My Weirdest Experience

Mike Paterson is a wildlife photographer and Bigfoot Experiencer with a Youtube channel called Sasquatch Ontario.  This is about a hidden truth, one that has shown up in his life in a big way. It’s a truth that has the capacity to evolve human consciousness individually, and on a collective scale. Sasquatch truth has the capacity to shape our world through the expansion of human consciousness in a mind/body/spirit alignment of truth.

In this episode we discuss the more magical qualities of Sasquatch and Mike's personal and ongoing relationship with Sasquatch. He believes that Sasquatch are master of energy and that they are an ancient race of interdimensional people. 

Amanda Dolin, MA, PCC, CPC, ELI-MP, has always been passionate about helping people live fulfilled and joyful lives. She earned her master’s in counseling psychology and is a trained Energy Leadership coach. She worked for several non-profits and moved into corporate HR before becoming a stay-at-home mom and community volunteer.

During those stay-at-home years, Amanda was diagnosed with a mental illness after 21 years of searching for answers. After her experience of struggling to find care, feeling dismissed, and letting go of the stigma of mental illness, she has become an outspoken advocate for mental health awareness and accessible, comprehensive, and affordable care. Amanda strongly believes that everyone should spend time caring for their mental well-being just as they do for their physical health.   Now that Amanda has control of her mental wellness and physical health, she has returned to working full-time and is an involved parent to two awesome, if sometimes annoying, teenagers. She also has three dogs, about 40 plants, and a turtle she cares for.

In this episode, Amanda and I discuss her long history of seeking help for her depression until she finally received an accurate diagnosis and medicine for her mental health issues. Now she is a mental health advocate and podcast host of the show Mental Society.  

Fred Rutman, BA, CACE, MBA, is a Certified Marketing Specialist  Intermittent Faster and Coach, and Death and Brain Trauma Survivor. He is currently writing the medical trauma memoir "The Summer I Died Twenty Times".   

It's so amazing to talk to someone like Fred who went through an extraordinary experience and he's still standing!  In today's show we discuss how he had an undiagnosed heart condition that led him to repeatedly to pass out and die for a few minutes and he always came back.  He describes what this felt like and how it felt to return to his body. He also shares how intermittent fasting helped him recover and how his experiences affected his memory, faith and spirituality and his ability to meditate. 

Joe Bains is a a Biohacker health coach & standup comedian/MC living in London. He is on a mission to grow and evolve. In this episode, Joe and I dive deep into spiritualty, meditation and psychedelics as a means of healing trauma.  Hopefully the listeners will be able to follow our conversation.  I am so happy to be speaking with Joe on these topics, as often people can't go deep in a discussion of the meaning of life, but Joe can!  Joe describes what it's like to regularly do 10 day silent meditation retreats, meditate regularly as an advanced meditator and using psychedelics to open his mind and soul.  He shares his approach to treating anxiety with me and the listeners as well.

Csongor Daniel was one of the first officially recognized bioenergy healers in the former Yugoslavia, trained by the legendary Zdenko Domancic (Documentary: Think about It). While his teacher has healed more than a million people, Csongor has no such ambitions. Instead, he would like to teach a million how to become healers themselves.

In this episode, Csongor shares his journey of learning how became a bioenergy healer, including stories of how he inadvertently knocked out a client he was healing, how he ended up healing a couple who owned a pub in Romania during a bike trip and more. 

For over 30 years David Green has been teaching topics such individuality and soul awareness.  He has helped his students deal with issues such as loneliness, self-esteem, inner awareness, making major life choices, how to find your soulmate, and more. In this episode he shares stories about accepting a Grammy award for someone else, the purple stain and more. 

Dr. Vic is a Business and Spiritual Mindset Coach, Certified Pediatric Chiropractor, Holistic Wellness Coach, 3x Author, and Podcaster.  He is the author of 3 books, the most recent, "Decoding The Matrix," which came out in May 2022.  Dr. Vic has helped 100s of entrepreneurs learn how to live in the Quantum world to create effortless actions that lead to effortless success.  He shares many concepts that relate to spiritual truths, Universal Laws, Quantum Physics, Neuroscience, Limiting Beliefs, Leveraging One’s Mindset, Reconditioning of the Subconscious Mind and much more to achieve these concepts.

Victor and I dive deep in this episode and discuss energy healing, how to discern messages from your spirit guides, how to get excited about life so you can manifest better, the two things that cause illness and what exactly is the matrix?

David Edward knows where Atlantis is and has proven it in his book Atlantis Solved: The Final Definitive Proof. A former US Military Special Agent, he is a fun and energetic interview who also brings facts and logic to what is often a fringe topic. He has published over 40 books, about evenly split between historical fiction and non-fiction, including the best selling thriller Panama Red, the first book in a series that has sold over 100,000 copies. He holds four graduate degrees including a doctorate in engineering, and he hosts a weekly podcast on the writing industry that often receives as many as 30,000 views per episode.

In this episode David shares his compelling evidence on where exactly Atlantis is. 

Having performed with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie to Paquito D' Rivera, Rick DellaRatta is now considered by many to be one of the finest Singer/Pianists performing today and one of only a handful of Jazz Artists who can make a successful musical presentation to a large audience without having to abandon the true art form of Jazz. Rick DellaRatta and Jazz for Peace™ - Considered “One of the most significant cultural events of our time!”, this Mainstream/Latin/Brazilian act has built a reputation as "One of the worlds greatest Jazz performers!"

If you want to be inspired listen to this show!  Dai Manuel is a Mindset Coach and he shares a story of how his family was living in Bali and they suddenly found themselves both broke and needing to leave the country.  But somehow universe steps in and saves the day! We dive deep into the meaning of life and discuss the impact of losing his father, overcoming bullying and obesity, learning to ask for help, managing time and maintaining boundaries, and how to be vulnerable with the right people.

More about Dai: He is a super dad, dating his wife, leading by example way of living. He’s a contagious personality who is on a mission to positively impact one million role models around the globe to lead a FUN-ctionally healthy life through education, encouragement, and community.

He is an award-winning digital thought leader and author, Distinguished Toastmaster, TEDx speaker & edutaining keynote speaker, former partner and Chief Operating Officer of a multi-million dollar retail company, and a sought-after lifestyle mentor executive performance coach.

Dai knows the struggle of the juggle and keeping his health and happiness a priority. He models his work based on the 5 F’s: Fitness, Family, Faith, and Finances with an overarching roof of FUN, built on a rock-solid foundation of Health. Nuggets of wisdom and inspiration to take action to be your best self are guaranteed when you connect with Dai!

Author Vic Ferrari is a retired New York City Police Department detective with the hamstrings of a twenty-year-old. A survivor of an Irish father and Italian mother, Vic loves a cold beer and insists on you removing your shoes when entering his home. When he's not writing, he's picking up after his neurotic Irish wolfhound. Always looking to save a buck, Vic splits his time between Branson, Missouri, and Papua, New Guinea.

In this episode, Vic shares some of his best stories from his books. He shares his most embarrassing moment as a NYC police officer, how he unexpectedly walked into an illegal cockfighting ring that was later rescued by the ASPCA, when some teens in a bathroom almost stole his gun and more. Get ready to laugh and be amazed. 

Stand-up comedian Shaun Eli has rightfully been called one of America’s smartest comics. Whether it’s a story about dining with a vegetarian or successfully fighting a parking ticket in criminal court, master storyteller Shaun Eli shows you that there’s hilarity in the ordinary if you approach life with a comedic warp. Job interviews? How about the Ten Commandments? For just about anything he’s experienced he has hilarious stories at the ready. With a sense of humor that’s both cheerful and universal Shaun has headlined shows on five continents. In 2021 he was the recipient of a major profile in The New York Times.

In this episode Shaun shares a story about how he did a comic routine and no one laughed. Later he bumped into an audience member who explained why.  After the explanation it all made sense. 

Isabeau “Beau” Maxwell is one of the leading spiritual coaches in intuitive development today. Isabeau brings deep channeled knowledge and personal understanding to the field of spirituality. She has helped people connect to their authentic, natural intuitive abilities for over 15 years. Isabeau is the founder of the award winning intuitive development course, The SAGE Method, the author of the best-selling book Cracking Open: Adventures of a Reluctant Medium, and the creator of the popular online community, The SAGE Circle.

In this episode, it feels like I met a new friend!  Isabeau and I have so much in common and we do similar work.  We discuss how she kickstarted her mediumship journey and how fulfilling working with and communicating with spirits is. There IS life after death and your passed loves ones always know when you are thinking, talking and missing them! Listen to the show and be uplifted by this message.

To watch the video interview on You Tube click here: https://youtu.be/iKhIfreI75o

Ian Williams is an author, speaker, and business advisor. As an author and speaker his work focuses primarily on personal development and spiritual maturation. As a business advisor, he works primarily with mission driven organizations on the front lines of social and environmental justice to help them build capacity and grow healthy cultures through process optimization, wellbeing integration, and environmental restoration.   He has a Master’s in Public Affairs (MPA) with an emphasis in Leadership Strategy and Organizational Culture from the University of Minnesota. His background in mindfulness, systems thinking, and regenerative design informs his work.

In this episode, Ian speaks of a difficult decision to put his dog to sleep and how her death triggered a major shift in his life that led to sobriety, spiritual awakening and more. We also discuss how inner work can lead to more magical life. 

Keith Nelson is a lively, funny person who has enlarged his spirit and understanding by going far beyond a base as a research Professor to explore ocean sailing, wild and amazing nature experiences, creativity enhancements, international travel, photography, painting, and more. In consequence, he brings a unique perspective to comparing and discussing widely different topics. Among his favorite frameworks is his special take on Dynamic Systems.

In this episode, Keith and I discuss a sailing expedition where he literally got stuck in a windless weather system in the Bermuda triangle, how thinking outside the box provides solutions to kids who have learning disabilities and his close encounter with a bobcat in the wild.

Orville and Cheryl Murphy purchased the property and developed Board Camp Crystal Mine in 2012. They kept the land all natural and the Mine is open to the public for rockhounding. In 2017 the strange phenomenon began manifesting on the property and continues to this day! Until 2017 the Murphys did not believe in paranormal! They could no longer deny the phenomenon and the contact, and because it continued, and escalated, the Murphys developed their UnXplained Tours so the public would have the opportunity to see for themselves! Since 2017, hundreds of guests have experienced the UnXplained at Board Camp Crystal Mine!

I was so excited that Cheryl and Orville decided to be on my show.  In July 2022, I vacationed in the Mount Ida area of Arkansas with the intention to dig for crystals at the many mines in the area. Little do we know that it was going to be extremely hot during our vacation with heat indexes up to 110 degrees everyday. As a result, the mines started to close and limit their hours.  Our vacation was ending and we scrambled to find another mine to go to.  In that search I found the Board Camp Crystal Mine and they were open!  I made a reservation and the very next day we visited the mine. I didn't have much time to research the mine but noticed they did paranormal tours and after talking with Cheryl, they had UFO sightings and Sasquatch encounters on the property! 

I mentioned the podcast to Cheryl and she graciously agreed to be on the show along with her husband! In this episode, we discuss the beams of light that showed up on their property in 2017, the resulting magnetic changes, the sudden and surprise visits from native American tribal members, the moving rocks, moving picnic tables and their experience with Sasquatch and more!

VC Pitt, author, led a traditional life and had been married over 20 years when her spiritual awakening led to her discovery of being a Twin Flame.   Twin Flames is a spiritual connection between two souls who mirror core wounds.  It is different than a soul mate connection as it challenges the soul.  Loss and death led to numbing out and spiritual lessons.   Depression, anxiety, and sadness led to a Dark Night of the Soul, and she turned fully to spirituality to heal herself.

After narrowly avoiding becoming a doctor, Mira Katyal is now a Holistic Counseling and Lifestyle Coach. She has launched her own company MiraOm, offering education and consultation on nature-based healing. The best point to start according to her, is with Emotional Destress Lifestyle Therapy. Because the surest way to know you are in imbalance is through your feelings. Chronic agitated emotions are a sure sign of imbalance. The second-best place to start is with your Digestion. Chronic digestive aliments are another sign that imbalance is present in the body.   It is time for humanity to re-embrace Mother Nature and her gentle, but strict wisdom. The outcomes are better sleep, more peace of mind, better digestive power, reduced illnesses, and a greater ability to size our moment within our circumstances. Her method is to align with Mother Nature's laws to regain mental-physical balance, with the help of Ayurveda, Yoga therapy, Reiki, lifestyle, diet and spirituality.

In this episode we discuss how she was able to connect to plants spiritually and receive visual messages from them, the miraculous effects of Reiki and why it's so important to be connected to nature and each other. 

Michelle Henderson, M. Ed. worked in education as a teacher, educational diagnostician, and behavior analyst for thirty years. In 2021, Michelle became a Certified Spiritual Advisor with Psychic and Medium Certificates through the Lisa Williams International School of Spiritual Development. With the knowledge she obtained through her life-long work with children, she became passionate about helping intuitive children embrace their gifts. Michelle also shares her innovative ideas with other lightworkers, giving them direction about supporting families of intuitive children. Her book, Spiritual Nurturing for Intuitive Children: Training Parents to Embrace and Enhance Their Psychic Child’s Abilities was published on January 5, 2022.

In this episode, Michelle and I discuss what it's like to be a psychic medium as a child and what it's like to share with the world your true abilities. I share some of my personal stories as well, and what it is like to raise intuitive children and how to best support them so that they can grow up to be confident as well as authentic. 

James Van Der Walt. Life Coach, and I discuss what happens when you ignore your health problems and ignore your heart.  Despite being an ICU nurse, James became sick and had to face that if he didn't change, he wasn't going to make it. Luckily he made the change and now he is n Life Coach helping others become unstuck.  

Be Your Incredible Self (BYIS) best describes Agape Garcia’s tenacious attitude towards empowering others. Garcia, over the past 35 years has navigated through domestic violence, privacy, safety, vulnerability, and the mindset to endure personal adverse events in life.  

In today's episode we discuss the trials and tribulations of her life: being abandoned by her mother as a baby, the death of her sister from cancer, domestic violence and more.  Through it all Agape has learned to trust herself and now helps other domestic violence victims reclaim their lives. 

Rich Lewis is an author, speaker and coach who focuses on centering prayer as a means of inner transformation. He teaches centering prayer in both his local and virtual community and offers one-on-one coaching. He publishes a weekly meditation, book reviews, and interviews on his site, Silence Teaches. Rich is author of Sitting with God: A Journey to Your True Self Through Centering Prayer.   He has published articles for a number of organizations, including Contemplative Light, Abbey of the Arts, Contemplative Outreach, EerdWord, In Search of a New Eden, the Ordinary Mystic at Patheos, and the Contemplative Writer.
 Rich has been a daily practitioner of centering prayer since June 1, 2014. Centering prayer has been so life-giving and life-changing that he feels compelled to share his journey with others who wish to learn more. Rich resides with his family in Ambler, Pennsylvania. 

In this episode Rich and I discuss what centering prayer is and how it has transformed his life.  He also shares two odd experiences that he believes is a result of his centering prayer practice, the first was feeling overwhelmed by the the intensity of being in NYC and the other was a "bright" moment with his children. 

Kathleen Donnelly Israel has lived her entire life in San Diego CA. She raised 5 children with her husband of 48 years, Ron Israel. They were a team couple for World Wide Marriage Encounter. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Art from San Diego State University and studied Expressive Arts Therapy at the European Graduate School in Switzerland. She cared for her husband for the 17 years that he had Parkinson’s disease till he died in 2018. During this time, she studied spiritual healing from many enlightened thought leaders and teachers. She wrote her book about her travels on the Camino Santiago in Spain and about sharing her wisdom with those she met there.

In this episode, we talk about her experience walking the Camino by herself and some of the challenges she faced. We also talk about some of her paranormal experiences, including feeling the ghost of her uncle and a strange experience of rags hanging over her child in their bedroom.  

Mr. John Giordano is an expert in the treatment of addiction, mental health, and the founder of The National Institute For Holistic Addiction Studies (NIFHAS). He is the author of “Proven Holistic Treatment For Addiction & Chronic Relapse”,  “How To Beat Your Addictions And Live A Quality Life”, and his most recent book is the acclaimed: “The Kid From The South Bronx Who Never Gave Up,” and is the co-author of “Molecular Neurobiology of Addiction Recovery: The 12 Steps Program and Fellowship.” Over twenty years ago Giordano founded the prestigious G & G Holistic Addiction Treatment Center in North Miami Beach, Florida — a 62 bed in-patient/out-patient JCAHO accredited addiction treatment facility.

In this episode John shares his tory of how he became an addict and ended up opening several addiction treatment centers with a holistic approach. He came from a family involved in crime and pulled himself out of that legacy to become a successful businessman that now authors books and offers hope to others who might be in despair. 

Back in 2008 Ulrika Karlsson was completely burnt out and deeply depressed. She was also suicidal. With only 15 minutes of sleep per night, she woke up at 2:47 from horrible nightmares and in complete panic which is shared in her autobiography "2:47 The Journey Home to my Heart".  Ulrika came to a point where she had to choose between Life and Death …  Today she shares her experiences and embodied wisdom from her Heart. With nearly 30 years of experience of traditional Western and Eastern Holistic disciplines, Ulrika works with Holistic Health, personal development, and Inner Leadership. Her work as a Spiritual Teacher, International Author, Public Speaker, Yoga teacher, -therapist takes her around the globe to work with men and women of different ages, from all fields of Life.    The essence of Ulrika´s work is to increase consciousness, and to guide you into your Heart. Her upcoming book “The Sacred Soul -A Divine Evolution through Time and Space” is also here to make a difference.

In this episode we discuss what it feels to be a deeply sensitive intuitive empath in western society, which discourages deep feelings and emotions. Ulrika talks about the importance of go within and healing your traumas so you are adding to the collective grief and trauma in the world. An extremely important topic!!!

Christine Malek is the founder and creator of SASSI® Coach, a motivational speaker and an International Advocate for Women Against Abuse & Domestic Violence based in Knoxville, TN Her unique approach brings out the strength and the light that shines in each woman, especially those that have survived abuse. She believes once you are out of that situation there is an obstacle for that woman; to face an even bigger challenge – what do I do now and who am I? Her SASSI® Program is designed to help you find those answers with a new beginning to get you to your goals and objectives of where you want to go and who you want to be. Being a survivor and victor herself, she has made it her life’s mission to help every woman to Be, Do, Have SASSI®, encouraging woman to “Ruffle Some Feathers & Blow Some Minds!”

In this episode Christine shares several experiences, including how she found herself to be in incredible pain after several surgeries and begged for a miracle and received it. She shares an experience of merging energy with an elderly woman who crosses over and some of her natural abilities as a hands on healer.

Tim Heale is the podcast host of Ordinary Peoples Extraordinary Stories. In this extraordinary episode, he shares that he's been dreaming of his dead brother for 60 years.  Over the years his brother has continued to grow, have adventures, get married and have kids!  In his dreams, Tim is still part of his brother's life and he remembers many conversations that he has with his brother. Only recently he has begun to share these dreams with others. 

Bo Bissett is an Amo Ni healing guide in charge of exposing the self-awareness necessary to find the healer inside so you can make lasting changes. Bo shares his chaotic upbringing and drug and alcohol use which led him to creating a unique healing modality.  He shares stories about seeing a ghost girl while on a cross country biking trip and how Taiwan, his current residence, has a stronger energy than Sedona AZ.

John Edmonds Kozma is CEO of Bang Productions located in Mount Pleasant SC. In today's episode he shares his experience with a mushroom journey, what he saw and what was told to him during the journey and how it changed his life. Although there were people around him as he experienced this, including a close friend, they didn't necessarily look human!  We discussed what this means and how this affected his life later. 

Sunbow Truebrother is an author, networker, international speaker and shamanic practitioner with four decades of experience in shamanic journeys and teachings in over 20 countries. He has learned and worked with Native Elders from dozens of nations of the Americas and Australia. These teachings and experiences have led him to connect with interdimensional guides such as ancestors, animal spirits, the Sasquatch and Star Elders.

Sunbow returns to the show a second time to discuss the annual Rainbow Gathering meetings, his adventures in Australia performing ceremonies to bring rain (and yes they succeeded),  how he discovered an pit of human bones and how to best honor our ancestral burial grounds.   

Wendy Fedan is a full-time freelance illustrator/designer, living in Amherst, Ohio. She graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art where she also teaches Continuing Education courses for teens and adults. Wendy launched her own design for publishing biz in 2021 named Create-a-Way Design & Publishing to act as a book shepherd, helping other authors through the self-publishing process. She has 14 indie-published books under her belt so far, mostly picture books which she's also illustrated, but she also has her own novel series called Somewhere In-Between to explore her personal interest in the paranormal.

In this episode, we discuss how to discern messages from your spirit guides, why childhood dreams matter and overcoming depression. 

Dan Henk made it from a homeless punk rocker in the south to being a successful artist, writer, and tattoo shop owner. The way was a rocky road, but there seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel. In this episode we talk about tattooing as art and how it's become more acceptable in modern times. Dan also shares some of his many challenges, including overcoming brain cancer and the sudden death of his wife.

It's episode 70 and and I want to pause for a moment and reflect on how I have met 70 amazing and beautiful souls who have guested on the show.  None of this would have happened if I had not wanted to cross something off my bucket list: starting a podcast. Today's guest Roger Williams and I discuss the Bucket list and how he decided to start crossing off his personal bucket list by taking a year off to enjoy life.  We discuss his trip to walk El Camino in Spain, how to meet and create new friendships as an adult, why happiness in what you do is important and living for the NOW.  

Roger Williams is a writer, podcaster (Crossing It Off Podcast), adventurer, and Chief Crosser Offer of his bucket list. After more than 30 years working in the youth development and teaching field, a year in quarantine, and two heart attacks, Roger embarked on an adult gap year to prioritize a life in which he is known not by his professional work, but by the way he lives his life and the people he grows relationships with. Now, he is traveling around the world to cross items off his bucket list and inspiring others to do the same.

At age fifty-seven, Neil Elliott was depressed, anxious, and fearful. He felt trapped … there was no way out. Searching desperately for a sliver of hope, a reason to keep going, he found a Higher Road. More accurately, it found him—and as he traveled that road, he discovered a seven-step process that transformed his life.   Neil’s desire—and his new mission in life—is to share the knowledge he gained and the process he used on his journey to self-awareness, together with the blueprint document he discovered that was instrumental in transforming his life. He wants to give you, regardless of your station in life, the tools and opportunity to empower yourself, transform your life, and draw peace, joy, love, and prosperity into your personal situation and environment. Neil believes that as more and more people follow this Higher Road to true spiritual perfection, a New Era of Love and Peace will dawn for everyone throughout the world.

Neil and I discuss many deep and wise topics during this episode: the roles of consciousness, will, ego, and purpose in life. If you like pondering the deeper meaning of why we are here on Earth then this episode is for you!

Ann Hince is an author and EFT practitioner. When Ann was 19, she woke one morning to find her mother dead in her bathroom.   Twenty years later the tears from that trauma were still just under the surface. Ann found a simple technique that helped her release these emotions - but she went further and can now put her awareness inside her body - and has changed the bone structure of her skull and grown ½ an inch at age 55. Ann has found that seeking out our truth, what we truly feel, and accepting those feelings, is the key to inner peace.

In this episode we discussed how she was able to heal her traumas with Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT or Tapping).  She started with tapping her own childhood traumas, to collective traumas to simply feeling sitting with her feelings in silence.  In addition to releasing a lot of emotional baggage, she was able to realign her skeletal structure and even grow taller at the age of 55!  Ann is the perfect example of someone who successfully healed herself through practice, dedication and adapting EFT to her healing journey. 

You can reach Ann at: 

Corbie Metleid is a psychic, channel and medium, reading since 1973.  She travels coast to coast and into Canada as a full time intuitive counselor, appeared frequently on radio and television and is an inspirational teacher and facilitator.  She is a featured channel in Robert Schwartz’s breakthrough series, YOUR SOUL’S PLAN, YOUR SOUL’S GIFT and YOUR SOUL’S LOVE, and is herself the author of CLEAN OUT YOUR LIFECLOSET, THE PSYCHIC YELLOW BRICK ROAD and YOU’VE GOT THE MAGIC, WHO NEEDS A GENIE?.  Corbie’s certifications and affiliations include being a Certified Tarot Master, a member of the American Tarot Association and The Tarot Guild, an ordained minister of the Sanctuary of the Beloved (Order of Melchizedek).  Her specific skills include Tarot and Oracle/Divination deck readings, spiritual/intuitive counseling, past life retrieval and analysis, mediumship, and spirit guide conferences (including speaking with one’s Soul or Higher Self).

In today's episode Corbie shares two past lives that impacts her today. Past lives can be a portal to understanding who you are on the soul level. 

As someone who identifies as a "Christian" in a time when the definition of that can be pretty murky, Paul Granger strives to live out the values he claims to believe in his home, his community, and his work.  For nearly 20 years he has served with non-profits and ministries to support communities that have historically been underserved and neglected.  He now foregoes a traditional paycheck, instead raising support so that he can stand with his neighbors in a deeper way, while also producing content like writings, videos, and his podcast, "Where did you see God?" 

In this episode, Paul shares a story called the "The Crazy Prayer Thing": the time he believed God was inviting him to pursue an impossible house -- which he didn't even want -- and following it with, "but I'm not promising you're going to get it." We also spend time talking about what God/Universe/Higher Power is and how we can view our intuitive nudges as actual communication from this higher power to create a magical and abundant life better than we ever imagined. 

Tina Lindsay is an old friend of mine who grew up Mormon and has been on a lifelong healing journey from child abuse, trauma, and addiction.  In this episode she shares how she came about understanding what she went through and how it affects her today.  We discuss how to approach healing family generational trauma and what is the most important lesson in life, learning to love yourself. 

Joy is a Spiritual Teacher & Integrative Multidimensional Healer. Her purpose is to guide others to embody openhearted joy through holistic spiritual healing & optimal life design. In this episode, we discuss alternative healing methods that helped her heal from her grief from her brother's passing. Once she discovered Breathwork, she was able to heal her grief and move on with her life. 

You can connect with Joy at www.thejoyfulapproach.com or thejoyfulapproach on Facebook/Instagram.

Johnny Welsh has worked as bartender for 30 years and he shares his best stories in this episode.  He shares how he was once tipped $1000, what it was like to take a 17 day road trip across the country, bar ghosts and more. Johnny is the author of several books: Weedgalized in Colorado,  Paper Maps, No Apps and Prompts for Young Writers. 

Dylan Thomas is the host of In Search of Reality Podcast. This is a podcast that looks at reality from a variety of different angles;  that include but not limited to scientific, psychological, and paranormal experience. Since the time of humankind people have experienced things that cause us to question what reality is. These experience cross all cultures, religions, belief systems, and social economic classes. These strange experiences have taken place all over the world, since the beginning of human history. This podcast shares peoples experiences then adds depth to them through analysis and discussion. The hope and goal is for its listeners to gain a better understanding to what reality really is.

In this episode, we discuss how Dylan was encouraged to start his podcast after a disembodied voice told him to, how he and several of his friends saw the Hatman and we discuss what it could possibly be, the Mothman, his favorite episode interview ever and why we are here on Earth at this time. 

You can contact Dylan on his website https://insearchofrealitypodcast.com/ 

Kate Wallinga is a forensic psychologist and crisis clinician, now on permanent disability. She has found ways to connect and interact with people through her podcast, Ignorance Was Bliss, where she collects stories and has conversations with creators, actors, and various other backgrounds.

In this episode she explains what it's like to interview convicted killers and how she traded dad jokes with a convicted serial killer. Kate also describes the dehumanizing approach of the US prison system. 

Ellen Chin is a Realtor and good friend of mine and she shares a story about how, while praying for a sick neighbor, she saw a light being hovering over him.  Later she was able to identify who this mysterious light being was.  She also shares her experience of when she and her cousin were driving home one evening and her cousin fell asleep at the wheel.  Ellen was asleep as well and she was woken up by a disembodied voice just in time to avoid disaster.

You can reach Ellen here: https://ellenchin.c21.com 

Uma Shankari was born and raised in India. She left India in 1997 to pursue her higher education in the US. She has an MS in Electrical Engineering. She chose a career in IT and had worked in the corporate world until 2014. After 16 solid years in the industry, when she thought her life was set in IT, she had a spiritual awakening that would change her future forever in ways that she could not fathom. While contemplating career alternatives, she was led consciously to leave the corporate world without regret and without a plan of action. In her heart she knew she needed time off to be with her spiritual journey and contemplate what was next for her which she did. Her awakening was supported by the books written by Paul Selig who wrote the “I am the Word” series. She credits her spiritual awakening to the books written by Paul, which are words of wisdom.

In this episode, we discuss her spiritual awakening how she came to write six books and create over 400 Galactic paintings by experiencing and staying within her creative flow. 

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Jon McLernon is a Nutrition Coach and former Nanotechnology Researcher (University of Victoria), Marine Engineer (Navy) and globetrotting English teacher (visiting 45 countries on 5 continents). He now runs a Nutrition and Supplement store. Somewhere amidst the crazy adventures of his life, though, he lost himself. He went through serious trauma while living in South Africa, and his weight ballooned up to 328lbs, as he grappled with PTSD, binge-eating, and medicated his trauma with food.  One morning, in Istanbul, Turkey, he woke up and decided he didn’t want to be a victim to his past anymore. And so he embarked on the most challenging journey of his life.

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