Digital Social Hour
How to Manifest Success Without Losing Your Soul | David Castañeda DSH #1061
Sun, 05 Jan 2025
Unlock your hidden potential and discover the surprising secret to personal growth! 🔓🚀 In this eye-opening episode of Digital Social Hour, Sean Kelly dives deep with special guest David to explore life-changing insights on self-discovery, overcoming challenges, and embracing your true self. From unexpected spiritual journeys to candid discussions about fame and success, this conversation is packed with valuable lessons you won't want to miss. 🌟 Learn how facing your fears and stepping out of your comfort zone can lead to incredible personal breakthroughs. Tune in now to uncover the unexpected key that could transform your life! Whether you're struggling with self-doubt, seeking purpose, or simply curious about personal growth, this episode offers something for everyone. Don't miss out on these powerful insights that could change your perspective forever. Join the conversation and share your own experiences in the comments below. How have you unlocked your potential? What unexpected lessons have shaped your journey? We want to hear from you! Watch now and subscribe for more insider secrets on personal growth, success, and living your best life. Hit that subscribe button and stay tuned for more eye-opening stories on the Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly! 🎙️💡 #passionstruck #entrepreneurshipmistakes #personaldevelopment #youngentrepreneursforum #anxiety #selfimprovement #selfhelp #personaldevelopment #meditation #anxiety CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:32 - Transitioning Journey 04:22 - Growing Up in Mexico 08:22 - Ayahuasca Experience 10:43 - Exploring Ayahuasca 13:05 - Childhood Reflections 14:55 - Opening Up Emotionally 17:06 - School Experiences 20:38 - Connection to Nature 22:38 - Benefits of Fasting 23:20 - Memory and Recall 25:03 - Ayahuasca Insights 29:20 - Shadow Work Exploration 32:21 - Embracing Growth Challenges 35:32 - Confronting Addiction 37:00 - Childhood Prayers and Beliefs 38:26 - Understanding Old Souls 39:48 - Insights on Fatherhood 42:34 - Embracing Cultural Heritage 43:50 - Experiences with Racism 45:05 - Overcoming Lack of Confidence 47:00 - Relaxation in Acting 47:40 - Managing Anxiety Attacks 48:53 - Living in the Present 50:25 - Relationship Stress 53:36 - Closing Thoughts and Reflections APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [email protected] GUEST: David Castañeda https://www.instagram.com/castanedawong LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/
Chapter 1: What is the main topic of this episode?
I love nature.
Yeah. Yeah. You should go to Iquitos. So when I did 10 days, every day felt like a year. I bet. Yeah. No phone. No. And then you're sitting in your tambo. A tambo is like a like a hut. But there was a hole in my tambo and a bat came in. Whoa. Pitch black, dark. And I'm thinking, I can't believe I put myself in this situation. It took a while.
By day eight, I was like, oh, I can live without my phone now.
All right, guys, we got David on the show today. Thanks for coming on, man. Thanks for having me. Big change in your life right now as you're transitioning, right? Yeah. Yeah, I am transitioning. Nice, because you just played a major role, and now the show's over, so you're looking for that next big thing. Yeah, I don't even know if it needs to be big. Okay.
Chapter 2: How did David Castañeda's childhood influence his career?
It's more so just I need to figure out what is calling me, you know? Because how big that show was was unexpected, and I... I'm okay with it not happening again.
Really? Yeah.
Wow. Yeah. Why? I have no control over that. That is completely a zeitgeist moment with that show. So if I try to match that again, I'll be severely depressed for the rest of my life.
That's really impressive that you have that mindset already, because usually it takes people years to come to that. Yeah.
Chapter 3: What insights did David gain from his Ayahuasca experience?
I mean, I watched, I know Will Smith talked about this in a lot of interviews where he says that he wanted his movie to be number one, you know, and that was his way of, you know, sort of gauging success. And then eventually that becomes a... you're sort of biting at your own tail by that point. So I think that's sort of the message that I got from that.
I was like, oh yeah, like, you know, I can already act and I'm making money off of that and that should be enough. And then what comes from that is extra. Interesting.
Yeah.
So you're not chasing that number one.
no no no no i mean it'd be nice to be successful it'd be nice to be liked and loved and i think as humans that's what we want we want to be accepted and but being number one you know it's not true because there's always going to be someone better than you there's always going to be someone and it's good to be chasing that like oh i want to be better i want to be better but to actually
understand that there is someone better than you, it could be very depressing. If you're really gauging your validation off of that.
Which a lot of people do. They gauge it in money, they gauge it in views, external things.
I think so. I think that's sort of the, especially when you're dealing with social media and stuff, you have a lot of comparison. Right. Especially as an actor, I bet. Dude, I mean, with age, it's so funny. Age and acting is, I think there's been a stigma within that. I assume also for women, which is even more.
But age and acting, it's so funny because I'll be, you know, when I was first auditioning, I was going in for like the teenage roles. And the next thing you know, I was going for the college roles. And now I have friends hitting me up. It's like, hey, do you know any good actors that can play college? And I'm like, oh shit, like, I'm not that anymore. I'm like, what am I?
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Chapter 4: How can we embrace growth challenges?
Wow.
Yeah. Have you been to Mexico?
I've been to the touristy parts. So I don't know if I count it. Which one? Cancun, Riviera Maya. Okay. And there was Ensenada. Ensenada. Was my favorite. Oh, really? Yeah. Why? because it wasn't as touristy. So when I travel, I like to actually experience the local culture. So with Cancun and Riviera Maya, we were just in a resort. I don't really count that as Mexico because we're just cooped up.
But Ensenada, I got off the cruise boat. I walked to the local like fishermen village, ate food there, talked with the locals. My fiance speaks Spanish and that was really cool. Wow. Yeah.
Yeah. Did you go to Xcaret? No. Okay, because that's like Riviera Maya. That's where you grew up? No, I grew up in Sinaloa. Sinaloa is like, it's northwest. Okay. Yeah, honestly, Sinaloa looks like California. Really? Yeah, sort of, obviously by the water, and it has almost the exact same length between California and Sinaloa. Oh, so it's pretty long. It's long.
And, you know, some people like to... I don't know if some people, but they call it the cartel state. Oh, so it's pretty dangerous there growing up. It's not dangerous at all. Not for me, at least. But there is a lot of things that could happen. Only if you're in bad business, I would say. Got it. Plus, you were a kid, so you were probably protected. Yeah, but you know, when I was...
I got out of there in 2004 and that's when things got really bad. Cause I remember like, you know, going back to the US and just hearing stories about some classmates and their dads like turning up dead. Yeah. And you know, they were involved in a certain way and I'm like, oh, like this is real. Like some of these people are, yeah, in danger. In danger. So you got out the right time. I did. I did.
But I go back. Now you're probably a legend there. I don't know if I'm a legend. No, but what I do go back, man, it's really fun. It's fun. There's a lot, yeah, there's a lot of family. There's a lot of friends. Is it still as bad or did it kind of?
No, the thing about Mexico, man, is like Mexico is a space where you have, if you're in bad business, you know, yeah, you're going to be put in a very dangerous position. But if you were like, you know, the only people that you hear get, you know, killed at a random spot is wrong place, wrong time. And I think that happens in a lot of places in the world. Okay. Yeah.
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Chapter 5: What role does cultural heritage play in personal development?
Yeah, well, a little bit south of that, this place called Kumankaya it's called.
Nice, and how was that? It's great. Yeah, been doing that. I've never done it, but it's intriguing to me. You ever done shrooms? I've done shrooms. How was that? I've had both good and bad trips on shrooms. Okay. But now I microdose them. Oh, really? Yeah. I haven't had a full trip in quite some time, though. Now, how do you distinguish a good trip from a bad trip?
Chapter 6: How can we overcome lack of confidence?
Chapter 7: What are the benefits of fasting?
I tried it. Yeah, it works. Really? Yeah. I don't drink too much, but when I do, I'll try to drink that or there's a patch.
A patch?
Yeah. We have this gene break. We can't process alcohol. So we're technically allergic to alcohol.
Yeah. That's what my cousin was telling me. I was in Phoenix seeing them a few days ago and she was like, I am allergic to alcohol. Yeah. You know, and a lot of people are. Half of Asians, I believe.
Which is pretty crazy. That's crazy. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Wow. It's nuts. But you grew up in Mexico though, right? Yeah, yeah. Seven.
Seven to 14. Was acting big over there? No. No, no, no. I mean... When you're in Mexico, man, most of the time what you're doing is you're playing imagination because there's dirt, there's marbles, there is a lot of heat. And if you're lucky to have an AC, most of the time it's not on because it costs so much money to have the AC on. So you have to be outside. You have to, yeah.
Like when I was a kid, my mom would be like, all right, just come back before the sun comes down. And that was my childhood in Mexico. Yeah, so you get to actually... Your imagination runs wild because there's nothing to do or to keep you entertained.
Wow.
Yeah. Have you been to Mexico?
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Chapter 8: How does managing anxiety impact our lives?
One buddy of mine was just drinking an 18 pack of beer. He's like, I don't wanna do that shit. So we're all doing it and we're having a good time. We were camping and I'm looking at one of my friends and he turns into an egg yolk. And it's the funniest thing, dude. I won't even say his name because I don't want to put him on blast, but he looked like an egg yolk.
And next thing you know, we look and we see the water. It's flowing over to us, you know? And we're like, yo, because we're by the ocean. And we start tripping out. I was like, yo, are we going to get flooded? So we wake up, my buddy who was drinking the 18 pack, cause he was so drunk. And he was like, hey dude, should we move the car? Should we move everything? Cause we had set up the whole tent.
He comes out, he's like, bro, he's like, no, he's like, chill out. And we're like, oh, okay, okay. But it was so fun doing that. I've had bad trips also. Was it the people you were with? No, no, no, different people. But the same thing, like one of them turned into a demon. Damn. Yeah, he started laughing and he was like, and I was like, oh, you're not a friend anymore.
Like I immediately was like, oh, you're not a friend. But it does help you actually like, really gauge people's energy. A hundred percent. A hundred percent. Yeah. I think ayahuasca does the same thing. Um, but ayahuasca is more internal. Like you don't do ayahuasca. Like I'm not going to do ayahuasca with you and be talking to you. That's not a thing.
It's like very much like, hopefully you're guided with like a shaman. Yeah. And they, they talk you through it. They talk you through it. Um, Yeah, I don't know if you, what do you know about ayahuasca?
Do you know much? I know sometimes you have an out-of-body experience. Some people report ET encounters. Some people throw up. I've done a lot of research on it.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. All those things have happened.
Yeah?
Yeah. I've been doing that for like 10 years.
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