The Alchemist's Way Podcast
The Alchemist's Way Podcast is a conversation series exploring the creative hero's journey and the art of turning challenges into peace, love, and inspiration. Each episode features deep-dive interviews with artists, thought leaders, and changemakers who share how they've transformed personal struggles into growth and purpose. Hosted by Chris Assaad, the show emphasizes creativity, community, and resilience as tools for navigating the human experience. Listeners are invited into authentic dialogue about turning pain into beauty, power, and meaning.
Episodes
Owning Your Gift & Overcoming The Perfectionism No One Talks About
In the last little while, I’ve been deeply exploring what it means to truly own my gift. To move in full faith and belief in the calling God has placed on my heart. To have unwavering trust in the passions and inspiration that continue to speak to me. To take consistent, devoted action towards my bigger vision and dreams by nurturing, honing and developing my crafts. And to persevere in those mome
The Winning Streak Effect
Welcome to The Alchemist’s Way Episode No. 8.In this latest episode, I had the pleasure of sitting down in person with the incredibly inspiring Charlie Rocket.Charlie is a speaker, author and thought leader with a truly remarkable story of overcoming hardships, reversing a brain tumour and rising from rock bottom to make some of his biggest dreams come true, including becoming a Nike athlete, winn
The Eternal Blank Page
Welcome to The Alchemist’s Way Episode No. 7.In this latest edition, I had the pleasure of dropping in with my brother and fellow creative soul adventurer, James McCrae.James is an author, poet and teacher best known for his Words Are Vibrations body of work on Instagram, where he innovatively uses memes to share powerful, bite-sized nuggets of truth and wisdom that have resonated with millions of
How Do We Hear God's Answers To Our Prayers?
I’ve been talking to God a lot lately, asking for guidance and direction as I navigate the twists and turns on my path during this ongoing season of inner transformation, outer change, and all the uncertainty that comes along with it. In the last few days, I’ve found my prayers flowing with a different kind of earnestness and intimacy. It may sound obvious and perhaps even a little cliché, but I’v
Rebirth & Renewal
Welcome to The Alchemist’s Way Experiment No. 5.A soulful conversation with my dear friend and spirit sister, Renée Mifsud, founder of Ritual Of Heart. I came across Renée’s work a couple of years ago and felt an immediate resonance with her wise and deeply intuitive messages, her dynamic artistic expression woven throughout her shares, and her laid-back, good vibes. Since then, I’ve had countless
Faith > Doubt
Early this morning, I woke up and the voices of doubt in my mind were louder than they have been for a while. Right on time, as I’m about to step into a big creative leap of faith. In two days, I will get on a plane and fly across the country to Victoria, BC to spend five days immersed in the studio recording new music with my longtime collaborator, dear brother and producer Joby Baker. Being well
From Performance To Permission: The Artist's Quest For Freedom
Welcome to Experiment No. 3. A heart-to-heart, artist to artist conversation with my dear friend, Avery Florence.Avery is a wonderfully gifted singer-songwriter and soft-soul artist with an equally angelic and gritty, soothing and soulful voice that I instantly fell in love with the first time I heard her sing.She is also a passionate activist and gifted creative arts therapist. She shares her mag
A Return To Innocence
Welcome to Experiment no. 2.In this transmission, I intentionally leaned into slowing down to create a greater sense of permission and safety for myself to go deeper and see what would come through in the absence of a false sense of urgency or performance.In that spaciousness, something truly magical and powerful happened…I followed the thread of what was most alive in me, moment to moment, and do
Taking A Risk...
Well, I did it. I took a risk. I HIT “Record”, and let it fly. My intention was simple… to do an experiment and to have fun. What would it be like if I had my own P@dc*st or Talk Show? (I’m not ready to say that P-word yet, even though I did say it in the video.)What would it be like to give myself permission to show up and express in a way that has been on my heart for some time but that I haven’
