S2 | E13 Dr. Peter Grinspoon

September 10th, 2026  |  Season 2  |  39 mins 51 secs

#addictionmedicine, #addictionrecovery, #agingwellwithcannabis, #cannabis, #cannabislegalization, #cannabismedicine, #cbd, #chronicpain, #harmreduction, #harvardmedicalschool, #kratom, #medicalmarijuana, #petergrinspoon, #thc, #thepermissionslip, #warondrugs

In this conversation with Dr. Peter Grinspoon — Harvard Medical School instructor, primary care physician, and board-certified addiction specialist at Mass General — we have a wide-ranging, refreshingly honest conversation about cannabis, addiction, and the messy human truths in between. Peter opens up about losing his medical license to a prescription painkiller addiction, coming from a family legacy of cannabis advocacy (his father wrote the influential 1971 book Marihuana Reconsidered), and why he believes legalization — not just decriminalization — is the only coherent path forward. We get into the real benefits and real harms of cannabis, who should avoid it, the dangers of over-concentrated products like 7-OH kratom, and why he'd rather see people support the mom-and-pop dispensary over the corporate cannabis conglomerate.

S2 | E12 Jeremy Robinson

August 11th, 2026  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 25 mins

#ayahuasca, #burnout, #conscioushealing, #depression, #emdr, #guidework, #healingjourney, #indigenouswisdom, #integration, #ketamine, #mdmatherapy, #medicinesitter, #mentalhealthjourney, #plantmedicine, #psilocybin, #psychedelichealing, #somatichealing, #spiritualgrowth, #thepermissionslip, #traumahealing

I sit down with Jeremy Robinson, a medicine sitter from Northern California, to talk about his path from a homeless, bullied Gen X childhood into a burnout-fueled reckoning with suicidal thoughts, and finally into years of deep work with ketamine, MDMA, and psilocybin. We dig into guiding ethics, consent, the myth of the one-session cure, and the beauty of indigenous medicine traditions.

S2 | E11 Joanne DiMaggio

August 5th, 2026  |  Season 2  |  37 mins 11 secs

#edgarcayce, #energyhealing, #healingjourney, #hypnotherapy, #karma, #karmichealing, #metaphysical, #pastliferegression, #pastlifetherapy, #pastlives, #reincarnation, #soulpurpose, #soulwriting, #spiritualhealing, #spirituality, #spontaneoushealing, #thepermissionslip, #transpersonalpsychology

In this episode, I sit down with reincarnation researcher, hypnotherapist, and author Joanne DiMaggio to explore past life regression, soul writing, and the karmic threads that connect our current struggles to lives we've already lived.

S2 | E10 Christopher Solomon

June 15th, 2026  |  Season 2  |  58 mins 17 secs

#consciousness, #defaultmodenetwork, #embodiment, #entheogens, #harmreduction, #holistichealing, #meditation, #microdosing, #permissionslippodcast, #plantmedicine, #psychedelics, #salviadivinorum, #somaticsalvia, #somatictherapy, #spirituality, #thepermissionslip

In this episode I sit down with Christopher Solomon, a somatic salvia guide based in Mendocino County, California, to explore a plant that most people either know nothing about or fear outright. Christopher walks me through his long, winding path with Salvia divinorum — from a strange first encounter in high school in Dallas to the spontaneous healing of a swollen lymph node that doctors wanted to surgically remove. We dig into why the conventional "smoke a big bowl and brace yourself" advice gets it completely backward, and how working with tiny, titrated doses paired with meditation transforms Salvia into a gentle, relational teacher rather than a terrifying five-minute ride. It's a conversation about reverence, somatic awareness, and the surprising therapeutic range of one of the most misunderstood plants out there.

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.

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.

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.