What Do The Cards Hold for VPR’s Max Boyens?

Summary

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Detox Retox with Tom Schwartz

Episode: What Do The Cards Hold for VPR’s Max Boyens?

Date: March 17, 2026
Guest: Maximilian (Max) Boyens
Theme: Max's first-ever psychic reading and candid reflections on personal growth, relationships, career, and Venice Beach living.

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Episode Overview

This special episode of Detox Retox follows host Tom Schwartz and VPR alum Max Boyens as they venture to the iconic Venice Beach boardwalk for Max's first psychic and tarot card reading. The episode blends elements of mindfulness, spiritual curiosity, and authentic self-reflection, capturing Max's journey for clarity during a transitional life phase. Post-reading, Tom and Max process the experience over beers, sharing insights about growth, vulnerability, and the importance of change.

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Table of Contents

1. Intro & Context (00:59–03:01)
2. The Psychic Reading
   • Setting the Scene & Explanation (03:10–04:30)
   • Max’s Energy & Recent Past (05:22–06:19)
   • Relationships, Career, and Blocks (06:25–07:49)
   • Confidence & Manifestation (07:50–08:45)
   • Spirituality and Intuition (08:46–09:41)
   • Travel, Home Life & Decluttering (09:48–10:22)
   • Personality & Past Lives (10:23–11:30)
   • Relationships: Closure, Communication, and Soulmates (11:31–14:10)
   • Business Forecast, Family Dynamics & Finances (14:11–19:55)
   • The Move to Dallas & Return to LA (19:55–22:09)
3. Q&A with the Psychic (23:18–27:28)
4. Max’s Reflection and Processing (30:01–36:31)
5. Friendship, Work, and Reality TV—Post-Reading Reflections (36:31–52:53)
6. Spirituality, Skepticism, and Staying Open-Minded (52:53–56:43)
7. Closing Thoughts (56:43–end)

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Detailed Summary & Key Insights

1. Intro & Context

Timestamps: 00:59–03:01

• Tom introduces Max Boyens and the premise: Max’s first psychic reading on Venice Beach for a “spiritual check-in.”
• Tom’s description of Max: “He’s surfing right now, which is like his church. His favorite meditation, you know, pure energy. He’s a soul surfer.” (01:56)
• The atmosphere is set—Venice Beach, colorful characters, “electric, strange, vibrant...a vibe.” (02:00)

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2. The Psychic Reading

Setting the Scene & Explanation

Timestamps: 03:10–04:30

• The group enters the Original Venice Beach Psychic, in operation since 1978.
• Psychic describes the reading: Tarot cards, an energy-tuned crystal, focus on past, present, future, auras, chakras, and guidance on love, career, and more. (04:04)

Max’s Energy & Recent Past

Key Points:

• Max seeks clarity after “a weird couple years” but the psychic requests to know little in advance.
• Psychic: “Energy wise, says this is meant to be a celebration year. New beginnings, new chapters...you had to release a lot before next month…taking one step forward, two steps back… getting distracted in life.” (05:22)

Relationships, Career, and Blocks

• Relationship: Recently ended in January; also leaving a difficult situation at work.
• Career: Max is “meant to be in higher positions…meant to have two businesses of your own.” (06:35)
• Max: “I’m working on... starting my own business right now. It’s just been really difficult raising money and getting everything started.” (06:58)
• Psychic: “You have to disconnect from relationships to focus on your business...I don’t feel like you were ready for it six months ago, but now your energy is.” (07:08)

Confidence & Manifestation

• Quote: “Confidence is key. You need to have faith in yourself...if you’re confident and believe in it, other people believe in it as well.” (07:50)
• Manifestation and getting back to spirituality (surfing as meditation) are emphasized. (08:45)

Spirituality and Intuition

• Psychic: “You have a spiritual side to you…listen to those intuitions and trust it. Patience, the universe is telling you have patience…trust where the universe is taking you.” (08:46–09:06)

Travel, Home Life & Decluttering

• Two future trips predicted (August/November) for work and spiritual growth.
• “When you’re out of the home, you’re good. When you’re in the home, the energy feels a little tense, heavy…Decluttering, saging, clearing the space.” (09:48–10:22)

Personality & Past Lives

• Max characterized as “independent, strong-minded, a little stubborn...old soul, young energy.”
• “You’re always a helper in every life, including this one…taking care of others.” (10:23–11:30)

Relationships: Closure, Communication, and Soulmates

• Relationship not fully over—possible reconnection, but not soulmate energy.
• Psychic: “Emotionally, you need to learn to be more open...since you’ve been about 14, you’ve been very shut off emotionally...your throat chakra definitely needs open.” (12:08)
• Max agrees: “That was one of our biggest issues…kind of interesting.” (12:01)
• Future marriage possible after 32 (Max is 34), with two children predicted.

Business Forecast, Family Dynamics & Finances

• “This year: don’t start anything new in relationships until after June—focus on career and spirituality. Relationships will strengthen more next year.” (14:11)
• New business ventures look very positive, with financial growth and above-average income by November.
• Family drama addressed; “Friends feel closer to you sometimes than family is…start journaling.” (17:42–19:55)

The Move to Dallas & Return to LA

• Psychic addresses Max’s stint in Dallas: “Dallas was very dry on your energy. It didn’t give a lot back. Kind of drained you.” (20:15)
• “You’re meant to be in California, you meant to stay in California, you could travel, but California is always home.” (20:41)

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3. Q&A with the Psychic

Timestamps: 23:18–27:28

• Max raises concern about his blocked throat chakra, relating it to his family upbringing:

  • “I feel like I don’t know how to express how I feel...I’m too nonchalant.” (23:18)

• Psychic: “Since you’ve been a teenager, you just took care of yourself...put a smile on your face and say, I’m fine, everything’s good, until you can't do it anymore, then it’s like...it just comes right out.” (24:12)

• Advice: Journaling is helpful, but “when you have to scream, scream…release it, let it out...we want you to trust and feel energy around you.” (25:26)

• On aura: “You try to see the positive no matter what happens. But there is a little bit of a darker purple around you...you’re like a sponge. You soak in energy from other people.” (26:05)

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4. Max’s Reflection and Processing

Timestamps: 30:01–36:31

• Max after the reading: “Honestly, I feel a lot of clarity...the stone she gave me, it was vibrating in my hands…I can’t explain it—it felt like something was coming off of it.” (30:12)

• Tom notes how personal and specific the reading felt, despite the Venice Boardwalk’s craziness.

• Max: “It was so nail on the head with everything in my life...it speaks volumes to how specific and personal she was.”

• Max describes Venice Boardwalk as “NPCs everywhere… it’s amazing. It makes you feel so human… everyone’s doing something, going through something. Literally, it’s life changing.” (31:37–32:38)

• Both discuss how the vibe is “frenetic, electric, everything I hoped California would be.” (32:17)

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5. Friendship, Work, and Reality TV—Post-Reading Reflections

Timestamps: 36:31–52:53

• Tom and Max reminisce over their early days at TomTom, the bar, and how much Max invested emotionally and physically in the hospitality world.

• Tom to Max: “You were my rock during some of the darker moments…You helped manage slash bartend. You were essentially the de facto manager towards the end, before the final curtain fell.” (40:04)

• Max explains his tendency to “support [his] friends in their dreams,” championing their projects and startups. (39:41)

• Discussion of the hardships and changes in restaurant work post-pandemic: “There’s so much corporate energy in these restaurants. It takes away from the fun almost.” (42:49)

• Dive bars celebrated for their authenticity and staff culture: “You can’t have it your way. It’s okay to tell the customer no.” (44:00)

• Return to LA reflected as reclaiming peace and energy (“I need to be able...to drive to Big Bear and go snowboarding in a day and then go surfing in the evening…that’s my sport.” (44:31))

• Max on communication struggles: “Anyone who’s ever dated me knows I struggle with communicating how I feel…like a little boy. When mom’s yelling at me, I kind of just sit on my bed being yelled at.” (36:01)

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6. Spirituality, Skepticism, and Staying Open-Minded

Timestamps: 52:53–56:43

• Max and Tom compare their experiences with skepticism, science backgrounds, and coming to embrace the mysteries of life.
• Max: “Coming from a stranger who knew nothing about me, and they hit points that…only a few people know. She basically nailed everything.” (48:05)
• Tom: “I was flabbergasted. Just listening to the things she was telling you, it blew my mind.” (48:23)
• Both embrace “woo-woo” and stress the importance of being open to new experiences and breaking out of routines.

Notable Quote:

• Tom: “Try something new. Don’t be stagnant. Don’t do the same thing over and over again, because if you do, the loop repeats itself. These little adventures break the loop.” (55:12)

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7. Closing Thoughts

Timestamps: 56:43–end

• Max on learning and imperfection: “I learned a lot. I feel really good… I think that’s what it kind of tells you. No one has it all figured out.” (52:33)
• Tom reinforces the Detox Retox message: “Put yourself out there. Experience life. Don’t become too stagnant in your routine.” (56:12)
• Playful close with Max: “Jeffrey Epstein didn’t kill himself.” (52:22)
• Banter about aliens, open-mindedness, and finishing with gratitude and a reaffirmation of friendship and self-growth.

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Most Memorable Quotes

• Psychic Reader (05:22): “You’re taking one step forward, two steps back. It’s like you keep getting close…but then there’s some blocks in the way.”
• Psychic Reader (07:50): “Confidence is key. If you’re confident and believe in it, other people believe in it as well. But you have to be the first one to believe in it.”
• Max (30:12): "Honestly, I feel a lot of clarity. It’s a very interesting feeling post kind of being told about your life...the stone she gave me was really...it felt like something was coming off of it."
• Tom (55:12): “Try something new...because if you do, the loop repeats itself, right? You have to break the loop.”
• Max (52:01): "Sometimes we get put in boxes on reality TV...it's just because, listen, they don’t have enough time to include all the nuances of your life..."

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Episode Highlights (Timestamps)

• Explaining a Psychic Reading: 04:04
• Max’s Business Struggles & Career Path: 06:58
• Advice on Communication Blocks: 12:08
• On Supporting Friends' Startups: 39:41
• Reflections on Restaurant Industry Changes: 42:49
• Processing the Psychic Experience: 30:12, 31:18, 35:44
• Tom on Venice Boardwalk Vibes: 32:17, 32:38
• Encouragement to Break Routines: 55:12

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Tone & Takeaways

The episode is deeply personal, candid, and filled with both humor and sincerity—classic Schwartz and Max energy. Listeners are given an insider’s look at the power (and oddness) of psychic readings, the comfort of friendship, and the challenge of making big life transitions. Tom and Max’s chemistry keeps things flowing, blending skepticism with open-hearted curiosity and plenty of irreverent asides.

If you need clarity, a nudge toward self-belief, or just a reminder to get out of a rut, this episode delivers. And if you’re ever in Venice Beach, you’ll know exactly where to go for a reading—and maybe a burger.

Transcript

[Tom Schwartz]

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[Psychic Reader]

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[Podcast Host]

Hello. What's up, everybody? Today on the show, we got something special. Max Buoyance from vpr. You think you know, but you have no idea. This is the true life, the first psychic reading from Max Buoyance. You remember that iconic phrase? Uh, no. MTV diaries, early 2000s. That was good stuff. Go watch the Christina aguilera1 on YouTube. Anyways, he was kind enough to bear a little piece of his soul today, and you're coming with us. Have you guys ever had a psychic reading? Can you dig it? We're gonna go to a renowned psychic on the Venice beach boardwalk for a little spiritual check in with Maximus, see how he's doing. He's surfing right now, which is like his church. His favorite meditation, you know, pure energy. He's a soul surfer.

[Psychic Reader]

Hope you stick with it. Surfing's the source. Change your life. Swear to God.

[Podcast Host]

Yeah, not for me, because I'm terrified of the ocean and sharks. They say the odds of getting bit by a great white are like 1 in 12 million. For me, it's like 50. 50. I also believe I'm going to win the lottery every time I play, so I unfortunately have to apply that same logic to get eaten alive by a shark. So I'll probably never be a soul surfer, at least not in the ocean. Also, if you're listening this at St. Patty's Day, and you might be a little buzzed, so in your honor, afterwards, we're going to go have a few cold ones, a little decompression session, post psychic reading, and just check in with Maximus on the Venice boardwalk, which is iconic, teeming with interesting characters, colorful humans from all around the world. It's electric, strange, it's vibrant. It's a vibe. Vibrations. Good vibrations.

[Tom Schwartz]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host]

Okay, next Stop. The Venice boardwalk. Max's first psychic reading. Here we go.

[Psychic Reader]

Foreign. Welcome in. We're here today at. In Venice Beach. You're at the original Venice beach psychic. We've been here since 1978, and today we're going to do a psychic reading for you.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Amazing. It's got. Got Max here. How are you doing, everybody? Season eight has been.

[Tom Schwartz]

Just kidding.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Just kidding.

[Tom Schwartz]

Max, what are you looking to get out of this session today? Just some.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Maybe some clarity, you know, life's been a little weird these past couple years, you know, and I've gone through a lot of different.

[Psychic Reader]

I don't want you to go too much into any.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Okay. Yeah. Okay. So. Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

And then afterwards you could say what you was looking for and what we answered and what we did.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Perfect. I love that. That's actually something great.

[Psychic Reader]

I don't want to know too much.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Okay, cool, cool, cool.

[Tom Schwartz]

Just for someone who's never gotten a psychic reading, can you explain what it is?

[Psychic Reader]

So psychic reading is going to be what? Our tarot card ratings. It's also going to give you a crystal that you're going to be holding that I feel is adjusted to your energy. Okay. It's going to tell you about your past, present, future. It might come up with past lives, if you had any past lives. It's going to talk about your aura, your chakra, your energy. It's going to talk about love, family, career. It's going to talk about your future and where you're meant to be at and what the universe is telling you to focus on as of now.

[Maximilian (Max)]

I love that. That sounds amazing. I'm a little nervous, but I'm excited at the same time.

[Tom Schwartz]

Max, is this your first psychic reading?

[Maximilian (Max)]

It is my first all this. I've got my chakras aligned before, but I've never done this, so.

[Psychic Reader]

Cool. So you can hold this crystal. Before we start, I want you to take two deep breaths in and one more just like that. And then I want you to think of your subjects. If you're thinking about anybody, think about the model. I mix. And you can tell me when to stop.

[Maximilian (Max)]

You can stop.

[Psychic Reader]

And you're going to pick the deck. You want your date of Birch, April 6. And subjects or go with the flow. Whatever I see, tell you, I think

[Maximilian (Max)]

whatever you see, tell me.

[Psychic Reader]

Perfect. So first of all, Energy wise says this is meant to be a celebration year. New beginnings, new chapters, energy just says you had to release, release a lot before next month. Said you had to release a lot and let go the last two years. Feels like you're taking one step forward, two steps backwards. One step forward, two steps backwards. It's like you keep getting close to where you need to be at, but then there's some blocks in the way. Energy that stops you and you kind of get side distracted. It's like energy wise, you get distracted in life, you know what you need to do, but you're so stubborn. You go against your own self. And it's like energy wise, you kind of hold on to people longer than you should have.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

So it says last year and this year was all about releasing and letting go. So last year we had the snake energy and it felt like you did a lot of shedding, release and letting go and kind of focus on yourself and what you need to be at and what's your next steps in life.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah, just. Just for clarity, everyone listening, the Venice Boardwalk is a wild time. Highly suggest coming here.

[Psychic Reader]

So energy wise, it says that getting out of two different situations at the moment. Are you coming out of a relationship?

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah. Like as of January.

[Psychic Reader]

Yeah. So it's coming out of two different situations. It says one is a relationship, but also one is a new opening for career. So transition into your career base. Yeah. Says you're meant to be in higher positions, meant to be given orders, not taking orders. People supposed to know who you are, your name and your face. But being more creative, meant to have two businesses of your own. What are you doing?

[Maximilian (Max)]

I'm working on one of my. Starting my own business right now. It's just been really difficult raising money and getting everything started, getting the right people involved. It's. It's hard.

[Psychic Reader]

And this what says there's meant to be celebrations for that and says you have to kind of disconnect from relationships to focus on your business, to focus on your career pace and where you're going. Like I said, it was time to kind of release and shed some energy so you could focus. I don't feel like you was ready for it six months ago. So it says your energy is fully ready for this new beginning, a new chapter. And I do feel like you're meant to meet somebody within this next eight weeks that says good, that's going to be helping you grow in the job and the career. But confidence is key. So when you're talking about it, you need to have faith in yourself, confidence in yourself. Because sometimes when you're talking about it's like you kind of really in it and then you kind of stop and you take a step back.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah, I think I get a little

[Psychic Reader]

discouraged and this is what it says. It's like when they ask you certain questions. You get discouraged. But says staying confident. If you're confident and believe in it, other people believe in it as well. But you have to be the first one to believe in it. And it just says sleep also got better lately sleep hasn't been good for February. March feels better while you're sleeping.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Sleep's always been pretty good for me actually. That's actually interesting. You said that last month I was waking up at like 6am every day and I never do that. But this month I've been sleeping pretty well.

[Psychic Reader]

Yeah. It felt like last month energy was up.

[Maximilian (Max)]

I was ready to very up. Like kind of like heart beating fast all the time. It was very odd.

[Psychic Reader]

Yeah. It says there was a little bit of anxiety, a little stre. This month feels a lot calmer. Things are happening. But says manifesting this time, start manifesting. It's time to really put your energy out there and ask the universe for what you want. But it also says energy, why this is time to get back to spiritual energy. So when you're surfing, meditate.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

Be out there, meditate, talk to the universe. It says you have a spiritual side to you.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

And feels like you see things happening before it happens. You know when something's going to happen. To listen to those intuitions and trust it. But patience, the universe is telling you have patience.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

Things might not have happened on your timing, but it's going to happen in the right time. And so trust where the universe is taking you.

[Tom Schwartz]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

Trust where the energy is taking you. The devil card is there. There was a little bit of envy and jealousy. So keep things private. Everyone don't need to know everything that went on. Sometimes when you share too much, it goes backwards. So be careful what you share. Right now it says keeping things private, taking the back a chance of enjoying life, having fun and getting out. Don't become a hermit. And says there's meant to be a couple trips coming in this year that says good for you spiritually and career wise. That energy says good. So do you have anything planned?

[Maximilian (Max)]

Not this year, no. I've discussed trips but I haven't booked like nothing in the. In the works now. Kind of just focusing on work right now.

[Psychic Reader]

And so it's me set them with work. Having some trips planned for work that's going to be good. But this shows me towards more towards August in November, the two trips that I'm seeing. So more towards the end of the year. But energy feels good around that Feels more positive. Definitely being by the water is good for your energy. The energy in the home is feeling a little heavy though. Like when you're out of the home, you're good. When you're in the home, the energy feels a little tense, heavy. So kind of removing things out of the home that don't need to be there. Decluttering energy, but also says sage and clearing the space.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

Says you're a strong person, independent, strong minded, a little stubborn and hard headed.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Psychic Reader]

Which isn't a bad thing. It's a good thing because if you wasn't so stubborn, you wouldn't get where you need to be yet. But again, patience. You have an old soul, young energy.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

So you think you know everything, but there's still a lot more learning, a lot more growing. And it feels like you had a couple past lives. Energy wise, though, it says you're definitely always a helper in every life, including this one. You're a good person. You get the shirt off your back when someone needs it. And you're always a helper. You're always giving back to others, taking care of others. And right now, energy wise, the left two months, it says silence. Focus on your work, focus on your career, but learn to say notes some people and say yes to yourself more. Taking care of you. Yeah. It's about listen to your body, listen to your energy, listen to where you're going. But it's like energy wise, the relationship doesn't fully fall over yet. It says it needed time. Both of you needed time to kind of grow and mature where you needed to be at. And it doesn't feel like it's 100% over. Feel that there could be a reconnection or communication coming back in. I don't feel like there was full closure.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

Do you feel like you got full closure or they got full closure?

[Maximilian (Max)]

I think it was just frustration and just like came to an agreement that it was over.

[Psychic Reader]

Yeah. So it says it feels like both of your life started to start moving. And energy wise, it just feels like both of you was being upset for different reasons in the relationship. And there was a lot of lack of communications on both sides. Not on one or the other, but both of you with communications was a little bit lacking. And it's like you're. It's hard for you to speak a lot emotionally. You hold in a lot.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah, like that was one of our biggest issues. Actually. It's kind of interesting.

[Psychic Reader]

You don't like to share, you don't like to talk, you hold in, hold in, hold in and then you explode.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

So it says, energy wise communication, emotionally you need to learn to be more open. But since you've been about 14, you've been very shut off emotionally. It's like you don't like to share a lot. And definitely says your throat chakra definitely needs open.

[Maximilian (Max)]

I've been told that because you have

[Psychic Reader]

so much to share, but the words don't come out the way you need them to. But like energy wise, the universe needed to close this chapter so you could focus on the business, so you could focus on the work because you spend too much on your plate. And energy wise, you couldn't give everything that they needed and they couldn't give you everything you needed at the moment.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Right.

[Psychic Reader]

Because it says both of you guys careers was in two different places. Energies was in all over the place.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

And when you guys came back to each other was like a punching bag for each other.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

And it felt like physically, emotionally, mentally draining on both sides. And says energy wise, I do see a future of communication being there, of just speaking to each other, clearing energy and there's room for friendship. Now, was this a soulmate energy? I'm not picking up soulmate connection. That doesn't feel like a soulmate marriage. Don't show me till after 32. How old are you now?

[Maximilian (Max)]

34. Turning 34.

[Psychic Reader]

Yeah. So marriage showed after 32. It said energy wise, they'll be 4, 38. So you have some time.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Okay.

[Psychic Reader]

And says energy wise, you want to know someone for two years before jumping into a marriage. And there's meant to be two kids. Any more than that you're not going to have patience for. But it's kids will be up to you. Energy wise transformation, that card is there. It has new beginnings, new chapters, transformation coming in. But again it's about believing in yourself and having faith in yourself and not second guessing. So it says your sacral could be a little bit more open in the chakras, your throat could be more open. And energy says crown, could be more open third eye as well because you have such a strong spiritual side. But you shut yourself down. You don't allow yourself to fully be open and present with it. It's like you question or doubt it. And it says energy wise, the universe wants you to be back open to this spiritual side, to listen to that intuition and to trust it more.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

So it says right now, this year says you shouldn't be in relationships, dating, having fun. It's up to you, but you shouldn't start Anything until after June. This next couple months, it's all about focus on your career, focus on your spiritual energy and focus on yourself. After June you start dating, putting your energy out there, putting yourself out there. But it says relationships feel like more towards February of next year. Stronger chances of growth in the relationship area. This is different background or nationality. Yeah, not meant to be, going for the same type of energy, changing it up. This says you're meant to be with someone. Different background, different nationality, energy wise. It does say someone career driven, focus on their career, more independent. Not someone that you have to take care of, not someone that you have to emotionally take care of or that's too needy. Because you're meant to be busy in your work life and you need someone that's gonna work on yourself to be a whole. And you need someone that's gonna be a whole, that's gonna be there and take care of what they need to take care of. So you guys could grow a foundation, have a foundation. Energy said you are meant to meet this person more in person, not online, not over the Internet for in person. And feels like you can know them for two months, three months, four months, just talking and enjoying each other before it gets anything serious. Just says, don't be a fool and lose yourself. So yes, the last two years been difficult, but the wheel of fortune is meant to turn back around and things are meant to come more clear to you. Happiness, love, success. It says the universe is on your side and the universe is meant to give back to you. But you have to be willing to accept and take it and not say, oh, that's two months, three months, six months, I'm not ready yet. Yeah, it says you have to be ready to accept it. You have to be ready to take on what's coming in. And says energy wise, you're gonna get busy and once you get busy, it's going to continue going. There's not a lot of stops for it. It's going to continue. The horse energy is going to move with you. So it says, energy wise, this year there's meant to be celebrations within this next two months. It says celebrations coming in in your work and business adventures, putting your name out there, putting your brand out there more, bring it into life. Not just in your mind, but bringing it into life, talking to the right people. So I do see you meeting up with a couple people from now to the next two months that's going to believe in you and get this going and investments coming in and savings coming in to help you making money. Ain't a problem. Saving it becomes a little bit of a challenge. So you gotta learn to save, invest in the right areas. But says energy wise, a peace of mind coming in. Your mind's meant to be at peace. Your energy is meant to be at peace. And don't give up on this project because it's definitely there and it's coming in and it's going to be strong. And it says, energy wise, be prepared and be ready for it. Don't allow stress stand in your way. Don't let anxiety stand in your way because it says you get afraid and it's like you start to doubt. But if this don't go right, what if this doesn't happen? What if this doesn't happen? Energy's telling you it's meant to happen. And it says it's meant to reach a lot of people and you're meant to be helping a lot of people through this. But you're meant to be a voice for others and you're meant to be guiding and helping others. So it says energy says there's not only meant to be one business, but a couple coming in that's going to be positive for you. Yeah. Family's energy says, okay, it could be better.

[Maximilian (Max)]

My what? My family. Yeah, I think I struggle there a little bit.

[Psychic Reader]

Yeah. Family's energy feels like there's some drama. Feels a little heavy. Definitely. Communications could be better. Energy could be better. I do feel like there was times that you felt like you needed to put a wall up or put blocks up because energy was just too much for you and draining.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah, it just drains me. Exhausts me, actually.

[Psychic Reader]

And it's okay to put those walls up underneath too, because it's like energy wise, they kind of know what ticks you have and like they kind of dig until you're at your breaking point. And for the energy wise, it gets very overwhelmed. And so it's energy if you don't build that wall or you're gonna blow up with it. So it definitely does feel like with family's energy, when you need that block, when you need that time off, take that time off. But when your energy said a lot of people was going through a lot of different seasons and it felt like there's been a negative way with family says things are meant to get lighter and better this year. Okay, let's get lighter. But two people in the family particular, and they both feel like female energies, the energy wise, when it comes down to the family side, it's like things are gonna get better, but it Says building your own family, friends feel like they're closer to you sometimes than family is. I feel like you could speak to friends a lot easier. Yeah, but it says energy. Why start journaling. Start opening up yourself energy. Just as you're holding in so much and you're so blocked off from your own self. And says you need to start trusting your decisions, trusting your energy and where you're going. Cuz you're moving in the right direction. So don't question it. And else I can guess it. You definitely move in the right direction. Light is meant to come in this the universe handing you everything you need. Happiness, love, success, career, opening financially, it said you're meant to be making above average financial say by November of this year. You'll be in a stronger place, a lot more coming in. Everything that's coming in from now to then, it's all investments for the business by November. It says financially growing, being in a stronger place. Finances are meant to be growing with you making above average, making over six figures. And says energy wise. It says transition with a move happening as well. Within this next six months, every thought

[Maximilian (Max)]

about making a move, I did already move and I came back. Yeah. So I was gone for six months in Dallas with the girl I was dating and then I ran back to LA after our breakup. So I don't see myself. I don't know.

[Psychic Reader]

How long have you been here?

[Maximilian (Max)]

Nine years.

[Psychic Reader]

No, how long have you with the move?

[Maximilian (Max)]

Oh, I've been here since January, so a couple months.

[Psychic Reader]

That could be where I'm seeing the move. So not a move happening. But within this next six months, really feeling back to yourself and getting your energy back up. Because you was gone for six months and Dallas was very dry on your energy. It felt very dry, felt very, very heavy. It didn't give a lot back. Kind of drained you.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

Than anything. It was like you guys made all these plans but nothing really stood. A lot of things fell through.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

And you definitely meant to be in California, you meant to stay in California, you could travel, but California is always home. This is where you always come back to.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah, I'm a surfer guy. I can't. I gotta be out of the ocean.

[Psychic Reader]

So it's like energy wise though with Dallas, that energy just was not okay. And it's like you made a sacrifice, you made a transition, you tried and you can't say you didn't. So don't be so hard on yourself for running back. And like I said, I do feel like you guys are meant to have a conversation of healing on both sides. But is this the person you're going to end up with or future with? Relationship wise, no. But just says energy wise, you being back, energy just feels so much better. You feel lighter, the energy feels better. Feels like there's a lot more peace around you. So it says energy wise, this next two years, you'll be where you need to be at. This year it's all about career. Next year it's more about serious relationships settling down. Next two years, you'll be where you need to be. But you don't always have to be the warrior and take care of others. You don't always have to take care of everyone else. It's okay to take care of yourself. And right now, especially like I told you earlier, this is time to heal yourself. You're healing from a breakup, you're healing from energy. And you need to restore your energy back up and bring that confidence back up. So it says energy, meditation, yoga, spiritually getting back connected. But says you're growing to the right path where you need to be at. And this year, it says, is your year for the business opportunities to hit.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host]

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[Kayl Lowery]

It's Kayl Lowery. Join me for Barely Famous. You might think you know me, but trust me, you don't know this version of me. This is where I say what everyone is scared to ask and ask the questions that nobody wants to answer. I'm talking exes, unexpected guests, viral chaos, messy relationships, really, just all of it. Nothing is off limits. Nothing is off the record. And yeah, things can get a little unhinged. It's real, it's raw, and it's probably going to make you gasp at least once. So follow rate and review. Barely Famous.

[Psychic Reader]

Wherever you get your podcasts, what are your questions?

[Maximilian (Max)]

I think one thing that really draws concern is my, my throat chakra. Because I've, I've been told that before when I've got my chakras aligned like three years ago, they're like your Throat chakra is very blocked off and I didn't really understand that. And then when you say it again, I'm like, okay, that makes sense. Because I'm like, like I am stubborn, but I don't know how to speak out. So you know what I mean? So I feel like I don't know how to express how I feel or. And that's a hard time when I'm in a relationship, how to talk when something bothers me or when I'm happy about something or like anything. I kind of like I'm too nonchalant. I just let things kind of like just. And then I don't say anything.

[Psychic Reader]

And I feel like this comes from the past with family's upbringing and energy. Like I said, since you've been a teenager, you just took care of yourself. You hit everything. It's like whatever was happening, you didn't like to share about it or talk about it too much because family always has something else happening going around them. So it feels like energy wise, you learned how to just deal with it or hold it in.

[Maximilian (Max)]

I just suppress it.

[Psychic Reader]

Put a smile on your face and say, I'm fine, everything's good. Don't worry about it until you keep going, going until you can't do it no more. And then it's like, it's vomit. It just comes right out.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

And it's like energy wise, your energy is telling you you need to start being more honest with yourself. Because when your throat chakra is closed, it's like up here you have so much to say, you know everything. And then when it comes out, it doesn't come out the way you want it to come out. It comes out so different. And it's like the word is not making sense. The speaking is not making sense. Like you said, even when you're happy, you feel like though you can't express it, you're just okay, it's good, everything's good.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

And energy's telling you your throat chakra is the major point of your business and your career. That's meant to grow and that needs to be open so you could speak with confidence, so you could speak with truth, so you could speak with understanding and not be afraid to speak of who you are or where you came from.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Right.

[Psychic Reader]

So meditation yoga helps with that. We also do sound healings. We have a different location. We do sound healings in and sound bowls to help open up energies and chakras.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah, I meditate a lot and I journal a lot and I write things down.

[Psychic Reader]

I think you're good with journaling.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

That's where you get to express yourself.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

But when you have to scream, scream.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah, yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

You're in the ocean while you're surfing, just scream, let it out. Don't care who's around you.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

But just scream, release it. Let it out. Stop holding so much in.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

The journaling is good, though, because you get to express, you get to write.

[Tom Schwartz]

Right.

[Psychic Reader]

But other people don't get to see that.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

Only you get to see that. So still. It's still kind of not. We want other people come in your circle. We want you to trust and feel energy around you. That way you're not carrying everything alone.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah. Okay.

[Psychic Reader]

Yeah.

[Maximilian (Max)]

All makes sense.

[Psychic Reader]

Any other questions?

[Maximilian (Max)]

No, nothing I can think of, really. Just it all makes sense.

[Psychic Reader]

Even your aura is a little off right now. It's like you have a lot of white, which is good. It's like you try to see the positive no matter what happens. But there is a little bit of a darker purple around you and energy wise, there's a lot of gray and heavy blues. So I do feel like you're like a sponge. You soak in energy from other people. There's a lot of sadness that comes in, that follows. But it's like you're a sponge. You soak in. If you sit next to someone happy, you feel that, but soon you sit next someone upset or angry, you feel that. And I feel like energy wise, it's like it's. It's sticking to you. It's like a glue.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

And says energy wise, you had to be careful and listen to your intuition. When it says, walk away from certain people, walk away. When you have to push yourself away from certain people, push away. Don't hold yourself longer than you need to.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Okay. Yeah. Makes sense. My aura used to be red dang lost. It does an oral.

[Tom Schwartz]

It fluctuates with your life experience and what's going on.

[Podcast Host]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

Yes. So it's like a mood drink.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

It changes with you.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Okay. Interesting.

[Psychic Reader]

Okay. And I think that you've been. When you was in Dallas, you didn't get to practice as much spiritual as you did here while you're in California. Because it's like just you being in the water, that's a healing energy for you.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Right.

[Psychic Reader]

That. That protects you. That puts a healing energy that clears the energy and it feels so much better.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

So it's like you had nowhere to outpour there.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

So being back home, it's going to start changing and being better.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah. Totally amazing. This is great.

[Tom Schwartz]

That was so beautiful. Thank you so much for letting me sit in, Max and both of you guys.

[Psychic Reader]

Thank you. Unbelievable.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

Thank you.

[Maximilian (Max)]

That felt really good to hear some stuff like that.

[Psychic Reader]

I'm happy you guys stopped in today. Thank you guys for choosing us and trusting us what you're reading.

[Tom Schwartz]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host]

Do you want to plug where you're at again?

[Psychic Reader]

One more time?

[Tom Schwartz]

Do you want to see where we.

[Psychic Reader]

Oh, yes. So if anybody's interested in a reading, you guys come on down to the original Venice beach psychic at 1101 Ocean Front Walk, Venice, California and stop by. We're right on the boardwalk. We have a couple different locations. So anywhere up the boardwalk in Venice is one of our family.

[Tom Schwartz]

Amazing. For any, for anyone who's apprehensive or like kind of scared to come get a reading, is there anything you would want to say just to quell that apprehension? Like they're. They're.

[Psychic Reader]

There's nothing to be scared of. The universe talks to our readings and there's nothing to be ashamed of. There's nothing to be afraid of. It's coming in and being open minded. Even starting with a palm reading and see where you want to go from there. But energy wise, spiritually, there's nothing to be afraid of.

[Tom Schwartz]

Yeah.

[Maximilian (Max)]

It's amazing. I had. I loved it.

[Psychic Reader]

It's knowledge. Knowing when you're doing a reading. It gives you knowledge.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

It gives you knowledge to change the future that might not be what you wanted. It gives you knowledge of knowing where you're going and to. What to look out for. And if you're in a relationship that might not be good for you that you need to walk away from.

[Tom Schwartz]

Yeah.

[Psychic Reader]

But it gives you knowledge. And knowledge is power.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah. 100 I. I feel good about things that I, you know, I talk about to Tom about it all the time. You know, it's good to hear it from the universe.

[Psychic Reader]

And that's the thing. That's why I always tell people sometimes you just need our readings are reassurance.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Right.

[Psychic Reader]

So people feel it, see it, know it, but they need to be reassured. Not from a friend, not from a family, but someone that don't know them.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Right. Yeah. No. 100. Because people that know you, they, you know, they're just going to tell you kind of what you want to hear. You know.

[Tom Schwartz]

And even if they love you, they can't help but see you through the prism of their life experience.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Right.

[Tom Schwartz]

Some of the experiences they've had with you, it's hard for them to be objective completely.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Right. Even if they love you like I love you.

[Psychic Reader]

You.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Right, right.

[Psychic Reader]

But don't sugarcoat. We don't like to sugarcoat around here. We like to tell you how it is and what's the truth and what's happening.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah. Amazing. Give this back to you. Thank you.

[Podcast Host]

Thank you.

[Psychic Reader]

Thank you.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Thank you so much. That was amazing.

[Podcast Host]

Thank you.

[Psychic Reader]

Thank you. And you could take this one.

[Tom Schwartz]

Bye.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Bye, everybody.

[Psychic Reader]

Thank.

[Maximilian (Max)]

You. Foreign

[Tom Schwartz]

off Max's first psychic reading Venice Boardwalk Los Angeles, California Max, what's going on in your heart, in your soul,

[Podcast Host]

in your mind right now?

[Maximilian (Max)]

Honestly, I feel a lot of clarity. I feel a lot of. It's a. It's a very interesting feeling post kind of being told about your life. But, yeah, I don't. One thing that really tripped me out during the whole thing was the stone that she gave me. The hold the whole time. It was a. A crystal. Yeah, it was a crystal stone. It was. I. I'm not, I'm not exaggerating. I'm not making this up. It was, it was really. It was vibrating in my hands at one point, like when. In the middle of it, when she was really kind of breaking down things to me and I was kind of getting over stimulated at one point, but then I, I kind of like, I. And I was holding the stone the whole time. It felt like it was radi. Like, I can't explain it. Not that it was vibrating, but it's like it felt like something was coming off of it. Like. Like, I can't explain it. I really. It, It's. It was releasing something into me and it sounds very corny and like I'm making this up, but I'm not.

[Tom Schwartz]

That was beautifully stated.

[Podcast Host]

And.

[Tom Schwartz]

No, don't, don't downplay your experience. It was a beautiful experience. I was sitting there. I felt almost like it. I was intruding.

[Maximilian (Max)]

But I'm glad you were there. I'm really glad you were there.

[Tom Schwartz]

What she said was remarkable, I believe.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah, dude, it was, it was. It was so nail on the head with everything in my life, everything I've

[Tom Schwartz]

talked to you about, and it speaks volumes to how specific and personal she was, because on the Venice Boardwalk. Max, for people who haven't been here, can you describe the Venice Boardwalk? It's pretty much like a Grand Theft Auto.

[Maximilian (Max)]

No, it's. It's NPCs everywhere. I'm not kidding.

[Tom Schwartz]

Not in a disrespectful way. It's just the strangest group of. Of most eclectic people you've ever seen in your life.

[Maximilian (Max)]

It's Fascinating. It's amazing. It makes you feel so human. If anything, it's like if you're ever just sitting at home and you're rotting and you're, and you're doom scrolling and, and, or whatever, you feel like life, some things in life aren't going the right way or whatever. Come out to Venice beach, touch the sand. There's some grass here too. Touch some grass and, and just watch people. And it makes you realize that we're all human and everyone, like everyone's doing something, going through something. Everyone's different. You're. I, I, it's, it's incredible. Literally, it changes. It's life changing.

[Tom Schwartz]

For, for maybe like a newcomer, it might almost seem manic, but it's not. It's frenetic and it's electric and it's just cool. It's everything I hoped California would be before I moved here.

[Maximilian (Max)]

No, it's beautiful. It's literally beautiful. It's, it's freaky and I love it.

[Tom Schwartz]

And it's freaky and it's every type of human being on the planet.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah, it's incredible. It's literally incredible.

[Tom Schwartz]

Yes. Favorite spots in Venice.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Fair spots in Venice. I would say Hanano's for a beer and a burger. If you want something a little more upscale, I recommend anything on Abbot Kinney. Beautiful restaurants over there. Or Great White, one of my favorite restaurants.

[Tom Schwartz]

Okay, cool. We're gonna, we're gonna chill out for a sec, then go grab a beer because when you hear this is gonna be St. Patty's Day, do a decompression session. And that was just the post game interview.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah, Post game interview. We'll get back into it later.

[Tom Schwartz]

I will get back into it later. All right.

[Psychic Reader]

Foreign.

[Tom Schwartz]

Maximilian, how we doing, my dear friend? Yes, sir, one of my BFFs for life. We're gonna take a little. Okay, you guys.

[Maximilian (Max)]

A little sippy.

[Tom Schwartz]

You're gonna be listening to this on St. Patty's Day.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Cheers.

[Tom Schwartz]

We got some cold brewskis in our hands. We're doing a little decompression session. Yeah, post first psychic reading at. Where we at your favorite dive spot in Venice Beach.

[Maximilian (Max)]

It's, it's a, it's a chic little dive bar. You know, it's beer only. Beer on beer on giraffe cans. And pool tables.

[Tom Schwartz]

They got pool tables. They have sawdust on the floor.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah, it's a good vibe. One of the best burgers ever had.

[Tom Schwartz]

One of the best burgers right on the beach. How you feeling, brother?

[Maximilian (Max)]

I feel very Zen. I Feel very, you know, I don't feel confused. I feel like very, like, clear, you know, I think there's some things that I need to work on that are great like, that I was already aware of. But it's nice to hear it from a stranger. You know, there's someone that doesn't know me to tell me things about myself.

[Tom Schwartz]

So it was, it was Val. Based on the things we've talked about. You're one of my best friends. We have a great line of communication.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Right.

[Tom Schwartz]

It sounded very validating.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Right. I feel like everything that she discussed that she brought up, you will. I've already talked to you in private before. You know what I mean? So it was just kind of wild to hear from a stranger and then telling me, yeah, these people out here love. So everyone listening. People in Venice love to carry around their own speaker and blast their own music. And it's. It's the most. It's the wildest experience in my life.

[Psychic Reader]

It's.

[Tom Schwartz]

It's. Oh my God. In front of us. Thank you so much. Appreciate that. Thank you.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Thank you.

[Tom Schwartz]

It's. Venice is everything you hope and dream it will be.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Right.

[Tom Schwartz]

You feel like you're in a movie.

[Maximilian (Max)]

No, it's literally Grand Theft Auto in real life.

[Tom Schwartz]

Freaks and geeks.

[Maximilian (Max)]

It's nuts. It's amazing, though. It's the best, the best day. If the weather's over 80, come to Venice beach, walk the boardwalk, jump around bars. There's amazing restaurants. In advocating like, I'm talking like five star restaurants. But anyways, we're rambling now, but just to go back on, to declare that, you know, just the clarity that I have from discussing with a stranger, you know, it was very like, wow. Wow. Okay. Yeah, that is. And then also bring up things I kind of forgot about, you know, that I. That are going on in my life. I'm just like, oh, yeah, you know, that is. That is something that happened and that is something that's going on because I suppress things and I don't like, really focus on them. I don't try to, you know, I don't dive too deep into things anymore. Like I used to. I was younger. I kind of like. Like so many bad things have happened to me and I think everybody in life, you know, we have bad things that happen or just like things that are bummers. And. Yeah, I just take it on the chin these days. Yeah. Car gets towed, I just laugh about it and I go pay the money and I get my car out and I walk away. You know what I mean?

[Tom Schwartz]

Did it strike a car when she. She talked about you bottling things up until you kind of explode and let it all out? Not a fit of rage, but, like, I used to do that too.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Tom Schwartz]

Because I lacked proper communication skills. I'm still developing.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Tom Schwartz]

As a man in his 40s.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Right.

[Tom Schwartz]

But, like.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yes.

[Tom Schwartz]

Did that strike a chord?

[Maximilian (Max)]

100%. I mean, that's. That's something that. Yeah. I even express when I'm in relationships. I think anyone who's ever dated me knows I struggle with communicating how I. I feel. Or like, let's say I did something wrong in the relationship or I didn't. And we're having an intense conversation, I kind of just shut down. It's like a little boy in me. Like, when mom's yelling at me, I kind of just sit on my bed being yelled at, and I. And I feel like I deal with that. My relationships. When a woman's yelling at me, I kind of just, like, shut down.

[Podcast Host]

Yeah.

[Maximilian (Max)]

And, you know, I don't know how to talk, and then I just, like, then I explode six months down the line.

[Tom Schwartz]

So this is probably very validating if any of your exes are listening right now.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah. Yeah, I. I hope they're not, but.

[Tom Schwartz]

Yeah.

[Maximilian (Max)]

No.

[Tom Schwartz]

Well, dude, can I just say, you are a beautiful human being. I appreciate that, and I'm so grateful to have you in my life.

[Maximilian (Max)]

I appreciate that you've.

[Tom Schwartz]

You've experienced such a strange trajectory with the show.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Right. Like, strange.

[Tom Schwartz]

Like, I try not to indulge too much in nostalgia, but. Do you remember when we first opened the bar, TomTom?

[Maximilian (Max)]

If you guys don't know, yesterday Max

[Tom Schwartz]

was on seasons 9, 8, 8 and 9. And he helped. He was the manager when we opened TomTom in West Hollywood. And you were my rock, dude.

[Maximilian (Max)]

I.

[Tom Schwartz]

You were my rock.

[Maximilian (Max)]

I think back in those times and were they. They were the most stressful but amazing. Like, we had so much fun, but, like, also so much stress.

[Tom Schwartz]

It was. Yeah.

[Maximilian (Max)]

You know, because we were actually like, you know, I. To everyone's disbelief, I was not a paid actor on season eight. I was actually the GM of that bar. You know, I mean, I actually had to work 80 hours a week sometimes. No days off.

[Tom Schwartz]

Yeah.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Running that place and going and, you know, you being there and the events we had to do and the this and that and the.

[Tom Schwartz]

Ah.

[Maximilian (Max)]

And the. The staff and just the parties and everything. It was. It was wild time.

[Tom Schwartz]

It was awesome.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah, it was awesome.

[Tom Schwartz]

But you were in there.

[Maximilian (Max)]

I mean, that.

[Tom Schwartz]

You eat, breathe, sleep. Slept.

[Maximilian (Max)]

I did. I really did. I really cared about that restaurant a lot. It was actually really, like, it was disheartening and a bummer when I left, to be honest. Like, you know, after Code, it didn't feel like my bar anymore. Yeah, when I say my bar, everybody, I'm not saying because I own the place, but I'm saying, you know, like, it was something that I. I hired the staff, I trained them. I. I worked out the tip procedure with the team. I worked out with everything, you know, was. Was something that I feel like I created inside a little bit, you know, with the. With within the team. And I lost a lot of the team after Covid. And it was. This wasn't my. It wasn't it anymore for me.

[Tom Schwartz]

There's a little piece of Maximilian that still lives on.

[Maximilian (Max)]

I kind of feel that when I go in there.

[Tom Schwartz]

How do you feel when you came to brunch two weeks ago when it kind of felt like vintage pre covered time?

[Maximilian (Max)]

It did. It was busy. The vibes were great, the music was awesome. Everyone was in there having a great time. I mean, it still has it. It still has it. But, like, there's also some lore there that people don't know about, you know, that, like, it's deep water. Deep waters. You know, there's. It's just. Yeah, there's just a lot of lore there.

[Tom Schwartz]

Speaking of deep waters, she mentioned that you were a warrior when it comes to, like, helping other people, putting yourself out there, defending other people, supporting other people. Did you feel that?

[Maximilian (Max)]

I do. I actually. This is something I really pride myself in. I think everyone should be like this. This is like the one characteristic of myself that I think everyone should have. And is that when your friends have a business they're starting or something small, like, anything that they dream, support them and be their biggest. Be their biggest. What's the word I'm looking for? Almost like their champion. Your champion, but also, like, you get there, talk about it like, you know, like. Like June Shine, for instance. Remember June Shine that I brought in the. Tom. Tom.

[Tom Schwartz]

We were going to do a collaboration. Sunshine is a hard kombucha out of San Diego that was like that.

[Maximilian (Max)]

An example of something that my, like, friends, I knew that were. That they invest that company. I loved it. I wanted to make it, like, popular. So I brought it to la. I. I introduced you to it. I did this and that. I deal with all my friends, though, you know, like my. You know, if you have a hat company, I be like, dude, my B buddy has the best hats. We got to get to one of these hats, you just.

[Tom Schwartz]

You're a champion for your friends and their businesses, their startups.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah, I love it. I love supporting my friends in their dreams, man.

[Tom Schwartz]

You were my rock during some of the darker moments. Yeah, not so much at TomTom because it's been, you know, Tom Tom, listen, I'm a minority stakeholder.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Right.

[Tom Schwartz]

It's fun.

[Maximilian (Max)]

I was more. I was more Ken's punching bag.

[Tom Schwartz]

I'm a glorified mascot at Tom Tom. I love it. I love West Hollywood. I'm so proud to be a part of it. I'm so proud to have a business with my name on the side eye.

[Maximilian (Max)]

I mean, insane. It's insane. That's.

[Tom Schwartz]

What you have seen is, you know, I put everything I had right and I ran.

[Maximilian (Max)]

I ran that place at the end too.

[Tom Schwartz]

I put everything I had in my heart, my soul, almost my entire bankroll. And during some of the darker moments, we don't have to get into that, but you were always there for me. Yeah, man, you were there for me. You came in and you helped manage slash bartends.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Tom Schwartz]

You were essentially the de facto manager towards the end, before the final curtain fell at.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Someone had to do it, man. I couldn't see it go down. I couldn't see it go like that. So I.

[Tom Schwartz]

But like listening to some of the things the psychic said, she like about just like protecting your peace and everything. I, I was.

[Maximilian (Max)]

I.

[Tom Schwartz]

A bit of an energy vampire. Remember how?

[Maximilian (Max)]

Not at all. I think if anything, if anything, I was trying to protect. I was trying to be there for you.

[Tom Schwartz]

I appreciate. If anything, I was trying to de facto thera.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah, I was trying to be like optimistic, being like, hey, let me run shorts and Sandy's. Let me get in there. Let's. You know, I was inviting my friends now too. You know, we're trying to get it busy again. We're trying to get a good vibe in there. Throwing events. We're trying, you know, we're, you know,

[Tom Schwartz]

it was a good.

[Maximilian (Max)]

It was cool, you know, and the staff needed something, needed some good energy in there too. You know, there was, There was something, you know, we don't. Again, we have to dive into it,

[Tom Schwartz]

but we're not going to dissect that.

[Maximilian (Max)]

But it's. I think it had a great run. That place was that Schwarzenegger. Sandy was actually an amazing spot.

[Tom Schwartz]

It was an underrated spot.

[Maximilian (Max)]

It was really was.

[Tom Schwartz]

We went out in a blaze of

[Maximilian (Max)]

not glory, but if you take away the show, the nuances there, that bar was Amazing. I think if you pretended. Yeah, no, if you went in there and you just pretended, that didn't have to do with reality tv. Amazing bar.

[Tom Schwartz]

And that means a lot coming from you. Cuz you've been in the business since you were 18.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah, dude, almost a long time. I. In the 12, 13 years, we didn't,

[Tom Schwartz]

we didn't get to fully know Maximilian on the show. We just got to know you, you know, within the dynamics of you and

[Maximilian (Max)]

what, what, what they wanted people to know about me.

[Tom Schwartz]

Well, yeah, and listen, good and bad. But like you, you've been in the, you've been in the service industry for a long time. Since you were a kid. Since 18, 17.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Tom Schwartz]

You've worked every position, right?

[Maximilian (Max)]

Every position. Everything from hosts. I started off as a host at a restaurant, worked there for five years, but like moved my way up into the bar manager with it. I was a bar manager for five years. I was, I was a bartender within a year of working at this place. Yeah, so not a year because I was 18, but 19. Yeah, I was like a bar back. I did all the positions.

[Tom Schwartz]

When did you manage your first bar bar?

[Maximilian (Max)]

When I was 21. They literally made me the bar manager right when I turned 21 that year. Because it was like a mom and pop place, you know what I mean? So it wasn't like, it wasn't very. It was, you know, they knew me for years already working there and they knew my work ethic and I, I knew the business so well. So yeah, I was a bar manager there. I stayed there for almost five years and then moved LA and then opened. I've opened like what, six restaurants out here now. Managed them, GM them, directed them.

[Tom Schwartz]

You really have.

[Maximilian (Max)]

I think I've done more. Maybe eight. I don't know. It's a lot. I.

[Tom Schwartz]

Damn, dude. That's it. Just having been in the business since I was a kid, like what, 17. It's grueling.

[Maximilian (Max)]

It's really. It's become more grueling. It's become so. It's h. Running restaurants now. That's why I've taken, I mean, as you know, I've taken a step back. I'm just a bartender now. I do not want to run them because it's so, it's so overwhelming now and like over stimulating and draining and it's not as fun as it used to be. I feel like being in the Russian industry with the, the, the chaos and the getting the drinks after work and maybe having a drink during your shift and like those are what that's what makes restaurants fun. That's what that banter, that hanging out with the staff, the this and that. Like now there's so much corporate energy in these restaurants. It takes away from the fun almost. Yes. There's a lot of. There's a lot of boxes being checked that weren't in the past. Right. That make it a great restaurant. That's why we. You know. But I've seen amazing restaurants that are ran like. Like super strict, fail all the time. We've. You and I see it all the time. Yeah. Sometimes you need. That's why dive bars have such a long longevity, long life. Because they have that. That bartender's been there 10 years. That takes shots with irregulars that tell someone the off and get out of my bar. Like and keep stand. They still keep a standard of the bar, but they do it within, you know, things that are appropriate. Right.

[Tom Schwartz]

I love a dive bar where you could go have a cold beer, smoke a cigarette. And the customer's not always right.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah. The customer. This isn't Burger King. You can't have it your way. Yeah. You know, like it's okay to tell the customer. No. Like I've. I love working at a bar where I can grab your Long island iced tea, which you should not be drinking in the first place, and dump it in the sink in front of you until you to get out of the bar. That's where I want to be.

[Tom Schwartz]

We have one of the most picturesque, beautiful.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah, yeah. We got it from this on the slide.

[Tom Schwartz]

That's all you need is a cheeseburger, a hot dog.

[Maximilian (Max)]

It looks insane.

[Tom Schwartz]

Do you still love it?

[Maximilian (Max)]

And it comes with a bag of Cheetos.

[Tom Schwartz]

She told Bianca said that you belong in la. You did a brief. What should we. What should we call it? A brief?

[Maximilian (Max)]

I think it was finding out to Texas. Yeah.

[Tom Schwartz]

Dallas.

[Psychic Reader]

Yeah.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Work in love.

[Tom Schwartz]

Work and love a significant other. It didn't work out.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Tom Schwartz]

And you came back and I think you. I don't want to put words in your mouth, but I think you said fuck Texas.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Okay. Okay. For any Texas thing. Hey, Texas is. Listen, I'm the Johnny Tsunami in the middle of Texas. That's not where I'm supposed. It's just not where I'm supposed to be. I think people that love Texas, I can see why they love Texas. I can see it when I'm there. I love it. Right. Like I couldn't live there, man. Like I need to be able to put my feet in the sand. I need to be able. Like. Like to drive to Big Bear and go snowboarding in a day and then go surfing in the evening and then go to escape. Like, I'm just. That. That's my sport. Those are my things. I don't like football that much.

[Tom Schwartz]

Football's.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Texas loves football.

[Tom Schwartz]

They love other.

[Maximilian (Max)]

You know, I'm just. Wasn't me. Which is totally fine.

[Tom Schwartz]

They're like queso.

[Maximilian (Max)]

I do like queso. I do like queso. And I love cowboy boots. I love cowboys.

[Tom Schwartz]

Austin's awesome. I keep Austin weird. Yeah, I love Austin. But you belong in California. You belong in the ocean.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah, that's where I belong with fish. Dude. I swear my Zen, even though I'm not even surfing, I think just touching the ocean is very important to me.

[Psychic Reader]

Me.

[Tom Schwartz]

What can we do to open up your throat chakra?

[Maximilian (Max)]

I. I think I need to go to.

[Tom Schwartz]

Is that. Is that ice cold Guinness helping?

[Maximilian (Max)]

It is helping a lot, but I do think I. That is. That's the third time I've been told that. Second time I've been told that. Yeah. That my show my chakra and my throat is closed off, which is kind of concerning because I do have a lot to say and I'm very. This is the thing, though. I'm also very opinionated when I. When I have an opinion about something. I'm very like, you cannot change my mind. Which I think is almost a red flag. But I'm also. I. I'm also pride myself on that.

[Tom Schwartz]

That you can be stubborn.

[Maximilian (Max)]

I can wait.

[Tom Schwartz]

Did you. Wait, Millie, going into this, were you a little guarded or standoffish? Are you a skeptic by nature?

[Maximilian (Max)]

No, no, I was totally open. I was totally open. And honestly, I was. Look, if anything, I was. I was so open, like where I was. Like, I wanted, you know, I wanted things. I wanted answers. I was. Was I nervous since. And. Yes, but I was more open. 100.

[Tom Schwartz]

Yeah. I sensed in the beginning that you were a little nervous.

[Maximilian (Max)]

I was.

[Tom Schwartz]

Then you eased into it. Yeah. Because, I mean, listen, it's. It's. By the way, it's very stimulating. There's. It's madness on the boardwalk.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Tom Schwartz]

And you're doing a.

[Maximilian (Max)]

And personal. Intimate.

[Tom Schwartz]

Very intimate reading. You essentially bared your soul for everyone listening.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Tom Schwartz]

So thank you for doing that.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah. Yeah. No, I think it's going to be very interesting for the listeners to kind of. They'll listen to that and hear. I don't know. I think it's really good insight, you know, as someone. I don't know, as someone. Like, she even said about the no dating thing, that's gonna be tough for me because I love being surrounded by beautiful women as we know.

[Tom Schwartz]

But you're a ladies man.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah, I just, you know. But I think it's gonna be healthy for me too to focus on my business, focus on work and then find that part that partner, you know, Because I'm really about finding a partner right now and it's. Yeah.

[Tom Schwartz]

You mean a business partner.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Are you talking about you know, like long term partner man? You know, like I want to get married, I want to have kids and she said I'm gonna have that one did. Yeah. I have two kids and I want that, I want that so bad. But I almost feel like it's a blessing in disguise that I haven't had that yet because I wouldn't be happy with where I am right now in my life anyways. Right.

[Tom Schwartz]

So I, I, I honestly I'm so, I'm so much more open minded as I've gotten older. Like coming from a science background, exercise physiology, which is pretty much a biology background. I was such a skeptic. Not like a jaded young man. But I, I was like so rigid about if you can't back it up with science then it's not real.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Right.

[Tom Schwartz]

But as I've gotten older, especially with all the crazy going on in the

[Maximilian (Max)]

world, nothing makes sense anymore. Nothing makes sense.

[Tom Schwartz]

100 believe in psychology, psychics, capabilities 100

[Maximilian (Max)]

and even as placebo, guess what? Placebo is working. And it's making me want to figure out my.

[Tom Schwartz]

There's a reason it's called the placebo effect.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Right?

[Tom Schwartz]

You take that sugar pill and you feel like you're rolling balls.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Tom Schwartz]

It's the placebo effect.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah. Yeah. But I, I mean I, I, I don't but to be honest, you know, from coming from a stranger knew nothing about me. And they hit points that like as like we discussed some things I only have only told a few people. It's pretty wild. She, I mean basically the nail on the head on everything. Everything.

[Tom Schwartz]

I was flabbergasted.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Tom Schwartz]

I don't know if I've ever used that word publicly. Yeah, I was, I was listening. But I also felt like I was, I also felt like it was an invasion of privacy.

[Maximilian (Max)]

No, I'm glad you were there because it justified that I would like because if I was alone, you know, like I feel like maybe I would, you know, it's almost like people's astrology signs for the day they're reading, they'd be like that's so me Right now. Now and then, like, I bet you if you're like, I'm an Aries and I were to read a. Someone else's sign, they were to tell me that's an area sign. They lied to me or whatever. And I'm like, I would just think I believed it because they said it was for Aries. Right. So I'm glad you were there because maybe I would just believe that she was saying. But you were also like, whoa. Like, this is. These are things that Max and I have discussed before.

[Tom Schwartz]

Yeah, right.

[Psychic Reader]

It was.

[Maximilian (Max)]

It wasn't broad and, like, not.

[Tom Schwartz]

It was very pointed, very specific.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Right.

[Tom Schwartz]

And almost uncanny.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Tom Schwartz]

Just listening to the things that she was telling you, it blew my mind.

[Psychic Reader]

Yeah.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Tom Schwartz]

She had. She had no idea who you are, which. She didn't ask for your name before we came and did the reading.

[Maximilian (Max)]

No.

[Tom Schwartz]

And it was spot on.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Tom Schwartz]

It.

[Maximilian (Max)]

I'm.

[Podcast Host]

I'm.

[Tom Schwartz]

I'm. I'm staring at you right now. My mind is blown.

[Psychic Reader]

Yeah.

[Tom Schwartz]

So maybe this is your sign, if you're listening to go. Although you have to be careful because there are some charlatans out there. Yeah.

[Maximilian (Max)]

No, I think it's not one of those things where people should go to find answers. I think it's like, I've always told myself I'd only go to a psychic. These are the two terms of me go, everyone to a psychic. If I'm just, like, walking down the street one day, like a loss, and I come across a psychic, like a building that says psychic read. I'm like. But I'm like, oh, I'm just going to go in here for fun, because I can't. I'm, like, waiting for, like, you know, I'm waiting for something.

[Tom Schwartz]

That's my philosophy with.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah, I wanted to come across. I wanted to come to me. I wouldn't, like, go. I'm not going to go drive, park my car and look and look on maps for a psychic reading. I think you got to let it kind of come to you. And then, you know, when you asked me to do this, I'm like, okay, this is my. This is the time.

[Tom Schwartz]

I love that. I like it. Let. Let. Let the universe guide you.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah. I don't think I. I think the worst thing you can do is just run and go do it, you know, Or. I mean, and. But she did say, you know, if you're in a. If you're in a relationship and you're uncertain about it, it. You know, it's.

[Tom Schwartz]

She.

[Maximilian (Max)]

They can help, you know, they can be like, hey, this person isn't for you. This person is for you. Work on it. Do not leave this person. Or, you know, I don't know. I think there's. There's some. It's finicky.

[Tom Schwartz]

I think this is. Yeah. Like she said, last year was the year of the snake, this year the horse. I feel like you shed an old skin.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Tom Schwartz]

You seem like. At least from my pov, you seem like you're back. You had a rough year in terms of work and relationships, but I feel like you are poised for greatness.

[Maximilian (Max)]

100. I know that. I know that. I know that. I am too. And I just. I mean, I thought moving to Texas was like my time. I was like, oh, it's going down. You know, I'm going to Texas. I'm gonna open up this bomb restaurant, which I did.

[Tom Schwartz]

You did.

[Maximilian (Max)]

It's called Delilah by everyone. If you're in Dallas, it's amazing.

[Tom Schwartz]

There's one in West Hollywood too.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah. Great restaurant. H. Wood Group. They're great.

[Tom Schwartz]

Shout out to Kiana, who loves dancing there.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah, yeah. It's a great spot. So, yeah, we open up, you know, but I thought that was like the thing. I'm gonna go open this restaurant. I have my girl, I'm gonna work on my side business. I'm gonn business. I'm going to make a bunch of money, I'm going to have a kids, I'm going to marry this girl and I'm going to have a good life.

[Tom Schwartz]

Happily ever after.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah. You know, but I guess you're the snake. I shed it and it just didn't work out because we. I mean, everything changed. Literally, January 1st. My whole life changed. It was very interesting.

[Tom Schwartz]

Yes. I like, I like that you said you're an old soul.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Tom Schwartz]

With young energy.

[Maximilian (Max)]

I think that's true.

[Tom Schwartz]

I think that almost perfectly encapsulates you.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Tom Schwartz]

Cuz you are poetic, you're wise, you're spiritual. But you do have a young. You, you have a youthful energy.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah. Like, I know what 6, 7 is and all that. I'm just kidding. I'm kidding. No, but you do. You do know, like. No, it's.

[Tom Schwartz]

You listen. You. And you're very. You always give back to others. I see what you do for your friends. You've never missed a wedding, a bachelor party, a birthday. You were very loyal.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Right.

[Tom Schwartz]

So I just wanted to give you a shout out for that. Yeah. Because sometimes we get put in boxes on reality TV and it's. No, it's. It's just because, listen, they don't have enough time to include all the nuances of your life, because that would be boring.

[Psychic Reader]

Right.

[Tom Schwartz]

No offense to you. I'm just saying. Me, No, I don't want my gray area.

[Maximilian (Max)]

No, no.

[Tom Schwartz]

No one wants to see me in bed ordering Postmates, watching reruns of Friends.

[Maximilian (Max)]

No, no, no.

[Tom Schwartz]

That's, like, my favorite ever.

[Maximilian (Max)]

I don't even want you. Do you still do that?

[Tom Schwartz]

Yeah.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Oh, my God.

[Tom Schwartz]

Yeah. I love doing that. But listen, man, did you learn anything?

[Maximilian (Max)]

I did. I learned a lot.

[Tom Schwartz]

Yeah.

[Maximilian (Max)]

I learned a lot. And I feel really good. I feel positive. I feel like I have some. Again, like I said earlier, I think I have some things to. To focus on and exciting things to work on. I don't think I'm perfect. And I think that's just kind of what it kind of tells you. It's like you're not. Like, everyone's. No one's perfect. No one has it all figured out.

[Tom Schwartz]

Yeah.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Everyone's stressed.

[Tom Schwartz]

Yeah. Yeah, man. So listen, we're gonna clear that throat chakra. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, so maybe not so much. Whole months is happening spiritually. Figuratively. But I think literally, we're gonna eat a delicious cheeseburger. We're gonna drink a few cold beers.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Tom Schwartz]

We're gonna go walk around the boardwalk and be weird.

[Psychic Reader]

Yeah.

[Tom Schwartz]

Maybe get a little freaky. Maximus. Thank you for bearing a. Thank you for soul.

[Maximilian (Max)]

That was really exciting. I appreciate that a lot.

[Tom Schwartz]

I love you, brother.

[Maximilian (Max)]

I love you, man.

[Tom Schwartz]

Anything else you want to leave the people with?

[Maximilian (Max)]

I. Jeffrey Epstein didn't kill himself. And that's pretty much it. Man.

[Tom Schwartz]

Listen, just on that note, like, going back to being a skeptic after the things I've seen in the Epstein files.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah.

[Tom Schwartz]

Listen, like, I. I don't know what

[Maximilian (Max)]

is going on anymore.

[Tom Schwartz]

I believe almost every. Like, almost every conspiracy theory.

[Psychic Reader]

So do I.

[Tom Schwartz]

Been proven to be true at this point, Right. And I think the CIA invented the term conspiracy theory. I used to be such a skeptic, but, like, listen, the guy who washed up on the beach in Florida the other day, he said dolphins brought him out. He was a.

[Psychic Reader]

He.

[Tom Schwartz]

He was an engineer. Did you hear about this?

[Psychic Reader]

No.

[Tom Schwartz]

Dolphins. A group of dolphins, a pack of dolphins gathered around him, and they bumped him out under the water for three days, and they created a little air bubble in he. And he started building an underwater society for that.

[Maximilian (Max)]

And he really believe. And this is like. He's like, his story at this point.

[Tom Schwartz]

I believe it. They communicated to him using differently.

[Maximilian (Max)]

I Believe it too. I want to believe it. I want that to be true at

[Tom Schwartz]

this point, Max, if you had to bet your life. So someone holier than now, a spiritual being, the one God, whoever came to you said, max, you have to make a bet right now. Either win or you lose. Do aliens exist? You have to put your life on the line. Are you saying yes or no?

[Maximilian (Max)]

Absolutely. I'm saying absolutely 100% aliens exist. I'm putting all in. Yes.

[Tom Schwartz]

My brother Bert, you know, he was a little bit of a hermit towards the end. Bert moved back.

[Maximilian (Max)]

No, by the way, Bert was like neighborhood watch.

[Tom Schwartz]

He said there was a Nordic alien living in the building next to us.

[Maximilian (Max)]

I believe him. And I totally know that's like, yes.

[Tom Schwartz]

Google it. So they're like tall, they have blonde hair, blue eyes. They look kind of Norwegian, but apparently they look the most human. All right, let's. Let's just.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah, we're getting deep here. We're getting too dark. Before I had a point.

[Tom Schwartz]

Open your minds. Yeah is not a bad word.

[Maximilian (Max)]

No, I love woo woo.

[Tom Schwartz]

Open your mind. Try something new. I'm not saying you have to go and get a psychic reading on the. At the boardwalk in Venice beach, but try something new. Don't be stagnant. Don't do the same thing over and over again. Because if you do, the loop repeats itself, right? You have to break the loop. These little things like this are these little ventures, adventures. I feel like in some small way they break the loop.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Yeah. 100. And just one more thing before we end off is if I just to kind of tell on that. Is that Neil DeGrasse Tyson, he said that he was being interviewed and he.

[Psychic Reader]

That.

[Maximilian (Max)]

And he was. They're like, what books you reading right now? And he was like, oh, I'm reading this book on. I'm reading this book on aliens. I'm reading this book on blah, blah, like all these different books. And the interviewer is like, like, why are you reading those books? You're not. That's not what you believe in at all. Like, why are you reading those? And he's like, well, because I only. If I read books about what I believe in, I'm creating a box and I'm not understanding other things or like even trying to. I'm just following my own. I'm just believing what I believe. And that's all there is. You got to be more open. As long story, what I'm saying, pretty

[Tom Schwartz]

much the purpose of this whole podcast, to inspire people to read other books, new things, right? And Just. Yeah, put yourself out there. Experience life. Don't become too stagnant in your routine, right? Wake up, go to work, come home, get some food, eat dinner, watch your favorite show, go to bed, rinse and repeat. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I've done it. I like a routine. I like structure. But just try something new once in a while, even if it's just brushing your teeth with your opposite hand.

[Maximilian (Max)]

100.

[Tom Schwartz]

All right, I'll shut up. All right.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Thank you, Tom. Appreciate you, man.

[Tom Schwartz]

Love you. Thank you for. Thank you.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Great day again.

[Tom Schwartz]

Thank you for bearing a little piece of your soul.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Of course.

[Tom Schwartz]

Love you, brother.

[Maximilian (Max)]

Love you too, man.

[Tom Schwartz]

All right,

[Podcast Host]

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[Psychic Reader]

All right.

[Podcast Host]

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[Psychic Reader]

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[Tom Schwartz]

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[Psychic Reader]

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[Maximilian (Max)]

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[Psychic Reader]

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[Maximilian (Max)]

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[Psychic Reader]

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[Maximilian (Max)]

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[Psychic Reader]

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[Maximilian (Max)]

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[Tom Schwartz]

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[Maximilian (Max)]

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[Tom Schwartz]

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[Maximilian (Max)]

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[Psychic Reader]

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[Maximilian (Max)]

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[Podcast Host]

All right, I'll stop.

[Maximilian (Max)]

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