app01 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:42:00 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Permission Slip - Episodes Tagged with “#Ego” https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/tags/%23ego Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0500 I love everything to do with consciousness - personal growth books, meditation, psychedelics, bodywork, Tantric retreats, chakras, Human Design, channeled works, you name it! For the past fifteen years, I’ve been on a deep healing journey. I regularly engage relative strangers in conversation about topics relating to consciousness, transformation and psychedelics (sometimes to their annoyance). I've been dancing around starting a podcast for a couple years now. My imposter syndrome has kept me thinking I don't have anything worthwhile to share, while I vainly attempt to find a community with whom I resonate. I've been fortunate to work with some really gifted practitioners during my journey. They not only gave me tools to heal, they gave me PERMISSION to heal. My intention in producing and distributing The Permission Slip podcast is to share knowledge of their talents with the rest of the world. Many of us have been programmed to believe that healing only comes from those in the medical profession who have gone through a particular set of training protocols. This is not true. Doctors and therapists and the like are (mostly) well-meaning and very good at what they do. Sometimes, more often than we are maybe lead to believe, what they recommend or do is not what is truly needed for healing. In the spirit of the following passage, I'm committing to a minimum of six podcasts that will be discussions with practitioners and healers from whom I've derived personal benefit. The purpose of this effort is therefore to shed light on the diverse ways of healing as well as moving into right relationship with oneself. Credits Renee LaVallee McKenna for the inspiration to create this in the first place. Abby Bruce (ma soeur) for the encouragement along the way. Damian Wiseman for the audio engineering expertise. en-us episodic You are allowed. Matt Kosterman I love everything to do with consciousness - personal growth books, meditation, psychedelics, bodywork, Tantric retreats, chakras, Human Design, channeled works, you name it! For the past fifteen years, I’ve been on a deep healing journey. I regularly engage relative strangers in conversation about topics relating to consciousness, transformation and psychedelics (sometimes to their annoyance). I've been dancing around starting a podcast for a couple years now. My imposter syndrome has kept me thinking I don't have anything worthwhile to share, while I vainly attempt to find a community with whom I resonate. I've been fortunate to work with some really gifted practitioners during my journey. They not only gave me tools to heal, they gave me PERMISSION to heal. My intention in producing and distributing The Permission Slip podcast is to share knowledge of their talents with the rest of the world. Many of us have been programmed to believe that healing only comes from those in the medical profession who have gone through a particular set of training protocols. This is not true. Doctors and therapists and the like are (mostly) well-meaning and very good at what they do. Sometimes, more often than we are maybe lead to believe, what they recommend or do is not what is truly needed for healing. In the spirit of the following passage, I'm committing to a minimum of six podcasts that will be discussions with practitioners and healers from whom I've derived personal benefit. The purpose of this effort is therefore to shed light on the diverse ways of healing as well as moving into right relationship with oneself. Credits Renee LaVallee McKenna for the inspiration to create this in the first place. Abby Bruce (ma soeur) for the encouragement along the way. Damian Wiseman for the audio engineering expertise. yes Conscious living, Embodiment, Transformation, Inner healing, Trauma release, Psychedelic integration, Energy work, Nervous system regulation, Authentic expression, Conscious relationships, Spiritual awakening, Shadow work, Self-remembrance, Intuitive guidance, Healing trauma, Mind-body connection Matt Kosterman matt@mattkosterman.com S3 | E1 Laura O'Malley https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/s3e1-omalley 2b63d4d0-e7b6-4883-b6db-a677c25cda53 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0500 Matt Kosterman full 3 Matt Kosterman I'm always thrilled to have my friend and my favorite channel, Laura O'Malley, in for a chat about all things metaphysical. This episode kicks off Season 3 with our third conversation to celebrate her first book, Becoming You. It's a collection of daily messages she channeled simply by asking her guides, "What's most important today?" We talk about getting quiet, becoming present, why you can't outthink your nervous system, and how contrast and triggers are gifts in disguise. And of course, the Collective drops in to have their say. Link to her book: Link to the "Aura" app she mentioned: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aura-wellbeing-copilot/id6749313216 1:38:18 yes <p>I'm kicking off Season 3 of The Permission Slip with one of my favorite people on the planet — Conscious Channel and happiness coach Laura O'Malley — for our third conversation on the show. This time we're celebrating her debut book, Becoming You (Lisa Hagen Books), out September 29th in print and e-book. Laura never set out to write a book. Back in 2023 she began typing out answers to one simple question for her guides — "What's most important today?" — and sharing them with clients. When the Collective told her it was going to be a book, she said fat chance unless they dropped it in her lap. They did, and I got to play a small part in how it landed there.</p> <p>We wander (squirrel!) through a lot of territory: why every one of us is channeling all day long — our ego, our soul, or something higher; why you can't talk, think, or trick your nervous system into feeling safe; how getting quiet and present is the only way to actually receive; and why embodied belief is so different from believing something in your head. We trade stories about canceled flights, furrowed eyebrows as an early-warning system for anger, feeling fine after 10-hour drives, finding money on the sidewalk, always finding parking, and the Chinese money frog. Laura also has a real-time realization about where her lifelong habit of always looking happy came from, and we talk about why so many kids today feel so much, what it means to have chosen our experiences from a higher perspective, and why everyone needs a woo crew.</p> <p>Then the Collective comes through to answer my question about whether Becoming You should be read aloud — and to remind us that there's no one-size-fits-all, that you're a different person every time you open the book, and that the whole point is to soften your nervous system into peace. You haven't done anything wrong. You've just been programmed.</p> <p>I'm always thrilled to have my friend and my favorite channel, Laura O'Malley, in for a chat about all things metaphysical. This episode kicks off Season 3 with our third conversation to celebrate her first book, Becoming You. It's a collection of daily messages she channeled simply by asking her guides, "What's most important today?" We talk about getting quiet, becoming present, why you can't outthink your nervous system, and how contrast and triggers are gifts in disguise. And of course, the Collective drops in to have their say.</p> <p>Link to her book:</p> <p>Link to the "Aura" app she mentioned: <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aura-wellbeing-copilot/id6749313216" rel="nofollow noopener">https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aura-wellbeing-copilot/id6749313216</a></p><p>Special Guest: Laura O'Malley.</p> laura o'malley, becoming you, conscious channeling, the collective, spirit guides, channeled book, lisa hagen books, presence, nervous system regulation, embodiment, contrast, triggers, emotions as energy, ego, higher self, surrender, depression, awakening, abundance, manifestation, law of attraction, inspired action, discernment, meditation, breathwork, inner child, woo crew, spiritual growth I'm kicking off Season 3 of The Permission Slip with one of my favorite people on the planet — Conscious Channel and happiness coach Laura O'Malley — for our third conversation on the show. This time we're celebrating her debut book, Becoming You (Lisa Hagen Books), out September 29th in print and e-book. Laura never set out to write a book. Back in 2023 she began typing out answers to one simple question for her guides — "What's most important today?" — and sharing them with clients. When the Collective told her it was going to be a book, she said fat chance unless they dropped it in her lap. They did, and I got to play a small part in how it landed there.

We wander (squirrel!) through a lot of territory: why every one of us is channeling all day long — our ego, our soul, or something higher; why you can't talk, think, or trick your nervous system into feeling safe; how getting quiet and present is the only way to actually receive; and why embodied belief is so different from believing something in your head. We trade stories about canceled flights, furrowed eyebrows as an early-warning system for anger, feeling fine after 10-hour drives, finding money on the sidewalk, always finding parking, and the Chinese money frog. Laura also has a real-time realization about where her lifelong habit of always looking happy came from, and we talk about why so many kids today feel so much, what it means to have chosen our experiences from a higher perspective, and why everyone needs a woo crew.

Then the Collective comes through to answer my question about whether Becoming You should be read aloud — and to remind us that there's no one-size-fits-all, that you're a different person every time you open the book, and that the whole point is to soften your nervous system into peace. You haven't done anything wrong. You've just been programmed.

I'm always thrilled to have my friend and my favorite channel, Laura O'Malley, in for a chat about all things metaphysical. This episode kicks off Season 3 with our third conversation to celebrate her first book, Becoming You. It's a collection of daily messages she channeled simply by asking her guides, "What's most important today?" We talk about getting quiet, becoming present, why you can't outthink your nervous system, and how contrast and triggers are gifts in disguise. And of course, the Collective drops in to have their say.

Link to her book:

Link to the "Aura" app she mentioned: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aura-wellbeing-copilot/id6749313216

Special Guest: Laura O'Malley.

Support The Permission Slip

]]> I'm kicking off Season 3 of The Permission Slip with one of my favorite people on the planet — Conscious Channel and happiness coach Laura O'Malley — for our third conversation on the show. This time we're celebrating her debut book, Becoming You (Lisa Hagen Books), out September 29th in print and e-book. Laura never set out to write a book. Back in 2023 she began typing out answers to one simple question for her guides — "What's most important today?" — and sharing them with clients. When the Collective told her it was going to be a book, she said fat chance unless they dropped it in her lap. They did, and I got to play a small part in how it landed there.

We wander (squirrel!) through a lot of territory: why every one of us is channeling all day long — our ego, our soul, or something higher; why you can't talk, think, or trick your nervous system into feeling safe; how getting quiet and present is the only way to actually receive; and why embodied belief is so different from believing something in your head. We trade stories about canceled flights, furrowed eyebrows as an early-warning system for anger, feeling fine after 10-hour drives, finding money on the sidewalk, always finding parking, and the Chinese money frog. Laura also has a real-time realization about where her lifelong habit of always looking happy came from, and we talk about why so many kids today feel so much, what it means to have chosen our experiences from a higher perspective, and why everyone needs a woo crew.

Then the Collective comes through to answer my question about whether Becoming You should be read aloud — and to remind us that there's no one-size-fits-all, that you're a different person every time you open the book, and that the whole point is to soften your nervous system into peace. You haven't done anything wrong. You've just been programmed.

I'm always thrilled to have my friend and my favorite channel, Laura O'Malley, in for a chat about all things metaphysical. This episode kicks off Season 3 with our third conversation to celebrate her first book, Becoming You. It's a collection of daily messages she channeled simply by asking her guides, "What's most important today?" We talk about getting quiet, becoming present, why you can't outthink your nervous system, and how contrast and triggers are gifts in disguise. And of course, the Collective drops in to have their say.

Link to her book:

Link to the "Aura" app she mentioned: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aura-wellbeing-copilot/id6749313216

Special Guest: Laura O'Malley.

Support The Permission Slip

]]> S1 | E12 Laura O’Malley https://thepermissionslip.fireside.fm/s1e12-omalley 058b49c6-863e-4d1f-a8ee-97c562415749 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 22:15:00 -0600 Matt Kosterman full 1 Matt Kosterman 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. 1:32:47 yes <p>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. </p> <p>Link - <a href="https://youtu.be/xo72vAcW6-k" rel="nofollow noopener">https://youtu.be/xo72vAcW6-k</a></p> <p>I'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.</p> <p>The episode is an exploration of consciousness:</p> <ul> <li>What kundalini really is</li> <li>Why it releases only when the body is vibrationally ready</li> <li>Why more people are experiencing spontaneous awakenings now</li> <li>Why many of these openings have been misdiagnosed as breakdowns</li> <li>How thoughts, vibration, and free will shape reality</li> <li>How to tell the difference between ego and higher self</li> <li>Why “fighting darkness” only feeds it</li> <li>How to shift your vibration through attention</li> <li>What Christ Consciousness actually means</li> <li>How plant medicines give temporary access to higher dimensions</li> <li>The nature of soul fractals and multidimensional existence</li> <li>The 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.</li> <li>We also talk about embodiment practices, emotional processing, why suppressing feelings creates suffering, and the mechanics of raising your vibration intentionally (without spiritual bypassing).</li> <li>This 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.</li> </ul> <p>Video of the session is available on my YouTube channel - @ThePermissionSlip.</p><p>Special Guest: Laura O'Malley.</p> Kundalini, Awakening, Conscious Channeling, Laura O’Malley, The Guides, Spiritual Emergence, Vibrational Frequency, Duality, Christ Consciousness, Plant Medicine, Psychedelics, Non-Duality, Higher Self, Ego, Energy Work, Meditation, Consciousness, Spiritual Growth, 5D, Ascension, Human Evolution, Fear, News Detox, Entity Channelling, Source Energy, Soul Fractals 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.

Link - https://youtu.be/xo72vAcW6-k

I'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.

The episode is an exploration of consciousness:

  • What kundalini really is
  • Why it releases only when the body is vibrationally ready
  • Why more people are experiencing spontaneous awakenings now
  • Why many of these openings have been misdiagnosed as breakdowns
  • How thoughts, vibration, and free will shape reality
  • How to tell the difference between ego and higher self
  • Why “fighting darkness” only feeds it
  • How to shift your vibration through attention
  • What Christ Consciousness actually means
  • How plant medicines give temporary access to higher dimensions
  • The nature of soul fractals and multidimensional existence
  • The 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.
  • We also talk about embodiment practices, emotional processing, why suppressing feelings creates suffering, and the mechanics of raising your vibration intentionally (without spiritual bypassing).
  • This 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.

Video of the session is available on my YouTube channel - @ThePermissionSlip.

Special Guest: Laura O'Malley.

Support The Permission Slip

Links:

]]> 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.

Link - https://youtu.be/xo72vAcW6-k

I'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.

The episode is an exploration of consciousness:

  • What kundalini really is
  • Why it releases only when the body is vibrationally ready
  • Why more people are experiencing spontaneous awakenings now
  • Why many of these openings have been misdiagnosed as breakdowns
  • How thoughts, vibration, and free will shape reality
  • How to tell the difference between ego and higher self
  • Why “fighting darkness” only feeds it
  • How to shift your vibration through attention
  • What Christ Consciousness actually means
  • How plant medicines give temporary access to higher dimensions
  • The nature of soul fractals and multidimensional existence
  • The 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.
  • We also talk about embodiment practices, emotional processing, why suppressing feelings creates suffering, and the mechanics of raising your vibration intentionally (without spiritual bypassing).
  • This 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.

Video of the session is available on my YouTube channel - @ThePermissionSlip.

Special Guest: Laura O'Malley.

Support The Permission Slip

Links:

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