I'm Awake! Now What?

This week I sit down with holistic psychotherapist, children's development expert and intuitive guide for spiritual parents and entrepreneurs Carly Mentlik . Carly created the Inner Rainbow Project: a hub for children's mental health and wellbeing that uses an innovative fusion of education and psychology along with chakras and yoga to introduce spirituality to kids. Carly discusses how giving chi...

This week I sit down with Meagan O'Nan. Meagan opens up about going on a spiritual expedition to find her spiritual home after coming out. She shares her wisdom about shedding labels and the identities society puts on us. She talks about how vulnerability starts with honesty and how when we are vulnerable, we give permission to those around us to be vulnerable in return. She ends with important po...

This week I sit down with thought leader, purpose-drive coach, and podcast host Chris McCann. Chris discusses his life journey from material success to defining success in terms of we-consciousness and in service of others. He shares insights about the healing he underwent and how he found  transcension through self-integration. He gives the listening audience tools of discernment to trust ourselv...

This week I sit down with New York Times best selling author and co-host of the Awareness Explorers Podcast Jonathan Robinson . Jonathan has met and interviewed all our modern day spiritual giants, seeking their wisdom and unique messages about enlightenment, gratitude, awakening, and integration. In this book " The Enlightenment Project: How I Went From Depressed to Blessed, and You Can Too" he ...

This week I sit down Dr. Varun Gandhi about being a soulpreneur, creative, and philanthropist. ​Varun discusses the lessons our suffering teaches us. He shares how his perspective shifted when it came to work ideals and societal norms about professional success.  He started to asking internally "what is my purpose here?" And this change of focus helped him shape a new story and outcome for his lif...

This week I sit down with Author and Dharma Teacher Deborah Eden Tull , to discuss  her book  Luminous   Darkness: An Engaged Buddhist Approach to Embracing the Unknown  - A Path to Personal and Collective Awakening . Eden opens up about her time in monastic life, how living simply was a profound and healing experience. She shares how darkness can actually be restorative and an unknown field of wh...

This week I sit down to speak with Mental Health and Disability Advocate, Zane Landin CEO of Positive Vibes Magazine and Landing Dreams PR to talk about inclusivity, asking for help, and accepting ourselves as we are. Zane shares his experience with grief, after losing his mother suddenly and he ends with this work leading a digital magazine that is amplifying mental health through storytelling. ...

This week I sit down with international best selling Author and radio host of Magical Moments,  Alena Chapman  to discuss her new book "Hello Soul: Everyday Ways to Begin Awakening Your Spirituality." Alena is a soul nurturer and healer. At a young age she discovered the gift of bringing souls into the light, and has been living this calling ever since. Alena and I discuss how our societal domesti...

This week I am joined by award winning producer, filmmaker, and author Penny Price Lavin. Penny's film "The Healing Field" which is about exploring energy and consciousness and has been viewed by millions and created a global movement of awakening, energy understanding, and healing. Penny tells us that as a young child she understood her psychic abilities and leaned into them early on, helping oth...

This week I sit down with professional astrologer and certified Advanced Psychic Medium,  Rachel   Lang to discuss her work and her book: " Modern Day Magic: 8 Simple Rules to Realize Your Power and Shape Your Life." Rachels walks us through her early adult experience of finding spiritualism and honing her gifts. She shares her passion for helping creatives cultivate their own gifts to support the...

This week I sit down with breathwork teacher and healer  Ana Lilia  to discuss her work helping people remove blocked energy, relieve anxiety, embodiment practices, and empowering people to gain clarity, balance, and peace. Ana candidly shares her own struggles with anxiety and how breath work helped her become more grounded, less tense, and in tune with bodies reactions to outside stimuli. She al...

This week I sit down with world renowned astrologist and psychologist  Debra Sliverman  to discuss her book "The Missing Element: Inspiring Compassion for the Human Condition." Debra shares what the four elements are, how they can present in each person, what to look out for from the shadow side of each element and how to cultivate the element that is least dominant to create internal balance and...

This week I sit down with Lucas Mack, CEO of 4th Avenue Media, Author, Speaker, Podcaster, Healer, and TEDx Alumni. Lucas discusses his work that is focused on being a healing catalyst for people, but especially for men who are carrying concealed trauma. We discuss his early childhood upbringing in a mixed religious household and how he left religion to find God. Lucas tells us how he's using his...

This week I am joined by Britt Deanda and Tara Schulenberg who come to the podcast to discuss their winding life journey's, alchemizing their individual suffering by transforming their experiences into tools and wisdom for the collective. The also discuss their vision in creating Elevate The Globe and their new book  Good Morning Intentions: Sacred Rituals to Raise Your Vibration, Find Your Bliss,...

This week I am joined by James Ross, shaman, spiritual teacher and intuitive healer. James recounts finding his spiritual gift and setting off on the path of a shaman. He shares the reality of confronting what is hurting within, doing the hard work and creating long term healing. He comically expresses what it means to learn the same spiritual lesson more than once and how we can learn to come bac...

Today I sit down with Susan  Piver. Susan is  a New York Times bestselling author, practicing Buddhist, meditation teacher and Founder of the Open Heart Project, the worlds largest virtual mindfulness community.  I am delighted to be in her company as we discuss her book "The Four Noble Truths About Love: Buddhist Wisdom for Modern Relationships" Susan and I discuss her life journey, finding Buddh...

Today I sit down to talk to Stephen McManus. Buddhist teacher, healer, and director of  Three Jewels New York City . Stephen and I discuss his journey towards Buddhism and he shares a significant life event that drew him deeper into spirituality and Buddhism. Stephen is passionate about creating sustainable inner peace, he shares what this means and how each one of us can find a way to integrate p...

This week I sit down with best selling author, spiritual comedian and manifestation life coach  Andy   Dooley .  Andy  brings many wisdoms and insights for creating the life you want to live, through direct action and thought modification.  Andy emphasizes keys steps for what you can do to bring your life into alignment and stay positive on your life journey. He also discusses the importance of fi...

This Sunday I sit down with  Stefanos Sifandos  Stef is a relational alchemist, international speaker, and author. Stef discusses his personal journey. We touch base on what it means to be awakened and on a path of personal development and enlightenment. Stef explains his work of being an advocate for men and how he is passionate about helping men connect back to themselves. To learn more about St...

This week I sit down with  Spiritual Activator Oliver Nino, whose focus is to help raise people's consciousness and activate and master their spiritual gifts and energy. Oliver opens up about accessing his own gifts and owning them, especially his intuition. He shares his thoughts on energy and its ability to help us create significant shafts and changes in our lives. He ends with the importance o...

This week I sit down with martial scientist and MindBody Mastery Mentor Dane Dormio. Dane opens up with his first spiritual awakening experience and talks about bumping into enlightenment. He shares insights on managing consciousness through a daily mind, body, and breath practice and how having a daily practice is like energetic hygiene. Dane's work focuses on stress reduction and he shares how s...

This week I sit down with Manifesting Expert and Coach Trish McKinnley to discuss her work helping people have seismic shifts in their self-worth and ability to manifest the life they always dreamed of. Trish opens up about her near death experience as a child, where she felt immersed with love and when she returned knew her life was to share that love with humanity. Trish talks about how manifest...

This week I sit down with Coach, Meditation Teacher, Screen Writer, Producer and Author Tom Cronin to discuss his life's work and film "The Portal." Tom's purpose is to inspire people to embrace meditation as a modality of change to transform their lives. Tom shares that distraction is one of the biggest barriers to consciousness and to create change in our lives we must remove resistance that cre...

This week I sit down with Publisher, Author, Speaker, and Entrepreneur Carrie Severson to discuss her new book "Unapologetically Enough: Reshaping Success and Self-Love." Carrie opens about going on a spiritual quest to figure out who she was at her core. Carrie shares her practice of writing love letters to her heart, her body, and the universe and how this dialogue allowed her to grow her own in...

J ​ust a heads up to you the listeners, this we​ek's episode deals with adult topics, not suitable for kids.  ​ ​This week I sit down with Sacred Sexuality Teacher and Coach Suzanne Najarian to unpack the complex and beautiful work of sacred sexuality practices with the self and in partnership. Suzanne defines what sacred sexuality is, how it is practiced, and how she incorporates this into her ow...