He sat in front of a psychic in Carmel and the man saw his soul for three hours. He knew everything about Peter without being told a single thing. And in that moment, everything changed. Peter Matthies spent years in Silicon Valley venture capital, burning out, feeling like an alien in a world that everyone else seemed to navigate with ease.

 

Then a book about an Apache elder, a psychic mentor in Carmel, and a flash of insight on a plane from New York led him to found the Conscious Business Institute in 2005.

 

Since then, more than 80,000 professionals from Starbucks, BMW, Siemens, and Intel have gone through its programs. This is the conversation for every Lightworker who has ever wondered why doing more is not getting them further, and whether there is a completely different model available.

 

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

 

• How Peter lost his authenticity studying electronic engineering in Germany and spent years trying to find his way back

• The book Grandfather by Tom Brown Jr. that cracked open his spiritual path in his early twenties

• What drew him from Germany to Silicon Valley and then to Carmel, California

• The pivotal three-hour session with his psychic mentor Rob that changed everything

• What it means to be a violet-yellow with some tan, and why being called a lighthouse finally made sense

• How the name Conscious Business Institute came through on a plane from New York in 2005

• What a truly conscious business actually is and why it starts with individuals, not organizations

• The doing model versus the being model: why spiritual entrepreneurs are often following the wrong carrot

• What authentic success looks and feels like from the inside, and why it is nearly impossible to describe

• The lighthouse metaphor: why Lightworkers are not meant to stand together, and what that means for community

• The Conscious Business Master Program: a nine-month journey for those called to step into their authentic power

• Everyday spark: an afternoon coffee on the deck, doing absolutely nothing, and finding everything in that 

 

ABOUT PETER MATTHIES

 

Peter Matthies is a former venture capitalist, software entrepreneur, and founder of the Conscious Business Institute (CBI). Since 2005, more than 80,000 professionals from organizations including Starbucks, the BMW Group, Siemens, and Intel have gone through CBI's programs.

 

He is the author of Plan Be: A Professional's Guide to Authentic Success, a fellow of the World Business Academy, and a member of the Evolutionary Leaders, a global community of thought leaders in service to conscious evolution. Originally from Germany,

 

Peter now lives in Santa Barbara, California, where he also co-leads A Kinder World of Commerce, a community initiative supporting local and socially responsible businesses.

 

CONNECT WITH PETER

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Connect with Peter: LinkedIn ➝ https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-matthies/

Facebook ➝ https://facebook.com/ConsciousBusinessInstitute

 

RESOURCES MENTIONED

 

Plan Be: A Professional's Guide to Authentic Success by Peter Matthies 

Conscious Business Institute]

Conscious Business Master Program (9-month)

The Evolutionary Leaders 

World Business Academy 

Global Lightworkers United 

 

ABOUT GLU

 

Global Lightworkers United is a nonprofit spiritual community built for healers, teachers, and conscious creators who are ready to walk this path together. We reinvest every dollar into what matters: scholarships, emergency support, and resources that keep our community resourced and resilient. If this episode stirred something in you, you belong here.