{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"The Permission Slip","home_page_url":"https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm","feed_url":"https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/json","description":"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. \r\n\r\nI'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.\r\n\r\nIn 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. \r\n\r\nCredits\r\n\r\nRenee LaVallee McKenna for the inspiration to create this in the first place.\r\nAbby Bruce (ma soeur) for the encouragement along the way.\r\nDamian Wiseman for the audio engineering expertise.","_fireside":{"subtitle":"You are allowed.","pubdate":"2026-04-16T06:00:00.000-05:00","explicit":true,"copyright":"2026 by Matt Kosterman","owner":"Matt Kosterman","image":"https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/6/64e88844-4090-4425-828e-f6398373602b/cover.jpg?v=2"},"items":[{"id":"3c32aa7a-2574-4d07-afd4-7f03e7965efc","title":"S2 | E7 LeRoy Gordon, Fitness and Yoga Instructor, a Reiki Healer and a Men's Group Leader","url":"https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/s2e7-gordon","content_text":"LeRoy Gordon's life reads like no one would believe — Cabrini Green housing projects to Walter Payton High School, college athlete to police officer, pro wrestler on Canadian and international tours to yoga teacher and men's circle facilitator. In this conversation, LeRoy opens up about growing up without a present father, enduring physical and emotional abuse, and the core wound of needing to be seen that drove everything from his athletic pursuits to his relationship patterns.\nWe dig into how he almost joined the Navy SEALs out of sheer restlessness, how a CM Punk sighting at a WWE show finally gave him permission to chase his childhood dream of pro wrestling, and how the pandemic brought that chapter to a close and cracked open a new one. LeRoy shares how Landmark Forum was his first real taste of sitting with other people and processing what he'd been through, how an MDMA ceremony on his birthday helped him finally connect with his mother in a three-hour conversation that changed everything, and how ayahuasca and men's group work took him even deeper.\nWe also get into his experiments with polyamory and how the radical communication it demands made him a better partner across the board, his recent ADHD discovery and how it reframed decades of restlessness and relationship patterns, and how Reiki, tarot, and yoga have become the unexpected through-line tying it all together. LeRoy is now leading his own men's circles, teaching yoga at Fourth Movement Studio in Logan Square, and building something that bridges the worlds of physical transformation and inner healing — and this conversation is a front-row seat to how he got there.\n\nBio\n\nLeRoy Gordon is a fitness coach, yoga instructor, and men's group facilitator in the city of Chicago. After over six years of working the professional wrestling circuits of the US and Canada, LeRoy shifted his focused from his physical pursuits to healing his heart and mind with the help of men's work and plant medicine. He has led men's circles for nearly five years. He hopes to guide and inspire men to be the most open hearted and authentic versions of themselves so that they may continue the work of reducing harm and helping our communities thrive.\n\nEmail: Leroygordoncoaching@gmail.com \n\nInstagram: /royflashgordon \nThreads: /royflashgordon\nSubstack: https://sovereignsols.substack.comSpecial Guest: LeRoy Gordon.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eLeRoy Gordon\u0026#39;s life reads like no one would believe — Cabrini Green housing projects to Walter Payton High School, college athlete to police officer, pro wrestler on Canadian and international tours to yoga teacher and men\u0026#39;s circle facilitator. In this conversation, LeRoy opens up about growing up without a present father, enduring physical and emotional abuse, and the core wound of needing to be seen that drove everything from his athletic pursuits to his relationship patterns.\u003cbr\u003e\nWe dig into how he almost joined the Navy SEALs out of sheer restlessness, how a CM Punk sighting at a WWE show finally gave him permission to chase his childhood dream of pro wrestling, and how the pandemic brought that chapter to a close and cracked open a new one. LeRoy shares how Landmark Forum was his first real taste of sitting with other people and processing what he\u0026#39;d been through, how an MDMA ceremony on his birthday helped him finally connect with his mother in a three-hour conversation that changed everything, and how ayahuasca and men\u0026#39;s group work took him even deeper.\u003cbr\u003e\nWe also get into his experiments with polyamory and how the radical communication it demands made him a better partner across the board, his recent ADHD discovery and how it reframed decades of restlessness and relationship patterns, and how Reiki, tarot, and yoga have become the unexpected through-line tying it all together. LeRoy is now leading his own men\u0026#39;s circles, teaching yoga at Fourth Movement Studio in Logan Square, and building something that bridges the worlds of physical transformation and inner healing — and this conversation is a front-row seat to how he got there.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBio\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLeRoy Gordon is a fitness coach, yoga instructor, and men\u0026#39;s group facilitator in the city of Chicago. After over six years of working the professional wrestling circuits of the US and Canada, LeRoy shifted his focused from his physical pursuits to healing his heart and mind with the help of men\u0026#39;s work and plant medicine. He has led men\u0026#39;s circles for nearly five years. He hopes to guide and inspire men to be the most open hearted and authentic versions of themselves so that they may continue the work of reducing harm and helping our communities thrive.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEmail: \u003ca href=\"mailto:Leroygordoncoaching@gmail.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eLeroygordoncoaching@gmail.com\u003c/a\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInstagram: /royflashgordon \u003cbr\u003e\nThreads: /royflashgordon\u003cbr\u003e\nSubstack: \u003ca href=\"https://sovereignsols.substack.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://sovereignsols.substack.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: LeRoy Gordon.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"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.","date_published":"2026-04-16T06:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/64e88844-4090-4425-828e-f6398373602b/3c32aa7a-2574-4d07-afd4-7f03e7965efc.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":86710336,"duration_in_seconds":4335}]},{"id":"4a9a3f71-2809-4d15-a7ea-e0ad4edcfb65","title":"S2 | E6 Wendy Perkins Shoef, ADHD Microdosing and Neuro-Pleasure Coach and More","url":"https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/s2e6-perkins-shoef","content_text":"In this episode, I sit down with Wendy Perkins Schoef — ADHD coach, microdosing guide, and neuro pleasure coach who specializes in working with solo entrepreneurs. Wendy shares her remarkable origin story: raised by a single Catholic mom in LA, navigating an ADHD brain through college and careers spanning real estate, biometrics, and web development, before finding her true calling after a divorce sent her on a journey of sexual self-discovery and eventually into orgasm coaching and nervous system work. We dig deep into her holistic framework of Goal, Set, Setting, and Intention — the foundation she uses whether she's helping a client build their business, choose a microdosing protocol, or regulate their nervous system. We talk about the differences between psilocybin and LSD as microdosing tools, why LSD is a \"non-specific amplifier,\" and how the right substance choice depends entirely on what's going on in your body, mind, and environment. We also get into the profound connection between sexual energy and creative energy, the jaw-pelvic floor link, yoni dearmouring, the stigma around prostate work for men, and harm reduction resources for those exploring psychedelics. Wendy also opens up about parenting her son Max, who was born with a brain injury, and how that experience has deepened her understanding of the nervous system and shaped her approach to her work.\n\nAbout Wendy\n\nWendy is an ADHD microdosing and neuro-pleasure coach, researcher, and co-host of the Psychedelic Revelations podcast.\n\nShe works with brilliant, creative, capable people who are also a little bit fried—navigating chronic stress, ADHD, burnout, or all of the above. The ones who’ve read the books, tried the supplements, made the to-do lists, and yet still feel tired but wired, overthinking everything, spinning in place while their responsibilities grow by the hour.\n\nWendy’s approach is rooted in a core belief: your nervous system is sacred, pleasure is a birthright, and ADHD symptoms are signs of a dysregulated nervous system—not a broken brain. Through microdosing support, nervous system regulation, embodied practices, and a BIG helping of tech support, she helps people remember their own divine intelligence and step back into who they truly are so they can make the impact in the world they’re meant to do.\n\nHer work blends research, lived experience, and a deep reverence for the body’s wisdom to support transformation that actually lasts.\n\nWebsite: https://thesuccessdoula.com\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendygoesdeep/\nInstagram: https://instagram.com/thesuccessdoula\nYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@thesuccessdoula\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesuccessdoula\nTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wendygoesdeepSpecial Guest: Wendy Perkins Shoef.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, I sit down with Wendy Perkins Schoef — ADHD coach, microdosing guide, and neuro pleasure coach who specializes in working with solo entrepreneurs. Wendy shares her remarkable origin story: raised by a single Catholic mom in LA, navigating an ADHD brain through college and careers spanning real estate, biometrics, and web development, before finding her true calling after a divorce sent her on a journey of sexual self-discovery and eventually into orgasm coaching and nervous system work. We dig deep into her holistic framework of Goal, Set, Setting, and Intention — the foundation she uses whether she\u0026#39;s helping a client build their business, choose a microdosing protocol, or regulate their nervous system. We talk about the differences between psilocybin and LSD as microdosing tools, why LSD is a \u0026quot;non-specific amplifier,\u0026quot; and how the right substance choice depends entirely on what\u0026#39;s going on in your body, mind, and environment. We also get into the profound connection between sexual energy and creative energy, the jaw-pelvic floor link, yoni dearmouring, the stigma around prostate work for men, and harm reduction resources for those exploring psychedelics. Wendy also opens up about parenting her son Max, who was born with a brain injury, and how that experience has deepened her understanding of the nervous system and shaped her approach to her work.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Wendy\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWendy is an ADHD microdosing and neuro-pleasure coach, researcher, and co-host of the Psychedelic Revelations podcast.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe works with brilliant, creative, capable people who are also a little bit fried—navigating chronic stress, ADHD, burnout, or all of the above. The ones who’ve read the books, tried the supplements, made the to-do lists, and yet still feel tired but wired, overthinking everything, spinning in place while their responsibilities grow by the hour.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWendy’s approach is rooted in a core belief: your nervous system is sacred, pleasure is a birthright, and ADHD symptoms are signs of a dysregulated nervous system—not a broken brain. Through microdosing support, nervous system regulation, embodied practices, and a BIG helping of tech support, she helps people remember their own divine intelligence and step back into who they truly are so they can make the impact in the world they’re meant to do.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer work blends research, lived experience, and a deep reverence for the body’s wisdom to support transformation that actually lasts.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWebsite: \u003ca href=\"https://thesuccessdoula.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://thesuccessdoula.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nLinkedIn: \u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendygoesdeep/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/wendygoesdeep/\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nInstagram: \u003ca href=\"https://instagram.com/thesuccessdoula\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://instagram.com/thesuccessdoula\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nYoutube: \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@thesuccessdoula\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.youtube.com/@thesuccessdoula\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/thesuccessdoula\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.facebook.com/thesuccessdoula\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nTikTok: \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@wendygoesdeep\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.tiktok.com/@wendygoesdeep\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Wendy Perkins Shoef.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"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.","date_published":"2026-04-09T06:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/64e88844-4090-4425-828e-f6398373602b/4a9a3f71-2809-4d15-a7ea-e0ad4edcfb65.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":87840256,"duration_in_seconds":4391}]},{"id":"c6550dd8-3979-4fa2-ac70-66132d3d069b","title":"S2 | E5 Karen Kubicko, Psychic Intuitive, Reiki Master \u0026 More","url":"https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/s2e5-kubicko","content_text":"Karen Kubicko grew up steeped in Catholic school traditions — but something always felt bigger just beneath the surface. In 11th grade, on her first day at a new public school, she heard a voice tell her she'd had a past life with a complete stranger in the hallway. She dismissed it. Decades later, that moment makes perfect sense.\nIn this episode, Karen walks me through the pivotal experiences that cracked her open: a near-fatal emergency C-section that may have briefly stopped her heart, a vision of her deceased grandparents holding her newborn daughter, and years later, a car accident in which an archangel took her on a tour of what felt like her future. Each experience deepened her abilities and ultimately led her to train directly under renowned psychiatrist and author Dr. Brian Weiss at the Omega Institute in New York.\nToday, Karen offers \"whole soul readings,\" past life regression sessions, intuitive development classes, and Reiki — all aimed at helping people identify and clear the root causes of patterns that are holding them back in this lifetime. Whether it's recurring abusive relationships, irrational fears, chronic anxiety, or a general sense that something is missing, Karen's work helps clients trace those threads back to their source — and release them.\nOur conversation goes deep on several fascinating topics:\n\nHow past life regression works and what a session with Karen actually looks like\n\n\nThe empath problem — why highly sensitive people absorb other people's emotions, how childhood trauma (hypervigilance, unsafe environments) keeps the \"feelers\" turned all the way up, and practical tools to dial them back down\nDiscernment — how to tell the difference between your own inner voice, ego chatter, and genuine intuitive guidance\nSpirit guides and channeling — Karen's experience receiving information, and how she sets clear boundaries with the beings she works with\nDr. Brian Weiss and the origins of past life regression therapy — how a skeptical psychiatrist accidentally regressed a patient 5,000 years and changed the field of healing forever\nManifesting and timeline choice — the idea that every moment offers a choice between vibrational states, and how awareness of that gap between stimulus and response is itself a form of freedom\n\n\nKaren and I also connect the dots between indigenous wisdom traditions, empathic experience, and the growing global awakening — weaving in references to Paul Selig, Bashar/Darryl Anka, and the power of trusting what you receive, even when it first shows up as a horse and buggy in your living room.\nThis is a beautiful, wide-ranging conversation for anyone curious about the soul's journey across lifetimes — and how understanding that journey can heal the one you're living right now.\n\nAbout Karen\n\nKaren Kubicko is a past life hypnotherapist, and intuitive psychic reader passionate about teaching and helping others heal through working with their spirit guides, angels, and healing the patterns found in their own past lives. She is the author of: Life Is Just Another Class—One Soul’s Journey through Past Life Regression, an account of 16 of her own past lives and Making True Love—Healing Relationship Patterns Through Past Life Regression which explores common root causes of relationship issues, plus provides insight on how to heal these patterns so you can find true love.\nKaren also utilizes her psychic skills to intuitively see someone’s whole soul experience including their past lives. Karen completed the Past Life Therapy Professional Training course with Dr. Brian Weiss. She received her hypnotherapy certification through the National Guild of Hypnotists. She has personally remembered over 200 past\nlives and has helped numerous others remember their own past lives.\n\nConnect with Karen\n\nEmail: Karen@KarenKubicko.com\nWebsite: www.KarenKubicko.com\nBook a Personal Session: https://calendly.com/karen-kubicko\nYouTube: @KarenKubicko ~ https://www.youtube.com/@KarenKubicko\nInstagram: @KarenKubicko ~ https://www.instagram.com/karenkubicko\nFacebook (page): Karen A. Kubicko ~ https://www.facebook.com/KarenAKubicko\nLinkedIn: Karen Kubicko ~ https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-kubicko/\nX (Twitter): @KarenKubicko ~ https://x.com/KarenKubicko\nPinterest: Karen Kubicko ~ http://pinterest.com/karenkubicko/\nRedBubble (art \u0026amp; merch): Karen A. Kubicko ~ https://www.redbubble.com/people/KKubicko\nKaren can be seen supporting her youngest child on the LMN Lifetime television show Ghost Inside My Child (S2\nE1, 2014).\n\nFor more on Karen Kubicko, please visit: https://www.karenkubicko.com/about-karen/Special Guest: Karen Kubicko.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eKaren Kubicko grew up steeped in Catholic school traditions — but something always felt bigger just beneath the surface. In 11th grade, on her first day at a new public school, she heard a voice tell her she\u0026#39;d had a past life with a complete stranger in the hallway. She dismissed it. Decades later, that moment makes perfect sense.\u003cbr\u003e\nIn this episode, Karen walks me through the pivotal experiences that cracked her open: a near-fatal emergency C-section that may have briefly stopped her heart, a vision of her deceased grandparents holding her newborn daughter, and years later, a car accident in which an archangel took her on a tour of what felt like her future. Each experience deepened her abilities and ultimately led her to train directly under renowned psychiatrist and author Dr. Brian Weiss at the Omega Institute in New York.\u003cbr\u003e\nToday, Karen offers \u0026quot;whole soul readings,\u0026quot; past life regression sessions, intuitive development classes, and Reiki — all aimed at helping people identify and clear the root causes of patterns that are holding them back in this lifetime. Whether it\u0026#39;s recurring abusive relationships, irrational fears, chronic anxiety, or a general sense that something is missing, Karen\u0026#39;s work helps clients trace those threads back to their source — and release them.\u003cbr\u003e\nOur conversation goes deep on several fascinating topics:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow past life regression works and what a session with Karen actually looks like\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe empath problem — why highly sensitive people absorb other people\u0026#39;s emotions, how childhood trauma (hypervigilance, unsafe environments) keeps the \u0026quot;feelers\u0026quot; turned all the way up, and practical tools to dial them back down\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscernment — how to tell the difference between your own inner voice, ego chatter, and genuine intuitive guidance\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpirit guides and channeling — Karen\u0026#39;s experience receiving information, and how she sets clear boundaries with the beings she works with\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDr. Brian Weiss and the origins of past life regression therapy — how a skeptical psychiatrist accidentally regressed a patient 5,000 years and changed the field of healing forever\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eManifesting and timeline choice — the idea that every moment offers a choice between vibrational states, and how awareness of that gap between stimulus and response is itself a form of freedom\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKaren and I also connect the dots between indigenous wisdom traditions, empathic experience, and the growing global awakening — weaving in references to Paul Selig, Bashar/Darryl Anka, and the power of trusting what you receive, even when it first shows up as a horse and buggy in your living room.\u003cbr\u003e\nThis is a beautiful, wide-ranging conversation for anyone curious about the soul\u0026#39;s journey across lifetimes — and how understanding that journey can heal the one you\u0026#39;re living right now.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Karen\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKaren Kubicko is a past life hypnotherapist, and intuitive psychic reader passionate about teaching and helping others heal through working with their spirit guides, angels, and healing the patterns found in their own past lives. She is the author of: Life Is Just Another Class—One Soul’s Journey through Past Life Regression, an account of 16 of her own past lives and Making True Love—Healing Relationship Patterns Through Past Life Regression which explores common root causes of relationship issues, plus provides insight on how to heal these patterns so you can find true love.\u003cbr\u003e\nKaren also utilizes her psychic skills to intuitively see someone’s whole soul experience including their past lives. Karen completed the Past Life Therapy Professional Training course with Dr. Brian Weiss. She received her hypnotherapy certification through the National Guild of Hypnotists. She has personally remembered over 200 past\u003cbr\u003e\nlives and has helped numerous others remember their own past lives.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConnect with Karen\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEmail: \u003ca href=\"mailto:Karen@KarenKubicko.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eKaren@KarenKubicko.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nWebsite: \u003ca href=\"http://www.KarenKubicko.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ewww.KarenKubicko.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nBook a Personal Session: \u003ca href=\"https://calendly.com/karen-kubicko\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://calendly.com/karen-kubicko\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nYouTube: @KarenKubicko ~ \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@KarenKubicko\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.youtube.com/@KarenKubicko\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nInstagram: @KarenKubicko ~ \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/karenkubicko\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.instagram.com/karenkubicko\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nFacebook (page): Karen A. Kubicko ~ \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/KarenAKubicko\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.facebook.com/KarenAKubicko\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nLinkedIn: Karen Kubicko ~ \u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-kubicko/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-kubicko/\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nX (Twitter): @KarenKubicko ~ \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/KarenKubicko\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://x.com/KarenKubicko\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nPinterest: Karen Kubicko ~ \u003ca href=\"http://pinterest.com/karenkubicko/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttp://pinterest.com/karenkubicko/\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nRedBubble (art \u0026amp; merch): Karen A. Kubicko ~ \u003ca href=\"https://www.redbubble.com/people/KKubicko\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.redbubble.com/people/KKubicko\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nKaren can be seen supporting her youngest child on the LMN Lifetime television show Ghost Inside My Child (S2\u003cbr\u003e\nE1, 2014).\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Karen Kubicko, please visit: \u003ca href=\"https://www.karenkubicko.com/about-karen/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.karenkubicko.com/about-karen/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Karen Kubicko.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"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.\r\n","date_published":"2026-04-03T09:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/64e88844-4090-4425-828e-f6398373602b/c6550dd8-3979-4fa2-ac70-66132d3d069b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":87123136,"duration_in_seconds":4355}]},{"id":"375f3eab-56c5-40c1-8ed1-31e22ee71bdb","title":"S2 | E4 Pascale Falempin, Pilates \u0026 Breathwork Instructor","url":"https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/s2e4-falempin","content_text":"In this episode, I sit down with Pascale Falempin—former professional dancer, Pilates instructor, and breathwork facilitator—to explore the path of embodiment from a deeply lived perspective.\nPascale grew up in Corsica, surrounded by nature and simplicity, before stepping into the intensity and cultural expansion of Paris and eventually into a career in dance. What unfolds is a story that will feel familiar to many: a gradual disconnection from the body in pursuit of performance, achievement, and external validation—and the eventual return.\nWe dive into the intelligence of the body as something far more than mechanical. Pascale speaks to the subtle ways the body communicates, how trauma and conditioning get stored, and how breath becomes a direct access point into unwinding those patterns. This is not about forcing transformation—it’s about listening, allowing, and creating the conditions for the body to reveal what it already knows.\nWe also explore the paradox of modern life: being highly functional yet deeply disconnected. Pascale shares how her work integrates movement, breath, and awareness to help people come back into relationship with themselves—not as an idea, but as a felt experience.\nThis conversation moves beyond concepts. It’s about the lived reality of embodiment, the courage it takes to feel, and the quiet power of coming home to yourself.\n\nPascale can be found on Instagram - @powerhousepascaleSpecial Guest: Pascale Falempin.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, I sit down with Pascale Falempin—former professional dancer, Pilates instructor, and breathwork facilitator—to explore the path of embodiment from a deeply lived perspective.\u003cbr\u003e\nPascale grew up in Corsica, surrounded by nature and simplicity, before stepping into the intensity and cultural expansion of Paris and eventually into a career in dance. What unfolds is a story that will feel familiar to many: a gradual disconnection from the body in pursuit of performance, achievement, and external validation—and the eventual return.\u003cbr\u003e\nWe dive into the intelligence of the body as something far more than mechanical. Pascale speaks to the subtle ways the body communicates, how trauma and conditioning get stored, and how breath becomes a direct access point into unwinding those patterns. This is not about forcing transformation—it’s about listening, allowing, and creating the conditions for the body to reveal what it already knows.\u003cbr\u003e\nWe also explore the paradox of modern life: being highly functional yet deeply disconnected. Pascale shares how her work integrates movement, breath, and awareness to help people come back into relationship with themselves—not as an idea, but as a felt experience.\u003cbr\u003e\nThis conversation moves beyond concepts. It’s about the lived reality of embodiment, the courage it takes to feel, and the quiet power of coming home to yourself.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePascale can be found on Instagram - @powerhousepascale\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Pascale Falempin.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"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.","date_published":"2026-03-22T13:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/64e88844-4090-4425-828e-f6398373602b/375f3eab-56c5-40c1-8ed1-31e22ee71bdb.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":85490176,"duration_in_seconds":4274}]},{"id":"5ea099c3-48a2-4325-8675-16185c9dcf6b","title":"S2 | E3 Christopher Sunyata, Men's Coach, Meditation Teacher \u0026 Engineer","url":"https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/s2e3-sunyata","content_text":"In S2•E3, I speak with Christopher Sunyata, a former medical device engineer turned Buddhist meditation teacher and men’s coach based in Boulder, Colorado  . We met at an Osho-inspired Deer Tribe workshop in Cave Creek, Arizona—an intensive container exploring sacred sexuality and polarity work  .\n\nChristopher shares his origin story:\n    • Raised Catholic in Decatur, Illinois, bullied through childhood  \n    • A sensitive kid who later became a college rugby all-star—yet carried a fractured internal self-image  \n    • A near-death suffocation accident in childhood that left a deep imprint in his nervous system  \n    • Ten years of Jungian analysis, divorce after discovering an affair following a mushroom journey  \n    • Intensive Buddhist practice and eventual immersion in embodied tantric work\n\nWe explore how women’s somatic intuition became one of his greatest teachers—how feminine bodies read tension, contraction, and presence instantly  .\n\nWe discuss:\n    • Why resting as “open awareness” makes men more trustworthy and attractive  \n    • Breath-rate recovery and training the parasympathetic nervous system  \n    • Why meditation, psychedelics, and sexuality all intersect as portals into death practice and ego dissolution  \n    • His extensive work with plant medicines, including 5-MeO-DMT  \n    • Sexual practice as spiritual practice\n    • The difference between effort-based “techniques” and relaxed energetic openness\n    • How men can access sustained, non-ejaculatory, full-body orgasmic states\n    • Why relational polarity requires stability, not performance\n    • The nervous system as the foundation of spiritual and relational growth\n\nChristopher’s central thesis:\n\nA man’s depth is revealed in how much intensity he can open through—without collapsing, grasping, or dissociating  .\n\nWe also explore how shame around sexuality has been weaponized socially and spiritually—and what happens when that shame is removed.\n\nThis conversation bridges:\n    • Trauma work\n    • Buddhist meditation\n    • Tantric polarity\n    • Somatic nervous system regulation\n    • Psychedelic awakening\n    • Masculine leadership\n\nIt’s an unapologetically honest conversation about embodied masculinity in a time when many men feel disconnected from purpose and presence.Special Guest: Christopher Sunyata.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn S2•E3, I speak with Christopher Sunyata, a former medical device engineer turned Buddhist meditation teacher and men’s coach based in Boulder, Colorado  . We met at an Osho-inspired Deer Tribe workshop in Cave Creek, Arizona—an intensive container exploring sacred sexuality and polarity work  .\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChristopher shares his origin story:\u003cbr\u003e\n    • Raised Catholic in Decatur, Illinois, bullied through childhood  \u003cbr\u003e\n    • A sensitive kid who later became a college rugby all-star—yet carried a fractured internal self-image  \u003cbr\u003e\n    • A near-death suffocation accident in childhood that left a deep imprint in his nervous system  \u003cbr\u003e\n    • Ten years of Jungian analysis, divorce after discovering an affair following a mushroom journey  \u003cbr\u003e\n    • Intensive Buddhist practice and eventual immersion in embodied tantric work\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe explore how women’s somatic intuition became one of his greatest teachers—how feminine bodies read tension, contraction, and presence instantly  .\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe discuss:\u003cbr\u003e\n    • Why resting as “open awareness” makes men more trustworthy and attractive  \u003cbr\u003e\n    • Breath-rate recovery and training the parasympathetic nervous system  \u003cbr\u003e\n    • Why meditation, psychedelics, and sexuality all intersect as portals into death practice and ego dissolution  \u003cbr\u003e\n    • His extensive work with plant medicines, including 5-MeO-DMT  \u003cbr\u003e\n    • Sexual practice as spiritual practice\u003cbr\u003e\n    • The difference between effort-based “techniques” and relaxed energetic openness\u003cbr\u003e\n    • How men can access sustained, non-ejaculatory, full-body orgasmic states\u003cbr\u003e\n    • Why relational polarity requires stability, not performance\u003cbr\u003e\n    • The nervous system as the foundation of spiritual and relational growth\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChristopher’s central thesis:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA man’s depth is revealed in how much intensity he can open through—without collapsing, grasping, or dissociating  .\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe also explore how shame around sexuality has been weaponized socially and spiritually—and what happens when that shame is removed.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis conversation bridges:\u003cbr\u003e\n    • Trauma work\u003cbr\u003e\n    • Buddhist meditation\u003cbr\u003e\n    • Tantric polarity\u003cbr\u003e\n    • Somatic nervous system regulation\u003cbr\u003e\n    • Psychedelic awakening\u003cbr\u003e\n    • Masculine leadership\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s an unapologetically honest conversation about embodied masculinity in a time when many men feel disconnected from purpose and presence.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Christopher Sunyata.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"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.\r\n\r\nWe 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.\r\n\r\nThis is a conversation about safety in the body, depth in relationship, and reclaiming sexuality as a path of consciousness—not performance.\r\n","date_published":"2026-03-12T08:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/64e88844-4090-4425-828e-f6398373602b/5ea099c3-48a2-4325-8675-16185c9dcf6b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":95238016,"duration_in_seconds":4761}]},{"id":"0d247462-a25f-4b12-b5ad-fb49b55c35db","title":"S2 | E2 Deborah Servetnick - Life Mastery Coach","url":"https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/s2e2-servetnick","content_text":"In this episode, I sit down with Deb Servetnick. \"Grateful Deb\" is a life mastery coach, psychedelic guide, bodyworker, and founder of Serve Medicine. Join us for an expansive, unscripted exploration of healing.\n\nWe begin with her origin story as a lifelong Deadhead and early psychedelic explorer, then move into the deeper terrain: her MAPS training, her decision to remain aligned with decriminalization over legalization, and her critique of over-medicalizing sacred medicine.\n\nDeb shares why preparation matters more than the “six great hours,” how vibrational alignment shapes outcomes, and why psilocybin remains her preferred medicine for whole-body healing. We talk about grief, cancer, nervous system regulation, subconscious patterning, and the importance of replacing, not just removing, habits.\n\nThe conversation turns personal as we explore sugar, distraction, cannabis, and the difference between trying to “beat” something versus learning to love it into transformation.\n\nThis episode is about frequency. It’s about asking for what you actually want. And it’s about remembering that the universe is already responding.Special Guest: Deborah Servetnick.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, I sit down with Deb Servetnick. \u0026quot;Grateful Deb\u0026quot; is a life mastery coach, psychedelic guide, bodyworker, and founder of Serve Medicine. Join us for an expansive, unscripted exploration of healing.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe begin with her origin story as a lifelong Deadhead and early psychedelic explorer, then move into the deeper terrain: her MAPS training, her decision to remain aligned with decriminalization over legalization, and her critique of over-medicalizing sacred medicine.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDeb shares why preparation matters more than the “six great hours,” how vibrational alignment shapes outcomes, and why psilocybin remains her preferred medicine for whole-body healing. We talk about grief, cancer, nervous system regulation, subconscious patterning, and the importance of replacing, not just removing, habits.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe conversation turns personal as we explore sugar, distraction, cannabis, and the difference between trying to “beat” something versus learning to love it into transformation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis episode is about frequency. It’s about asking for what you actually want. And it’s about remembering that the universe is already responding.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Deborah Servetnick.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"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.\r\n","date_published":"2026-03-05T08:00:00.000-06:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/64e88844-4090-4425-828e-f6398373602b/0d247462-a25f-4b12-b5ad-fb49b55c35db.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":80466836,"duration_in_seconds":3972}]},{"id":"b6086839-b076-46a4-a514-594de8ebc7d4","title":"S2 | E1 Dr. Jodie NewDelman, Doctor of Psychology","url":"https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/s2e1-newdelman","content_text":"Dr. Jodie NewDelman shares her evolution from a hard-science neuropsychology background at UCLA studying autism genetics to embracing a more integrated biopsychosocial-spiritual model of care. We examine:\n    • The limitations of purely symptom-based psychiatric models\n    • ADHD and neurodivergence as neurotypes, not simply disorders\n    • Trauma as both psychological and somatic — and how it presents as chronic pain, fibromyalgia-like symptoms, digestive disorders, and “mystery” illnesses\n    • The Quadrintity framework (cognitive, emotional, physical, spiritual) and how imbalance across these domains manifests as dysregulation\n    • Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy as a non-specific amplifier that accelerates subconscious material to the surface\n    • Why preparation, safety, and integration are non-negotiable in psychedelic work\n    • Transference and countertransference as essential considerations in altered states\n    • The difference between being “fixed” and reclaiming agency\n\nThis episode invites listeners to examine whether their current healing path is addressing root causes — or merely suppressing symptoms.\n\n• Nervous system regulation\n• Trauma stored in the body\n• Neurodivergence \u0026amp; ADHD\n• Chronic pain \u0026amp; somatic symptoms\n• Internal Family Systems (IFS)\n• Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy\n• Psychedelic preparation \u0026amp; integration\n• Transference \u0026amp; countertransference\n• Biopsychosocial-spiritual model\n• Experiential medicine\n• Personal agency in healing\n\n\nDr. NewDelman's website is https://essensuate.com\nFacebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091764967649\nLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/essensuate-integration/\nInstagram https://www.instagram.com/essensuate/Special Guest: Dr. Jodie NewDelman.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eDr. Jodie NewDelman shares her evolution from a hard-science neuropsychology background at UCLA studying autism genetics to embracing a more integrated biopsychosocial-spiritual model of care. We examine:\u003cbr\u003e\n    • The limitations of purely symptom-based psychiatric models\u003cbr\u003e\n    • ADHD and neurodivergence as neurotypes, not simply disorders\u003cbr\u003e\n    • Trauma as both psychological and somatic — and how it presents as chronic pain, fibromyalgia-like symptoms, digestive disorders, and “mystery” illnesses\u003cbr\u003e\n    • The Quadrintity framework (cognitive, emotional, physical, spiritual) and how imbalance across these domains manifests as dysregulation\u003cbr\u003e\n    • Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy as a non-specific amplifier that accelerates subconscious material to the surface\u003cbr\u003e\n    • Why preparation, safety, and integration are non-negotiable in psychedelic work\u003cbr\u003e\n    • Transference and countertransference as essential considerations in altered states\u003cbr\u003e\n    • The difference between being “fixed” and reclaiming agency\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis episode invites listeners to examine whether their current healing path is addressing root causes — or merely suppressing symptoms.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cpre\u003e\u003ccode\u003e• Nervous system regulation\n• Trauma stored in the body\n• Neurodivergence \u0026amp; ADHD\n• Chronic pain \u0026amp; somatic symptoms\n• Internal Family Systems (IFS)\n• Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy\n• Psychedelic preparation \u0026amp; integration\n• Transference \u0026amp; countertransference\n• Biopsychosocial-spiritual model\n• Experiential medicine\n• Personal agency in healing\n\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/pre\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDr. NewDelman\u0026#39;s website is \u003ca href=\"https://essensuate.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://essensuate.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nFacebook \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091764967649\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091764967649\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nLinkedIn \u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/essensuate-integration/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.linkedin.com/company/essensuate-integration/\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nInstagram \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/essensuate/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.instagram.com/essensuate/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Dr. Jodie NewDelman.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"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.\r\n\r\nWe 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.","date_published":"2026-02-26T10:30:00.000-06:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/64e88844-4090-4425-828e-f6398373602b/b6086839-b076-46a4-a514-594de8ebc7d4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":94957696,"duration_in_seconds":4747}]},{"id":"53f9d5a8-4da1-4567-ac6b-41100022e18a","title":"S1 | E18 Amy Anesi - Dear Friend \u0026 Former Spouse","url":"https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/s1e18-amy-anesi","content_text":"This season-one finale of The Permission Slip is a deeply honest, unsanitized conversation between me and my former wife, Amy Anesi. We were married for 15 years, raised two daughters together, divorced after an affair, endured bankruptcy and foreclosure in the wake of the 2008 financial collapse—and then chose a different path forward.\n\nInstead of turning divorce into a lifelong war story, we explore what it looks like to take responsibility, metabolize pain, and consciously evolve beyond blame. This episode challenges the dominant cultural narrative that divorce must be ugly, adversarial, and permanently scarring. It doesn’t.\n\nWith Amy as both witness and mirror, I share my own arc—from childhood conditioning and emotional repression, through infidelity, trauma, and collapse, into somatic healing, psychedelic therapy, nervous-system work, and spiritual awakening. What emerges is not a story of redemption, but of integration.\n\nThis is a conversation about accountability without self-flagellation, healing without spiritual bypass, and what becomes possible when two people choose growth over grievance—for themselves and for their children.Special Guest: Amy Anesi.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eThis season-one finale of The Permission Slip is a deeply honest, unsanitized conversation between me and my former wife, Amy Anesi. We were married for 15 years, raised two daughters together, divorced after an affair, endured bankruptcy and foreclosure in the wake of the 2008 financial collapse—and then chose a different path forward.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInstead of turning divorce into a lifelong war story, we explore what it looks like to take responsibility, metabolize pain, and consciously evolve beyond blame. This episode challenges the dominant cultural narrative that divorce must be ugly, adversarial, and permanently scarring. It doesn’t.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith Amy as both witness and mirror, I share my own arc—from childhood conditioning and emotional repression, through infidelity, trauma, and collapse, into somatic healing, psychedelic therapy, nervous-system work, and spiritual awakening. What emerges is not a story of redemption, but of integration.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a conversation about accountability without self-flagellation, healing without spiritual bypass, and what becomes possible when two people choose growth over grievance—for themselves and for their children.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Amy Anesi.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"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.\r\n\r\nRather 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.\r\n\r\nThis 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.","date_published":"2026-02-06T15:00:00.000-06:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/64e88844-4090-4425-828e-f6398373602b/53f9d5a8-4da1-4567-ac6b-41100022e18a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":127960576,"duration_in_seconds":6397}]},{"id":"cbf7c619-a0ae-4223-84ed-77b930710501","title":"S1 | E17 Paul Selig - Psychic, Teacher \u0026 Author","url":"https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/s1e17-selig","content_text":"I discovered the channeled work of Paul Selig and his \"Guides\" (whom have called themselves \"Melchizedek\") in late summer of 2020. I had fortunately been \"softened\" up considerably with psychedelic work including Psilocybin, MDMA, Ayahuasca and Mescaline in addition to some deep myofascial work by that point in my healing journey. A friend shared a link to a YouTube video and it was as if a tractor beam took hold of me. I was mesmerized and, after checking their stock online, was on my way to a bookstore 30 minutes away where I purchased three books.\n\nThis work is one of the three pillars of my transformation - up there with psychedelics and somatic work. And it may not resonate with you. It was one of the clearest example of \"When the student is ready, the teacher appears\" I've experienced. Others have told similar stories. \n\nIn this episode of The Permission Slip, I sit down with Paul Selig for a conversation about consciousness, channeling, and what it means to live in alignment with a higher order of truth while fully embodied as a human being.\n\nPaul shares his personal origin story — from an accomplished academic life to an unexpected spiritual awakening that opened him to hearing and working with the Guides. We explore how his abilities unfolded gradually, the role discipline and integrity played in stabilizing the work, and why true channeling is less about being “special” and more about becoming transparent to something greater.\n\nWe move into the core teachings brought through the Guides: the nature of divine union, the Christ as a universal principle rather than a historical figure, and humanity’s current reckoning with fear, separation, and self-denial. We also discuss discernment in spiritual work, the difference between inspiration and channeling, free will, presence, and how awakening does not bypass the human experience — it transforms how we meet it.\n\nThis conversation is not about belief systems or spiritual bypassing. It’s about lived experience, embodiment, and the practical integration of higher consciousness into daily life.\n\nPaul's website is https://paulselig.comSpecial Guest: Paul Selig.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eI discovered the channeled work of Paul Selig and his \u0026quot;Guides\u0026quot; (whom have called themselves \u0026quot;Melchizedek\u0026quot;) in late summer of 2020. I had fortunately been \u0026quot;softened\u0026quot; up considerably with psychedelic work including Psilocybin, MDMA, Ayahuasca and Mescaline in addition to some deep myofascial work by that point in my healing journey. A friend shared a link to a YouTube video and it was as if a tractor beam took hold of me. I was mesmerized and, after checking their stock online, was on my way to a bookstore 30 minutes away where I purchased three books.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis work is one of the three pillars of my transformation - up there with psychedelics and somatic work. And it may not resonate with you. It was one of the clearest example of \u0026quot;When the student is ready, the teacher appears\u0026quot; I\u0026#39;ve experienced. Others have told similar stories. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this episode of The Permission Slip, I sit down with Paul Selig for a conversation about consciousness, channeling, and what it means to live in alignment with a higher order of truth while fully embodied as a human being.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePaul shares his personal origin story — from an accomplished academic life to an unexpected spiritual awakening that opened him to hearing and working with the Guides. We explore how his abilities unfolded gradually, the role discipline and integrity played in stabilizing the work, and why true channeling is less about being “special” and more about becoming transparent to something greater.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe move into the core teachings brought through the Guides: the nature of divine union, the Christ as a universal principle rather than a historical figure, and humanity’s current reckoning with fear, separation, and self-denial. We also discuss discernment in spiritual work, the difference between inspiration and channeling, free will, presence, and how awakening does not bypass the human experience — it transforms how we meet it.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis conversation is not about belief systems or spiritual bypassing. It’s about lived experience, embodiment, and the practical integration of higher consciousness into daily life.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePaul\u0026#39;s website is \u003ca href=\"https://paulselig.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://paulselig.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Paul Selig.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"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.\r\nThis 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.","date_published":"2026-01-16T08:00:00.000-06:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/64e88844-4090-4425-828e-f6398373602b/cbf7c619-a0ae-4223-84ed-77b930710501.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":69722822,"duration_in_seconds":3485}]},{"id":"22e8e876-9dfc-4b7d-891d-982562320b75","title":"S1 | E16 Lisa Parker - Founder, Trilome®","url":"https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/s1e16-parker","content_text":"The irony of the fact that it took me 16 episodes to get to somebody who works with psychedelic medicines is not lost on me. Psychedelics (all of them) have been instrumental in my healing process. As somebody who hasn't had an alcoholic drink since 2001 and hadn't smoked weed since 1995, dipping my toe in the psychedelic waters was not a decision I undertook lightly. It was a short journey from the dip to the plunge, however. \n\nI'm very grateful to Lisa for agreeing to be on the show and to share the beautiful potential these medicines have for fostering healing and connection. The fact that they are Schedule I narcotics is criminal in and of itself.\n\nIn this episode, I talk with Lisa Parker about her journey from chronic trauma and unexplained pain into becoming a practitioner of psychedelic-integrative bodywork. Lisa shares how early experiences of fear, dissociation, and bodily threat shaped her nervous system—and how modalities like Rolfing and other somatic work, especially in tandem with medicines such as Ayahuasca, Psilocybin and Kambo helped her reclaim safety in her body.\n\nIn themes that are common across most episodes, we explore how trauma lives in fascia, why chronic pain often has emotional and energetic roots, and how combining low-dose psychedelic medicine with hands-on bodywork can accelerate healing in a safe, grounded way. This conversation moves through nervous system regulation, consent, embodied boundaries, touches briefly on Human Design, and the difference between catharsis and integration.\n\nThis episode is an invitation to understand healing not as fixing what’s broken, but as remembering how the body already knows how to come home to itself.Special Guest: Lisa Parker.Links:Lisa Parker's Website","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eThe irony of the fact that it took me 16 episodes to get to somebody who works with psychedelic medicines is not lost on me. Psychedelics (all of them) have been instrumental in my healing process. As somebody who hasn\u0026#39;t had an alcoholic drink since 2001 and hadn\u0026#39;t smoked weed since 1995, dipping my toe in the psychedelic waters was not a decision I undertook lightly. It was a short journey from the dip to the plunge, however. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI\u0026#39;m very grateful to Lisa for agreeing to be on the show and to share the beautiful potential these medicines have for fostering healing and connection. The fact that they are Schedule I narcotics is criminal in and of itself.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, I talk with Lisa Parker about her journey from chronic trauma and unexplained pain into becoming a practitioner of psychedelic-integrative bodywork. Lisa shares how early experiences of fear, dissociation, and bodily threat shaped her nervous system—and how modalities like Rolfing and other somatic work, especially in tandem with medicines such as Ayahuasca, Psilocybin and Kambo helped her reclaim safety in her body.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn themes that are common across most episodes, we explore how trauma lives in fascia, why chronic pain often has emotional and energetic roots, and how combining low-dose psychedelic medicine with hands-on bodywork can accelerate healing in a safe, grounded way. This conversation moves through nervous system regulation, consent, embodied boundaries, touches briefly on Human Design, and the difference between catharsis and integration.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis episode is an invitation to understand healing not as fixing what’s broken, but as remembering how the body already knows how to come home to itself.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Lisa Parker.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Lisa Parker\u0026#39;s Website\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://click.fireside.fm/e/MTgyOTc2\"\u003eLisa Parker's Website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"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.","date_published":"2026-01-08T08:00:00.000-06:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/64e88844-4090-4425-828e-f6398373602b/22e8e876-9dfc-4b7d-891d-982562320b75.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":85730176,"duration_in_seconds":4286}]},{"id":"28168212-a60f-4f7c-a407-523b0de77c25","title":"S1 | E15  Janell Riedl - Pilates Instructor \u0026 Intuitive","url":"https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/s1e15-riedl","content_text":"Join me as I sit down with someone who has been a beautiful and powerful force in my  healing journey — my Pilates instructor and friend, Janell Riedl.\nAfter resisting the call of Pilates for a long time, three years ago I found Janell. She has been guiding me unwinding my twisted fascia, waking up dormant muscles, getting overactive muscles to calm down and helping me release decades of stored tension and trauma. She is not your typical Pilates instructor; Janell is also an intuitive, an energy worker, and a teacher in the truest sense — someone who learned the hard way, followed her intuition, and kept leaning into the deeper layers of her own evolution.\nWe talk about her path from theater major to bartender and aspiring rock star, to leaving a toxic relationship, to living with an energy intuitive in Oregon who cracked her open to her real gifts. We chat about how the body stores emotion and how shaking can reprogram the nervous system. Our talk ventures into why letting go is harder than holding on, and how intuition guides her work with clients.\nWe also dive into spiritual openings, core unwinding, fear conditioning, ego, and why you can’t heal a body you’re judging. This episode is a small window into the magic that happens when someone merges technical mastery with intuitive knowing.\nThis is a conversation about healing, trusting your path, and remembering that the journey is the point.Special Guest: Janell Riedl.Links:Elite Integrated Pilates","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJoin me as I sit down with someone who has been a beautiful and powerful force in my  healing journey — my Pilates instructor and friend, Janell Riedl.\u003cbr\u003e\nAfter resisting the call of Pilates for a long time, three years ago I found Janell. She has been guiding me unwinding my twisted fascia, waking up dormant muscles, getting overactive muscles to calm down and helping me release decades of stored tension and trauma. She is not your typical Pilates instructor; Janell is also an intuitive, an energy worker, and a teacher in the truest sense — someone who learned the hard way, followed her intuition, and kept leaning into the deeper layers of her own evolution.\u003cbr\u003e\nWe talk about her path from theater major to bartender and aspiring rock star, to leaving a toxic relationship, to living with an energy intuitive in Oregon who cracked her open to her real gifts. We chat about how the body stores emotion and how shaking can reprogram the nervous system. Our talk ventures into why letting go is harder than holding on, and how intuition guides her work with clients.\u003cbr\u003e\nWe also dive into spiritual openings, core unwinding, fear conditioning, ego, and why you can’t heal a body you’re judging. This episode is a small window into the magic that happens when someone merges technical mastery with intuitive knowing.\u003cbr\u003e\nThis is a conversation about healing, trusting your path, and remembering that the journey is the point.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Janell Riedl.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Elite Integrated Pilates\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://click.fireside.fm/e/MTgyOTc1\"\u003eElite Integrated Pilates\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"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.","date_published":"2026-01-01T08:00:00.000-06:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/64e88844-4090-4425-828e-f6398373602b/28168212-a60f-4f7c-a407-523b0de77c25.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":90072736,"duration_in_seconds":4503}]},{"id":"147b16ba-cf40-48a6-b0bc-13b969774cf7","title":"S1 | E14 Dominica Fisher - Director of Meditative  \u0026 Creative Exploration at Bîan","url":"https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/s1e14-fisher","content_text":"In this episode of The Permission Slip, I sit down with Dominica Fisher, Director of Meditative \u0026amp; Creative Exploration at BÎAN, the wellness club in Chicago where she and I originally met. Dominica and I dive into her extraordinary journey which began as the daughter to single mother who was also Polish immigrant. Our discussion runs the gamut - her early intuitive visions, to discovering meditation, shamanic journeying, and eventually mastering the mechanics of manifestation.\nShe \u0026amp; I break down what it actually means to create reality — not as a platitude, but as a lived, moment-by-moment mechanics-of-consciousness experience. Dominica shares the stories that cracked her open, the visions she tried to suppress as a child, the ways she learned to work with her intuitive abilities, and how she now teaches others to consciously create their lives.\nWe also get into the Bengston Method, the intensity and power of desire lists, the traps of “victim consciousness,” the importance of regulating emotional states, and what it really takes to direct your reality without bypassing your humanity.\nIf you’ve ever wondered how intuition, manifestation, meditation, and reality-creation really function beneath the surface, this episode is a doorway.Special Guest: Dominica Fisher.Links:BÎAN Website","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode of The Permission Slip, I sit down with Dominica Fisher, Director of Meditative \u0026amp; Creative Exploration at BÎAN, the wellness club in Chicago where she and I originally met. Dominica and I dive into her extraordinary journey which began as the daughter to single mother who was also Polish immigrant. Our discussion runs the gamut - her early intuitive visions, to discovering meditation, shamanic journeying, and eventually mastering the mechanics of manifestation.\u003cbr\u003e\nShe \u0026amp; I break down what it actually means to create reality — not as a platitude, but as a lived, moment-by-moment mechanics-of-consciousness experience. Dominica shares the stories that cracked her open, the visions she tried to suppress as a child, the ways she learned to work with her intuitive abilities, and how she now teaches others to consciously create their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\nWe also get into the Bengston Method, the intensity and power of desire lists, the traps of “victim consciousness,” the importance of regulating emotional states, and what it really takes to direct your reality without bypassing your humanity.\u003cbr\u003e\nIf you’ve ever wondered how intuition, manifestation, meditation, and reality-creation really function beneath the surface, this episode is a doorway.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Dominica Fisher.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"BÎAN Website\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://click.fireside.fm/e/MTgyOTcz\"\u003eBÎAN Website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"I sat down with Dominica Fischer — intuitive, meditation teacher, creator, and Director of Meditative \u0026 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.","date_published":"2025-12-25T08:00:00.000-06:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/64e88844-4090-4425-828e-f6398373602b/147b16ba-cf40-48a6-b0bc-13b969774cf7.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":70725376,"duration_in_seconds":3536}]},{"id":"217de981-c03b-41c0-aad3-5ae2eca49349","title":"S1 | E13 Jessica Brown - Author, Clinical Nutritionist,  Compassion Teacher","url":"https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/s1e13-brown","content_text":"In this episode, I sit down with Clinical Nutritionist, Author and Noetic Gield Practitioner Jessica Brown for a powerful exploration of the emotional, energetic, and spiritual roots of healing.\nJessica shares her remarkable story — from growing up between two very different parents, to experiencing depersonalization/derealization after marijuana use, to finding an energy healer who helped her rebuild her inner world. Her journey opened the door to noetic field therapy, compassionate inquiry, and the innovative work she now does at the intersection of trauma, belief systems, energy, nutrition, and chronic health conditions.\n\nWe discuss:\n\n\nHow childhood fragmentation becomes unconscious belief structures\nWhat sits in one's auric field and how it influences behavior\nThe mechanics of noetic field therapy\nWhy the heart — not the mind — is what clears deep-rooted patterns\nThe emotional origins of food struggles\nHow GLP-1 medications create psychological spaciousness\nHow trauma echoes through the nervous system, the emotions, and the body\nWhy “spiritual growth” doesn’t mean bypassing human fear\nRe-inhabiting the body and returning to one’s own wholeness\n\n\nThis is a rich, grounded conversation for anyone interested in inner work, trauma healing, consciousness, and especially the relationship between food and emotional safety.\n\nAbout Jessica Brown\n\nJessica Brown is a Stanford-certified compassion teacher, functional medicine clinical nutritionist, and author with over 25 years of experience helping people heal physically and emotionally. With more than ten years of specialized clinical practice in self-compassion-based reparenting and mindset work, she has guided thousands toward lasting transformation.\n\nJessica is the author of \"The Loving Diet,\" which pioneered mind-body approaches for autoimmune conditions, and served as visiting faculty at the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, where she helped create their Mindful Eating program. She maintains a thriving practice as a consultant to practitioners and clients nationwide and continues to influence the health community through her innovative approaches to healing.\n\nHer work bridges the gap between medical treatment and emotional healing, offering practical tools for those ready to transform their relationship with food, body, and self from the inside out.\n\nLearn more at www.thelovingdiet.com or www.glp1nutritionacademy.com\n\nBook: Beyond the Shot\nInner Work for Lasting Success on Weight-Loss Medications\nBy Jessica Brown\n\nAbout the Book\n\nWith millions turning to GLP-1 medications like Ozempic®, Wegovy®, Mounjaro®, and Zepbound™, one question looms large: What happens after the prescription?\nBeyond the Shot is the first book written for patients themselves navigating life on GLP-1s. Clinical nutritionist and compassion educator Jessica Brown blends the science of GLP-1s with the psychology of eating, showing readers how to quiet food noise, stop self-sabotage, and create lasting change.\n\nHighlights\n\nThe first book for GLP-1 users, filling a major gap in obesity care.\n\n\nBlends science with psychology: medication, mindset, and self-compassion.\nCase stories illustrate real transformations beyond weight loss.\nPractical anchors: protein, fiber, hydration, sleep, and structure.\nSupports the urgent call from the American Society for Nutrition for multidisciplinary care alongside GLP-1 therapy.\n\n\nAbout the Author\n\nJessica Brown is a clinical nutritionist, author of The Loving Diet, and founder of Inner Well Press, the GLP-1 Nutrition Academy, and the Menopause Heart Project. She is a sought-after speaker and educator, known for combining warmth, practicality, and compassion in helping people transform their relationship with food and body image.Links:Jessica Brown's Instagram Jessica Brown's GLP 1 Education WebsiteJessica Brown's Primary WebsiteJessica Brown's YouTubeJessica Brown's TikTokJessica Brown's TikTok","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, I sit down with Clinical Nutritionist, Author and Noetic Gield Practitioner Jessica Brown for a powerful exploration of the emotional, energetic, and spiritual roots of healing.\u003cbr\u003e\nJessica shares her remarkable story — from growing up between two very different parents, to experiencing depersonalization/derealization after marijuana use, to finding an energy healer who helped her rebuild her inner world. Her journey opened the door to noetic field therapy, compassionate inquiry, and the innovative work she now does at the intersection of trauma, belief systems, energy, nutrition, and chronic health conditions.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe discuss:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow childhood fragmentation becomes unconscious belief structures\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat sits in one\u0026#39;s auric field and how it influences behavior\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe mechanics of noetic field therapy\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy the heart — not the mind — is what clears deep-rooted patterns\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe emotional origins of food struggles\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow GLP-1 medications create psychological spaciousness\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow trauma echoes through the nervous system, the emotions, and the body\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy “spiritual growth” doesn’t mean bypassing human fear\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRe-inhabiting the body and returning to one’s own wholeness\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a rich, grounded conversation for anyone interested in inner work, trauma healing, consciousness, and especially the relationship between food and emotional safety.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAbout Jessica Brown\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJessica Brown is a Stanford-certified compassion teacher, functional medicine clinical nutritionist, and author with over 25 years of experience helping people heal physically and emotionally. With more than ten years of specialized clinical practice in self-compassion-based reparenting and mindset work, she has guided thousands toward lasting transformation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJessica is the author of \u0026quot;The Loving Diet,\u0026quot; which pioneered mind-body approaches for autoimmune conditions, and served as visiting faculty at the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, where she helped create their Mindful Eating program. She maintains a thriving practice as a consultant to practitioners and clients nationwide and continues to influence the health community through her innovative approaches to healing.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer work bridges the gap between medical treatment and emotional healing, offering practical tools for those ready to transform their relationship with food, body, and self from the inside out.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLearn more at \u003ca href=\"http://www.thelovingdiet.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ewww.thelovingdiet.com\u003c/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"http://www.glp1nutritionacademy.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ewww.glp1nutritionacademy.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBook: Beyond the Shot\u003cbr\u003e\nInner Work for Lasting Success on Weight-Loss Medications\u003cbr\u003e\nBy Jessica Brown\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Book\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith millions turning to GLP-1 medications like Ozempic®, Wegovy®, Mounjaro®, and Zepbound™, one question looms large: What happens after the prescription?\u003cbr\u003e\nBeyond the Shot is the first book written for patients themselves navigating life on GLP-1s. Clinical nutritionist and compassion educator Jessica Brown blends the science of GLP-1s with the psychology of eating, showing readers how to quiet food noise, stop self-sabotage, and create lasting change.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHighlights\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe first book for GLP-1 users, filling a major gap in obesity care.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlends science with psychology: medication, mindset, and self-compassion.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCase stories illustrate real transformations beyond weight loss.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePractical anchors: protein, fiber, hydration, sleep, and structure.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupports the urgent call from the American Society for Nutrition for multidisciplinary care alongside GLP-1 therapy.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJessica Brown is a clinical nutritionist, author of The Loving Diet, and founder of Inner Well Press, the GLP-1 Nutrition Academy, and the Menopause Heart Project. She is a sought-after speaker and educator, known for combining warmth, practicality, and compassion in helping people transform their relationship with food and body image.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Jessica Brown\u0026#39;s Instagram \" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://click.fireside.fm/e/MTgyOTY4\"\u003eJessica Brown's Instagram \u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Jessica Brown\u0026#39;s GLP 1 Education Website\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://click.fireside.fm/e/MTgyOTY5\"\u003eJessica Brown's GLP 1 Education Website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Jessica Brown\u0026#39;s Primary Website\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://click.fireside.fm/e/MTgyOTcw\"\u003eJessica Brown's Primary Website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Jessica Brown\u0026#39;s YouTube\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://click.fireside.fm/e/MTgyOTcx\"\u003eJessica Brown's YouTube\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Jessica Brown\u0026#39;s TikTok\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://click.fireside.fm/e/MTgzMzU4\"\u003eJessica Brown's TikTok\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Jessica Brown\u0026#39;s TikTok\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://click.fireside.fm/e/MTgyOTcy\"\u003eJessica Brown's TikTok\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"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.","date_published":"2025-12-18T08:00:00.000-06:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/64e88844-4090-4425-828e-f6398373602b/217de981-c03b-41c0-aad3-5ae2eca49349.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":58952896,"duration_in_seconds":2947}]},{"id":"058b49c6-863e-4d1f-a8ee-97c562415749","title":"S1 | E12 Laura O’Malley - Channel \u0026 Happiness Coach","url":"https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/s1e12-omalley","content_text":"This is the first episode I've created that has video. You may wish to watch it to see how Laura's entire countenance changes when she channels the other beings. \n\nLink - https://youtu.be/xo72vAcW6-k\n\nI'm really excited about this follow-up conversation with Conscious Channel Laura O’Malley and even more excited that we got to communicate directly with the beings that have been coming through her for years with powerful information for the rapidly expanding consciousness and shifting reality we are presently experiencing. We dive straight into one of my favorite topics: Kundalini energy and what’s actually happening during spiritual awakening. My own experiences with powerful energy experiences, plant medicine, and meditation led me into this conversation — and Laura’s Guides wasted no time stepping in to speak directly.\n\nThe episode is an exploration of consciousness:\n\n\nWhat kundalini really is\nWhy it releases only when the body is vibrationally ready\nWhy more people are experiencing spontaneous awakenings now\nWhy many of these openings have been misdiagnosed as breakdowns\nHow thoughts, vibration, and free will shape reality\nHow to tell the difference between ego and higher self\nWhy “fighting darkness” only feeds it\nHow to shift your vibration through attention\nWhat Christ Consciousness actually means\nHow plant medicines give temporary access to higher dimensions\nThe nature of soul fractals and multidimensional existence\nThe Collective speaks bluntly about fear, news addiction, collective expansion, and why love is the only real frequency beneath it all. Their message is clear: we’re in a massive vibrational shift, and more people are waking up to their true nature while still in the body — something that used to be rare.\nWe also talk about embodiment practices, emotional processing, why suppressing feelings creates suffering, and the mechanics of raising your vibration intentionally (without spiritual bypassing).\nThis episode is raw, real, and a direct hit for anyone navigating awakening, expansion, or the feeling that the world is changing in ways they can’t ignore.\n\n\nVideo of the session is available on my YouTube channel - @ThePermissionSlip.Special Guest: Laura O'Malley.Links:Laura O'Malley's Website","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first episode I\u0026#39;ve created that has video. You may wish to watch it to see how Laura\u0026#39;s entire countenance changes when she channels the other beings. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLink - \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/xo72vAcW6-k\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://youtu.be/xo72vAcW6-k\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI\u0026#39;m really excited about this follow-up conversation with Conscious Channel Laura O’Malley and even more excited that we got to communicate directly with the beings that have been coming through her for years with powerful information for the rapidly expanding consciousness and shifting reality we are presently experiencing. We dive straight into one of my favorite topics: Kundalini energy and what’s actually happening during spiritual awakening. My own experiences with powerful energy experiences, plant medicine, and meditation led me into this conversation — and Laura’s Guides wasted no time stepping in to speak directly.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe episode is an exploration of consciousness:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat kundalini really is\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy it releases only when the body is vibrationally ready\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy more people are experiencing spontaneous awakenings now\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy many of these openings have been misdiagnosed as breakdowns\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow thoughts, vibration, and free will shape reality\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to tell the difference between ego and higher self\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy “fighting darkness” only feeds it\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to shift your vibration through attention\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat Christ Consciousness actually means\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow plant medicines give temporary access to higher dimensions\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe nature of soul fractals and multidimensional existence\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Collective speaks bluntly about fear, news addiction, collective expansion, and why love is the only real frequency beneath it all. Their message is clear: we’re in a massive vibrational shift, and more people are waking up to their true nature while still in the body — something that used to be rare.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe also talk about embodiment practices, emotional processing, why suppressing feelings creates suffering, and the mechanics of raising your vibration intentionally (without spiritual bypassing).\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis episode is raw, real, and a direct hit for anyone navigating awakening, expansion, or the feeling that the world is changing in ways they can’t ignore.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVideo of the session is available on my YouTube channel - @ThePermissionSlip.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Laura O\u0026#39;Malley.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Laura O\u0026#39;Malley\u0026#39;s Website\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://click.fireside.fm/e/MTgyOTU3\"\u003eLaura O'Malley's Website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"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.","date_published":"2025-12-11T22:15:00.000-06:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/64e88844-4090-4425-828e-f6398373602b/058b49c6-863e-4d1f-a8ee-97c562415749.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":111353056,"duration_in_seconds":5567}]},{"id":"53d3b770-b788-4421-8291-afbe6ca13bde","title":"S1 | E11 Shweta Shyamani - Mind Body Therapist","url":"https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/s1e11-shyamani","content_text":"In this episode of The Permission Slip, I sit down with Shweta Shyamani, a clinical hypnotherapist, energy intuitive, and co-leader of Rewilding Retreats for Women. Shweta shares her powerful journey from corporate success to soul-centered healing—walking away from an MBA-driven marketing career just days before 9/11 and eventually finding her calling in energy medicine and Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT).\nWe talk about how unresolved emotions and energy imbalances can manifest as physical illness, why traditional talk therapy often keeps us looping in old stories, and how techniques like RTT, EFT tapping, and hypnotherapy help people access deeper layers of healing. Shweta also opens up about her mother’s decades-long illness, which became the catalyst for her path as a healer, and about her retreats that help women reconnect with their feminine essence, emotional truth, and sense of belonging.\nIt’s a rich, heartfelt conversation about courage, intuition, and what happens when we finally choose alignment over achievement.Special Guest: Shweta Shyamani.Links:Shweta's Website","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode of The Permission Slip, I sit down with Shweta Shyamani, a clinical hypnotherapist, energy intuitive, and co-leader of Rewilding Retreats for Women. Shweta shares her powerful journey from corporate success to soul-centered healing—walking away from an MBA-driven marketing career just days before 9/11 and eventually finding her calling in energy medicine and Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT).\u003cbr\u003e\nWe talk about how unresolved emotions and energy imbalances can manifest as physical illness, why traditional talk therapy often keeps us looping in old stories, and how techniques like RTT, EFT tapping, and hypnotherapy help people access deeper layers of healing. Shweta also opens up about her mother’s decades-long illness, which became the catalyst for her path as a healer, and about her retreats that help women reconnect with their feminine essence, emotional truth, and sense of belonging.\u003cbr\u003e\nIt’s a rich, heartfelt conversation about courage, intuition, and what happens when we finally choose alignment over achievement.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Shweta Shyamani.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Shweta\u0026#39;s Website\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://click.fireside.fm/e/MTgyOTU4\"\u003eShweta's Website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"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.","date_published":"2025-11-11T12:00:00.000-06:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/64e88844-4090-4425-828e-f6398373602b/53d3b770-b788-4421-8291-afbe6ca13bde.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":70664416,"duration_in_seconds":3533}]},{"id":"6a272be0-401e-40d2-a7d5-b0b02e7e18bc","title":"S1 | E10 Rich Priddis - Conscious Connection and Intimacy Guide","url":"https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/s1e10-priddis","content_text":"CONTENT WARNING - in this episode there is some graphic sexual language that may be triggering. \n\nIn this intimate and eye-opening conversation, I sit down with Rich Priddis, a Conscious Connection and Intimacy Guide and long-time ISTA (International School of Temple Arts) facilitator. Rich shares his remarkable journey from a strict Mormon upbringing—steeped in sexual shame and repression—to becoming a global teacher of sacred sexuality and embodied healing. I met Rich in the summer of 2023 where he was a lead facilitator of an ISTA retreat I attended in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. It was one of the more powerful and healing experiences I've had in my life.\nWe explore how early religious conditioning shaped his relationship with his body, the liberation that came through tantra, cuddle parties, and sex-positive communities, and the transformative power of consent, communication, and embodiment. Rich explains concepts like the Wheel of Consent, the Body SMART model for conscious relating, and how sexual energy can be used for healing, self-acceptance, and creative awakening. We discuss shadow work, shame release, and reclaiming authentic connection to self and others through presence, truth, and love.\n\nRich's website - https://www.richpriddis.comSpecial Guest: Rich Priddis.Links:Rich Priddis' Website","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eCONTENT WARNING - in this episode there is some graphic sexual language that may be triggering. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this intimate and eye-opening conversation, I sit down with Rich Priddis, a Conscious Connection and Intimacy Guide and long-time ISTA (International School of Temple Arts) facilitator. Rich shares his remarkable journey from a strict Mormon upbringing—steeped in sexual shame and repression—to becoming a global teacher of sacred sexuality and embodied healing. I met Rich in the summer of 2023 where he was a lead facilitator of an ISTA retreat I attended in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. It was one of the more powerful and healing experiences I\u0026#39;ve had in my life.\u003cbr\u003e\nWe explore how early religious conditioning shaped his relationship with his body, the liberation that came through tantra, cuddle parties, and sex-positive communities, and the transformative power of consent, communication, and embodiment. Rich explains concepts like the Wheel of Consent, the Body SMART model for conscious relating, and how sexual energy can be used for healing, self-acceptance, and creative awakening. We discuss shadow work, shame release, and reclaiming authentic connection to self and others through presence, truth, and love.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRich\u0026#39;s website - \u003ca href=\"https://www.richpriddis.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.richpriddis.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Rich Priddis.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Rich Priddis\u0026#39; Website\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://click.fireside.fm/e/MTgyOTU5\"\u003eRich Priddis' Website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"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.","date_published":"2025-11-03T11:30:00.000-06:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/64e88844-4090-4425-828e-f6398373602b/6a272be0-401e-40d2-a7d5-b0b02e7e18bc.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":83641907,"duration_in_seconds":4181}]},{"id":"32275c6e-3578-45e0-913f-dd1276d58975","title":"S1 | E9 Ben Goldberger - Breathworking Psychotherapist","url":"https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/s1e9-goldberger","content_text":"In this intimate and wide-ranging conversation, I sit down with licensed psychotherapist Ben Goldberger, LCSW—founder of We Are Medicine. Ben shares his personal journey from depression, disconnection, and rebellion in his 20s to finding healing through men’s work, psychotherapy, and holotropic-style breathwork.\nThey explore how non-ordinary states of consciousness can open pathways to integration and wholeness, what it means to reclaim personal agency in healing, and why deep breathwork can be as transformative as psychedelics—without the pharmacology.\nThe episode also weaves in themes of trauma release, body-based therapy, spiritual awakening, meditation, and miracles, offering listeners both inspiration and grounded tools for inner work.\n\n** Ben's Bio **\n\nBen Goldberger is a breathwork facilitator and trauma-focused psychotherapist practicing in the Chicago area since 2010. He is passionate about helping others access their innate abilities to heal and change through the use of intuitive, somatic methods, combined with more conventional analytical approaches. Ben offers monthly breathwork workshops, private breathwork and a variety of talk and somatic therapy modalities meant for all ages including EMDR, Jungian-informed psychotherapy, and family therapy of all kinds.\n\nWebsite: https://wearemedicine.netSpecial Guest: Ben Goldberger.Links:Ben Goldberger's Website","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this intimate and wide-ranging conversation, I sit down with licensed psychotherapist Ben Goldberger, LCSW—founder of We Are Medicine. Ben shares his personal journey from depression, disconnection, and rebellion in his 20s to finding healing through men’s work, psychotherapy, and holotropic-style breathwork.\u003cbr\u003e\nThey explore how non-ordinary states of consciousness can open pathways to integration and wholeness, what it means to reclaim personal agency in healing, and why deep breathwork can be as transformative as psychedelics—without the pharmacology.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe episode also weaves in themes of trauma release, body-based therapy, spiritual awakening, meditation, and miracles, offering listeners both inspiration and grounded tools for inner work.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e** Ben\u0026#39;s Bio **\u003c/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBen Goldberger is a breathwork facilitator and trauma-focused psychotherapist practicing in the Chicago area since 2010. He is passionate about helping others access their innate abilities to heal and change through the use of intuitive, somatic methods, combined with more conventional analytical approaches. Ben offers monthly breathwork workshops, private breathwork and a variety of talk and somatic therapy modalities meant for all ages including EMDR, Jungian-informed psychotherapy, and family therapy of all kinds.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWebsite: \u003ca href=\"https://wearemedicine.net\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://wearemedicine.net\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Ben Goldberger.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Ben Goldberger\u0026#39;s Website\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://click.fireside.fm/e/MTgyOTYw\"\u003eBen Goldberger's Website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"Licensed psychotherapist and breathwork facilitator Ben Goldberger joins me to talk about non-ordinary states of consciousness, men’s work, and the healing power of breath. A grounded, soulful exploration of how we move toward wholeness—one breath at a time.","date_published":"2025-10-04T11:45:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/64e88844-4090-4425-828e-f6398373602b/32275c6e-3578-45e0-913f-dd1276d58975.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":141961818,"duration_in_seconds":4436}]},{"id":"b7015cef-8c51-441b-aeb8-5fecc8c4a03f","title":"S1 | E8 Dr. Therese Rowley - Skilled Intuitive","url":"https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/s1e8-rowley","content_text":"I had the pleasure of experiencing not one, but TWO sessions with Therese at the very start of my transformational healing journey back in 2019. I was so f-ing excited to sit down with her and talk about her work earlier this week, especially with the vocabulary and understanding I have gleaned about the nature of this work in the intervening years.\n\nIn this expansive and deeply personal conversation, I sit down and chat with Dr. Therese Rowley — skilled intuitive, author, and organizational change agent — whose life has woven together mystical experience, Fortune 500 consulting, and groundbreaking work in the realms of healing and multisensory intelligence. Therese shares her journey from a childhood immersed in Catholic mysticism to becoming a sought-after intuitive for individuals, leaders, and businesses. Along the way, she recounts her own dark night of the soul, lessons from chronic fatigue syndrome, and the path that led her to help others navigate spiritual, emotional, and energetic transformation.\n\nWe also explore Therese’s visionary reframing of neurodiversity, particularly in children, as “multisensory intelligence” — a paradigm shift that moves beyond pathology to possibility. She explains how so-called “symptoms” may actually be signs of quantum perception and untapped human potential, and how parents, educators, and society can better support these gifts. This episode is a fascinating blend of personal story, spiritual insight, and forward-thinking ideas that challenge the boundaries between mysticism, science, and education.\n\nIf you enjoy this episode, please like, subscribe, and share to help spread the word.\n\n**Dr. Rowley's Bio\n\n**\n\nA visionary intuitive with over two decades of experience working with neurodiverse youth and their parents.\n\nTherese Rowley, CEO of Accelerated Alignment and Multisensory Intelligence, is a business consultant, intuitive expert, and advocate for multisensory youth. With a PhD in Business Transformation and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, she combines a sharp business acumen with over three decades of experience guiding corporate leaders through strategic and organizational transformations. Her consulting work includes partnering with leaders at organizations like AT\u0026amp;T, Kearney, Inc., and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and transforming legacy institutions, such as the YWCA-Chicago, into thriving enterprises. She has been adjunct faculty at the University of San Francisco, the University of Chicago Graham School, the Booth School’s LEAD Institute, and Northwestern University School of Continuing Studies. She founded the Conscious Business Network of Chicago in 2008 to bring together feisty, leading-edge leaders to stimulate business imagination, advancing a more conscious marketplace.\nA skilled intuitive with a focus on transformation, Dr. Rowley has conducted over 12,000 intuitive readings and healings, supporting leaders and others to balance and align their inner and outer worlds. She teaches clients to access and trust their intuition through courses, webinars, and articles, as well as through her book, Mapping a New Reality: Discovering Intuitive Intelligence.\nDr. Rowley also brings expertise in neurodiversity, supporting parents of gifted and intuitive children through intuitive guidance and advocacy. She has long recognized that youth diagnosed as neurodiverse are uncommonly gifted. Her work gives voice to the child’s inner world, offering their parents a deeper understanding of their child’s purpose as well as practical strategies to help families appreciate, communicate with, and support them more effectively. As Executive Producer of The Misdiagnosis of Gifted Children, she sheds light on how gifted children are often misdiagnosed and medicated because the behaviors of profoundly gifted youth and the behaviors defined as ‘neurodiverse” are often identical.\n\nParent Community Website:  The Wonder Children: Transforming the Neurodiverse Experience -http://multisensoryintelligence.ai/\nFacebook: The Wonder Children - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thewonderchildren\nIntuitive Business Website: Accelerated Alignment - https://thereserowley.com\nFacebook: Dr. Rowley's Conscious Business Network - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066454075257\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thereserowleyphd/Links:Parent Community Website:  The Wonder Children: Transforming the Neurodiverse ExperienceFacebook: The Wonder ChildrenIntuitive Business Website: Accelerated AlignmentFacebook: Dr. Rowley's Conscious Business NetworkThere's LinkedIn","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eI had the pleasure of experiencing not one, but TWO sessions with Therese at the very start of my transformational healing journey back in 2019. I was so f-ing excited to sit down with her and talk about her work earlier this week, especially with the vocabulary and understanding I have gleaned about the nature of this work in the intervening years.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this expansive and deeply personal conversation, I sit down and chat with Dr. Therese Rowley — skilled intuitive, author, and organizational change agent — whose life has woven together mystical experience, Fortune 500 consulting, and groundbreaking work in the realms of healing and multisensory intelligence. Therese shares her journey from a childhood immersed in Catholic mysticism to becoming a sought-after intuitive for individuals, leaders, and businesses. Along the way, she recounts her own dark night of the soul, lessons from chronic fatigue syndrome, and the path that led her to help others navigate spiritual, emotional, and energetic transformation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe also explore Therese’s visionary reframing of neurodiversity, particularly in children, as “multisensory intelligence” — a paradigm shift that moves beyond pathology to possibility. She explains how so-called “symptoms” may actually be signs of quantum perception and untapped human potential, and how parents, educators, and society can better support these gifts. This episode is a fascinating blend of personal story, spiritual insight, and forward-thinking ideas that challenge the boundaries between mysticism, science, and education.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf you enjoy this episode, please like, subscribe, and share to help spread the word.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e**Dr. Rowley\u0026#39;s Bio\u003c/h3\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e**\u003c/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA visionary intuitive with over two decades of experience working with neurodiverse youth and their parents.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTherese Rowley, CEO of Accelerated Alignment and Multisensory Intelligence, is a business consultant, intuitive expert, and advocate for multisensory youth. With a PhD in Business Transformation and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, she combines a sharp business acumen with over three decades of experience guiding corporate leaders through strategic and organizational transformations. Her consulting work includes partnering with leaders at organizations like AT\u0026amp;T, Kearney, Inc., and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and transforming legacy institutions, such as the YWCA-Chicago, into thriving enterprises. She has been adjunct faculty at the University of San Francisco, the University of Chicago Graham School, the Booth School’s LEAD Institute, and Northwestern University School of Continuing Studies. She founded the Conscious Business Network of Chicago in 2008 to bring together feisty, leading-edge leaders to stimulate business imagination, advancing a more conscious marketplace.\u003cbr\u003e\nA skilled intuitive with a focus on transformation, Dr. Rowley has conducted over 12,000 intuitive readings and healings, supporting leaders and others to balance and align their inner and outer worlds. She teaches clients to access and trust their intuition through courses, webinars, and articles, as well as through her book, Mapping a New Reality: Discovering Intuitive Intelligence.\u003cbr\u003e\nDr. Rowley also brings expertise in neurodiversity, supporting parents of gifted and intuitive children through intuitive guidance and advocacy. She has long recognized that youth diagnosed as neurodiverse are uncommonly gifted. Her work gives voice to the child’s inner world, offering their parents a deeper understanding of their child’s purpose as well as practical strategies to help families appreciate, communicate with, and support them more effectively. As Executive Producer of The Misdiagnosis of Gifted Children, she sheds light on how gifted children are often misdiagnosed and medicated because the behaviors of profoundly gifted youth and the behaviors defined as ‘neurodiverse” are often identical.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eParent Community Website:  The Wonder Children: Transforming the Neurodiverse Experience -\u003ca href=\"http://multisensoryintelligence.ai/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttp://multisensoryintelligence.ai/\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nFacebook: The Wonder Children - \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/thewonderchildren\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/thewonderchildren\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nIntuitive Business Website: Accelerated Alignment - \u003ca href=\"https://thereserowley.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://thereserowley.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nFacebook: Dr. Rowley\u0026#39;s Conscious Business Network - \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066454075257\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066454075257\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nLinkedIn: \u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/thereserowleyphd/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/thereserowleyphd/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Parent Community Website:  The Wonder Children: Transforming the Neurodiverse Experience\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://click.fireside.fm/e/MTgyOTYx\"\u003eParent Community Website:  The Wonder Children: Transforming the Neurodiverse Experience\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Facebook: The Wonder Children\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://click.fireside.fm/e/MTgyOTYy\"\u003eFacebook: The Wonder Children\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Intuitive Business Website: Accelerated Alignment\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://click.fireside.fm/e/MTgyOTYz\"\u003eIntuitive Business Website: Accelerated Alignment\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Facebook: Dr. Rowley\u0026#39;s Conscious Business Network\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://click.fireside.fm/e/MTgyOTY0\"\u003eFacebook: Dr. Rowley's Conscious Business Network\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"There\u0026#39;s LinkedIn\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://click.fireside.fm/e/MTgyOTY1\"\u003eThere's LinkedIn\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"Join me in this wide-ranging, illuminating conversation with Dr. Therese Rowley on her journey as a skilled intuitive, her healing work, and her revolutionary perspective on neurodiversity as multisensory intelligence. One could even call her a modern day mystic!","date_published":"2025-08-15T14:45:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/64e88844-4090-4425-828e-f6398373602b/b7015cef-8c51-441b-aeb8-5fecc8c4a03f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":136822202,"duration_in_seconds":4886}]},{"id":"3e5f399c-4d07-4f08-a79b-9d04f327e2b9","title":"S1 | E7 Lizzi Cutler - Intuitive","url":"https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/s1e7-cutler","content_text":"In this episode, I reconnect with Lizzi Cutler, an intuitive and transformational energy worker who once guided me through a powerful healing process that helped clear energetic blocks around abundance—blocks I didn’t even uncover during years of therapy or plant medicine journeys. Lizzi shares her story of growing up in suburban Chicago, always feeling like an outsider and spiritually aware from a young age. Her path led her through yoga, meditation, and eventually discovering her unique intuitive gifts, which she now uses to help clients identify and clear deeply embedded energetic patterns.\nLizzi describes her work as communicating soul-to-soul, often receiving playful, grounded messages in her own language. Her approach is part energetic scanning, part intuitive guidance, and part energetic “cleaning lady,” as she calls it—helping people release energetic blockages that manifest as chronic scarcity, emotional pain, or confusion. We discuss the importance of listening to the body for intuitive yes/no responses, the trap of trying to manifest from a place of resistance, and the need for more play in our adult lives. Lizzi’s clients range from spiritual seekers to medical professionals, all seeking clarity, healing, and permission to live in alignment with their higher selves.\n\nLizzi's Bio\n\nLizzi Cutler is a transformational coach with a proven track record of helping high achievers and individuals seeking deeper personal growth overcome stress, remove emotional and energetic blockages, and elevate both their personal and professional lives. Known for delivering lasting results, Lizzi uses a variety of techniques, including energy work, guided visualization, and emotional clearing, to empower her clients to release tension, realign their focus, and unlock their full potential. Her approach is infused with hope and optimism, creating an environment where clients can break through limitations and see new possibilities. Whether you're aiming for peak performance or seeking balance in your everyday life, Lizzi’s holistic, results-driven methods offer a path to breakthrough achievements, renewed confidence, and sustained success. Her mission is to equip high performers with the tools for self-awareness, balance, and long-term personal and professional growth, while fostering a sense of hope for a brighter future.\n\nhttps://lizzicutler.com\n\nIG: https://www.instagram.com/lizzicutler/Links:Lizzi Cutler's Website","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, I reconnect with Lizzi Cutler, an intuitive and transformational energy worker who once guided me through a powerful healing process that helped clear energetic blocks around abundance—blocks I didn’t even uncover during years of therapy or plant medicine journeys. Lizzi shares her story of growing up in suburban Chicago, always feeling like an outsider and spiritually aware from a young age. Her path led her through yoga, meditation, and eventually discovering her unique intuitive gifts, which she now uses to help clients identify and clear deeply embedded energetic patterns.\u003cbr\u003e\nLizzi describes her work as communicating soul-to-soul, often receiving playful, grounded messages in her own language. Her approach is part energetic scanning, part intuitive guidance, and part energetic “cleaning lady,” as she calls it—helping people release energetic blockages that manifest as chronic scarcity, emotional pain, or confusion. We discuss the importance of listening to the body for intuitive yes/no responses, the trap of trying to manifest from a place of resistance, and the need for more play in our adult lives. Lizzi’s clients range from spiritual seekers to medical professionals, all seeking clarity, healing, and permission to live in alignment with their higher selves.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLizzi\u0026#39;s Bio\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLizzi Cutler is a transformational coach with a proven track record of helping high achievers and individuals seeking deeper personal growth overcome stress, remove emotional and energetic blockages, and elevate both their personal and professional lives. Known for delivering lasting results, Lizzi uses a variety of techniques, including energy work, guided visualization, and emotional clearing, to empower her clients to release tension, realign their focus, and unlock their full potential. Her approach is infused with hope and optimism, creating an environment where clients can break through limitations and see new possibilities. Whether you\u0026#39;re aiming for peak performance or seeking balance in your everyday life, Lizzi’s holistic, results-driven methods offer a path to breakthrough achievements, renewed confidence, and sustained success. Her mission is to equip high performers with the tools for self-awareness, balance, and long-term personal and professional growth, while fostering a sense of hope for a brighter future.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://lizzicutler.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://lizzicutler.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIG: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/lizzicutler/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.instagram.com/lizzicutler/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Lizzi Cutler\u0026#39;s Website\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://click.fireside.fm/e/MTgyOTY2\"\u003eLizzi Cutler's Website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"Lizzi Cutler shares her intuitive journey and energetic healing work, offering insight into how clearing deep-rooted blocks and listening to the body can open the door to abundance, clarity, and empowered self-love.","date_published":"2025-08-06T14:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/64e88844-4090-4425-828e-f6398373602b/3e5f399c-4d07-4f08-a79b-9d04f327e2b9.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":70744447,"duration_in_seconds":4413}]},{"id":"7652ac03-c020-4845-b05a-daaa13206215","title":"S1 | E6 Laura O'Malley - Channel","url":"https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/s1e6-omalley","content_text":"It turns out I had two connections to Laura (at least that I know of) in the 3D. We were first introduced in the summer of 2022. I had my first intuitive reading with her in September of that year. Laura is an absolute gem of a human - probably the happiest person you will ever meet. She and the guidance she brings through from beyond the veil has been absolutely instrumental in keeping me grounded and assisting in my integration of several very powerful psychedelic experiences. \nLaura is a former schoolteacher who followed the call of her soul into the realm of conscious channeling and intuitive healing. In this installment of The Permission Slip Laura shares the raw, beautiful story of her awakening—how she moved from burnout and people-pleasing into alignment with her deepest truth. Her journey is one of radical trust: leaving the known, shedding the \"good girl\" identity, and allowing a completely different kind of intelligence to lead.\nWe talk about what it means to receive guidance from beyond the veil, how to discern divine truth from fear, and why so many of us are being called to live and lead in new ways. Laura shares how the channeling process works for her, how she holds space for others in their own expansion, and why accessing your multidimensional self doesn’t require escaping the human experience—it deepens it. This episode is an invitation to step into your own intuitive power, remember who you really are, and allow the unseen world to guide the seen.\n\nLaura's Bio\n\nAn elementary school teacher, a nanny, an energy healer and a happiness coach!  Laura navigates this world in an attempt to help, to heal, and to guide us to MORE- more happiness, more self love, more confidence, more success, more self-awareness, more understanding of the truth of your power here!  \n\nShe began her career as an elementary school teacher, has her MA in Curriculum and Instruction, and worked with preschool - 8th graders.  With the help of her husband, she has passionately survived guiding her four boys into adulthood!  Her spiritual journey began in the fall of 2014 when she found herself living the picture perfect life, but never feeling worse. “I was sad, depressed, feeling utterly hopeless, not to mention completely stressed out, and I truly had no idea why.”  She had been experiencing severe physical dizziness and had spent over a year searching for answers within the medical community. The cause was never determined.  It was in her surrender that Divine intervention provided a book suggesting meditation, and she fell onto this path hard and fast overcome by a sense of peace. \n\nContinuing this journey, she became a Level III Reiki Master, and found the connection to her inner-voice.  She began to really listen, not with her ears but with her her whole self, and what followed was PEACE, CLARITY and understanding of her purpose.  Guidance came through loud and clear as she began communicating with her spirit guides (we ALL have them!) and then with other aspects of Source Energy (the nonphysical realm).\n\nLaura is a teacher, a coach, and a source of information for anyone searching for truth and happiness.  She loves what she does, and believes this path will lead anyone to what they truly desire, which is HAPPINESS!  She connects and COMMUNICATES with Source Energy daily, and uses this connection to teach, inspire and help others understand their own connection. Laura works with individuals and groups, channeling instruction on the Law of Attraction, the Importance of Self Love, Stepping into Your POWER, and understanding the connection you have and the guidance you are receiving RIGHT NOW with and from the nonphysical realm, and how this impacts your happiness.\nShe is grateful for every experience, every connection she makes with the individuals who seek her guidance.  And she knows that each connection is intentional for her learning, as well.  She is committed to bringing enlightenment to all those who find her and help each discover his or her own path to peace, love, joy, and the truth of this existence.\n\nWebsite https://www.getintothelight.com\nInstagram @get.into.the.light\nYouTube https://www.youtube.com/@lauraomalley-inthelight9321Special Guest: Laura O'Malley.Links:Laura O'Malley's Website","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIt turns out I had two connections to Laura (at least that I know of) in the 3D. We were first introduced in the summer of 2022. I had my first intuitive reading with her in September of that year. Laura is an absolute gem of a human - probably the happiest person you will ever meet. She and the guidance she brings through from beyond the veil has been absolutely instrumental in keeping me grounded and assisting in my integration of several very powerful psychedelic experiences. \u003cbr\u003e\nLaura is a former schoolteacher who followed the call of her soul into the realm of conscious channeling and intuitive healing. In this installment of The Permission Slip Laura shares the raw, beautiful story of her awakening—how she moved from burnout and people-pleasing into alignment with her deepest truth. Her journey is one of radical trust: leaving the known, shedding the \u0026quot;good girl\u0026quot; identity, and allowing a completely different kind of intelligence to lead.\u003cbr\u003e\nWe talk about what it means to receive guidance from beyond the veil, how to discern divine truth from fear, and why so many of us are being called to live and lead in new ways. Laura shares how the channeling process works for her, how she holds space for others in their own expansion, and why accessing your multidimensional self doesn’t require escaping the human experience—it deepens it. This episode is an invitation to step into your own intuitive power, remember who you really are, and allow the unseen world to guide the seen.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eLaura\u0026#39;s Bio\u003c/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn elementary school teacher, a nanny, an energy healer and a happiness coach!  Laura navigates this world in an attempt to help, to heal, and to guide us to MORE- more happiness, more self love, more confidence, more success, more self-awareness, more understanding of the truth of your power here!  \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe began her career as an elementary school teacher, has her MA in Curriculum and Instruction, and worked with preschool - 8th graders.  With the help of her husband, she has passionately survived guiding her four boys into adulthood!  Her spiritual journey began in the fall of 2014 when she found herself living the picture perfect life, but never feeling worse. “I was sad, depressed, feeling utterly hopeless, not to mention completely stressed out, and I truly had no idea why.”  She had been experiencing severe physical dizziness and had spent over a year searching for answers within the medical community. The cause was never determined.  It was in her surrender that Divine intervention provided a book suggesting meditation, and she fell onto this path hard and fast overcome by a sense of peace. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eContinuing this journey, she became a Level III Reiki Master, and found the connection to her inner-voice.  She began to really listen, not with her ears but with her her whole self, and what followed was PEACE, CLARITY and understanding of her purpose.  Guidance came through loud and clear as she began communicating with her spirit guides (we ALL have them!) and then with other aspects of Source Energy (the nonphysical realm).\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLaura is a teacher, a coach, and a source of information for anyone searching for truth and happiness.  She loves what she does, and believes this path will lead anyone to what they truly desire, which is HAPPINESS!  She connects and COMMUNICATES with Source Energy daily, and uses this connection to teach, inspire and help others understand their own connection. Laura works with individuals and groups, channeling instruction on the Law of Attraction, the Importance of Self Love, Stepping into Your POWER, and understanding the connection you have and the guidance you are receiving RIGHT NOW with and from the nonphysical realm, and how this impacts your happiness.\u003cbr\u003e\nShe is grateful for every experience, every connection she makes with the individuals who seek her guidance.  And she knows that each connection is intentional for her learning, as well.  She is committed to bringing enlightenment to all those who find her and help each discover his or her own path to peace, love, joy, and the truth of this existence.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWebsite \u003ca href=\"https://www.getintothelight.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.getintothelight.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nInstagram @get.into.the.light\u003cbr\u003e\nYouTube \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@lauraomalley-inthelight9321\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.youtube.com/@lauraomalley-inthelight9321\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Laura O\u0026#39;Malley.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Laura O\u0026#39;Malley\u0026#39;s Website\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://click.fireside.fm/e/MTgyOTY3\"\u003eLaura O'Malley's Website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"My dear friend Laura O’Malley \u0026 I get together in person to talk about her radical transformation. She was schoolteacher, mom and wife who appeared to have it all yet hid her depression from the world. Listen as she tells the story of divine guidance that changed everything and unlocked her multidimensional gifts that she now shares with the world.","date_published":"2025-07-11T17:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/64e88844-4090-4425-828e-f6398373602b/7652ac03-c020-4845-b05a-daaa13206215.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":129296189,"duration_in_seconds":5346}]},{"id":"964fc0a0-2afd-4e38-9a71-1ba6c1be4c87","title":"S1 | E5 Alefiyah Lindo - Intuitive","url":"https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/s1e5-lindo","content_text":"The guest on upcoming Episode 6, Laura O'Malley, introduced me to Alefyah Lindo in early 2024. I was laid up in bed, literally unable to walk on the day of our first appointment. She was kind enough to come to my home and did her best to assist me. Since then we've worked together several times, most recently in a \"Deep Dive\" into some stubborn remaining blocks. \nIn this episode of The Permission Slip, I sit down with Alefiyah–modern mystic with roots in social work and psychotherapy, healer, and feminine wisdom guide—for a soulful conversation about what it means to truly live from the heart. Alefiyah shares her journey of awakening through the heartbreak of being raised a woman in the highly patriarchial Middle East and how she came to embrace her path as a mystic while navigating motherhood, marriage, and the pull of modern life. Together, we explore how feminine power doesn’t shout or hustle—it listens, receives, and guides from a deeper intelligence.\nWe talk about the difference between intuition and fear, the ways our bodies speak long before our minds catch up, and how trusting the unseen is a radical act in a culture that worships control. Alefiyah offers practical wisdom on how to cultivate embodied presence, honor your cyclical nature, and live in alignment with what she calls the “current of truth.” This episode is an invitation to let the heart—not the mind—be your compass, and to reclaim your inner mystic in a world that has forgotten the sacred.\n\nAlefiyah's Bio\n\nI am a Mind-Body-Energy Intuitive, and I access other aspects of my being than just my mind. I use a Holistic and Non-Dual approach. My practice includes highly effective techniques, intuitive guidance, and almost 20 years of experience as a psychotherapist. Finding Buddhism and doing a 10-day silent Vipassana Meditation retreat in my early 20s started my spiritual journey. Early in my career in attachment and trauma work, I started incorporating mind-body techniques in my practice, like mindfulness-based stress reduction, breath work, yoga, etc., to help my clients decrease symptoms, as I encountered the limitations of talk therapy. Ten years ago, I learned about the Chakra energy system taught by Caroline Myss. Then as I reached a plateau, I discovered EFT, which was my entry into energy work, and pivotal for my healing journey. I also became fascinated by the Lymphatic System and the world of Fascia (connective tissue), and their interconnection to our physical and mental health. Our lymphatic system and fascia are closely connected to the energy meridians running throughout our body. During my study of energy medicine, teachers like Marie Manuchehri, Dr. Jennifer Vest, and Suzanne Giesemann have helped me become more skilled in my energy-intuitive abilities, recently extending it to animal/inter-species communication.\n\nI have an undergraduate degree from Purdue University, a master's degree from University of Illinois and I am a licensed therapist in Illinois.\nMy 20+ year journey has allowed me to gain a deep understanding of many disciplines, and I am in a unique position to take all that training and create tailored care for my clients.\nEvery technique or skill I teach my clients is something I have personally used and found extremely helpful at some point in my life. And in a nutshell, I LOVE what I do!\nEven though my ethnicity is Indian, it wasn’t until I was an adult and studied yoga and Ayurveda did I learn the meaning of Namaste, saying it with the posture of our hands together by our heart. It means “the light in me bows to the light in you.”\nNamaste! 🙏🏾\n\nWebsite https://www.alefiyahlindo.comSpecial Guest: Alefiyah Lindo.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eThe guest on upcoming Episode 6, Laura O\u0026#39;Malley, introduced me to Alefyah Lindo in early 2024. I was laid up in bed, literally unable to walk on the day of our first appointment. She was kind enough to come to my home and did her best to assist me. Since then we\u0026#39;ve worked together several times, most recently in a \u0026quot;Deep Dive\u0026quot; into some stubborn remaining blocks. \u003cbr\u003e\nIn this episode of The Permission Slip, I sit down with Alefiyah–modern mystic with roots in social work and psychotherapy, healer, and feminine wisdom guide—for a soulful conversation about what it means to truly live from the heart. Alefiyah shares her journey of awakening through the heartbreak of being raised a woman in the highly patriarchial Middle East and how she came to embrace her path as a mystic while navigating motherhood, marriage, and the pull of modern life. Together, we explore how feminine power doesn’t shout or hustle—it listens, receives, and guides from a deeper intelligence.\u003cbr\u003e\nWe talk about the difference between intuition and fear, the ways our bodies speak long before our minds catch up, and how trusting the unseen is a radical act in a culture that worships control. Alefiyah offers practical wisdom on how to cultivate embodied presence, honor your cyclical nature, and live in alignment with what she calls the “current of truth.” This episode is an invitation to let the heart—not the mind—be your compass, and to reclaim your inner mystic in a world that has forgotten the sacred.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAlefiyah\u0026#39;s Bio\u003c/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI am a Mind-Body-Energy Intuitive, and I access other aspects of my being than just my mind. I use a Holistic and Non-Dual approach. My practice includes highly effective techniques, intuitive guidance, and almost 20 years of experience as a psychotherapist. Finding Buddhism and doing a 10-day silent Vipassana Meditation retreat in my early 20s started my spiritual journey. Early in my career in attachment and trauma work, I started incorporating mind-body techniques in my practice, like mindfulness-based stress reduction, breath work, yoga, etc., to help my clients decrease symptoms, as I encountered the limitations of talk therapy. Ten years ago, I learned about the Chakra energy system taught by Caroline Myss. Then as I reached a plateau, I discovered EFT, which was my entry into energy work, and pivotal for my healing journey. I also became fascinated by the Lymphatic System and the world of Fascia (connective tissue), and their interconnection to our physical and mental health. Our lymphatic system and fascia are closely connected to the energy meridians running throughout our body. During my study of energy medicine, teachers like Marie Manuchehri, Dr. Jennifer Vest, and Suzanne Giesemann have helped me become more skilled in my energy-intuitive abilities, recently extending it to animal/inter-species communication.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI have an undergraduate degree from Purdue University, a master\u0026#39;s degree from University of Illinois and I am a licensed therapist in Illinois.\u003cbr\u003e\nMy 20+ year journey has allowed me to gain a deep understanding of many disciplines, and I am in a unique position to take all that training and create tailored care for my clients.\u003cbr\u003e\nEvery technique or skill I teach my clients is something I have personally used and found extremely helpful at some point in my life. And in a nutshell, I LOVE what I do!\u003cbr\u003e\nEven though my ethnicity is Indian, it wasn’t until I was an adult and studied yoga and Ayurveda did I learn the meaning of Namaste, saying it with the posture of our hands together by our heart. It means “the light in me bows to the light in you.”\u003cbr\u003e\nNamaste! 🙏🏾\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWebsite \u003ca href=\"https://www.alefiyahlindo.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.alefiyahlindo.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Alefiyah Lindo.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, I speak with Alefiyah Lindo about embodying mysticism, reclaiming feminine wisdom, and listening to the voice of the heart in a world addicted to logic.","date_published":"2025-07-04T17:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/64e88844-4090-4425-828e-f6398373602b/964fc0a0-2afd-4e38-9a71-1ba6c1be4c87.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":90008716,"duration_in_seconds":3709}]},{"id":"b7e0379b-ece6-4dbe-ac84-b57f935fe446","title":"S1 | E4 Melissa Ford - Executive Coach","url":"https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/s1e4-ford","content_text":"I was guided to Melissa by a friend all the way back in 2012, as I struggled mightily in the aftermath of divorce, foreclosure and bankruptcy. I had several one-off appointments until completing the Landmark Forum, where it became very clear I needed EXACTLY what she had to offer. I spent 13 months meeting with her regularly for guidance and the occasional kick in the ass. I'm glad I did. She helped build the solid foundation that carried me through years of transformation.\nMelissa Ford is master coach, author, and unapologetic truth-teller. Tune in for a conversation that cuts right to the core. Melissa and I explore what it really means to lead from love, not people-pleasing, and how most of us have been trained to abandon ourselves in the name of \"service.\" She shares her journey from corporate performer to soulful coach, and how choosing truth over comfort led to the most honest, powerful work of her life.\nWe unpack what fierce love actually looks like in practice: saying the hard thing, standing for someone else’s greatness, and being willing to risk their discomfort for their transformation. Melissa talks about why conflict is often sacred, how real leadership begins with integrity to self, and why approval is a poor substitute for real connection. This episode is an invitation to stop performing, stop rescuing, and start leading from a place of radical honesty and love that includes you.\n\nMelissa's Bio\n\nI’m a business and life coach who works with entrepreneurs, executives, career changers, artists, you name it. Clients seek me out to address leadership and productivity challenges, role transitions, growth and profitability concerns, and other issues that have them feeling unfulfilled or stuck in their professional lives.\n\nIn my 20+ years of coaching, I’ve developed a holistic approach to helping my clients. While they are initially focused on a single “problem” or “project,” I help them take a step back and examine the thought patterns that get in the way of crafting creative solutions and approaches to move forward in their work.\n\nA bit about me: I’m a certified PCI Coach and graduate of ACS. I have an English degree from the University of Illinois and a law degree from DePaul University. My legal training has made me an analytical coach with a bullseye focus, pinpointing exactly what will propel clients forward. When I’m not coaching, I can be found “vacationing” at professional development events, visiting my grown daughter in NYC, working out with my personal trainer (aka, my son), and enjoying the love and friendship of my husband.\n\nWebsite https://melissafordcoaching.comSpecial Guest: Melissa Ford.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eI was guided to Melissa by a friend all the way back in 2012, as I struggled mightily in the aftermath of divorce, foreclosure and bankruptcy. I had several one-off appointments until completing the Landmark Forum, where it became very clear I needed EXACTLY what she had to offer. I spent 13 months meeting with her regularly for guidance and the occasional kick in the ass. I\u0026#39;m glad I did. She helped build the solid foundation that carried me through years of transformation.\u003cbr\u003e\nMelissa Ford is master coach, author, and unapologetic truth-teller. Tune in for a conversation that cuts right to the core. Melissa and I explore what it really means to lead from love, not people-pleasing, and how most of us have been trained to abandon ourselves in the name of \u0026quot;service.\u0026quot; She shares her journey from corporate performer to soulful coach, and how choosing truth over comfort led to the most honest, powerful work of her life.\u003cbr\u003e\nWe unpack what fierce love actually looks like in practice: saying the hard thing, standing for someone else’s greatness, and being willing to risk their discomfort for their transformation. Melissa talks about why conflict is often sacred, how real leadership begins with integrity to self, and why approval is a poor substitute for real connection. This episode is an invitation to stop performing, stop rescuing, and start leading from a place of radical honesty and love that includes you.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eMelissa\u0026#39;s Bio\u003c/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI’m a business and life coach who works with entrepreneurs, executives, career changers, artists, you name it. Clients seek me out to address leadership and productivity challenges, role transitions, growth and profitability concerns, and other issues that have them feeling unfulfilled or stuck in their professional lives.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn my 20+ years of coaching, I’ve developed a holistic approach to helping my clients. While they are initially focused on a single “problem” or “project,” I help them take a step back and examine the thought patterns that get in the way of crafting creative solutions and approaches to move forward in their work.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA bit about me: I’m a certified PCI Coach and graduate of ACS. I have an English degree from the University of Illinois and a law degree from DePaul University. My legal training has made me an analytical coach with a bullseye focus, pinpointing exactly what will propel clients forward. When I’m not coaching, I can be found “vacationing” at professional development events, visiting my grown daughter in NYC, working out with my personal trainer (aka, my son), and enjoying the love and friendship of my husband.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWebsite \u003ca href=\"https://melissafordcoaching.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://melissafordcoaching.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Melissa Ford.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Melissa Ford \u0026 I get together to discuss the sacred power of fierce love, the necessity of truth-telling in leadership, and how to stop abandoning ourselves in service to others.","date_published":"2025-06-27T10:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/64e88844-4090-4425-828e-f6398373602b/b7e0379b-ece6-4dbe-ac84-b57f935fe446.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":91861993,"duration_in_seconds":3786}]},{"id":"e5648269-d723-46f0-b70f-99731b50dfbf","title":"S1 | E3 Jonathan Tripodi - Body Memory","url":"https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/s1e3-tripodi","content_text":"It was late 2019 and, in spite of a lot of personal growth work, including a beautiful solo psilocybin journey, guided MDMA journey with an underground therapist and a 12 day Ayahausca retreat in the Ecuadoran Andes, I was still in excrutiating physical pain. I was guided to Jonathan Tripodi, mystical fascial magician and talented astrologer by a power greater than myself. A five day intensive that ended three days before the 2020 Covid lockdowns gave me a great deal of relief and left me well-equipped to navigate the next six months and beyond.\nTune in for an expansive conversation with Jonathan, creator of Body Memory Recall (BMR) where we explore the profound wisdom held within the human body. Jonathan shares his journey from athletic performance and massage therapy to a spontaneous emotional awakening that changed everything. That moment revealed to him what so many of us miss: that the body is not just a vessel—it’s a living archive of every experience we’ve never fully felt. From that awareness, Jonathan developed a somatic healing modality that helps people access and release the unconscious memories, traumas, and emotions stored in their tissues.\nOur conversation uncovers the deeper truth about pain, memory, and the body’s capacity for transformation. We discuss why surrender—not control—is the key to healing, how breath and gentle touch can unlock what the mind cannot access, and why true freedom often begins with vulnerability. Whether you’re holding onto pain you can’t explain, or you’ve tried to think your way to healing and hit a wall, this episode offers a radically different approach: drop into the body, trust its timing, and allow what’s ready to rise. This is an invitation to feel what’s been waiting, and to finally let it go.\n\nJonathan's Bio\n\nFor 30+ years Jonathan has explored body memory and its relationship to chronic pain, stress, illness, and behavior. His Body Memory Recall – BMR – approach has supported thousands of individuals to heal old wounds and experience, renewed states of of health,\npeace, power, joy, and wisdom.\n\nInternational Author, Healer, \u0026amp; Educator\n\n30+ Years Experience Specializing in the transformation of Suppressed Pain, Emotion, \u0026amp; Trauma\nAuthor of Freedom from Body Memory\nFounder of the Body Memory Recall (BMR) Approach\nCreator of 365 Online Learning for Transformation \u0026amp; Awakening\nFeatured on GAIA\nFeatured on E-Motion\nBS Physical Therapy\nBA Sports Science\n\nWebsite https://jonathantripodi.com\nInstagram @freedomfrombodymemory\nYouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/bodymemorymanSpecial Guest: Jonathan Tripodi.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIt was late 2019 and, in spite of a lot of personal growth work, including a beautiful solo psilocybin journey, guided MDMA journey with an underground therapist and a 12 day Ayahausca retreat in the Ecuadoran Andes, I was still in excrutiating physical pain. I was guided to Jonathan Tripodi, mystical fascial magician and talented astrologer by a power greater than myself. A five day intensive that ended three days before the 2020 Covid lockdowns gave me a great deal of relief and left me well-equipped to navigate the next six months and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\nTune in for an expansive conversation with Jonathan, creator of Body Memory Recall (BMR) where we explore the profound wisdom held within the human body. Jonathan shares his journey from athletic performance and massage therapy to a spontaneous emotional awakening that changed everything. That moment revealed to him what so many of us miss: that the body is not just a vessel—it’s a living archive of every experience we’ve never fully felt. From that awareness, Jonathan developed a somatic healing modality that helps people access and release the unconscious memories, traumas, and emotions stored in their tissues.\u003cbr\u003e\nOur conversation uncovers the deeper truth about pain, memory, and the body’s capacity for transformation. We discuss why surrender—not control—is the key to healing, how breath and gentle touch can unlock what the mind cannot access, and why true freedom often begins with vulnerability. Whether you’re holding onto pain you can’t explain, or you’ve tried to think your way to healing and hit a wall, this episode offers a radically different approach: drop into the body, trust its timing, and allow what’s ready to rise. This is an invitation to feel what’s been waiting, and to finally let it go.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eJonathan\u0026#39;s Bio\u003c/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor 30+ years Jonathan has explored body memory and its relationship to chronic pain, stress, illness, and behavior. His Body Memory Recall – BMR – approach has supported thousands of individuals to heal old wounds and experience, renewed states of of health,\u003cbr\u003e\npeace, power, joy, and wisdom.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInternational Author, Healer, \u0026amp; Educator\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e30+ Years Experience Specializing in the transformation of Suppressed Pain, Emotion, \u0026amp; Trauma\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor of \u003ca href=\"https://jonathantripodi.com/book-freedom-from-body-memory/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eFreedom from Body Memory\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nFounder of the Body Memory Recall (BMR) Approach\u003cbr\u003e\nCreator of \u003ca href=\"http://members.jonathantripodi.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e365 Online Learning\u003c/a\u003e for Transformation \u0026amp; Awakening\u003cbr\u003e\nFeatured on \u003ca href=\"https://jonathantripodi.com/gaia-healing-matrix/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eGAIA\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nFeatured on \u003ca href=\"https://jonathantripodi.com/e-motion-2/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eE-Motion\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nBS Physical Therapy\u003cbr\u003e\nBA Sports Science\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWebsite \u003ca href=\"https://jonathantripodi.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://jonathantripodi.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nInstagram @freedomfrombodymemory\u003cbr\u003e\nYouTube \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/user/bodymemoryman\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.youtube.com/user/bodymemoryman\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Jonathan Tripodi.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, I explore with Jonathan Tripodi, my brother from another mother, how the body stores unresolved trauma and how deep healing happens when we surrender to what the body remembers.","date_published":"2025-06-20T17:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/64e88844-4090-4425-828e-f6398373602b/e5648269-d723-46f0-b70f-99731b50dfbf.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":111831863,"duration_in_seconds":4618}]},{"id":"7bfe3a10-e4f2-4e42-8a07-201345d993fd","title":"S1 | E2 Julie Murphy - Financial Advisor","url":"https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/s1e2-murphy","content_text":"I was introduced to Julie Murphy in 2019 and she has been instrumental in assisting me in healing from generational money wounds and moving into a life of abundance and optimism around money. In this episode of The Permission Slip, I converse with this powerhouse financial advisor and truth-teller who believes real wealth starts from within and knows. Julie shares how her journey through divorce, motherhood, and personal awakening helped her break free from the conditioning of both the financial industry and her Catholic upbringing. She talks candidly about the energetic blocks that keep people stuck in financial struggle—often rooted in fear, guilt, and shame—and how aligning money with authenticity, emotion, and soul purpose creates true abundance. This is money talk with a heart-centered twist.\nWe explore how the inner child influences financial decisions, why unprocessed emotions sabotage prosperity, and what it takes to live from a place of alignment instead of obligation. Julie offers grounded, no-nonsense wisdom about how to give yourself permission to stop performing, start receiving, and honor your unique path—even if it means disrupting everything you’ve built. Whether you're burned out, financially stuck, or yearning for more freedom, this episode is a call to stop \"shoulding\" all over yourself and start living from your truth.\n\nJulie's Bio\n\nTransforming Lives Through Financial Empowerment\n\nJulie Murphy is a Chicago-based CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, founder and CEO of JMC Wealth Management, Inc. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame.\nWith over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry, Julie and her team have successfully guided thousands of clients across the U.S. and internationally. Her expertise spans critical areas of financial and life planning, including portfolio management, asset allocation, risk management, college planning, business and retirement planning, estate planning, and insurance solutions such as life, disability, and long-term care coverage.\nWhat sets Julie apart is her holistic approach to financial planning. Rather than focusing solely on numbers, she helps clients uncover their emotional and psychological relationship with money. Her transformative, time-tested program, PACT—which stands for Picturing Yourself, Accepting Reality and Awakening, Choosing to Change, and Taking Action—has empowered countless individuals to align their finances with their true goals and values, creating profound shifts in their lives.\n\nWebsite https://jmcwealth.com\nInstagram @awakenwithjulie\nLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliemariemurphy/\nYouTube https://www.youtube.com/@JulieMurphySpecial Guest: Julie Murphy.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eI was introduced to Julie Murphy in 2019 and she has been instrumental in assisting me in healing from generational money wounds and moving into a life of abundance and optimism around money. In this episode of The Permission Slip, I converse with this powerhouse financial advisor and truth-teller who believes real wealth starts from within and knows. Julie shares how her journey through divorce, motherhood, and personal awakening helped her break free from the conditioning of both the financial industry and her Catholic upbringing. She talks candidly about the energetic blocks that keep people stuck in financial struggle—often rooted in fear, guilt, and shame—and how aligning money with authenticity, emotion, and soul purpose creates true abundance. This is money talk with a heart-centered twist.\u003cbr\u003e\nWe explore how the inner child influences financial decisions, why unprocessed emotions sabotage prosperity, and what it takes to live from a place of alignment instead of obligation. Julie offers grounded, no-nonsense wisdom about how to give yourself permission to stop performing, start receiving, and honor your unique path—even if it means disrupting everything you’ve built. Whether you\u0026#39;re burned out, financially stuck, or yearning for more freedom, this episode is a call to stop \u0026quot;shoulding\u0026quot; all over yourself and start living from your truth.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eJulie\u0026#39;s Bio\u003c/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTransforming Lives Through Financial Empowerment\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJulie Murphy is a Chicago-based CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, founder and CEO of \u003ca href=\"https://jmcwealth.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eJMC Wealth Management, Inc.\u003c/a\u003e She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame.\u003cbr\u003e\nWith over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry, Julie and her team have successfully guided thousands of clients across the U.S. and internationally. Her expertise spans critical areas of financial and life planning, including portfolio management, asset allocation, risk management, college planning, business and retirement planning, estate planning, and insurance solutions such as life, disability, and long-term care coverage.\u003cbr\u003e\nWhat sets Julie apart is her holistic approach to financial planning. Rather than focusing solely on numbers, she helps clients uncover their emotional and psychological relationship with money. Her transformative, time-tested program, PACT—which stands for Picturing Yourself, Accepting Reality and Awakening, Choosing to Change, and Taking Action—has empowered countless individuals to align their finances with their true goals and values, creating profound shifts in their lives.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWebsite \u003ca href=\"https://jmcwealth.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://jmcwealth.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nInstagram @awakenwithjulie\u003cbr\u003e\nLinkedIn \u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliemariemurphy/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/juliemariemurphy/\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nYouTube \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@JulieMurphy\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.youtube.com/@JulieMurphy\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Julie Murphy.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, I talk with financial advisor Julie Murphy about healing our money wounds, aligning with emotional truth, and creating abundance by giving ourselves permission to stop performing and start receiving.","date_published":"2025-06-13T17:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/64e88844-4090-4425-828e-f6398373602b/7bfe3a10-e4f2-4e42-8a07-201345d993fd.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":93845087,"duration_in_seconds":3868}]},{"id":"f79a168b-e511-4f50-abea-e7d342bd159f","title":"S1 | E1 Renee LaVallee McKenna - Spiritual PsiKologist","url":"https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/s1e1-mckenna","content_text":"In the first episode of The Permission Slip, I touch my journey healing from decades of depression, addiction, and physical pain to a place of deep presence and purpose. For much of my life, I felt like I didn’t belong here—as in on Earth, here, in a body. Despite building a successful business and raising two beautiful daughters, I was deeply disconnected, numbing myself with alcohol and later navigating chronic pain through a medical system that was not designed to deal with spiritual issues. My healing truly began after a psilocybin journey cracked me open, leading me to explore alternative modalities, spiritual practices, and inner transformation. This podcast is my offering to others who are seeking their own way out of pain and into authenticity, embodiment, and joy.\nMy first guest, Renee LaVallee McKenna, has played a pivotal role in my healing. She’s a former multi-substance addict turned spiritual psychologist who brings a grounded, no-BS approach to deep inner work. In our conversation, we talk about addiction as a search for the right algorithm, the hero’s journey as a framework for healing, and the ways unresolved trauma lives in the body. Renee shares how her own rock bottoms became portals to growth and how she found her calling by surrendering to something bigger than herself. Our discussion touches on themes like self-responsibility, spiritual awakening without substances, and the intelligence of our body and nervous system. If you’ve ever felt stuck, numb, or like your life is “fine” but missing something essential, I hope this episode offers a glimpse of what’s possible when you give yourself permission to heal.\n\nReneé's Bio\n\nI'm a Boston-born mentor, hypnotherapist and Shamanic healer who guides people to heal and transform on a soul level. My individual sessions, workshops, groups and mentorship programs in Spiritual Psi-Kology offer a unique blend of neo-Shamanism and Buddhist philosophy with hypnotherapy and body-based mindfulness. \n\nI bring my 30+ years of experience as a recovering addict and ex-crazy person to my weekly podcast, sharing snackable teachings on spirituality, psychology and all things personal growth.\n\nAll of the work I do with clients, I have experienced in my own therapy and personal growth work. I consider myself a mentor, guide and navigator for your own soul's journey. I DO NOT practice as a licensed psychologist or counselor.\n\nI have a Masters degree in Transpersonal Psychology and am a certified clinical hypotherapist. For 14 years I studied DepthHypnosis, Shamanism and Energy Work with Dr. Isa Gucciardi and have been a student of Lifespan Integration, Hakomi Method and Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and healing methods.\n\nThrough my own inner work and practice, I have come to believe that spiritual and intuitive methods of healing are more effective and transformative than the more intellectually and physically based approach of Western psychology. The work of Spiritual Psi-Kology is intended as an alternative and a compliment to Western psychology and many find this work to be a great addition to traditional talk therapy, psychology and psychiatry.\n\nMy book, workbook and guided audio series Allies \u0026amp; Demons: Working With Spirit For Power And Healing is available on Amazon and Audible. Allies and Demons guides you through the 15 basic inner journeys of Spiritual Psi-Kology. This powerful book is filled with inspiring client stories, soul level wisdom, and my personal journey of healing and empowerment.\n\nI know the extremes of success and failure. From bankruptcy to grad school, from divorce and homelessness to motherhood and art teacher, from addict and alcoholic to lead of Women's March 2017, I bring the wisdom gained from my many life experiences to my students and clients world-wide.\n\nMy passion is to bring this work that has healed and transformed my life to all who need it. My free content includes a weekly podcast, healing workshops on Insight Timer and content on Youtube. My year-long Mentorship Program trains therapists, counselors and healers in the grounded and practical tools of Spiritual Psi-Kology. I also offer Healthy Healer Workshops offering tools for healthy boundaries, energy medicine and spiritual connection for other practitioners.\n\nCheck out my artwork here.Special Guest: Renee LaVallee McKenna, MA.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn the first episode of The Permission Slip, I touch my journey healing from decades of depression, addiction, and physical pain to a place of deep presence and purpose. For much of my life, I felt like I didn’t belong here—as in on Earth, here, in a body. Despite building a successful business and raising two beautiful daughters, I was deeply disconnected, numbing myself with alcohol and later navigating chronic pain through a medical system that was not designed to deal with spiritual issues. My healing truly began after a psilocybin journey cracked me open, leading me to explore alternative modalities, spiritual practices, and inner transformation. This podcast is my offering to others who are seeking their own way out of pain and into authenticity, embodiment, and joy.\u003cbr\u003e\nMy first guest, Renee LaVallee McKenna, has played a pivotal role in my healing. She’s a former multi-substance addict turned spiritual psychologist who brings a grounded, no-BS approach to deep inner work. In our conversation, we talk about addiction as a search for the right algorithm, the hero’s journey as a framework for healing, and the ways unresolved trauma lives in the body. Renee shares how her own rock bottoms became portals to growth and how she found her calling by surrendering to something bigger than herself. Our discussion touches on themes like self-responsibility, spiritual awakening without substances, and the intelligence of our body and nervous system. If you’ve ever felt stuck, numb, or like your life is “fine” but missing something essential, I hope this episode offers a glimpse of what’s possible when you give yourself permission to heal.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eReneé\u0026#39;s Bio\u003c/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI\u0026#39;m a Boston-born mentor, hypnotherapist and Shamanic healer who guides people to heal and transform on a soul level. My individual sessions, workshops, groups and mentorship programs in Spiritual Psi-Kology offer a unique blend of neo-Shamanism and Buddhist philosophy with hypnotherapy and body-based mindfulness. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI bring my 30+ years of experience as a recovering addict and ex-crazy person to my \u003ca href=\"https://www.reneemckenna.com/podcast\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eweekly podcast\u003c/a\u003e, sharing snackable teachings on spirituality, psychology and all things personal growth.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAll of the work I do with clients, I have experienced in my own therapy and personal growth work. I consider myself a mentor, guide and navigator for your own soul\u0026#39;s journey. I DO NOT practice as a licensed psychologist or counselor.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI have a Masters degree in Transpersonal Psychology and am a certified clinical hypotherapist. For 14 years I studied DepthHypnosis, Shamanism and Energy Work with Dr. Isa Gucciardi and have been a student of Lifespan Integration, Hakomi Method and Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and healing methods.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough my own inner work and practice, I have come to believe that spiritual and intuitive methods of healing are more effective and transformative than the more intellectually and physically based approach of Western psychology. The work of Spiritual Psi-Kology is intended as an alternative and a compliment to Western psychology and many find this work to be a great addition to traditional talk therapy, psychology and psychiatry.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMy book, workbook and guided audio series \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Allies-Demons-Working-Spirit-Healing/dp/1703725808/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2RJ4G2SW08LNR\u0026keywords=allies+%26+demons\u0026qid=1578848789\u0026sprefix=allies+%26%2Cdigital-text%2C270\u0026sr=8-1\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eAllies \u0026amp; Demons: Working With Spirit For Power And Healing\u003c/a\u003e is available on Amazon and Audible. Allies and Demons guides you through the 15 basic inner journeys of Spiritual Psi-Kology. This powerful book is filled with inspiring client stories, soul level wisdom, and my personal journey of healing and empowerment.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI know the extremes of success and failure. From bankruptcy to grad school, from divorce and homelessness to motherhood and art teacher, from addict and alcoholic to lead of \u003ca href=\"https://www.reneemckenna.com/women-s-march-january-2017\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eWomen\u0026#39;s March 2017\u003c/a\u003e, I bring the wisdom gained from my many life experiences to my students and clients world-wide.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMy passion is to bring this work that has healed and transformed my life to all who need it. My free content includes a \u003ca href=\"https://www.reneemckenna.com/podcast\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eweekly podcast\u003c/a\u003e, healing workshops on Insight Timer and content on Youtube. My year-long \u003ca href=\"https://www.reneemckenna.com/mentorship\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eMentorship Program\u003c/a\u003e trains therapists, counselors and healers in the grounded and practical tools of Spiritual Psi-Kology. I also offer Healthy Healer Workshops offering tools for healthy boundaries, energy medicine and spiritual connection for other practitioners.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCheck out my artwork \u003ca href=\"http://reneemckenna.squarespace.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Renee LaVallee McKenna, MA.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this premiere episode, I share my journey from depression and disconnection to healing and purpose, joined by Renee LaVallee McKenna as we explore addiction, transformation, and the power of giving yourself permission to change.","date_published":"2025-06-07T21:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/64e88844-4090-4425-828e-f6398373602b/f79a168b-e511-4f50-abea-e7d342bd159f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":89565282,"duration_in_seconds":3702}]}]}