About the show
I love everything to do with consciousness - personal growth books, meditation, psychedelics, bodywork, Tantric retreats, chakras, Human Design, channeled works, you name it! For the past fifteen years, I’ve been on a deep healing journey. I regularly engage relative strangers in conversation about topics relating to consciousness, transformation and psychedelics (sometimes to their annoyance). I've been dancing around starting a podcast for a couple years now. My imposter syndrome has kept me thinking I don't have anything worthwhile to share, while I vainly attempt to find a community with whom I resonate.
I've been fortunate to work with some really gifted practitioners during my journey. They not only gave me tools to heal, they gave me PERMISSION to heal. My intention in producing and distributing The Permission Slip podcast is to share knowledge of their talents with the rest of the world. Many of us have been programmed to believe that healing only comes from those in the medical profession who have gone through a particular set of training protocols. This is not true. Doctors and therapists and the like are (mostly) well-meaning and very good at what they do. Sometimes, more often than we are maybe lead to believe, what they recommend or do is not what is truly needed for healing.
In the spirit of the following passage, I'm committing to a minimum of six podcasts that will be discussions with practitioners and healers from whom I've derived personal benefit. The purpose of this effort is therefore to shed light on the diverse ways of healing as well as moving into right relationship with oneself.
Credits
Renee LaVallee McKenna for the inspiration to create this in the first place.
Abby Bruce (ma soeur) for the encouragement along the way.
Damian Wiseman for the audio engineering expertise.
Episodes
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S2 | E7 LeRoy Gordon, Fitness and Yoga Instructor, a Reiki Healer and a Men's Group Leader
April 16th, 2026 | Season 2 | 1 hr 12 mins
#adhd, #cabrinigreen, #chicagostories, #consent, #divinemasculine, #ethicalnonmonogamy, #healingjourney, #landmarkforum, #leroygordon, #mdma, #mensgroup, #menswork, #neurodivergent, #permissionslip, #personaldevelopment, #plantmedicine, #polyamory, #prowrestling, #reiki, #yoga
I sat down with LeRoy Gordon — a man who grew up in Cabrini Green, became a police officer, toured as a pro wrestler, and has now found his calling as a yoga instructor, Reiki healer, and men's group leader. We trace his remarkable journey from childhood trauma and survival mode to deep healing work through Landmark, plant medicine, men's groups, and radical honesty in relationships.
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S2 | E6 Wendy Perkins Shoef, ADHD Microdosing and Neuro-Pleasure Coach and More
April 9th, 2026 | Season 2 | 1 hr 13 mins
#adhdbrain, #adhdcoach, #businesscoaching, #creativeenergy, #emotionalregulation, #harmreduction, #holisticentrepreneur, #impostersyndrome, #microdosinglsd, #microdosingsupportgroup, #mindbodybusiness, #nervoussystemregulation, #neuropleasurecoach, #pelvicfloor, #permissionslip, #permissionslippodcast, #psilocybin, #psychedelicmedicine, #sexualenergy, #sexualwellness, #shamelessliving, #soloentrepreneur, #successdoula, #wholeperson, #yonidearmouring
In this episode, I'm joined by Wendy Perkins Schoef — the "Success Doula" — an ADHD, Microdosing, and Neuro Pleasure Coach who helps solo entrepreneurs grow their businesses by working with their whole selves, not just their to-do lists. Wendy walks me through her four-pillar framework of Goal, Set, Setting, and Intention, and how she applies it to everything from microdosing protocol development to nervous system regulation to sexual wellness. We explore why psilocybin and LSD work so differently as microdosing tools, how unresolved emotional dysregulation shows up as business stagnation, and why creative energy and sexual energy are ultimately the same thing. We also talk openly about yoni dearmouring, prostate work, the societal shame still wrapped around bodies and pleasure, and the importance of harm reduction when exploring psychedelic medicines. This is a rich, honest, and wide-ranging conversation about what it really means to run a business — and live a life — as a whole, embodied human being.
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S2 | E5 Karen Kubicko, Psychic Intuitive, Reiki Master & More
April 3rd, 2026 | Season 2 | 1 hr 12 mins
#abuserecovery, #awakening, #brianweiss, #channeling, #consciousness, #efttapping, #empath, #empathhealing, #healingjourney, #higherself, #hypnotherapy, #innerwisdom, #intuitivehealing, #karenkubicko, #manifesting, #metaphysics, #neardeathexperience, #pastliferegression, #pastlives, #psychicintuitive, #reiki, #rootcausehealing, #soulhealing, #spiritguides, #spiritualawakening, #spiritualpodcast, #thepermissionslip, #trustyourintuition, #wholesoulreading, #youaremore
I sat down with Pittsburgh-based psychic, hypnotist, and past life regressionist Karen Kubicko to talk about how two near-death experiences — one during an emergency C-section and another in a car accident — blew open her spiritual gifts and set her on a path of soul-level healing work. Together we explored past life regression as a tool for breaking deep-rooted patterns like abuse cycles, fear, and anxiety, and we got into how empathic sensitivity, spirit guides, and intuition can be understood, managed, and reclaimed. This one is a grounded, practical, and deeply personal look at what it means to wake up to the truth that we are far more than our current human experience.
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S2 | E4 Pascale Falempin, Pilates & Breathwork Instructor
March 22nd, 2026 | Season 2 | 1 hr 11 mins
#pilates #breathwork #fasciawork #empoweredbodymethod #mindbodyconnection #holistichealth #chronicpain #autoimmunedisease #hashimotos #movementmedicine #restorativemovement #fasciaflossing #embodiment #beyondchicago #thepermissionslip #wellnesspodcast
In this conversation with Pascale Falempin, I explore what it really means to come back into the body. Pascale shares her journey from a sheltered upbringing in Corsica to a professional dance career and ultimately into breathwork and somatic practice. We talk about the quiet disconnection many of us carry, the intelligence of the body, and how breath, movement, and awareness can become powerful gateways to healing, presence, and self-trust.
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S2 | E3 Christopher Sunyata, Men's Coach, Meditation Teacher & Engineer
March 12th, 2026 | Season 2 | 1 hr 19 mins
#breathwork, #consciousrelationship, #embodiedpresence, #kundalinienergy, #masculineembodiment, #menswork, #nervoussystemhealing, #polaritywork, #psychedelicintegration, #sacredsexuality, #spiritualawakening, #tantra
In this episode, I sit down with Christopher Sunyata—engineer, Buddhist meditation teacher, and men’s coach—to explore what it really means to embody grounded masculine presence.
We talk about trauma, breath, kundalini energy, polarity, multi-orgasmic potential for men, and the profound link between sexuality and spiritual awakening. Christopher shares how bullying, a near-death childhood experience, divorce, fatherhood, psychotherapy, psychedelics, and decades of practice shaped the man he is today.
This is a conversation about safety in the body, depth in relationship, and reclaiming sexuality as a path of consciousness—not performance.
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S2 | E2 Deborah Servetnick - Life Mastery Coach
March 5th, 2026 | Season 2 | 1 hr 6 mins
Deb Servetnick joins me for a wide-ranging conversation on psychedelics, bodywork, vibration, and the radical idea that you can actually have what you want. We explore preparation vs. integration, decriminalization vs. legalization, healing through mushrooms, and why loving—even the things we want to “beat”—is the real doorway to change.
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S2 | E1 Dr. Jodie NewDelman, Doctor of Psychology
February 26th, 2026 | Season 2 | 1 hr 19 mins
#adhd, #chronicpainrecovery, #drjodienewdelman, #experientialtherapy, #internalfamilysystems, #ketaminetherapy, #mentalhealthreform, #mindbodymedicine, #nervoussystemregulation, #neurodivergence, #psychedelicintegration, #rootcausehealing, #somatichealing, #thepermissionslip, #traumahealing
In this conversation with Dr. Jodie NewDelman, I explore the intersection of psychology, psychedelics, trauma, and the subtle body. We unpack how dysregulation shows up in individuals and systems, why so many chronic conditions evade traditional medical explanations, and how experiential medicine can help unwind what talk therapy alone often cannot.
We discuss Internal Family Systems, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, transference and countertransference, chronic pain as stored trauma, and the difference between temporizing symptoms and addressing root causes. Jodie offers a grounded, trauma-informed perspective on psychedelic-adjacent work and what ethical, integrated care really looks like.
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S1 | E18 Amy Anesi - Dear Friend & Former Spouse
February 6th, 2026 | Season 1 | 1 hr 46 mins
#breakingthecycle, #consciousdivorce, #coparenting, #divorcehealing, #emotionalmaturity, #masculinehealing, #nervoussystem, #personalresponsibility, #postdivorcegrowth, #shadowwork, #somatichealing, #spiritualawakening, #thepermissionslip, #traumahealing
In this extended season-finale episode, I sit down with my former wife, Amy Anesi, to tell the truth about our marriage, divorce, and what came after. We speak candidly about infidelity, financial collapse, emotional trauma, and the long road of healing that followed.
Rather than re-litigating the past, we examine how conscious self-work can transform even the most painful endings into functional, respectful, and even loving relationships. Amy offers perspective I cannot access alone—calling out blind spots, grounding the narrative, and modeling what emotional maturity actually looks like.
This episode is not about having a “perfect divorce.” It’s about doing your work so the past stops running your life. If you’ve experienced heartbreak, shame, relational collapse, or feel stuck in an old story about yourself, this conversation offers a radically different possibility.
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S1 | E17 Paul Selig - Psychic, Teacher & Author
January 16th, 2026 | Season 1 | 58 mins 5 secs
#awakeninghumanity, #channeling, #christconsciousness, #consciousness, #divineunion, #embodiment, #higheroctave, #metaphysics, #nonduality, #paulselig, #spiritualawakening, #spiritualtruth, #thepermissionslip
I speak with Paul Selig about his path into channeling, the teachings delivered through his Guides, and what they reveal about consciousness, fear, and divine union. We explore the Christ as a living principle within all beings, the role of free will and presence, and why awakening is an energetic shift rather than an intellectual one.
This episode offers a look at discernment, embodiment, and what it means to live from a higher octave of awareness while fully engaged in human life. -
S1 | E16 Lisa Parker - Founder, Trilome®
January 8th, 2026 | Season 1 | 1 hr 11 mins
#ayahuascahealing, #bodykeepsthescore, #embodiment, #holistichealing, #humandesign, #kambomedicine, #nervoussystemregulation, #psilocybintherapy, #psychedelicintegration, #somatictherapy, #thepermissionslip, #traumahealing, #traumarelease
In this episode of The Permission Slip, I sit down with Lisa Parker, founder of Trilome, to chat about trauma held in the body, nervous system regulation, and the integration of bodywork with psychedelic medicine.
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S1 | E15 Janell Riedl - Pilates Instructor & Intuitive
January 1st, 2026 | Season 1 | 1 hr 15 mins
#alternativemedicine, #breathwork, #chicagowellness, #consciousmovement, #corestrength, #embodiment, #emotionalrelease, #energywork, #fascia, #healingjourney, #holistichealth, #intuition, #mindbodyconnection, #nervoussystem, #personalgrowth, #pilates, #somatichealing, #spiritualhealing, #transformation, #traumarelease
In this episode, I talk with my Pilates instructor and friend Janell Riedl, whose intuitive, body-based work has helped unwind decades of tension and trauma for me. We explore how the body holds emotion, how release actually happens, and how Janell blends Pilates, energy work, and nervous-system awareness into a powerful healing practice. This is a conversation about letting go, trusting your body, and following the path that leads you back to yourself.
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S1 | E14 Dominica Fisher - Director of Meditative & Creative Exploration at Bîan
December 25th, 2025 | Season 1 | 58 mins 56 secs
#consciousness, #emotional intelligence, #energy work, #healing, #intuition, #manifestation, #meditation, #personal growth, #reality creation, #shamanism, #spirituality, #wellness
I sat down with Dominica Fischer — intuitive, meditation teacher, creator, and Director of Meditative & Creative Exploration at BÎAN. We explore her upbringing, her lifelong visions, how meditation unlocked her innate gifts, and how she now sees the very code of reality assembling itself. We unpack manifestation, the Bengston Method, and what it actually means to create your life with clarity, emotional presence, and power.
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S1 | E13 Jessica Brown - Author, Clinical Nutritionist, Compassion Teacher
December 18th, 2025 | Season 1 | 49 mins 7 secs
#consciousness, #depersonalization, #derealization, #emotional eating, #energy work, #glp-1, #inner child, #mental health, #noetic field, #nutrition, #personal growth, #self-compassion, #spirituality, #thelovingdiet, #trauma, healing
Join me as I chat with Clinical Nutritionist, Author and Noetic Gield Practitioner Jessica Brown to explore how childhood wounds, trauma, and belief systems shape our health, our eating patterns, and our sense of self. Jessica shares her extraordinary healing journey from a persistent state of depersonalization/derealization into deep spiritual and energetic work, and how it lead her to helping others clear unconscious beliefs through the heart. We dive into compassionate inquiry, the inner eater, GLP-1 medications, and why the body’s intelligence is always trying to bring us home.
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S1 | E12 Laura O’Malley - Channel & Happiness Coach
December 11th, 2025 | Season 1 | 1 hr 32 mins
#5d, #ascension, #awakening, #christ #consciousness, #conscious #channeling, #consciousness, #duality, #ego, #energy #work, #entity #channelling, #fear, #higher #self, #human #evolution, #kundalini, #laura #o’malley, #meditation, #news #detox, #non-duality, #plant #medicine, #psychedelics, #soul #fractals, #source #energy, #spiritual #emergence, #spiritual #growth, #the #guides, #vibrational #frequency
In my second episode with Conscious Channel and incredibly happy human Laura O’Malley, we explore kundalini energy, awakening, the nature of duality, and why so many people are opening up right now. The collective she works with comes through with powerful, direct teachings on vibrational readiness, fear, free will, the purpose of Earth, and how to navigate this moment in human evolution with clarity and choice.
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S1 | E11 Shweta Shyamani - Mind Body Therapist
November 11th, 2025 | Season 1 | 58 mins 53 secs
#emotionalhealing, #energyhealing, #feminineenergy, #healingjourney, #hypnotherapy, #mindbodyconnection, #permissiontoself, #rtt, #selfdiscovery, #spiritualgrowth
I talk with healer and hypnotherapist Shweta Shyamani about leaving a high-powered career, finding purpose through energy work, and why real healing begins when we finally let ourselves feel.
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S1 | E10 Rich Priddis - Conscious Connection and Intimacy Guide
November 3rd, 2025 | Season 1 | 1 hr 9 mins
#consciousintimacy, #consent, #embodiment, #healingjourney, #ista, #mattkosterman, #richpriddis, #sacredsexuality, #selflove, #sexualhealing, #shadowwork, #shamerelease, #tantra, #thepermissionslip
Rich Priddis opens up about breaking free from religious conditioning to embrace conscious sexuality, embodiment, and deep healing. A powerful story of courage, consent, and coming home to the body.