Episode Archive

27 episodes of The Permission Slip since the first episode, which aired on June 7th, 2025.

  • S2 | E9 Dr. Katie Simons, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacist, Transpersonal Hypnotherapist, Psychedelic Medicine Facilitator and Coach

    June 8th, 2026  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 10 mins
    #authentichealing, #ayahuasca, #ayahuascaceremony, #burnoutrecovery, #defaultmodenetwork, #freedomthroughhealing, #harmreduction, #healingjourney, #holistichealth, #hypnotherapy, #innerchildwork, #integrationwork, #katiesimons, #mdma, #medicinejourney, #mentalhealthalternatives, #microdosing, #nervoussystemhealing, #nervoussystemregulation, #partswork, #psilocybin, #psychedelicfacilitation, #psychedelicmedicine, #santafe, #solojourney, #somaticbreathwork, #somatichealing, #subconsciousmind, #thepermissionslip, #traumahealing

    In this episode, I sit down with Katie Simons — a doctor of pharmacy turned hypnotherapist, somatic breathwork facilitator, and psychedelic medicine guide — for one of the most wide-ranging and personally resonant conversations I've had on the show. We trace her journey from a decade inside the VA healthcare system to stepping fully into the healing space, and dig deep into psychedelics, nervous system regulation, integration, and what it actually means to be healed.

  • S2 | E8 Luke Lindstrom, Conscious Channel and Intuitive Healer

    June 1st, 2026  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 13 mins
    #bodywisdom, #chicago, #codependency, #consciouschanneling, #familyoforigin, #healingjourney, #healingpodcast, #homelessness, #hooponopono, #intuitivehealer, #lukelindstrom, #mattkahn, #mentalhealth, #mindfulness, #nervoussystemhealing, #paulselig, #peersupport, #permissionslippodcast, #personalgrowth, #pornographyrecovery, #reparenting, #romanticrelationships, #selflove, #sivanandayoga, #somatictherapy, #soulmates, #spirituality, #traumahealing, #unityconsciousness, #wellness

    In this episode, I sit down with Luke Lindstrom — intuitive healer, channel, and peer support worker — who I met at a Paul Selig workshop here in Chicago. Luke shares his remarkable journey from a deeply shut-down, isolated teenager in the suburbs of Detroit to a 28-year-old who channels higher guidance and works daily with some of the most marginalized members of our community. We talk about somatic therapy, the healing power of aloneness, conscious channeling, pornography addiction, romantic relationships, and what it really means to treat every human being as an extension of yourself.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.