Stripping Off

Why Your Life-Changing Experience Changed Nothing | Ashley Edelman

Oct 9, 2026
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Stripping Off with Matt Haycox
Why Your Life-Changing Experience Changed Nothing | Ashley Edelman
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I used to be the UK's biggest strip club owner. Today's guest spent years on the other side of the stage.

Ashley Edelman went from the army, to a drug dealer's spare room in Cornwall chasing stripping work, to a Britain's Got Talent audition that's racked up 88 million views. Then came the bodybuilding, a marriage that taught him more than he bargained for, and a party lifestyle he's lucky to have come out of. What happened next took him to a rainforest monastery in Thailand, a business built out of a bust-up in Dubai, and three hours in no man's land trying to get out when the drones hit.

Ever had a “life-changing” experience that changed sod all? Ashley reckons he knows why. We get into frog poison, toad venom and the spirituality crowd who wear it like a costume, and I ask him the questions you're all thinking. And yes, we talk porn. He's got his views. I've got mine, and I'm not giving it up.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction to the Journey
1:38 From Military to Stripping: A New Path
9:33 Marriage, Divorce and Self-Discovery
14:51 Energy, the Dark Night of the Soul and Breathwork
21:58 From the Monastery to Dubai
32:36 Exploring Plant Medicine: Kambo and Bufo
40:59 Who He Works With and Emotional Conditioning in Men
46:16 The Role of Sexual Energy and Distraction
52:28 Anxiety, Fear and Finding Happiness Within
55:01 The Adult Industry: Perspectives and Realities

Connect with Ashley
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/consciously_ash/
Website: https://theunshakeablemethod.com/