Episodes
Jan. 30, 2026
How to Get What You Want in Every Conversation — Communication Mastery - Episode 140
In this episode of Communication Mastery, Dr. JC Doornick reveals why most conversations fail not because of poor wording, but because of hidden needs collisions beneath the surface. You’ll learn how to recognize what people actually need in the moment so you can replace resistance with alignment, …
Jan. 27, 2026
THEY’RE CONTROLLING YOU - The Cult We’re All In: The Invisible Science of Social Control - Episode 139
The Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast explores consciousness, perception, and performance—because who you are determines how well what you do works. Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at begin to change.
Jan. 23, 2026
You Are Not Your Past - How To Let Go and Finally Feel Okay - Episode 138
Stop letting your history dictate your future. Explore the Zen power of Impermanence and Beginner’s Mind to break free from old identities and chronic stress. Learn how the Interface Response System helps you process change w...
Jan. 20, 2026
Why physical books are the ultimate "Brain Upgrade" for 2026 with Nick Hutchinson - Episode 137
Why are physical books the ultimate brain upgrade for 2026? Dr. JC Doornick sits down with Nick Hutchison, founder of BookThinkers, to explore why paper still outperforms screens for focus, memory, and deep learning in a digitally overwhelmed world.
Jan. 16, 2026
Life is Unpredictable: How to Control Your Response When Everything Goes Wrong - Episode 136
Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick is a podcast exploring consciousness, perception, and high performance—revealing how who you are shapes how well what you do works. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at begin to change—welcome to the awakening of the sleepwalking masses.
Jan. 13, 2026
Naked Awareness - One from the Vault - Episode 135
A classic vault episode exploring naked awareness, gratitude, and why the most life-changing insights often live just outside our focus. A reminder to quiet the busy mind and stay open to the subtle signals shaping our lives.
Jan. 9, 2026
Why we're not happy yet - the power of presence - Episode 134
Why does happiness always feel one step away? This episode explores how chasing a better future often disconnects us from the only place happiness ever exists, the present moment.
Jan. 6, 2026
The Physics of Luck: Why You Keep Attracting the Same Problems (and How to Stop) - Episode 133
Why does life feel like a repetitive loop? If you are working harder than ever but still seeing the same mediocre results, the problem isn't your effort; it's your resonance . In Episode 133, Dr. JC Doornick breaks down the s...
Jan. 2, 2026
How to Turn Your Darkest Moment Into Your Greatest Strength | Interview with Ryan Hanley on the Finding Peak Podcast - Episode 132
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. JC Doornick, known as "The Dragon," for one of the most raw and powerful conversations I’ve ever had. JC doesn’t sugarcoat anything. He takes us through his "messed up to blessed up" journey, from a cocky, successful chiropractor to sitting in a therapist's chai…
Dec. 29, 2025
Unwrap the Present - The Gift of Now - Episode 131
What if the blessing you’re waiting for isn’t coming—because it’s already here? In this episode, Dr. JC explores illusion, meaning, and why fulfillment only becomes real when you stop treating the present moment as a hallway and start living in it.
Dec. 24, 2025
F_ck Fitting In - The end of Approval Seeking - Episode 130
Most people are living from an internal A.I., an Artificial Identity built to earn approval, fit in, and stay safe. In this episode, Dr. JC Doornick breaks down how approval-seeking hijacks authenticity, and how awareness, curiosity, and courage can shut down the program and bring you back home to …
Dec. 22, 2025
Facing Your Dragons: Interview with Dr. JC Doornick on Self-Mastery and Authentic Living - Episode 129
Dr. JC Doornick joins Anika Jackson on the Your Brand Amplified Podcast for a powerful conversation on self-mastery and authentic living, exploring how true success emerges when inner values align with outward action. Drawing from his own transformation and the Makes Sense framework, JC shares how …
Dec. 19, 2025
My Ayahuasca Trip to Peru - Part Five - The Finale - Episode 128
A powerful closing chapter from the Sacred Valley, exploring San Pedro, heart-centered connection, and the realization that plant medicine doesn’t change who you are—it reveals who you’ve always been once the masks fall away. The ceremony ends, the family is formed, and the journey home begins.
Dec. 15, 2025
My Ayahuasca Trip to Peru - Part Four - The Mountains Became the Medicine - Episode 127
Day Four offered a new teacher: the Sacred Valley itself. Among ancient terraces, burial cliffs, and a newfound family, I discovered that sadness and gratitude can coexist—and that sometimes the real medicine is trust, perspective, and the people your soul recognizes along the way.
Dec. 7, 2025
My Ayahuasca Trip to Peru - Part Three - This too shall pass - Episode 126
Night Two in the Maloca became the hardest night of my life—an overwhelming storm of fractals, fear, and ego-collapse that taught me the lesson I didn’t know I still needed: nothing is permanent, and everything, even our darkest moments, eventually passes. In this episode, I take you inside the cha…
Dec. 5, 2025
My Ayahuasca Trip to Peru - Part Two - Night One With Grandmother - Episode 125
Night One with Grandmother stripped away my confidence, confronted my deepest fears, and delivered two unexpected funerals, one for my fear of losing my daughter and one for my fear of financial collapse. What remained was the truth: we are here to love, and everything else is noise.
Dec. 3, 2025
My Ayahuasca Trip to Peru - Part One - Dying to Know - Episode 124
A raw, unfiltered opening to my Sacred Valley plant-medicine journey, exploring the fear, longing, and inner calling that bring people to Ayahuasca—not to learn something new, but to remember who they really are. This is the beginning before the beginning, where running stops and awakening begins.
Nov. 24, 2025
Flow Burglars - The Uninvited Guests that make you grow - Episode 123
In this episode, Dr. JC Doornick exposes the hidden culprits behind emotional exhaustion—Flow Burglars. Learn how to spot, disarm, and protect your peace from the five archetypes that quietly drain your energy and steal your flow.
Nov. 19, 2025
The Paradox of Friendship - Episode 122
In this episode, we explore The Friendship Frequency — the paradox of friendship and how not needing friends actually draws the right ones closer. Building on our previous conversation about validation and featuring insights from viral TED speaker Chris Bailey, we unpack why true connection begins …
Nov. 14, 2025
Are we living in a Simulation? with Guest Rizwan Virk - Episode 121
In this mind-bending episode, Dr. JC Doornick sits down with MIT-trained computer scientist and bestselling author Rizwan Virk (The Simulation Hypothesis) to explore one of the most provocative questions of our time: what if reality itself is a simulation? Together, they bridge quantum physics, vid…
Nov. 11, 2025
Imposter Syndrome and Procrastination - with Guest Nicholas Voge - Episode 120
Dr. JC Doornick "The Dragon" sits down with Princeton educator and TED speaker Nic Voge to dissect the psychology of self-worth and uncover how our fear of failure shapes motivation, identity, and achievement.
Nov. 7, 2025
The Rise and Fall of AI? - Hmmm? - Episode 119
In this episode, I explore AI not as hero or villain, but as a mirror reflecting our own consciousness. Together, GPT-5 and I examine whether this technology will elevate human creativity—or quietly replace the act of thinking itself. Make Sense?
Nov. 3, 2025
Wanting Vs. Having - One from the Vault - Episode 118
In this One From The Vault episode, Dr. JC breaks down the powerful difference between wanting and having — revealing how belief, urgency, and alignment transform desire into reality. A quick yet potent shift in perspective to help you rise up and live from the state of “already having.”
Oct. 31, 2025
Right vs. Kind - What do you think people think about you? - Episode 117
Dr. JC shares the story of how one powerful question from his mentor — “What’s more important to you: to be right or to be kind?” — dismantled his ego and reshaped his entire approach to life, leadership, and love. Learn why choosing kindness over rightness is the key to freedom, connection, and gr…