Dec 1, 2023

Dr. Moore has been a senior teacher in the Shambhala community for the past 40 years and is the co-founder of Karuna Training, a certification in Contemplative Psychology offered since 1996 in eight countries.  In addition to her Buddhist teaching, Melissa has held many positions in the field of mental health,...

Nov 23, 2023

My friend Dave comes back on the podcast for some serious holiday season mischief and merrymaking. 

Dave, despite being raised on an intellectually processed diet of reductionist cognitive science, engineering and bastardized East-West spirituality, somehow managed to liberate himself circa June 19th, 2000.  On this...

Nov 16, 2023

Shannon Duncan is an author, seeker, entrepreneur, and advocate for those looking to heal from trauma.  This podcast will focus on his two books:  Coming Full Circle:  Healing Trauma Using Psychedelics (2023) and Present Moment Awareness (2001 and 2023).  The latter book is also accompanied by the free app:  The Focus...

Oct 24, 2023

Jacob L. Cooper, LCSW, is the author of Life After Breath (2020) and The Wisdom of Jacob's Ladder (2023) , the ladder:-) being the focus of this podcast.  Jacob is a sought-after speaker on grief, wisdom, and consciousness, offering meditation and mindfulness seminars to help others find purpose and overcome fears of...

Oct 11, 2023

Michael Stuart Ani is a writer, musician, director and explorer.  In the 1960s and 1970s, he lived in Mazateca's remote cloud forest and became the only outsider who was ever allowed to collect the sacred mushroom species of the region.  In the 1980s, he resided with the Yanomami people of the Amazon Rainforest, later...