Choosing To Stay With Aaron Schaben | Convos With Friends
What if you were given the choice to stay or go — and you chose to stay?
In this conversation, I sit down with my friend Aaron Schaben, and we start exactly where his story begins: the moment he left his body during a near-death experience at the 2019 Boston Marathon. With an internal body temperature of 108°, Aaron found himself above his own body — not in fear, but in complete peace — and was given a choice most of us never face.
What followed was 15+ months of physical recovery and some of the deepest soul-searching of his life. In this episode, Aaron shares publicly for the first time what he saw, what he felt, and how that experience cracked him open to a completely new way of living.
We get into:
What it actually felt like to be given the choice to "stay or go"
How a near-death experience becomes a nervous system reset — physically, mentally, and spiritually
The concept of sacrifice with intention and how it reframes the trade-offs we all make
Why curiosity might be the most underrated spiritual practice
Gene Keys, Human Design, North & South nodes, and how these tools can complement — not contradict — faith
Elevating consciousness and what it actually has to do with your relationship with money
How aligned finances start from the inside out
Aaron is one of my closest friends and one of my biggest supporters in staying true to who I am. This is one of those conversations I've been having privately that I knew needed to be recorded — and I'm so glad it finally was.
If you're drawn to questions about purpose, soul, and what it means to truly show up in the life you chose — this one's for you.
