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#019 - Jules Horn - You Can't Think Your Way to Peace. Here's How to Actually Find It

August 25, 2026

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Jules Horn spent years as a high-fashion model walking for Chanel in Paris and appearing on magazine covers, but he describes that period as living in a golden cage. On the outside, everything looked perfect. Inside, he was barely breathing. His body was the lock—he used it to chase validation, numb pain, and perform a version of happiness. Now his body is the key: a portal to presence, intuition, and what he calls unconditional love. The bridge between those two lives is something absurdly simple—slowing his breath down to six cycles per minute.

The case for slow breathing

Horn’s foundational practice is what he calls "perfect breath": inhaling for four seconds and exhaling for six, which works out to six breaths per minute. This cadence, he explains, is scientifically backed to shift the nervous system from sympathetic (fight-or-flight) to parasympathetic (rest-and-digest) within 90 to 120 seconds. Most people breathe at 15 to 18 breaths per minute—a rate that keeps the body in a low-grade threat state.

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (00:00) **Introduction & The "Perfect Breath" Protocol** - Jules introduces the concept of "perfect breath" and presents it as the foundational practice for nervous system regulation.
  • 2 (03:26) **Breath as the Foundation vs. Biohacking Gadgets** - Jules argues that breath is the lowest-hanging fruit for well-being, more fundamental than expensive biohacking tools.
  • 3 (05:41) **Nasal Breathing, Longevity & Athletic Performance** - Jules connects breathing cadence to lifespan and shares a personal athletic achievement to demonstrate the power of nasal breathing.
  • 4 (10:16) **From Breath to Intuition: The God Voice vs. The Ego** - Jules explains how a regulated nervous system allows you to hear your intuition, which he calls the "God voice."
  • 5 (12:52) **Life Change Through Slowing Down: The Modeling Industry's Rat Race** - Jules describes how focusing on his breath led him to question his entire life as a model, a career driven by external validation.
  • 6 (15:28) **The Seductive Pull & The Reality of "Success"** - Jules debunks the glamour of the modeling world, revealing the desperation and lack of freedom behind the scenes.
  • 7 (18:59) **The Void of Self-Love & The Pinnacle Moment** - Jules reflects on the underlying void he was trying to fill and shares the story of a massive missed opportunity that he now sees as divine protection.

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Show Notes

If you are like me and have spent the majority of your life not feeling at home inside your own skin, this conversation is for you.


Jules Horn spent over a decade as THE model. Chanel in Paris with Karl Lagerfeld. Magazine covers with Nicki Minaj holding his photo. Dinner tables with with A-list sitting next to him.


Yet he calls that entire chapter a bird in a golden cage.


He was blackout drunk most weekends, burned out flat in bed for days every couple of months, chasing one campaign for ten years that never came, monitoring every way of being in the world in case an agent didn't like his hair.


Today, he helps people release the tension that they have carried in their fascia for decades, retrain their nervous system for safety and find a comfortable home inside their own skin.


Jules showed me the perfect way to breathe, we talked about releasing anger and rage, where most people carry tension and how to release it, the rediscovery of God and how he accesses the divine within him.


We also shine light on the dysfunction of the modeling industry, what he was really chasing and how he has transitioned from an endless pursuit of external validation to a love like no other, not from the world, but within himself.


If you have been trying to think your way into peace, this episode is the other door. It's free, it's always with you, and you have the opportunity through this conversation to touch a felt sense of peace like never before.I hope you enjoy, and if you do, let me know by liking, commenting, and subscribing to the show.I am committed out of my mind to bringing you conversations that alter the direction of your life, leading you to a deeper sense of belonging in the context of the world.



Chapters:



0:00 Intro

0:12 The Perfect Breath

2:45 The $150,000 Hyperbaric Chamber Mistake

7:11 Running Half Marathon Nose Breathing Only

10:16 God Is Whispering, the Ego Is Yelling

13:00 A Decade of Modeling and Shallow Breathing

14:00 Growing Up Without Feeling Loved

16:17 Chasing One Campaign for a Decade

17:33 Billy: Four Foot Eleven With Cystic Acne

20:50 Modeling: An Industry of Power and Control

23:20 Blackout Drunk Every Single Weekend

26:02 What You Seek Is Already Looking at You

34:01 A Bird in a Golden Cage

35:53 The Day it All Changed

37:17 "You'll Never Work as a Model Again"

43:40 The Truth Behind Aging

45:48 The Energy of Desperation

49:15 How to Release Your Jaw Tension

53:55 What to Ask the Monster Within You

56:11 Rage, Anger and Suppression

1:00:20 Catholic Altar Boy to a Relationship with God

1:04:12 God Spoke to Him in a Psychedelic Ceremony

1:07:01 Most People's Version of Prayer is Begging

1:12:21 Seeing His Dad in His Son

1:17:19 The Greatest Gift You C

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