the world or something like that is what you said. And, um, I think that's where it's at, you know, and, and I'm also like, in my life is the same kind of like balance, you know, like I have an agency, I have a podcast, I have a tea brand.

It was like, what, like what do you post online? It's also different. You know what I mean? The challenge is like, Who just, yeah, share everything. Why are you holding back? Why do you think you should only share one?  

Mike Prince
I love that you said that, right? It's like, but of course we're humans. We overcomplicate everything.

And we think if I, if I share this, they're going to think this, or if I'm sharing too much of the T brand, how's that relating to the You know, to love pixel and, and that brand and how, right. But of course it intertwines it's, it's your story, it's your brand. And the more we bring our authentic self through and we actually bring fun into it, and I'm talking to myself on that one.

Um, but you know, that's how we attract. Are the clients that are right for us because that's how it works these days, right? The old way of of sales is is no longer it's really like what value we can bring and where there's a fit 

Christian
Yeah Very true. I think that's something that's like very much disregarded these days like people still think like funnels and I mean, yes funnels work, but It needs to be even more precise, even more in alignment now, you know, like people don't want the hard sell anymore.

They're over that, you know, the radars are. Yeah, too smart. 

Mike Prince
Yeah. And in the world of AI, which, you know, serves us massively. What's going to win ultimately though is the personal, the touch, right? The, what, what that can never evolve into is taking away that heart, that energetic space. Right. And so you nailed it.

It's where can we connect on that human to human level? 

Christian
Yeah. I'm really excited to see, you know, what changes AI will bring like collectively and just because a lot of time we'll be freed up to actually look at things that we want to look at. You know, because we're not made to sit in front of a computer all day, you know, it's just not, humans are not made for that stuff, you know what I mean?

We're made to be creative, and free, and autonomous, and, you know. 

Mike Prince
Yeah, I mean, we've all got the primal being still inside of us, right? And so putting us in front of these screens, which we're all guilty of for way too many hours It's not it's not not where we're we're gonna flourish Essentially right or we at least need to create that Time that we're resetting and we're stepping away and we're coming back full 

Christian
beautiful Let me shift, uh, let me shift gears a little bit, um, with that being said, I think I can answer for you, like your definition of a successful spiritual preneur, um, but if you want to put it in your own words again, and then I'll go into, you know, are you still offering your treats right now?

What do you offer? What do your product service look like? Like switching a little bit more to like, okay, how does it look in the back? And how do you run your business? Like, how do you just, yeah. How do you run a conscious business? 

Mike Prince
Yeah, so great question. I mean, I think this is where everybody loves to talk about the word balance, right?

Work life balance. But I don't believe there's work life balance because I believe there's going to be times when my family needs me more. And that's going to be heavily weighted. Or I've set boundaries and it's okay. I've chatted with my family and they know my business is in a growth phase right now and I need to go into creative mode and that's okay, right?

That's okay. I'm still going to be at the dinner table. I just might not be at jujitsu, right? That for that couple of week period. Um, and so I think that's, what's really important when we look at the spiritual journey and entrepreneurial journey is that. We have to really listen to, we have to always put ourselves first ultimately, right?

I'll rewind a moment because we are the deepest reflection of our business, the worthiness, the creativity or lack thereof. Um, How far we can take it or, or how small it's going to stay, right. Is, is ultimately centralized in our belief of self and how we show up for ourself. And, and then, you know, that echoes out into everything that we do.

So when we're looking at our, our business, there's going to be, um, it's just going to be so intertwined and we have to constantly look at, uh, if we're burning ourselves out, step back. If we're in creative go mode, step in and lean in. Right. And, um, That's ultimately the relationship I, I see and where I've shifted because I used to be, I used to be very work heavy and, uh, as are many others, right.

As, as men making money, that's how we, how we are the provider. But, um, the next part of your question there on, on retreats and creation now, um, We're, I'm actually in an interesting phase, a really exciting phase. At first it was like a breakup because that, that awesome business partner I spoke of, we, we created these men's spaces.

We created groups and we did multiple retreats. Um, and, uh, it was going amazing. We have a group on Facebook with 600 men. We, we had a inner circle we created on a private chat platform. But what we came to is almost like a creative halt. And we realized that we weren't creating the foundation for ourselves.

We were just serving and, you know, as amazing as it was, we weren't building our foundation to be able to, um, serve at a higher level. Right. And so revenue and finances come into that because if we're not making the money that we're, we're, we need to make to flourish and to be able to take bigger risks and to be able to do bigger things.

Then we're not going to do it ultimately. Right. So we both decided to say, Hey, we're taking a pause. We're, we're not shutting everything down, but, uh, we shut a lot of things down where we were spending our time. Right. And it wasn't as effective as it could have been. And we went, came back and built our own things.

So, um, I built an amazing 90 day program, which I rebranded again, called, uh, called the conscious man. Um, and, uh, I'm in the, in the works of building a self guided 90 day conscious man. So there can be, you know, a different level there, a different entry point for those that, uh, don't need as much as my, of my time.

And so this is really, um, built to, yeah, take men out of the chaos and help them live intentionally. And so, yeah, that's, that's kind of what's been my current. Um, deep, deep obsession and passion is, you know, getting in the men's lives that I'm currently working with and then building things for future to call another man.

Christian
Um, yeah, 

Mike Prince
that's true. 

Christian
And if, if you don't mind me asking, like, what were the reason? Because. Most of the times, or I would say some of the hardest parts of a business is to build some sort of traffic or lead flow, um, which takes a lot of energy. It seems like you guys had that and you guys had a community with engagement, like.

What was the reason you didn't just maybe stick with that and monetize that versus splitting up and people like doing their own thing? 

Mike Prince
Like, great. Yeah. Good question. Again, it really, our engagement was slowing down and this is where the, you know, again, business and spirituality meet is. Energetically, we were already pulling back.

You know, we were thinking about what we weren't building. We were thinking about how our time didn't feel valued anymore. We were thinking about these things and it started to reflect in the amount of guys that were coming into our one space, um, and the quality of men we were attracting. And same happened in the Facebook group.

They were, you know, it was coming in slowly, but we weren't doing anything anymore to really engage there. And so that was the exact decision was it came down to, okay, we either really need to put the pedal down on this and get more strategic and, you know, um, continue to grow this, or we need to step back.

And we can keep this alive. We can keep it humming kind of now that it's got its thing, we can close down this and then we can come back even stronger when the time is right with the new wisdom that we've gained, uh, with a whole new restructure and plan to keep people flowing. So, um, that's really what it came to.

And it was. A very hard decision because of course we've, you know, we, we've got, we had 20 guys inside, inside our private platform who have built relationships with each other and us, and we're, you know, every day we're dripping things too, and so it had to really be a phase out to, to make sure it was fair to them as well.

And, um, but we built enough trust there that, you know, when we announced it, they knew what we needed to do was the right move as well. So it was kind of cool as much as it was scary to do that. 

Christian
Yeah. Yeah. Oftentimes, like when, you know, the more you walk in the energetic space, like things get very obvious, right?

And then oftentimes in like the, the information or the reflection we get from the outside world is in alignment with what we're feeling already. Because they are also, I would say above average conscious men, you know, they were also kind of like feeling like, yeah, maybe it is time to move on, you know?

Mike Prince
So, yeah, you nailed it. Uh, you know, a good amount of them said, you know, this is time for us to do this on our own. You know, we've been leaning on you guys for X amount of time. Now it's time to. For us to go create too. 

We know there's going to be a coming back together and there's going to be, there's already been some exciting intertwinement on the sides with some of the guys in between us.

So it really, yeah, with certainty I can say it was the right move. 

Christian
And out of those 20 guys, if you can, like, maybe you remember, maybe don't, but like, do you know how many of themselves started something or like. You know, we're inspired by what you guys were doing and doing. 

Mike Prince
Yeah. I mean, one's at one, we call a leader in our space.

Now he started with what's called the present dad movement. He wrote a book. Um, he now hosts a monthly challenge. Uh, another one wrote a, or is in the midst of writing a kid's book. Um, so yeah, I could go on. There's multiple. Things that like, yeah, these, these ideas were just sitting there, right? And by getting in it, by getting around a group of like minded men that had done some of these things, right, or other projects of their own, um, by nature, we try to match, we try to rise to them.

We said, Whoa, okay, this is possible. I'm now around guys that this stuff is real. It's not just an idea up here. Um, and. I find so many people hold those back, right? If, if they're going out for a group of guys having beers and watching sports, they're probably going to feel awkward bringing that up in some settings, right?

So they don't. So they let that sit there for so long. But when they get in the other room where, you know, we're having deeper level conversations about growth and, you know, it's not just the deep, the deep, uh, challenges that we talk about, of course, but it's. It's the business ideas and that's when they, yeah, they come out of idea phase and the words are spoken and the actions taken.

Christian
I know. That's so cool. And you know, they automatically, like everybody just like is upliving their, their consciousness and frequency. So even if they're out with the guys for beers, like it's going to somehow reflect, you know, like I love tea. Like I'm so much into tea. Um, I started my own Amazon, FBA brand and blah, blah, blah because it was like, how do I, like, I don't wanna deal with the marketing.

'cause like building a brand on social media is a pain in the ass. Like, don't get me wrong, . Yeah. Um, uh, so I was like, where can I go to just like, spread the joy with tea, just spread the movement with tea, you know? So I was like, let me go on Amazon. They take a bunch of your fees, you know, you have like, you end up with margins currently.

15, 20%, um, which is still great, um, for, you know, not needing to do so much like service work, right. But still, I mean, Amazon takes quite a bit anyways. Um, but for me, it was like, because I'm into that, I'm, I share that with other people and then, you know, they get interested, especially obviously if it's something that, that they're interested in, which is like business is more likely than just like YT cares about T nobody.

Um, but like business it's like interesting. And then TYT, why did you choose that? So that like, because of. Frequency that has been adjusted to like better things I put into my body versus like a beer or wine or three beers, you know, um, that reflects too. So it's really cool that you, you know, have that effect on your community.

And of course, I mean, it makes sense. You know, I mean, it's, it's cool to see that you actually had such a big impact, you know? It's neat.

Mike Prince
Yeah. Even hearing that I, you know, we're as, as humans, we always have a hard time receiving, right. And that's, uh, that's something I'm still learning to learning to do. It always feels awkward, but not just 

Christian
like, not just a conversation.

We're like, well, why don't you talk to your wife about this? Why don't you say this to your kid? Also huge, you know, don't get me wrong, but like changing somebody's business or actional action trajectory with like, I'm going to execute on this or I'm going to build up, right. It's like a new identity. And with that identity shift, you're able to like get to the next step, the next level, get to the next level, get to, you know, it's like from there on out, it's like, that is, that's really like.

Where things come around, go around, you know what I mean? It's like, it's just up leveling, up leveling, up leveling, you know, it's, it's, it's incredibly empowering for a human being to do that, you know. Yeah, 

Mike Prince
it is. It's a, again, you're tying the business and spiritual together, right? Because at each new level, we think, all right, the pain is going to be gone.

The challenges are going to be gone, but they're not, they just get greater and we become more capable, right? And we got to look around and see who can help me on this next level. And that's, as you said, when we, we start leveling up the people around us as well. And then you just, you, you keep. Going and sometimes it's a very slow and steady journey and sometimes then you hit a fast track, right?

And you better hold on

Christian
Beautiful well I'd love to talk to you a little bit more about your you know, daily rituals daily You know, what is it that you do on a regular basis that helps you, you know, build your brand and you know Build your business. So if you have any insights that you want to share is super appreciated 

Mike Prince
Yeah, absolutely.

I mean, this is, this is the work I do with people is, is building, really removing and building new, new habits and non negotiables in their life. And so I, I truly believe, especially in this space, right. The, um, in the boom of health and wellness and in the world, essentially opening their eyes a little more, I think people that are living in an integrity with their work is what's so important.

Um, And I've just geeked out on it for the past five or six years. I love finding things to optimize how I feel every day. And so for me right now, it starts, it starts early, right? I'm, I'm a little bit before five, five AM. I'm at the gym and I get my, um, well, first I have, you know, your classic water and that, um, to refuel my body, but breath work meditation or daily.

They happen every single day. Gratitudes, I'll say I'm not everyday on, but I have a gratitude journal as well. That generally, if I'm at home and not going to the gym, I sit down and I do that. Um, And it's really just setting the tone for the day and how I feel, right? And when we, gratitude is such a massive one.

And I won't expand on all these or I'll go way too long, but gratitude is such a simple, powerful one. Everybody wants to overcomplicate the things we need to do, but the answers are obvious and they're right in front of us. You just need to actually do them. But gratitude trains our minds throughout the day.

To look for the things we're grateful for, right? It's, it's literally a part of our brain called the reticular activating system, right? If we look for the wins, we're going to find the wins. If we look for the losses, we're going to find the losses. If we're grateful and we go into our day feeling grateful, we're going to feel grateful as we go throughout our day.

So, um, yeah, I mean, that's how I really set my. Myself up for the day is, is movement in the morning grounding and, um, dropping into gratitude. And then, um, then it's, then I come home, I avoid a coffee with my wife, um, and get into family stuff. Give my kids breakfast, drive them to school. We, I always ask them a few things on the way to school, like what integrity means and what they're going to be today.

And that really sets them up for how their day's going to go. Um, and then I dive into. My day, um, which is, you know, or my work day, which is starts with socials. Always, uh, socials for me is important first thing in the day because it's when I have my fresh mind, my creative mind, the chaos hasn't begun and I can really think about, okay, how do I want to show up today and bring value to my audience?

Um, do a quick check in with, with clients that I'm serving as well while I'm fresh. Um, yeah, and then it's, then it's really. Calls for the most part, diving into different calls and tasks throughout the day. Um, and I have some non negotiables in my day as well, which I implement, which is, um, besides eating, of course, but stepping, stepping away for literally like one to two minutes.

Uh, taking a pause because it's so powerful to just reset. And I'm talking literally one to two minutes. Um, gives us that resets that focus, right? Instead of our mind jumping from one thing to the next, to the next, to the next, we all can become, we think, very good at multitasking, right? But you don't know till you know, and when you take these, these small breaks, um, your level of clarity and focus just dials up.

So that's, that's kind of the breakdown of my day. And then of course I flow, I flow back into, you know, I've got two young kids, five and six. So we have, uh, we're in that phase where they're getting into activities a few times a week. So evenings, um, you know, if I'm, if I have, if I'm in the regular flow, then yeah, we have jujitsu or we've got soccer or I play outside with them, do some tobogganing this time of year.

Um, but then there's sometimes I'm, I'm on a call or two in the evening too. Depending, right? And, uh, that's already communicated. My wife and I, you know, she knows we're in building mode right now and that's okay. It's not a stress, right? Cause we've communicated it. We support each other in our projects.

And, uh, then it may, I mean, it makes me miss my family even more, even though they're, they're in the same house, which is a nice feeling. But when we don't communicate those things, on the other side of this door is a stress, is me making assumptions of like, Oh, she's mad at me. Oh man, the kids think dad's works too much.

Oh, but it's not the case. Those are stories we created, right? When we don't communicate, we don't set boundaries and we don't create that dynamic. 

Christian
Yeah. Yeah. That's beautiful. Thanks for sharing. And I want to take just one breath because inspired by one, by your minute that you take a step away and just like, Listening and watching, you know, just to like, and

take one breath, even like one breath. I think sometimes does for me so much. It's incredible. Just like one breath. 

Mike Prince
Totally. We are, I mean, our relationship with our breath is so intimate and it's, it's everything. Like what's the first thing we do as we enter this world? We take a breath. What's the last thing we do before we leave it?

We release our breath, yet the relationship in between those two, most people never think about it. It's just automatic, right? But when we learn to consciously harness our breath in the small moments, just what you just did there, you just, you know, if you just breathed into your stomach there, that's telling your body you're safe, right?

And it's, it's wild. We're going from our, our sympathetic nervous system to our parasympathetic, like being in chaos down into safety. A single breath. Wow. 

Christian
Right? Crazy. Yeah. As you say, you know, it's, it's hidden in the simple things. It's just forget about it, you know? Yeah. 100%. It's so crazy. And, um, I'd love to ask you a little bit more about your social time because a lot of the listeners here are, you know, having their own social brands and, you know, building their brands and creating content like.

What is it like, how do you determine content? Do you have certain like content pillars? What helps you to create that content? Any, any tips there is super appreciated. 

Mike Prince
Yeah, this is it. This is a huge one, I think, in the creator space and any online businesses, because it's such a block, right? So, um, and until I got more strategic on this, I just showed up on social media again and again and did it.

And. Yeah, it wasn't very effective, right? The growth wasn't really happening. Besides my athletic days, because that was something exciting that people wanted to grab on to. Um, but once I got into this work, it's serious work, right? It's not all serious, but it's, it's, it's uh, you really have to niche into what, you know, who you're aiming at.

So I think that goes for everybody. And so for me, it was when I created Pillars, yeah, that's a huge one to say, okay, here's my five pillars. Um, here's talk to some of the, the, the, the pain points of your, of your clients, of your possible, uh, service or product buyers, right? And then what's some of the value, some of the solutions you can give them on those as well.

Right? So take each pillar and break it down, um, to the different ways that we can post as well. Right? You take that one topic and now you can expand. Okay, I'm going to do a reel about that. I'm going to do a carousel about that. I'm going to do a post and a story about that. So now we've taken one, one topic, uh, and we've made it, you know, four or five pieces of content instead of one, right?

So we always think we have to have the same or a different thing every single day, or else our audience is going to think, Oh, this guy's repeating themselves. And it's like, nobody's watching us that close. Nobody's watching you that close enough. That's our ego saying, you know, Oh, we need something fresh and different every day.

But no, it's the truth is no, we want to create themes on our pages, right? If someone brand new comes to your page, what is the theme they are seeing in terms of your offering? So streamlining it with pillars, creating multiple pieces of content from, uh, you know, each one, uh, which can be value or your pain points, which are both going to peak the ears of your clients.

Right. And then having some fun to not being afraid to show your behind the scenes and, um, and your life. Cause again, that's how we connect. If you constantly go for the product, the sale, all of that, like they're going to run. They're getting bored, right? And they're thinking this person only cares about, um, what they're selling versus, uh, actually letting us into their life a little bit.

Christian
Yeah, that's so true. You know, and you know, me having a little one too, like mine is six years old as well. to sharing that life too with the audience. And again, it's like, not just, yeah, you want to provide value, but again, you also want to show you're human. You have a life. Everyone has a life. Nobody's, you know, just a machine, you know, soon to be AI avatars.

You know, we want to get back just like you said, like what will be more, more, most important. Once all the AIs are talking for themselves, it's like, it's the human again, you know? 

Mike Prince
Yeah, I mean, you have your, your six year old there and guess what? The other dad that also has a young one relates to that immediately.

Like, oh wow, they're actually running that business. Plus they do that, right? Like these are the connection points. 

Christian
Yeah, so we're coming up towards the end of, uh, end of the episode. We have about like seven, eight minutes left. So I wanted to ask you a couple, you know, questions about your legacy. So what, like, what are, what are three words that, you know, you want people to know you for, like, after, after you leave this planet, you know, out there.

Mike Prince
But yeah, the first one that comes to mind for me is, is loving because I think that embodies so, so much. Um, yeah, and I think that's truly how I try to, to lead every day, whether it's in business or in personal, um, I deeply care about. A lot of the people that I work with. And if I don't generally, I won't work with them.

Um, and I think it goes so far to, to bring love into, you know, everything that we do. Um, other words there, I mean, I'm gonna, I'm gonna pull from, from how you introduced me, and this is two words, but proud dad, like. Being a father is such a part of my identity and such a big piece of my life and teaches me so much and is so tied to my entrepreneurial journey as well, um, because kids just bring so much to our world.

So if that can be something I, I leave behind that people remember, Mike loved being a dad. And, uh, he put his all into it. I mean, that's super valuable, uh, for me. Um, the last one I would think of, I'm going, I'm just going to say too, as well, it is, is like visionary or inspirational because my goal while I'm here, you know, it's not just my immediate family.

It's not just my friends. It's it's, I truly want to create impact in this world. And I've had a, an inner calling, like an inner knowing since I was. In my teens that I was meant for something more and I was meant and I'm finally at this phase in my life Where I know that's not chasing partying and all and and just big adventures It means, you know bringing wisdom to the world and sharing gifts.

And so that's that would be the third one that comes to mind 

Christian
So I think that's where

Yeah, to bring it back to the AI, like that's what will be hard for AI too, you know, it's like, what is love? This doesn't make sense guys, like stop that, you know, but it's like so It's so deep, so vast, so ineffable. It can't even put be put into words, you know It reminds me of like the Tao, you know, Tao Te Ching, you know, the first sentence in the Tao is like The bow, the dow that can be put into words is not the dow, you know, as soon as you try to describe love, it's just, it's just not quite getting there, you know, it's like, but feeling, yeah, it's so it's like love is inherently so human, you know, and it's such a beautiful, vast space.

I mean, anything's possible with love, you know what I mean? If your love just outgrows or out, you know, stays whenever else is around, like, 

Mike Prince
that's it. It just breaks down all barriers. It heals, right? Like you could go on and on. It's, um, so powerful. Beautiful. 

Christian
And, um, I have two more questions before we, you know, go into the closing part of our episode.

Who or what inspires you the most in your spiritual and entrepreneurial journey, like currently, or maybe also from the past? 

Mike Prince
Um, you know, I will, I will. Two things come to mind for me on that. A big, big one for me is, is a couple of gurus that I actually worked with, um, and did my breathwork certification with.

They still inspire me constantly, which is, uh, uh, Lucas Mac and Hello Weston. Um, they're a couple and they're just. So raw, so real. They share their lives intimately. They talk about where they've come from to where they've gotten. Um, so kind and loving. And, um, so. Constantly I tap into their worlds to see what they're up to and try to listen to some of their messages Um, I know you brought up channeling earlier like hella channels I've witnessed it live and just so impactful lucas has a wild story he came from new zealand and you know as a kid was in you know, his dad was in a biker gang and he became a tattoo artist and then just Everything shifted for them when they started to tap into spirituality and believing in themselves.

And I think they're met, they just have such powerful messages. Um, the second thing I'll just. 30 seconds on is, is honestly my clients, like they inspire me every day, lean the amount they push and lean into the things that I put in front of them. It, it, you know, we talk about that up leveling. It constantly makes me have to level up because I'm constantly looking for, okay, what do I got to bring these guys next?

How am I going to challenge these? Because they're stepping up to the plate constantly. So when I think of who inspires me on a daily basis, they're a huge one. 

Christian
Beautiful. And another question, what's your vision of the new earth, however you define that? 

Mike Prince
I mean, we just really opened up about it a moment ago with love, right?

Like I've never been a big one in politics, talking about politics, getting into politics. I believe that the change is at people level. And I believe that, you know, us being kind to our neighbors, uh, I believe that in the new, the new earth and the new world. people are going to be more tapped into themselves.

And when we're more tapped into ourselves, more of us are finding our gifts. And when more of us are finding our gifts, more of us are bringing our gifts to the world. And if we all just leaned into what we love doing and our passions and, you know, ripped all of the roles and. all of the masks off and fully walked in this world as our authentic selves, it would change everything.

The vibration of the whole world would change, right? And so for me, that's why this mission is so important because I truly believe, you know, that men, men are the biggest ones wearing the masks and being closed off, right? And so it's to, to rip the armor off and to Also know it's okay to, to show our hearts and be vulnerable.

And I think when everybody in this world, uh, begins to do that. So I think a huge piece for all of us is our kids, right? We have an opportunity right now, even if we're not, uh, uh, a father or a mother, you are an influencer to the kids in this world, right? And when we can, um, influence them, they're the ones coming next, right?

Christian
Yeah, beautiful. I love that. So now that we're getting to the end of the podcast, I always love to give it over to the guest and, uh, create a, some space for, you know, your future goals and visions. So I just wanted to, you know, hand it over to you and, you know, answer kind of like what, what are your future goals as, as, as an entrepreneur, as a company, as a brand, and what are you looking to call in currently in your life?

Mike Prince
What a powerful question. Yeah, for me, for me right now, it's one I've been, uh, one I've known for years, but as we do, we run from it and we create stories around it. And for me, that is, that is public speaking, that's speaking on stages that I, you know, when I get myself in that scenario, when I get the opportunity to, I get in such flow.

And I just share from such a place where it feels like it's not even me. And, you know. That, for me, I believe is my next level, and through doing that work, I'll, I'll work with more, more individuals, right? And then I'll also be able to ripple out a little further with my voice, and it's just, so for me, when I think about my future vision, that's always been it, is speaking on stages, inspiring, helping motivate, helping teach people that they can do the thing, that they can break out of the chaos and default mode and, um, do what they want to do.

Right. And stop holding back. And so when I think of, yeah, when I think of future me, that's. That's really where it's at and uh piece by piece we're getting there we're stepping into it. 

Christian
I love that No, just by the fact that you're you're putting that out there. You're calling that to you So man, just stay stay in the vibration of that and it'll it'll manifest more and more.

Thank you for that As, um, you know, as closing out, like what are, what are the last words you want to leave the audience with? And where can people find you? 

Mike Prince
Um, yeah, one of the most. Powerful things I think we can do in this world is think about how we make others feel, right? I forget who said the quote, but there's one that like it's not about what we do in this world It's how we make people feel and I had a a special individual in my life Who's no longer on this earth, but my uncle Scott when I was a kid when I think of one person who made me feel So seen and like a million bucks every time I saw them it was him and that that takes an energy in all of us Right to be in that uplifting energy and we got to do the work to get in that energy, right?

So the most powerful thing I think we can do in this world is do the work on ourselves because it's so healing and yeah walk with our hearts open because Others feel that. And if we can be that loving, that warming, that welcoming individual to anybody we come across, we just don't know the ripple effect that that holds.

We don't know whose life we can change from a smile, from a opening a door, from, from doing a little gesture and sharing our good energy. Um, so that's, that would be the final message I would say. And, um, where I'm most active is on Instagram. So it's at. The conscious creator coach. Um, of course I have a website as well, which is conscious creator dot world.

Christian
Thanks for being here, sharing all your wisdom, sharing your heart. I really appreciate your time and your passion for everything you shared. And, um, Yeah, thanks for being on 

Mike Prince
and thank you for for having me on and this was Honestly one of the best chats i've ever had on a podcast. So I appreciate the space You create a very amazing safe comfortable space to have a good conversation.

So Uh, well done, and I truly appreciate it 

Christian
Thanks so much. Yeah. I try to, you know, balance the two worlds of again, spirituality and business. It's not just like a rapid fire. Tell me about your business, you know, and not just tell me about the wishy washy about your life type of thing. You know, we want both, you know, I think that's really where the goal is at.

And, um, I think we've worked at really out like very well together in this podcast, you know? So thanks. Yeah. It was a pleasure.