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The Life Stylist

44. Khalil Rafati: From Skid Row Junkie To Malibu Juice Giant, Part One

The Life Stylist

Luke Storey

Society & Culture, Alternative Health, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Spirituality

4.72.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2017

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Our guest Khalil Rafati has defied all odds and risen from the ashes defeat, as a homeless, heroin-addicted, street urchin to become one of the most successful and influential figures on the Southern California health and wellness scene.

After spending his early life circling the drain of complete failure in the downward spiral of acute drug addiction, Khalil eventually found the salvation of recovery, and within a few short years has been able to accomplish an astonishing level of success through his rapidly expanding juice bar empire, Sunlife Organics, and the ever-trendy Malibu Beach Yoga.


In this heartfelt and ultra-inspiring two-part interview, we learn what life was like for Khalil at rock bottom, and ultimately how he has been able to apply universal principles of spirituality and health to achieve the impossible- a life of abundance, peace, and prosperity.


You will learn the secrets of what it takes to transform your life and to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles along the way.


If you or someone you know has struggled with an addiction of any kind, please do yourself, me, and this show a favor by sharing this life-changing show with them.


Episode breakdown: 


  • I Forgot To Die - the book's long journey 

  • Discussing fears, insecurities, self-sabotage, imposter syndrome 

  • Neil Strauss' influence, to Khalil and the world

  • His path to sobriety

  • Raw, and unedited talk about the dark world of addictions

  • Awakening to suffering, and a new approach 

  • The amazing story of how the book takes off

  • Past traumas and redemption

  • What makes us do drugs in the first place? Childhood trauma or we just enjoy getting high? 

  • Psilocybin mushroom and MDMA: Khalil's allies for dissipating anger

  • Rising from the ashes: overcoming negative thoughts, and using his pain to be the greatest version of himself

To your success,


Luke


PS: Don’t forget to catch Part Two of this epic, marathon interview this Friday!


 


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Transcript

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0:00.0

The Lifestylist, Episode 44, featuring Khalil Rafadi.

0:11.5

I'm Luke Story, a former celebrity fashion stylist and founder of School of Style.

0:17.5

For the past 20 years, I've been relentlessly dedicated to my deepest passion, designing the

0:23.0

ultimate lifestyle based on the most powerful principles of health and spirituality.

0:28.8

The Lifestyleist Podcast is a show dedicated to sharing my discoveries and the experts behind them

0:34.9

with you.

0:37.8

My name is Luke, and I'm a podcast addict.

0:40.9

But I not only use podcasts, I also deal them.

0:44.1

And the one I'm dealing you today features my friend Khalil Rafati,

0:47.5

who just put out a book called I Forgot to Die.

0:50.6

And it's a gruesome memoir of how he went from Skid row junkie to malibou juice giant and this raw

0:57.0

uncut unfiltered super real two-part episode is about to land on your dome kile and i sat down in

1:05.6

his house for about two and a half hours and just went deep into the vortex of all things addiction

1:10.3

and recovery from that

1:11.8

living hell. So if you've had issues in this area or you know someone who has, this is going to be

1:16.6

a very powerful episode. Some of the things we cover in the interview are, of course, how he went

1:22.1

from this criminal living on the streets to owning and operating a multi-million dollar chain

1:27.1

of smoothie and juice bars in

1:28.6

Malibu and now all over Southern California. We also discuss why someone would turn to drugs and

1:34.3

alcohol in a life of addiction in the first place. Does it have to do with our childhood trauma,

1:38.8

or do we just enjoy getting high? We talk about learning how to form healthy romantic relationships once you've

1:45.0

achieved some level of sobriety and recovery. Does medication help treat addiction? How to

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