S3 | E2 Marian Siljeholm

October 26th, 2026  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 30 mins

#breathwork, #cptsd, #healing, #integration, #mdma, #psychedelics, #psychedelictherapy, #somatichealing, #thepermissionslip, #traumahealing

My guest is Norwegian-American multimedia journalist Marian Siljeholm, who found me in an online community while reporting on transformational MDMA experiences for her graduate program. She shares how a childhood shaped by fear and loss, decades of therapy, and a total collapse in grad school led her to psychedelic-assisted work. She describes how two long journeys changed her relationship with her body, her mother, and herself. We also get into complex PTSD, what she learned from interviewing 45 to 50 people, and why education and good frameworks matter as this work moves toward the mainstream.

S3 | E1 Laura O'Malley

October 22nd, 2026  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 38 mins

#abundance, #awakening, #becomingyou, #breathwork, #channeledbook, #consciouschanneling, #contrast, #depression, #discernment, #ego, #embodiment, #emotionsasenergy, #higherself, #innerchild, #inspiredaction, #lauraomalley, #lawofattraction, #lisahagenbooks, #manifestation, #mattkosterman, #meditation, #nervoussystemregulation, #presence, #spiritguides, #spiritualgrowth, #surrender, #thecollective, #thepermissionslip, #triggers, #woocrew

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

S2 | E18 Ken Moench

October 15th, 2026  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 24 mins

#bodywork, #everybabyhurts, #fascia, #moenchmethod, #myofascialrelease, #painrelief, #sleepposture, #sportsrecovery, #stretching, #thepermissionslip

My guest is Ken Moench, founder of Moench Method Bodywork, whose four Austin-area clinics combine myofascial release, ischemic pressure, and guided range of motion to release chronically tight muscle and fascia. Fresh off several hours on his table, I ask how a layoff, a prayer, and a job as a physical therapy aide led to his method, and how his screaming newborn grandson inspired his book, Every Baby Hurts. We also get into sleep posture, how to stretch without hurting yourself, athletes, dogs, and why Ken celebrates when his clients' visit numbers go down.

S2 | E15 Marisa Skolky

September 24th, 2026  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 10 mins

#ayahuasca, #consciousnesswork, #eatingdisorderrecovery, #energetichealing, #expressiveartstherapy, #healingjourney, #ibogaine, #internalfamilysystems, #marisaskolky, #plantmedicine, #psychedelicintegration, #selfesteem, #somatichealing, #thepermissionslip, #traumahealing

I sit down with Marisa Skolky — transformational doula, psychedelic guide, and expressive arts therapist from Atlanta — for a conversation that moves through her own 16-year battle with bulimia, a corporate career she outgrew, and the medicines that finally let her healing "land." We talk ibogaine, ayahuasca, DMT, and the five-part process she uses to help clients move through anger, grief, and everything in between.

S2 | E14 Michele Phillips

September 17th, 2026  |  Season 2  |  54 mins 12 secs

#agency, #alignment, #burnoutrecovery, #consciousleadership, #consciousness, #corporatecoaching, #divinefeminine, #emotionalintelligence, #energymanagement, #executivecoaching, #flowstate, #happinesshabit, #journalingpractice, #learnedoptimism, #meditation, #michelephillips, #mindfulness, #naturalhigh, #nervoussystemregulation, #personalgrowth, #selfhelp, #spiritualawakening, #thepermissionslip, #womeninleadership, #workplacewellness

I sit down with corporate trainer, executive coach, and author Michele Phillips — the self-described bridge from the yoga mat to the boardroom — to talk about energy management, the "ladder up" technique for moving through emotional states, and why conscious leadership might be the thing that finally saves us from burnout culture.

S2 | E13 Dr. Peter Grinspoon

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

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

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

S2 | E12 Jeremy Robinson

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

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

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

S2 | E11 Joanne DiMaggio

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

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

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

S2 | E10 Christopher Solomon

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

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

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

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

June 8th, 2026  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 10 mins

#authentichealing, #ayahuasca, #ayahuascaceremony, #burnoutrecovery, #defaultmodenetwork, #freedomthroughhealing, #harmreduction, #healingjourney, #holistichealth, #hypnotherapy, #innerchildwork, #integrationwork, #katiesimons, #mdma, #medicinejourney, #mentalhealthalternatives, #microdosing, #nervoussystemhealing, #nervoussystemregulation, #partswork, #psilocybin, #psychedelicfacilitation, #psychedelicmedicine, #santafe, #solojourney, #somaticbreathwork, #somatichealing, #subconsciousmind, #thepermissionslip, #traumahealing

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